The first load of logs left the farm yesterday. Bright and early every morning I can hear Gary running the skidder and chainsaw as I do sheep chores and walk the dogs. I full appreciate his job, whether it is windy, snowy, rainy or just plain cold, Gary is there, cutting, trimming and pulling out the chosen trees. Not an easy way to make a living, but surely necessary to keep our forests healthy.

Today we took to our own trails in Westmoreland with Lyle and Sandy. They rode over from their house and met us here at the farm and from here we rode across town and up the tracks to The Minuteman Cafe on the summit for lunch. It’s a great location with lots of windows facing west while we at lunch we watched snow squalls roll in from VT. Too bad it wasn’t a blizzard! Again the trails weren’t the smoothest but we had lots of laughs and fun together. Cheers and hooray for snow!

We were finally able to get out and do some snowmobiling. Jack and I trailered up to meet Bill and Jennie in Lempster, NH and took the afternoon riding toward Sunapee and then over to Washington for lunch and back to their house in Lempster. The trails weren’t the smoothest but the company was great and the weather was perfect!

Have you EVER seen a more content lamb? This is Charlotte, she is a year old now, but she is still so darn cute. She is a gift, to us and to the breed.

That’s the way I see it! We got a total of 11″, the White Mts 24-30″. We were hoping for more but 11” is a good start. The sun is out and the wind is gusting to 30mph with the temperature around zero. Sidney and I went for a walk down the road and in to the far field and back to the barn, about 1/4 mile of walking in 11″ of fresh snow, great cardio workout! I could hear Gary running the skidder on the ridge. I can only imagine the work logging is in 11′ of fresh snow. Yahoo! It’s finally winter!