So Monday morning we wake up to at least 4 more inches of snow!  By this time we are feeding the herd on the winter range, thanks to the snow being too deep for them to dig down thru it to get to the grass & brush. We have had FIVE new baby lambs in the purebreds in town, which by the way, is WAY early for that! Some sneaky little buck must have jumped a fence last Fall before it was time to get put in with the ladies! And on top of that...the elk have moved in. Don't get me wrong, elk are beautiful! That is until they move in on you and start harassing your livestock and horses to get to the hay they are being fed. Which ends up being the hay that the elk have now eaten. We have even started feeding earlier in the day to give the sheep a chance to eat & get out of the way for when the elk move in. A herd of about 100 head tend to trample the smaller sheep when they move in to the pens to eat, and remember those five new lambs!!! Not to mention the damage they inflict on otherwise good fences. So we are watching the weather channel, surprise...more snow in the forecast, and it's going to be cold. So much for that January thaw we usually get. That's when the husband says "When is it going to stop snowing!!???" Of course he is the one who gets to drive 90 miles in it every day to feed the herd, tromp thru it twice a day to feed the sheep that we keep on the 40 acres at the house, plow the driveways and pasture to be able to feed the horses, shovel the path for Kelton to feed the rabbits and occasionally shovel the walks as well.  It's no wonder that when my reply was "Just think February and March are typically the Snowiest months..." he rolled his eyes like a professional teenage girl and muttered something about me being Smart_ _ _ under his breath as he headed out to shovel some more!

On a positive note to all of this snow...provided that it doesn't all melt too fast...we have over 100% of the normal snowpack. That should help fill ponds, grow grass and alleviate some of the stress that the drought has had on this country for several years now. And my final thought for today!!! We do live in the Rocky Mountains...when all this snow melts...the Coors Brewing Company makes Beer out of it!

I'll be Baa-ck!
Lola Wooly