Jan 16th, 2008 by woodstone
Well… it’s blowing a gale outside. The wind is whistling down the chimneys, and the snow is blasting sideways rather than falling softly to the ground.
I keep looking out, watching for the dawn to start lightening the sky… but it’s still very dark for this time of morning. The clouds must be very thick and heavy over us. It’s always a little unsettling when I can hear a storm outside, and see little bits of it, but it’s too dark to really see what’s going on. Do we have 1″ of snow or a foot? Is anything important blowing around the yard? Have the barn doors blown off? (Yes, that did happen once last year, one double stall door blew complete off. Luckily it didn’t hit any of the animals)
I’ll feel better once the sun comes up.
Yesterday was a beautiful morning, and I just had to snap a few pictures before it got away…
Sunrise…. It looked like cotton candy floating in the sky.
Coming back from the barn… I like the way the morning sun was just beginning to peak around the house.
R and Sweet Pea out for an early morning walk.
I’d rather stay in here… nice and warm… drinking hot chocolate and posting pictures, but it’s light enough to go feed the goats so I’d better run.
Lovely post. I think the pictures are great, they really set the mood. I can tell you really like where you live.
Out of curiousity, when do you wake up in the morning? And when do you go to bed to be able to get that early?
I am on a mission to go to bed earlier ever day. I am a card-carrying nightowl but these 2am bed-times make me miss the early morning. If I could 11pm would be nice.
Yes, the pictures are beautiful. It is snowing here also, very light and coming straight down for the most part. It is forecast to kick into high gear later in the day. We’ll see.
i think Steve and i are cut from the same cloth. i have set a goal each year for many years to go to bed earlier so that i could get up earlier. This year i’m trying a different tack; i’m setting my alarm (2 of them!) earlier in the morning. My theory is that i am not successful controlling when i go to bed, but the alarms will get me up and that may make the adjustment on the other end of the clock. Maybe.
my anti-spam word was love…and I love your house! I’m so jealous of it. You have the best pictures.
I’m so glad you have nice quiet mornings to look forward to each day.
Jackie, Jackie Jackie, only 2 alarms? What a novice. I use my mobile phone, my main alarm clock, my telephone, a small travel alarm and my shortwave radio (if it working).
This morning I woke up at 7am (still dark) but got out of bed at 8am (I listened to the news for an hour)