Snow Days on the Farm

We had a few days of snow on the farm.  It was a surprisingly large amount of snow.  The snow in Portland was much worse though.  Luckily we’re used to such things on the farm.

That’s a bunch of beautiful snow in the pasture!

Looking down into the woods at the old turkey coop.  These photos are a bit out of order.

Looking out into the woods in the back at the snow starting to fall.

Just a dusting right at the start.

The snow in the woods is so pretty.

Down on the creek by the bridge.

Looking out into the back after a lot more snow fell.

Lots of snow in the barnyard.

Even more snow on the driveway.

Snow on the fence rails.

The snow finally slowed down a bit.

Sunlight in the forest.

Snow in the big trees.

Icicles coming off the barn roof.

After the snow fell, Jesi and Brent came over to join us in making huge snowballs.  We used up most of the snow in the small pasture.  A week or so after the rest of the snow melted, these are the mounds of snow that still exist.  The tallest is about three feet tall.  Not bad for a little Oregon snow!

Day Hike to Duffy Lake

My parents, Brent, Jesi, Heather, and I went on a day hike with a few llamas to Duffy Lake.

 

 

 

 Llamas waiting to go out on the meadow for a lunchtime snack.

 

 

 

 

 Brent and my dad.

 Duffy Butte in the background.

 

Duffy Butte with Duffy Lake in the foreground.  A big fire came through the area a number of years ago and killed many of the trees on the butte.

 Jesi setting up a group shot

 Three Fingered Jack at the head end of the Eight Lakes Basin.

 

 

 

The Territory Akubra hat that I purchased at MANSWORLD in Mount Isa for the Mount Isa Rodeo made another appearance on this trip.  Heather found it somewhat difficult to get close to me with my rather large beard and very large hat.

 

 Loading up the llamas to head back to the truck.

 

Brent made a friend.

Flooding by the Irish Bend Covered Bridge

Jesi and I went out to the Irish Bend Covered Bridge this afternoon to check on the water levels.  The surf is up today!

 Ducks enjoying the pasture.

 Water running through the forest and swamping a temporary structure near the west end of campus.

 Those are egrets on the far side of the water.

 

 Water rushing out of a culvert under the road.

 A whirlpool feeding into the culvert.  It reminds me of the power plant intake that I saw in Albania.

 A little more water and the road is going to be over-topped.

 

 

 

 

 The culvert is getting mighty close to completely full.  A few more sticks or logs and it’s curtains for the road.