Yesterday, 13,000 of my neighbors and I lost power for about 12 hours. Honestly, it wasn’t a huge deal. I spent the day reading and napping instead of sewing and blogging. Our house is new and very solidly built, so it didn’t even cool off all that much.
Losing power at my house also means losing water and phone service. Unfortunately, I hadn’t yet called Tosh to ask him to plow when the power went out, so I was stuck at home for a bit. Because Tosh is my hero, he showed up on his own around three, but by then it was to close to time to feed the animals for me to go into Charlottesville.
It was a lovely, quiet day here. Luckily, my camera batteries were charged and I can share some of it with you.
I am so full of gratitude these days. That I get to live in such a beautiful place. That I get to live this life. I’ve never felt more at home.
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I never get tired of seeing the pictures of those cute faces. You must be chuckling all day long as you gaze into those eyes.
Ahhh… Gratitude – the key to the universe!
Lovely pictures – the one with the tree is now my desktop pic. Thank you for sharing the loveliness.
So that’s where all the snow’s gone
Love those days with blue skies and fresh snow and happy sheep and goat faces…thanks for sharing.
Gorgeous! I particularly like the chicken coop shot, great colors
Gorgeous photos. Glad you weren’t cold while the power was off. We really don’t usually get this much snow – LOL!
Thanks for posting the photos. I’m glad you and all of your animals weathered the storm relatively unscathed.
Our power here in Northwest Arkansas was out for about 6 hours, which beat the hell out of the 11 days we were out of power when we had freak ice storm here THE SAME WEEK last year. We lose our water, too, and the losses really makes you appreciate electricity. ; )
The upside is that everything is really beautiful and silent. When I walked out to care for my horse, I started hm- m-m the Leonard Cohen song, “Hallelujah”.
Nice to see the sheep are smiling again. I guess the stress of the move has finally worn off.
You’re getting eggs!!!! Yay!!!!
Love love love the snowy field pics – so incredibly peaceful!
So glad you stayed safe and snug. I love the peacefulness of all that snow.
Once again, fantastic pictures! The pristine snow-covered pasture is breathtaking with that bright blue sky. Those eggs shells are so pretty, too. That camera is awesome and making me re-think my digital needs/wants. Thank you for sharing!
your lucky your house is so well insulated. gotta love country life! last year (2009) for xmas we bought the family a gift of a generator. After we went the 7 days the year before with no power we didnt want to get sooo stuck again!
Susie, I am so happy for you and not just because the power came back on (although that’s a biggie) You not only have a lovely place to live, but you’ve made it so inviting and comfortable to friends, family and even relative strangers. And it will only get better because “it takes a heap o’living to make a house a home”
My minister once gave a sermon on how “practicing gratitude” (as in doing this in a conscious, deliberate way, like meditating) was the key to happiness. My well pump also goes out when we have no power and it also goes out from time to time for many other reasons, so I am very grateful for water, in my house, when I need it. Interesting how it can kick you back to the 19th century when you have to carry water up from the spring. But, as annoying as it is to be without water, it is such an amazing feeling when, after a time without, you turn on the facet and *oh my gosh* there is water there! We take such luxuries so much for granted. Being without can make us more mindful. I love the photos of snow–here in the Pacific Northwest, we are having a mild El Nino winter. Not much snow–cold rain and mud instead. After last year’s record, snowfall I didn’t think I would miss it. But I’ll take frozen ground over almost frozen mud any day.
Wow. The pictures ooze peace and solitude. How wonderful!
Beautiful pictures … the sheep, the snow, and the gorgeous eggs! ( I can’t help but envy how clean and neat the straw and eggs are…our chickens INSIST on kicking the straw out of their laying boxes almost immediately after it is placed.)
I can almost smell the peace.
It truly is beautiful. I would’ve welcomed the day without power or the phone, your animals are truly gorgeous too!
Georgeous pics. I miss snow.
Sorry you were without power so long! I would’ve froze up dead if mine had gone out, as it was I was wearing my coat, hat and gloves inside all day Sunday!
I wasn’t sure before that your new camera was a big leap from the old one, but these pictures convinced me! So gorgeous and crisp! Hopefully the tune up will bring your old camera back into top shape as well!
You do have so much beauty in your life! You can see the love in all those puppy and sheep faces. Bliss!
What, no pictures of Tosh?
amazing photos
love lucy’s lick
the sun on the goats
the fresh eggs
the chickens at the chicken coop door
the PRISTINE snow
the peacefulness that presents through each photo
(even if there’s local chaos–it’s beautiful)
hope you’re warm
love
rona