I think the winter has taken its toll on Simon. Donkeys are active and curious animals, they love to work, move around, explore and graze and the donkeys and the sheep have been holed up in the pole barn for a couple of months now, the ice is only beginning to melt away. Simon has gotten grumpy with Lulu and Fanny and the sheep, I think the cold is hard on his legs, which have never completely straightened out after he was taken from his farm and brought to us.

It is cold today, but the sun is getting stronger, it is supposed to be getting warmer – although rainy – by the end of the week. I think Simon could use it, so could Maria and I.