Impossible Snow

Well the thick blanket of snow did not fall off the roof during the night. The picture below was taken first thing this morning. I can't believe it will hold together much longer.

On the walk today we had to check out the igloo Joan and her children are making. Below Joan is already inside and Diane is heading in.

 It is quite large and easily fits Joan, Mackenson, Faith, Berlica and Kabur their dog.  They are working on the second room and will probably have that done later today. With more snow predicted this weekend and then below zero temperatures predicted to stay for at least 2 more weeks this snow house should last a long time.  Below Joan is coming out. It is important to keep the door small to keep the heat inside.

We were short handed at the Berean office today but the roads were bad this morning and we didn't have a lot of mail so some of the volunteers that offered to come were told to stay home and stay safe and some of the volunteers left for Florida last week. If you would like to read about our time at the Berean office today click HERE. Karin was already here working horses when I arrived home. Her schools were given a snow day today because of the roads out that way were just not safe.  She had Jenis, Oksana and Anna in the indoor. I arrived as she was working with Jenis.

 She worked Oksana next. 

 The last mare worked of this group of three was Anna. 

 They were taken back to the paddocks so Valiant and Galena could be brought inside. Valiant loves being able to run. 

 And also can't wait to drop and roll. 

 He is learning to wait to drop down for the roll until Karin lets him then will sit until she releases him. The IL Horse Fair is planning on having a liberty class this year. Shaeya will be showing him in Liberty and Rebekah will be showing him in the stallion class. 

 It didn't take long for Galena to pick a nice soft spot to roll too. 

 After that it was time to get to work. Valiant was worked first. He is being worked almost exclusively in the canter and his walk canter departs are amazing.  

 Once he was untacked he was taken into the middle of the arena while Karin worked Galena around him.  No pictures of that though, I was in charge of holding Valiant in the middle.  Karin finished up around the time Mark got home. He pulled out the small Kubota and worked on clearing by the mail boxes, the entrance to the drive and then our drives.

 This evening we have been hearing snow cascading off our roof but NOT from the front of the house. I just snapped the two pictures below and it is still holding together.

The overhang of snow alone is exactly 3 feet and the size of the icicles are 33 inches in length. I just took Mark's measuring tape out and measured. 

 It seems impossible that the snow is holding together this long.