I’m impressed by the resilience of donkeys, their astonishing equanimity and adaptability. Donkeys are desert and mountain animals, they can adapt to almost any kind of weather. It is bitterly cold up here, with some snow and driving winds. Mostly, the donkeys stay in the shelter of the pole barn, every few minutes, they come out to forage under the feeder, look around, check the woods.

Their behavior is the same as always, they are alert and attentive, eager for carrots and apples, alert and  steady. I can see by Lulu and Fanny’s coats that they spend a lot of time wandering out in the snow.