stormy morning

Here's the view from the sheep tent this morning. Hard to tell (other than it looking particularly dim out), but it's snowing to beat the band in this picture. I was down doing my morning chores and knocking snow off the roof of the tent (which is labeled as "not rated for snow load", requiring us to visit the sheep tent every couple hours when it's storming to make sure the roof is clear and not in danger of imminent collapse). It's a really pretty storm, and we're only supposed to get a very reasonable 7 to 9 inches. Anything under 10 inches makes for nice scenery and plenty of snow to play in, but not so much that it cripples daily operations for us. Of course, The Map Man is out there snowblowing right now, but I think it's likely he'll get in a half a day's work today. Certainly beats the heck out of an ice storm! This is what winter is SUPPOSED to be like, so we're pretty happy with it today. Now let's wait and see what the storm coming on Thursday is supposed to bring.

After taking the above photo, I turned around and took a picture inside the tent too. It's a little blurry, as there wasn't much in the way of lighting in there during the early morning snowstorm, but you can see the sheep contentedly munching their breakfast hay, warm, dry, and cozy in out of the storm. In fact, on a day like this, I'm the ONLY one out in it, all the critters are snuggled cozy into their stalls and shelters. Which makes me wonder a bit about my sanity....