hello, lovely

We finally got snow! It wasn't much, and only stuck around for a day or two, but the boys really enjoyed playing in it.

The sandbox became a "snow box" that A & S dug and scooped into all morning.

    Last year Sawyer was too small to play in the snow, and I recall Adrian didn't like getting cold and wet at his age- but Sawyer LOVED it.  He kept calling snow "bubby" and we couldn't figure out why. Then in the bathtub a few nights ago he scooped up a handful of bubbles and, smiling, said, "bubby!" He thinks the snow is bubbles! Cold Bubbles!

Stan and Flax tore through the snow all morning. They pretty much cleared the deck after a while just from racing back and forth.

   Here is Big Red. Momma Hen. I cleared a path with my boot that morning so that they had a bit of room to scratch, the other two are under the coop in a big dry area where their food is. They really don't like the snow, but the sun melted most of it off of their coop and and yard by the next day. That morning, when I first opened their coop hatch-door, she just poked her head out, saw all the snow, and then refused to emerge. The little walk was covered in the white stuff, so I cleared it and told them they were on their own. I guess by mid morning they were hungry enough or it had warmed up enough to venture out.

Today, all of the bubby has melted.  It's supposed to be 65 degrees out! The sun is shining and the buds on the trees are looking hopeful. I worry that this winter that really never came is just very delayed and we will be getting snow into May! I hope not.