Not every day we get freezing rain, sleet, ice, snow, and the weatherman says that it feels like it is three degrees outside, thank goodness, but where we live this type of weather is expected to happen. Just like in the spring we are expected to be bombarded with tornadoes, they don't call it tornado alley for nothing. It is weird to think that a week ago today it was cloudy and freezing but for the past three days is has been so warm that I was actually sweating.
Doesn't it just look cold and dreary?
The first day we got a blast of ice and if you were on the north side of anything and everything you were going to be plastered with a sheet of the stuff.
The second day we got a blanket of snow and the sun just came out long enough to set behind the clouds.
On the third day of our winter storms finally the sun came out full blast and it started to warm up.
By lunch time everything on the ground had started to melt but the trees weren't so lucky because they were still encased in a layer of ice.

The bulls however where very excited to see the sun and me because for the past couple of days their water supply was either low or frozen solid.

When I approached their pen a crowd started to gather. I told them that I would be right back to water them as soon as I finished taking pictures.
They weren't amused but I had to get going before everything melted.
Even the tractor had a couple of icicles on it but like I said before everything was starting to melt and fast.
But before everything was totally gone I ran in and grabbed MLG so he could get his picture taken.
He was outside only for a couple of seconds but he loved it. The boy loves being outside rain, sleet, snow, sun, wind, or any type of weather. It just brings a calming effect out in him.
So while I enjoyed watching the snow coming down from inside the house sitting in front of the fire and sipping my hot chocolate I'm glad it is over. Before I married my peanut farmer and started living on a ranch I loved the snow and ice because that meant I got out of having to go to school or work but when you have cattle there are no days off. You just have to layer up, grab your ax, pray that you don't slip on the ice and make a fool of yourself on your way out the door, and get to doing your chores of feeding and busting ice. No matter of snow, ice, or forty mph winds it has to be done and well I'm one of the lucky ones that gets to do it.
-Cowpie-
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