Work and Play

The last snow storm we had just before Christmas gave us about a foot of snow. It warmed up for a few days and melted some of it, but not much, though the melt and freeze did turn our driveway into a nice skating rink. On New Year's Eve, it has been our custom for the past few years to go for a sled ride. Some day we'll have a sleigh, but for now, what we have really is just a sled, albeit a handy sled, to be sure. (Whit has the book of sleigh designs. What he needs now is free time to work on one.) Anyway, back to playing... Whit hooked our faithful old draft horse, Scooby, up to an old skid sled with the idea that they would go pack the snow down a little on the path before we took the sled out. What fun! It was sort of a cross between snowboarding and tobogganing. TBear and I went along for the ride. Check this out. (That's my spot behind Whit.)






The skid was actually too light to pack the snow much, but we had a great time!









Next, we harnessed Pat up with Scooby and took the sled out.














What a beautiful ride through the woods.






The last project of our Christmas break was to bring some more wood into the woodshed. It was a beautiful day today; beautiful being relative. It was actually bitterly cold and pretty windy, but the sun was shining. Whit hooked Scooby up to the wood sled and we spent a few hours hauling wood from our side lot and stacking it in the woodshed. We'll be set for a few more months now.