Well, I guess Mother Nature didn’t think the Halloween treats were good enough this year—because we woke up to this trick instead. Snow. On Halloween. Nothing says “festive” like brushing two inches of frozen betrayal off the windshield before breakfast.
The trees were still wearing their last few yellow leaves, the pumpkins were sitting proudly on the porch, and I was ready for a cozy autumn morning—then I opened the curtains and nearly spit out my cocoa. White. Everywhere. The evergreens looked like they’d been dusted with powdered sugar, and the ground sparkled like it had been sprinkled by a mischievous frost fairy with a bad sense of timing.
The goats were not amused. They gave me that “you’ve got to be kidding” look before retreating to the shelter. The chickens flat-out refused to leave the coop—there was a union vote, and it was unanimous. As for the pigs, one of them tried to tunnel back into her straw bale like a reverse groundhog. I think she was hoping to sleep until spring.
Still, I have to admit—it’s hard to stay grumpy when it’s this pretty. The trees stood like quiet sentinels, every branch edged in silver. The air was perfectly still, the kind of calm that only happens before winter truly takes hold. The whole world looked like it was holding its breath.
And yes, it does make the pumpkins on the porch look very… seasonal. Like someone handed a snow globe to a toddler and said, “Have fun, kid.”
P.S.—This photo says October 30th, but it’s actually the 31st. I really need to change the date on my camera. Though honestly, with weather like this, the confusion’s understandable—it feels more like mid-January than Halloween. So much for fall. Pass the hot cocoa, and some extra chocolate just because.
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©2010 Sandy Davis | American Way Farm
2 comments:
Looks like a treat to me! :)
Back among the living... hows that for a trick or treat? I still don't know which. Stopped by to visit and catch up. Feels great, like sitting down over a cup of coffee to shoot the breeze, and reading over your posts just on this front page gives me a glipse of you, where you've been (sure would have loved to help with that sheep wrangling...), and life in your neck (look out chickens!) of the woods. Thanks for being there, friend.
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