Tuesday, August 16, 2011

The BIG snow of August 2011

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!



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



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