Snow Day

So for once the winter weather advisory was warranted. I would say all in all we ended up with about 5 inches. We took this photo about 5:30 PM last night. It was still snowing and blowing then:

The sun peeped out for a little while during chore time this morning. After eating breakfast, Hamburger and T-Bone took off on an adventure around the pasture . . . they don't seem to mind the snow near as much as they did the first couple of times:

My favorite snow experience this morning . . . Sally the cat. Since she is just a few months old, this is definitely her first winter. And she seems to think playing in the snow is the best thing since sliced bread. You can see her in the far right center of the picture above. Here's a close up:

Not sure what is so exciting about the snow on the side of the tent, but I bet she played in that area for about 5 minutes before her paws got cold. And then  she took to running and pouncing in the snow as if there were some imaginary animal just below the surface. I really wish I could have video taped it.


One more photo for the morning . . . sun  across the garden. Catching and glinting on the fine snow crystals, lacking a better cliche, like diamonds.