The Morning After

Today is the day the Lord has made. A beautiful day! It was a glorious morning after the first snow. Clear skies and bright sun greet the day. We all enjoyed getting out in the sun. The night was very cold, down to 0 degrees.

Here is a link to all the pictures taken this morning: http://www.rten.org/snowfun.htm

Even when it's snowing

The two young dogs still eat outside, even when it's snowing. They each get tied up just for dinner time since otherwise, they would spend more time trying to eat each others food.

They are really good about this routine and know it's feeding time when I call the two older dogs into the house in the midafternoons.

They all have thick coats by now so they all seem to like being in the snow. They lay right down in it and it doesn't seem to bother them. The young ones play in it and eat it for moisture.

Snow is still falling now at 3pm so we are getting a good snowfall. I'm sure the ski areas 25 miles north of me are happy about this storm.

My upper lot forest is starting to look really nice with the snow there.

First real snow this winter

Well, today it finally snowed. We've had dustings before but it melted as soon as it hit.

Today, it's been snowing since early this morning. The first picture was taken about 11am and it's now about 1pm and the snow is still coming down but not as heavily as earlier. But that changes instantly. So the storm is still with us. I haven't heard how long it's supposed to hang around.

I'm happy to see it since our forests can use the moisture. The ground has been getting quite dry lately. This will help.