The wind yesterday had a Biblical feel, I see we had one of the highest snowfall rates in the country yesterday, we are a bit proud of that. The wind caused an hours long white-out, blow snow off of one roof, one another, set up a quirky little mountain range of drifts. It felt a little personal at times, as if the snow was coming for us.

Outside, we couldn’t see more than a few feet, the animals were frightened, which is unusual for them, they had lost their bearings or sense of security – prey animals like to see a great distance so they can spot predators, they really get unnerved when their view is blocked like that and they feel they can’t hide.

We calmed them by frequent visits and some good hay at intervals. They seemed to feel more secure with us around. They were protected from the snow, but the fierce winds blew into part of the barn.

They also came into my office, I was startled to see this morning that the wind had blown a lot of snow right into my office window, it flew the fine snow right through the new storm window we put in last year. The window has only micro openings in it, no openings big enough to see.

That was a first.

So, I thought, you were after me and my computer? Nature is impressive when it gets stirred up. We are mostly dug out, tired but happy. Spring is looking good, when it decides to stop by.