Snowball fight!

It warmed up to a crazy windy plus 6 today. This is what happens to Bruce when you pair lots of snow with lots of warm with lots of crazy Aussie. 

Incredibly, these pictures were taken after Travis had already removed several pounds of snow from his coat out on the trail because it had got to the point that he was having difficulty running (hmm, note to self - a slow Aussie is a good Aussie). 

The Border Collies? They look the same as ever - I'll take their coats any day. 

It's supposed to stay warm for the rest of the week. I think we'll be snowshoeing in the morning for a while.

The sun came out this morning

and it stopped snowing for about five minutes.  I must have gotten a bit of spring fever because I decided to take Hope out to the sheep for kicks. 

He would now like to demonstrate various methods used to move sheep in winter.

 Begin demonstration.

 The "Snow plow" method

The "My what big ears you have Mr. Wolf" method.

The "Stealth" method.

Proof that sheep actually participated.

So ends our "winter work" demonstration.

 

My neck just got a little redder

Time to start shopping!

Do YOU smell something?

 Because I'm pretty sure

 I smell

 

a little

jam

between these toes...

We've had a bit of snow...

A matter of perspective

This is what a walk looks like from our perspective.

This is what Suzie looks like on our walks....

and this is what our walks look like to Suzie.

Suzie's view of  5month old Sam...

and how he tries to compensate.

She's back!

Suzie's back for a few weeks. If you've been reading the blog for a while  you'll remember that she spent a few months at our place last year after Gramma broke her hip. I'm happy to report that her return this winter is do to happier circumstances on Gramma's part. Not one to be told to "take it easy", Gramma and her friend Pat have taken off on a 3 week cruise in the Caribbean to soak up some sun and rum punch. 


These pictures of Suzie are from last year, because she's currently soaking up as much heat as possible hiding in the laundry pile - I'll get some new ones of her when she comes out from hibernation.