February

Naish and a few of his friends have invented "Mixamals."
You can probably figure it out from this pic of Ivy enjoying their company.

Happy Birthday Art!

Monster (Mini?) Snowstorm III

Icicles grew.

Snow mountains got taller.

But we only got 7 additional inches by the end of it.

Bodhi likes to survey the farm from his new perches.

Monster Snowstorm II

Yesterday's storm - snow and a little sleet.

By the late afternoon visibility was almost normal.

Monster Snowstorm I

Here are a few pics on day one of MonsterSnow and the pre-storm conditions here on the farm. Art is snow-blowing some paths through the existing 2-3 feet we already have. Ernie, our farm-hand, is hauling & piling our existing snow away from the barns and outbuildings in preparation for the additional 15+ we're anticipating in the next two days. We've had lots of beautiful icicles for the past couple of weeks, so I thought I'd put a shot of those up too. We're cozy in the house and have lots of wood for the 3 wood stoves should the power go out. I'll put up pics after the deluge for comparison. FUN!

Light & Snow

We now have a good snow pack of from 1 to 3 feet with drifts. 

Thanks to Don who took these pics of the Winnicut River on his cross-country ski trek.

We'll get down to -10 degrees tonight.  Maybe the Winnicut will freeze over.

Winter in New Hampshire

Wow! Winter so far has been spectacular. Aside from Saturday skiing with Art, the boys have been racing off the school bus to skate on our pond, and ski and snowboard on our "slopes" with the neighborhood kids. Our land is under conservation (and under a good foot of snow) and the neighborhood snowshoers and cross-country skiiers come through the front field on their way to the river. Bodhi jumps through the snow to welcome them. Another bonus is that these folks know how to handle snow so while everything's covered in the beautiful white stuff, you can actually get around town and park here! Lovin' it!

Ski Season Commences

Art's been taking the boys skiing on Saturdays

We've had no snow yet at home but they've had a few (natural) inches on the slopes

The boys are planning to hit as many NH ski resorts as possible this season.