Winter Skies

Doesn't the sky look ominus?
There is a front blowing in
and I have seen actual snowflakes!
I could almost count them,
but it snow is snow and I
shall not quibble over the amount.
I am hoping for a wee bit more snow
through the dark of night.
And if I were in the mountains.....
I miss snow.
I miss the quiet sound of snow on the pines.
I miss the heavy stillness of the woods.
I miss the deep feeling of aloneness
that comes with a walk through the empty forest.
I miss the patterns and swirls of the creek
flowing onward under a skin of ice.
Oh bother.
We aren't to get any anyway.

I caught a rare pic of the tree dwelling panther

that lives with us. Bishop spends almost

as much time aloft as he does curled

deep into the feather mattress of my bed.

And behind this door

I have kits.

Sweet Husband spied them out in the yard this morning

and gave a great groan bemoaning the fact that now

we have two free ranging rabbits and their offspring

and a garden coming.

I had to go investigate.

The silly little things led me right to this door.

Sweet Husband built the rabbit door for my

first meat rabbits. There was a lovely pen

as well, but when the two buns dug out

we dismantled this communal rabbit colony

and moved them to escape-proof digs.

Then Mr White escaped and then broke his favorite

doe out as well. Prison Break 07.

I have enjoyed them in the yard

and they have grown fat and sassy on chicken feed.

But when it came time for Mrs. White

(who is a broken chinchilla color)

to make her burrow, Mr White led

her back to his old home and she dug

a wonderful burrow in the hardpack dirt

of the old smokehouse.

To save my garden and to corral

my footed feasts all we have to do

is reinstate the old pen. Fantastic!

The kits are just lovely too.

And in preparation for the next wave

of bitter cold and gale force winds

I ahve hung a second heat lamp over the

chicks in the potting shed.

There should be plenty of heat and plenty of space for all.

Cross your fingers that at least we get enough

snow to cancel school tomorrow. I would

love to sleep in and spend the day curled on

the couch firming up my seed order.