Sunday, snowy Sunday

Well now, wasn't that a surprise! So much snow came down overnight! Nearly a foot of delicate, fluffy new snow. No one predicted it, no one expected it, but there it is!

I was getting ready to go out and feed the animals, when I noticed that one of our Bresse girls, in attempting to hike over to the garage where she likes to lay her eggs (who knows why all the way there), got stuck in a snow drift. Hang on, girl! Here I come!

I carry her to her laying box and then quickly shovel a path back for her, so she'd make her way to the barn when she was done. And what does the dumb chicken do? She strays into a drift all over again. I'm coming! (It's not her fault -- chickens apparently are blinded by the snow. A path may be visible to me, but not to her. Ed says -- you do know that they can fly out of trouble? Maybe, but she looked pretty desolate and immobilized.)

I have to admit it -- I love the added depth to the snow cover. It's a stunning winter landscape! (Even though it's hard to capture in a photo that the snow is deeper and that there's more of it!)

(across the road...)

Breakfast, with leftover morning pastries and spring flowers...

And then I have a Zoom date to keep me busy for the rest of the morning hours. Indeed, I get so wrapped up in my call that I nearly forget a very important event -- Snowdrop's very first violin recital!

(her teacher helps her get ready...)

(and away she goes!)

One of her brothers has the sniffles, so he stays home with dad, but the other comes along...

Which is a good thing because the little guy has probably never heard a violin play (Snowdrop's practice time is rather ... celestial). 

Snowdrop's performance goes off without a glitch. She is tentative, but with a good mastery of technique! 

In the afternoon I order strawberry plants on line. You know where this is heading: gardening extravaganza! Then, Ed blows the daylights out of our driveway and we head out to ski.

Oh yeah... That's a sunset alright. Let's just say we were late to get going.

Winter sunsets are stunning!

And dinner? How's dinner tonight? Well, a bit sad without the kids (Sandpiper's sniffles are keeping everyone home), but we are grateful that we can stay healthy. Here's hoping that this too shall pass quickly, without spreading to the rest of the clan.

I stir fry seafood for an army and tell Ed we are going to be eating lots of shrimp in the days to come.

with love...