Prepping for SD

When Ben got home tonight

it was time to get some bedding bales

and feed bales done

in preparation for leaving for Rapid City in the morning.

Paul, Molly, and Jack were out there to help.

Now if only the snow would quit.

Ski Jump

 One of the triangles that we bale hay on

has a decently steep,

albeit short, hill.

Jack has spent several hours over there moving our limited snow around

and building jumps.

It's hard to do real well on such a short hill

but it's better than nothing!

A Blizzard

Wednesday was a get-ready-for-Christmas day.

Look!

The puppy girls got beds!

Wednesday was also Blizzard Day.

It started off warm and calm and brown.

But then it blew in more and more

as the day went.

This is a picture of the Chicken Castle 

from the livingroom window.

It was a nasty day!

Way Behind

Wow, it's been awhile.

I guess it's been busy.

We braved the cold for some pictures the other day.

'Twas a chilly one,

but we got some decent pictures anyway.

Working in the Woods

Sunday afternoon some of us went out to the woods.

There's a ton of buckthorn and dead trees

that need cleaned out.

Luke pulled and hauled the buckthorn.

Ben cut up dead trees.

Jack got in on some of the saw action too.

Hannah, Molly and I

hauled branches and logs to the huge pile in the field.

Someday when we have lots of snow cover

we will have a couple of big fires to light.