The season of Winter arrived last month. The temperatures of Winter arrived last month. The winds of winter arrived in November, but finally since New Year’s weekend, the snow is starting to accumulate.
An eight inch storm blew in over new year’s, and less than half melted off in the subsequent warming of last week. The heavy relentless winds have stripped patches bare and filled in every gap, creating drifts over a foot deep in areas.
A few inches landed again this weekend, adding to the total, and ensuring that, seemingly until late Spring, Moon Bug is now required to navigate the pass down the hill to get out of the ranch. Large trees, untouched from the Spring Fire, line both sides of the road there and it simply will not melt off this time of year.
The freezers are bursting with literally no room for a single extra stick of butter. The fridge is stuffed from a trip out just last Wednesday, so I am stocked for the winter as I was last October, so I should be quite fine, supply wise. Even had an opportunity over the Christmas break to do more pressure canning, so I am ready for the isolation, including a bit more snow expected for the coming weekend.
