more snow pictures

Can you say...snow!?

OK,, I know for most in other parts of the country...snow is the norm and not a big deal.
Here...no one knows how to drive in the stuff..even if it is only 1".... make it 10 1/2"......and.....what a mess.
Beaufort...not impressed

Our woodlands and the hills beyond.

All the Alpacas are not impressed.

Bored horses....though they do like playing in it at times.

And..... heres the other fun part... we are supposed to get 6 more inches by tomorrow.

Did I say I love my heated water trough and buckets!!LOL

Dancing through the snow~~~

On my twit of a horse......sigh.. they don't call Icelandics, the sports car of the horse World without good reason.
Decided to go out for a ride.. snow is starting to melt,, bit warmer at 35*. So I get Dyfra tacked up and we start out. DS can't get the main pasture gate open because there is too much snow.OK.. fine.. I will just putter about in the night pasture. Ha ! Dyfra had other ideas.. She was doing her... Oh my G** oh my G**... thing. :p So I look around to see what might be bothering her. You would not guess what it is... This is the horse I take into the woods and still sitting in the saddle, prune limbs and branches off trees, which fall on her and all about her .. drag branches and so on off the path with me still riding...........and she doesn't care.

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She didn't like the horse killing snow falling off the tree branches.:grit:

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By the time DS tooks some of the pictures we pretty much packed the snow down.

So instead of the nice relaxing ride I was wanting... I got Dashing through the snow... Circles, figure 8's... .. until she finally calmed down an hour later. Sigh ~~Just glad she is very steady on her hooves and she has no issues with traction in the snow.

At least I wasn't cold,,, nothing better than Military clothes and a Charles Ownen Beta 3 Safety Vest under ones jacket.

8" of new snow today and counting

Theia

Towards the house... if you look closely you can see DS.

Gate to the night pasture.

Dyfra

Dyfra and Maggie

If you look closely you can see icicles underneath Dyfra..one is over 12" long!

Beaufort

Caribou with a good layer of snow on his fleece.

We have had an impressive amount of snow today, 8" of new snow and it is still snowing. It did warm up to 27* at least.

Will be interesting to see wither DH can get out of the driveway tomorrow. News said it will be snowing all day tomorrow and again Sat. This is the most snow we have had since we moved here, pretty impressive.

How cold can it get?

Photos are taken in the morning, you can just make out the horses past the round pen. I had to put blankets on everyone due to the freezing temps.

Beautiful morning,, you can see the moon at the upper right.

Snow on the hills.

We live in Oregon for goodness sakes! Its not supposed to get this cold for this long.

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It all started last Friday, temp dropping fast from 37* to 22*. First snow was very wet and sticky, not a good thing for fencing, trees over fencing and on the hot wire. Took us two hours Sat morning to get the fencing and limbs near the fencing cleared off.

It warmed up a bit...just enough to make a thick layer of Ice. Then it snowed the next day but not as much the News said it would, which was fine with me. Luckily this time it was a fine powder, bad part.. it was now down to 11* and with the wind chill making it about 5*.

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I am tremendously grateful of my Dad for putting in the ground fault plugs next to the horses pasture. Now have a heated water tank for them. Much easier on DS since he does not have to carry water buckets out to the horses 6 times a day.

Snow is expected tomorrow morning, basically through Monday . Temps are going to hover 15* during the day without the wind chill factor, which is expected to be around 0*...and it sure feels like it this morning. Right now we have 3" of powder on the ground with about 1" layer of Ice underneath, more expected tomorrow.

I had thought we left this kind of weather when we moved from New Hampshire?

African Vilolets and Other things

Thought I would throw in a photo of one of my loafs of bread, can't you just smell the goodness?!!

Here is my AV called Lemon Kiss.

Rob's Combustible Pigeon has finally bloomed, it is a mini AV. Yes, that is really the flowers name.

DH will be writing "The adventures of making a new Well House cover" sometime this weekend. Sorry, no hints for now.

Looks like we will be having our first snow storm this weekend,, If the news is correct. So far this winter has been unseasonably warm up here in the Hills. Will be nice to see a little white stuff.

Will not have a Yule Tree in the house this year. Having three young cats, has a lot to do with it. One would just play with the ornaments, the other would take what ever she could reach and put it the behind DS bedroom door, leaving none on the tree LOL...so you get the idea. Christmas will be low key because DH contract job is coming to an end.

We do have a side of beef in the freezer and stocked up with the basic dry stuff. Animals are all set with a years supply of food and things they need. Is very nice to have the food and basic supply dealt with.

DS is finally out of his braces and using a Retainer. He is working on the MIT open college courses for Mechanical Engineering. At least he is doing some college courses because,right now, the local college is not doing student loans.

Have a number of friends that have had to quit college due to the lack of loans. Hopefully the economy will pick up by summer.

Am still painting, right now working on the Sleeping Mia Pen & Ink with watercolor wash. Also creating some Digital Abstracts. Would never say this to other Artists but it is a lot like Adult finger painting,, lots of fun with color, depth and shapes.

Had a nice ride out this morning~

Had DS come out with me to take some pictures of me riding.
Yes,, I know I am sitting funny and I am wearing a Beta 3 safety vest under my jacket so I look a lot larger than usual. VBG ... oh and my classic military pants I where when I ride out in the woods.:D Nothing better for repelling Blackberry vines.
Also riding Dyfra in a bit which I don't normally do, with very little to no contact on the reins. Most of the photos are of Dyfra cantering but don't think any one could tell because she looks more like a Yak! (don't think I my back is ready for that much canter quite yet..even when Dyfra is super smooth)
Am riding with a Treeless Saddle called the Hybrid Sensation.

In a couple of photographs you can Ella following along, she comes on some of our rides. Is nice to have company once in awhile.

All in All had a very nice time riding.