Are You Kidding Me?

It's official!  We got 22 inches of snow yesterday.  This is just wrong, it's not even the end of October.  The leaves are still on the trees.  I can't remember it ever snowing this early and hope it's not a harbinger of things to come this winter. We lost a few bushes and small trees due to the snow being so heavy and wet.  They can be replaced, not sure my sanity can though.

Until next time

Quote for Today 
Winter is nature's way of saying, "Up yours."
Robert Byrne

Just Pictures

Since there is nothing much going on here having to do with riding and I'm having a brain freeze (must be the weather) I thought I'd put up some pictures.  Yesterday morning it snowed AGAIN which turned to freezing rain and sleet.

Today we've got sunshine and warmer temperatures (40). I toyed with the idea of getting on Dusty this morning but the path to the arena is a pure sheet of ice so going down hill would be dicey for both of us. Maybe tomorrow when we have a chance of the ice melting...

"Yesterday"

" View down the road"

" Dusty thinks this is getting old"

" Feed Shed"

" Not venturing away from their hay nets"

"Today"

"Rose bushes waiting for Springtime"

"Donnie - very cute and very dirty"

" Sami being his adorable self"

" Finally, a blue sky"

Until next time

Quote for Today
Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
Mark Twain

Yesterday - Today

Here are some pictures from yesterday when the snow started.  I don't know who's been in charge of the snow machine but it's blatantly obvious they are asleep at the OFF switch.  I'm starting a petition to have the responsible parties fired, effective immediately!

"Maggie & Murphy"

(They're like having two kids in snow suits, every time they come in I need to get out the towels)

Today

 A few pictures after another foot and a half of snow overnight on top of all the other storm's deposits.

The line on the left before the trees is a fence

The Front Stoop

Getting out of the driveway is always interesting, it's uphill and curvy

We're running out of snow stacking room

No exit here 

I can't wait until all this starts to melt. We'll have a chute of water coming down the driveway like a sluice gate was opened.

Until next time

Quote for Today
My other car is a horse.
(And a good thing too, with all this snow!)

Opened the Door

this morning and what to my wondering eyes did appear but a snowy winter wonderland covering the landscape!  We have the distinction of being the county hit the hardest in our area.  27 inches so far and it’s still flurrying now and again. Yeah, we win!  Too bad the prize isn’t exactly what I wanted to be awarded today. It’s my own fault for jinxing us.  On Christmas day I remarked how we hadn’t had too bad a winter yet, no snow and warm temperatures. Should have kept my mouth shut.

We’ve now had three substantial storms in as many weeks.  I have nothing against snow, it’s white, it's pretty, it’s twinkly in the sun; it makes everything look spotless and pristine.  What I’m tired of is feeling as if I’m living in a snow globe and the snow gods keep turning me upside down and shaking.  

 

"How do you expect us to get out there for our morning ...um...stuff "?!!

Wordless Wednesday

' Bear '

  Since I appear to be living in a snow globe and Mother Nature keeps turning it upside down and shaking it, I've decided to be enchanted with this weather until Spring. Which ,of course, can't arrive fast enough!

Until next time

Serenity on Sunday

Serenity on Sunday

' View of Paddock's '

' Sleeping Barn '

' Good Morning '

' Did you bring the coffee '

' Heading Out '

' Shed in the Snow '


' Camouflage Horses '

' Can you find Blue '

' Sharing of the Hay '

Until next time

Quote for Today

Like human beings, horses are all individuals with singular personalities, their own virtues and their own faults. We become bound to them for their beauty, their eccentricities, their heart and the love they so often return to us.

- Lana Slaton