A Skoogish Kind of Day

This morning we woke up to a winter wonderland.  It had snowed most of the night and the boughs of the redwoods were heavy with snow.  We headed down to the barn for chores.

Flash was in the pasture, keeping watch over Kalvin

Or, maybe, he was just harrassing Kalvin.  His new favorite game: pull on Kalvin's blanket

The dogs were loving it. 

Kalvin was on the look out for breakfast

Winston thought snow was  great.  He played and played.

He kept trying to eat the snow on the overturned feed bins.  And then he pawed it all off.

The rest of the day stayed cold, alternating snow, rain and hail.  In the afternoon a strong wind picked up.  The snow started to melt and by the afternoon we were down to patches here and there with the grass poking through.  Our neighbor's eucalyptus tree lost a limb -- which fell on the fence between our properties and did a number on the fence. 

The horses were going nuts with the cold wind.  Flash, Winston and Kalvin were bucking, rearing and racing around.  Jackson was bucking in his turnout.  He wanted out in the worst way but I knew he would run around like a crazy man and that's how his last acute flare up happened. 

For dinner, I made Italian Wedding Soup (meatballs, orzo, and kale in a killer broth) and bread.

A good day all the way around.