It’s a bit shocking to see h ow much snow is piled up around the farm. It is at least waist high. We’ve been shoveling all day there is at least another foot, maybe two, on top of what was there. The donkeys will be in the barn for several days as there is simply no place for them to go. The dogs have to plow through snow everywhere they go, and the border collies really aren’t built for it, although Lenore and Frieda seem to have no trouble.
Even the old-timers are hard-pressed to remember a winter so unrelenting. It has been eerily beautiful, and good for my photography. But we will have a difficult Spring, when all this melts. So much damage to roofs and foundations. And we are both tired. Going outside for any reason is a challenge. And on a farm, you go outside a lot.
Got some good news today. My first children’s book, “Meet The Dogs Of Bedlam Farm” has gone into its 2nd Printing, two months before publication. That’s great, along with some wonderfully generous reviews. I’m excited about the book and will go on tour in early May for it. Looks like New York City, Boston, Cincinnati, Portland and Seattle. Plus a new web page and some videos. I’m going to read the book to the dogs and put out a video of that, courtesy of Dave Bigler Productions.
I went out to check on the animals in the barn: