A very good afternoon to all those who have found my blog today, it's snowing! At over 600' above sea level, Medstead is usually affected if it snows anywhere in Hampshire, and during the night and today it has snowed throughout the country! Great tobogganing opportunities across the fields and down Common Hill, not so good for the postman who failed to deliver today!
The animals aren't so keen either. Tiffany, our lovely elderly pony, is in her stable wrapped up in two rugs for warmth and now shares her space with a little robin, who does his best to tuck in to her feed bowl when he can. The bantam hens have yet to venture out from their ark and at 4:00pm they are unlikely to do so today. Spotted a rabbit earlier darting across the garden but other than that no sign of other wildlife except for a few birds; the usual vibrant pheasant strutting his stuff across the vegetable garden, a blackbird and a couple of finches on the bird feeders and, just this minute as I'm writing this blog, the barn owl in hunting mode flying across the fields. My mad dash with camera in hand upstairs proved fruitless - very difficult to snap a barn owl against a background of snow! 'Til next time...
The animals aren't so keen either. Tiffany, our lovely elderly pony, is in her stable wrapped up in two rugs for warmth and now shares her space with a little robin, who does his best to tuck in to her feed bowl when he can. The bantam hens have yet to venture out from their ark and at 4:00pm they are unlikely to do so today. Spotted a rabbit earlier darting across the garden but other than that no sign of other wildlife except for a few birds; the usual vibrant pheasant strutting his stuff across the vegetable garden, a blackbird and a couple of finches on the bird feeders and, just this minute as I'm writing this blog, the barn owl in hunting mode flying across the fields. My mad dash with camera in hand upstairs proved fruitless - very difficult to snap a barn owl against a background of snow! 'Til next time...
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