We had three whole days without any snow. It was marvelous, glorious and the snow was melting everywhere. There were puddles to be jumped in.
Then we had more snow. A white out. It was nice….but not nice. All that melting snow turned to ice with new powdery snow on top of it. So everyone is driving on one big sheet of ice…all the time.
Winter is long here. Really long. We girls took a walk last week and were DELIGHTED to see dirt, mud and gravel on our little lane. We haven’t seen it since November. NOVEMBER!
One day this week we got 8.5 inches in two days. Now it’s snowing some more. We are a little tired of it.
Calving has started and it’s still a little too cold for the babies. They are checking everything every hour and half to two hours. Today it’s just now getting above 0 degrees. When the calves hit the ground, they are trying to get them up, dry and warm. Some of the time they are checking for calves during white out conditions. Most of the time the workers are making it to the newborns, sometimes they don’t. Hopefully, they will have some relief by Tuesday. It’s supposed to warm up to the mid-thirties.
(mule deer hopping away)
(long winter’s walk)
(Double sunset. Straw bales stacked up for a wind break)
(same view as above picture, but during a white out)
(our view most of the time)
(long winter days equals lots of time learning inside. She decided she wanted to write letters all on her own. First time for the A, P, W, S and Q. All self-taught and encouraged. Writing over her morning message from Papa Bear.)
This blog post by a cell phone company is a great reminder of why people live in this state. Take time to read it.
http://unionwirelessnews.wordpress.com/2014/02/14/100-reasons-to-love-wyoming/
And not to put a damper on Georgia…
Top Ten Reasons to Love Georgia:
http://www.toptentopten.com/topten/top+10+reasons+i+love+georgia
and another for Georgia:
http://onlineathens.com/stories/073005/opi_20050730002.shtml
(Sorry Kansas…couldn’t find a good one for ya….but you know why it’s great to live there. Open spaces, pretty sunsets, salt mines, amber waves of grain blowing in the wind, the never-ending wind, Herb McPherson, Kansas Day, extremely good people, see storms coming from miles away, the big huge deer, the other wildlife, etc.)
There are tons of other reasons to live other places, but I only need three to live where I’m at right now:
