Monday, February 17, 2014

The weekend was quiet at the farm.  Stephen and I were away on Sunday, traveling to Richmond to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and to visit family.

Spectacular sunset over the big barn,
Sunday evening

Today has been cloudy and cold--it was 15 degrees at 6:30 AM, and the highest temperature was 34 degrees at around 3 PM.  The snow now has an inch-thick frozen layer on top that makes walking in it difficult.  I went out this morning with our dogs, and found that they could walk on top of it for the most part, even though the smallest weighs around 70 pounds, and the largest about 100 pounds!

Heading back toward the farmhouse
from the NW pasture--Obie stands
atop about 14 inches of snow.

Geo came today and shoveled the now very firm and heavy snow off the walkways from the main house to the cottage and studio.  We're all cautious about walking anywhere, as there is some melting and runoff during the day, then re-freezing overnight.  Areas that stay shaded during the day are still covered with snow and/or ice in many places.

Sidewalk from main house front porch to
the Cottage

Sherry was here in the morning, doing maintenance cleaning in the main house.  Stephen had an appointment on site this afternoon with guests who are interested in renting the property in the future.  They seemed very pleased and will be back in touch.