And This Is Why You Should Wear Wool

We made it through the Snowpocalypse!  We've had big snows before and we've had big winds before, but I don't remember it all at the same time. Yesterday was brutal even for a snow lover. Actually, if I hadn't have been so worried about the old sheeps, I'd have still had a pretty big time even with the wind.  The trip up to the top run in shed with a bale of hay on the two wheel drive ATV was quite a hoot :-).  

So most importantly, everyone seems okay this morning :-).  The plywood really seemed to help yesterday...but Ford wouldn't go in.  I ended up forcing him into the big barn during the day, hoping that if he could get out of the weather he might be okay.  He really didn't look or act good and I feared the worst.

At feeding time last night I let him go back into Del Boca Vista.  The snow had stopped and the wind was supposed to die down.  His grain was in there, I could safely shovel some cookies his way (he's very arthritic and unstable) and he could make it over to the water easier.  I made him a straw bed out front just in case he still wouldn't go inside.  

At 11:00, that's where I found him, nestled down and looking pretty happy.  It was a beautiful night. The snow had stopped, the wind was calm, the stars were out and it was once again a magical world. I tossed a few flakes of hay into the barn lot and the teenagers came out and partied with me :-).   We stayed out there for quite awhile.

This morning.  You know how if the roof of your house isn't covered with snow then you know you need more insulation?  How's this for insulation?  The snow on the boy's backs has been sitting there for almost 24 hours.  

Murphy

PPPP is sure wearing a warm woolly jumper :-).

Woody

Pretty much everyone had a snow blanket.  The few that didn't had apparently gotten a good spot in the barn out of the blowing snow.

And in the warm sunshine this morning, they were all so warm that they started steaming as the snow cooked away.

I looked around for Maisie thinking it would be neat to take a picture of how warm her sweater was going to be.  There she was, not steaming, no snow blanket, not even a damp layer where one might have been.  She apparently never left the barn yesterday!  I guess that's one way to do it ;-).

Happy Hank, happy sheep, happy shepherd :-).