The winter has been colder than usual. The sheep like the snow, and tend to play more games when it's cold. Though they are all ewes, they play at head-butting and ramming, and it is always funny to see one back up for a charge, and to have the others half-heartedly scatter, not wanting to be hit but also knowing their sister runs in jest ( Read more... )

The reported windchills for yesterday were between -30F and -50F, the latter at higher elevations ( Read more... )

Another ice storm. When I shut the chickens in at night, the tall grass is bent over with each blade covered in a sheath of ice; makes for a curious effect in the low winter sunlight ( Read more... )