While our goal is to stay where it is 70 degrees, we don't always meet that goal. We were still in the panhandle of Oklahoma when the winter weather caught up with us. On this day, everything was blanketed in snow in the yard in front of the motor home.
While we have enjoyed an unusually large number of winter days with temperatures in the 50s and 60s, the high today won't even get up to 30 degrees. The ranch animals look miserable this cold, cold morning!
While the ground was blanketed with snow overnight, so were the horses. Their backs looked like they were wearing a snowy white saddle. Denisa braved the wind and continuing snow to take pictures of the horses because she knew that our granddaughter would enjoy seeing them. We texted the pictures to her, and sure enough, she asked for more.
After that cold and slick adventure walk outside, we spent the rest of the day inside. The large window in the living room is a perfect place to take pictures of the birds nibbling the seeds dropped from the bird feeders.
The meadowlarks look twice their normal size in their attempt to puff up and brave the cold.
Denisa likes taking pictures of birds. On a cold day with few other activities, she sat in front of that window aiming a camera for quite a while.
She especially likes the white snow background with the colorful bird seeds scattered around the birds.
The red-headed birds preferred to eat directly from the feeders instead of from the ground.
It's fun to get close-ups of their colorful faces with sunflower seeds poised in their beaks.
So if our goal is to always be living where the temperature is 70 degrees, why are we posting all these pictures of animals in the snow?
Our children planned a family ski trip in January to Colorado. It seemed silly to drive the motor home south right after Christmas, just to have to turn around and head north to snow ski. So we are staying in the Oklahoma panhandle for a little longer after the holidays.
We are packing our ski gear, and trying out the warmest combination of clothing to take to the mountains. When Mark texted this picture of our warmest "cousin Eddie" hat, he quickly got the following reply from his sons, "Need a helmet. . . or just not that hat! :)" We guess that warm hat will have to stay in the motor home during this ski vacation..
The next day it was warm enough to take a walk outside. The green plants on the edge of the creek were caught under the water that was frozen into interesting swirling patterns. We count this picture as another of God's wonders.
It only took a couple days for the snow to melt so we could continue our pasture walks. We're still wearing big coats, as the temperatures are not even close to our preferred 70 degrees.
The horses seem to enjoy our visits. This one was even trying to sneak a little smooch on the cheek when the picture was taken.
This extra delay allows us a few more days to enjoy the company of Mark's Mother. Every morning we are treated to the neighbor's farm fresh eggs for breakfast. Any dozen will include a variety of sizes and colors of eggs gathered from the hen house that includes different breeds and sizes of birds.
So we finish this blog filled with pictures taken on days closer to zero degrees than seventy degrees. We are still enjoying this chilly time of the year as we wait on the ski trip. We get to enjoy more of God's wonders, as he paints some of the most beautiful sunsets across the western skies here in the Oklahoma panhandle.
It might not be seventy degrees, but it is still beautiful in the snow here!
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