For weeks, I’ve been heralding the end of winter, and the arrival of Spring, but I am being humbled again by a savage ice and snow storm hitting us tonight. The roads are impassable, and another foot of snow is on the way. Wow.

The donkeys are trapped up in the Pole Barn and the flood of water is so deep coming down the hill that they can’t get down to the feeder. We will have to haul some hay and water up to them in the morning. I think it’s March and it’s about time for all this to end. This morning, we saw grass and pasture peeping up through the snow, some of which was washed away by the heavy rains. We know the drill. Get the shovels out.

I feel badly for the dogs. They can barely get outside to walk.