Valentine's Day in the Snow

Happy Valentine's Day! It's a beautiful day here. The sun is out and making my kitchen even brighter as the sun reflects off all the snow. And snow we have plenty of :)  Oh man! We added 14" to the 14" we alreaady had and the 2" of ice.....now tomorrow morning it's another 6+ I have just heard....But before I show you some of the snow pictures I took, lets celebrate the day, and I have so many that I love! Sending hugs to all of you! Just before I started typing this, there was a knock on my back door and my good friend who lives behind us came over with  Valentine gifts. She beat us here--Caitlin was just gathering together all that she had for their family when we heard the knock!

 

Brownies, candy bags and a lovely flower pot filled with a bag of M&M's and more! What sweethearts they are! :)

It was no easy trip for them to trudge through the snow! We may live back to back but  that doesn't make it easier in the Winter! Under that snow is my white concrete patio table!

 

And here is the chicken/bunny coop/playhouse:

My husband had wrapped the top in bottom in heavy plastic to prevent any drafts but it is truly buried. The rabbits love to stay out in the coop and they are warm in the hay. The separate bunk house is very warm and I found that when I would bring the rabbits in at night (I thought they would prefer to sleep indoors at night) they were miserable. SO the rabbits now stay out, but Carol & Frankie come in at night. Since Carol & Frankie are silkies, they do not grow feathers that insulate them or keep them dry. Silkies do not do well in the cold like regular chickens can. Althought they enjoy the Winter days, in the late afternoon I bring them in and they sleep in an indoor cage I have for them.
Here are some interior shots of the play area for the bunnies and chickens. The white walls you see is actually the plastic hanging down on the outside so the wind doesn't get them. It's positively balmy at times.

 

 

Loaded with hay as is the bunkhouse for sleeping which I can't show you the interior but here are the doors to the back part of the coop that houses the sleeping quarters:

You can see how deep the snow is. Oh and here are Carol & Frankie! Frankie is the female on top of the extra cage for chicks. And Carol is the rooster!

This will make you chuckle! Here are the apple trees my son planted last Summer! They look like bushes!

 

So now that Valentine Day is here and almost over..what else do we have to look forward to......

That's right! March 17th!

Stay Cozy Gals!