This past few days the weather has been absolutely awful! Snow is really pretty stuff and, especially for seven-year-olds, very exciting but it makes a HELL of a mess and now, as it begins to thaw and we experience days of sleet and rain, my paddocks look completely trashed! I have quite a few paddocks that are horse free fortunately but I also have quite a few horses running through the hay paddocks right now - I just hope the damage is not so great that the hay crop suffers.
The horses have all coped remarkably well, although I have been feeding out double rations of hay to ensure that everyone has full tummies. Nick and I took masses of photos but here are a selection of my favourites. For my overseas readers, this sort of snowfall is pretty much unheard of here. It's a once in a lifetime event!
The horses have all coped remarkably well, although I have been feeding out double rations of hay to ensure that everyone has full tummies. Nick and I took masses of photos but here are a selection of my favourites. For my overseas readers, this sort of snowfall is pretty much unheard of here. It's a once in a lifetime event!
Our wee cottage nestled in the snow
The tackshed/hayshed/stable block
The view of our back paddocks and behind
The view over to the mountains
Amy and I
Brennan
Me and Brennan
The obligatory snowball fight
Gotya!
Nick and Amy
The bubble car disappearing under snow
Driving down our road after feeding out
At Brian and Carol's
Hamish doing a chipmunk impression
Bados' paddock
Snowy house
Jess
Jet
Peek-a-boo Rusty
Ata, Enya and Meg in a blizzard
Amy waiting for the school bus
Our letter box
Here comes the school bus - school was cancelled!
Amy
Snowy branches
