Let it…

No! Let’s not sing the “let it snow” song anymore. There’s actually a channel out of Billings, MT, that runs a local business commercial and the jingle is of people singing “Let it Snow”. And it still runs…today…I saw it today. We are in March, by the way. You are tired of the cold where you are, we are getting a little tired of it here too.

(No mama, you stay inside. She might be a little tired of me. She LOVES when Papa Bear picks her up to go “help” on the ranch. It’s a win/win for all. Ruby in a snow path on our deck/porch.)

(Sheet of ice and snow. You quickly learn how to walk and where to walk. Looking north up to the berm (pronounced like firm). Old barn and wash house on the right. Brand house and yard on the left.)

(Part of our little lane, snow scraped and more snow underneath.)

(Corrals and a side by side.)

(What our drive to Ten Sleep to pick up our bountiful basket looks like most of the time. 17 miles of dirt road packed with snow and ice.)

(My most favorite site at times. The tractor hooked up to a scraper. Mineral barn, with a two bedroom apartment on the side for ranch hands, in the background.)

(Scraping paths for the mamas and babies to walk through in the pasture. The snow was a little too deep for the newborns to walk through)

(Looking east at the Big Horns. The ranch is six miles further from Hyattville; about 13 miles east of this sign. We are so close to the base of the mountains, that we can’t see that top peak. It’s covered by clouds most of the time.)

So, let us all sing “Let It Be Spring” at the top of our lungs really loudly. But that means we’ll have mud, slush, and huge run offs. I did go outside earlier and heard chirping birds, dripping icicles, melting snow, and the creek. The creek! It’s been frozen for a good little while now. It’s a nice sound. I forgot how loud it is. It is hopeful as well. Hopeful for the warmer days, the beautiful green leaves, possible blooms. Isn’t it nice and wonderful that we celebrate Easter and the resurrection during this time of year? Hopeful! Hope! A new day!

We are looking forward to more lengthy walks, not suiting up in five layers, taking the five plus layers off, wet socks, wet boots, slushy snow in our laundry room, wet floors and a host of other things. Please, stop singing “let it snow” and let it be spring!