Snow Day In Georgia!

March 1, 2009, what a beautiful day in the south. It has been several years since we've seen snow in our neck of the woods. Sunday, we woke up to blowing flakes, but but nothing sticking. After a while, we noticed a little starting to stick. So of course we had to run outside in pajama's and flip flops to check it out. I started taking pictures before anything was covered. As the day progressed we were blessed with a beautiful scene everywhere we looked. One of my granddaughters, Payton, and I spent the entire day outside taking pictures. I ended the day with over three hundred pictures. Most of them of the horses. And many "Hallmark" moments.

The horses weren't thrilled to say the least. They were wet and gathered ice on their tails. They have free access to their 2800 square foot barn, but they stayed right out in the cold, blowing, and wet snow. All were just fine, except for the oldest gelding, Pete. I checked on them constantly like a mother hen, but once noticed that Pete was shivering. Not good. He was very wet and the wind was blowing strong. We closed off most of the doors to the barn to keep the wind out and got them all inside. Dried and brushed up Pete until he stopped shivering and moved some hay into the barn for all of them to entice them to stay inside. They normally have free choice hay outside under a nice big covered shed, but it was all covered with snow.

Payton and I tried to ride around the farm on the Polaris Ranger ATV, afterall it has a top and a windshield. We didn't get far before we realized that in order to ride around in blowing snow, and I do mean blowing, we also need some windshield wipers and doors! We finally made it back to the house and traded in the ATV for the Suburban and hit the road, the dirt road that is. By then we had a very good covering of snow and were able to take some awesome pictures of the dirt road we live on and on our place. After that we put on lot's more clothes and set out walking the property for more photo opportunities.

What a fun day. Payton and I stayed outside the entire day. We didn't notice much (until we saw the pictures later) how silly we looked all piled up with mismatched attire, my makeup was long gone and what was left was not in the right place. We had a great time. And at the end of the day, I believe my tummy was a little smaller. Hmmm, maybe walking around in heavy clothes, boots, in freezing weather, I lost a couple pounds. Made the day even more fun!

And it was just one snow day. Within 24 hours it was all melted away. But we have great memories.