FarmLife Tuesday~Snow

FarmLife during the winter can be a challenge. We heard the forecast, we kept up with our weather apps on the phone. We prepared as much as we could. We then waited, watched, waited and decided it wasn’t going to snow… But, then, nearly 19 hours after it was said to start, it did, and not with a slow few flurries… no, if this would have been rain falling, it would have caused flash flooding…

This picture is just thirty minutes after it started snowing. The flakes were huge and heavy.

Just look at those snowflakes!!

It was a winter wonderland….

But…

We have livestock, there was an Arctic front on our doorstep and our sick baby was getting sicker…

Sicker as in, I had packed a bag for the hospital…

I had been staying up all night with him for several nights.

I was worn out and now was worried that if he REALLY needed to go to the hospital, we wouldn’t be able to get there…

But…

God worked it out…

I spent some time on the phone with an on call nurse explaining our situation.

Hubby brought home a loader that could get us out if needed.

The people who have cattle here broke through the drifts by morning.

Baby did get a bit worse, but we worked through it.

We kept animals watered even in single digit temperatures.

We stayed warm.

We had lots of family time just relaxing…as much as you can with a houseful of sick kiddos.

We survived…

The livestock survived.

All are feeling better.

Winter on the farm is not all fun. However, it is worth it. We get to see God work through issues that no man could take on and come out ahead on. FarmLife is not for everyone. It is hard, it is time consuming and never runs on a plan… As soon as you make a plan, a cow will get out, a horse will get sick, or deer will take out a 1/2 mile of fence. FarmLife… I love it. I live it. I thrive in it!