Beauty before Next Storm: TBT Peeps

Yup, lots of tracks in the snow after Tuesday's all-day slop dump. 

Happily, we had a gorgeous "bluebird" day to scurry around dealing with the effects of the day before and get ready for the day ahead.  

Snow is falling again and will continue to do so most of the day.

So, after morning chores yesterday, I enjoyed an hour or so of plowing the lane and cleaning out a wide area around the barn.

Four tons of hay would be arriving in the afternoon, so it was important to make sure that there was plenty of room for whatever rig Harvey's crew brought. 

Turned out to be a flatbed with a hay wagon, so my efforts were well worth the time. 

Still, it's always worth the time to have to sit on a tractor to get some plowing done with the added benefit of admiring the stunning scenery created by a fresh blanket of snow and gorgeous blue skies. 

Hard to beat. 

I also love walking into my barn after yesterday's delivery and seeing hay stacked to the ceiling in one stall and pretty much filling up another. 

The horses should have plenty to eat for the next four months.   Plus, two more tons will come when this installment runs out. 

The barn also has another stack of bags filled with shavings.  This particular brand is home-produced at Lignetics in Kootenai.  

The company has gotten into the business of producing attractive bags of pine shavings for horse bedding.  

When I go out a little later to bed the barns, it will be fun to see the much advertised fluff.  Bet the horses will approve. 

It's a good feeling knowing that we're well supplied with the necessities for the beloveds.  

And now for Thursday Throwbacks.  

Again this week, I had fun scrolling through my photos from the past several years and pulling out some for today.

In each case, the photos provide me with some healthy nostalgia of good times and good friends in past settings. 

These are among the many folks in this area who truly make it "a wonderful life."  

Enjoy. 

The good ol' days when my former student Cherise Neu (third from left) was our vet.  She usually had a little help from family:  Kate, Kim and Colleen. 

The good ol' days of induction into the Lodgepole Society when there WAS a tree.  Kari and daughter Sage, who's now spending a year as an exchange student in Italy. 

Grandma and granddaughter:  Marilyn Chambers and Katie when Katie was in high school, serving on the Monticola staff. 

When Katie (above) was in high school, serving on the Monticola staff and her adviser was Barbara Tibbs, of course, horses and sister Laurie got involved in a "guess where the poop will fall" fundraiser. 

Our good friend Nancy enjoys a tender moment with her daughter Ruby and mare Marquee. 

A dear friend and former teaching colleague, Myra and her friend. 

Marv Legerway, the horse trainer and ZAGS fan. 

Local cattleman and longtime horse lover Leonard Wood. 

My former teaching colleague and friend Marcy with one of her good friends. 

Local farrier Greg Hargadorn

Neighbor and longtime friend Dan Wood and a young' un from the Wood clan. 

Ben Wood, owner of Wood's Feeds. 

Yet another Wood, Janice Schoonover and hubby Roley after Janice received her very own geocaching cap. 

Just threw this is cuz I ran across it.  Fourth grade at Lincoln School.  A few names needed for the faces. 

Annie, Annie and Kiwi as a pup at the Great Northern Road farm where we lived for 30 years. 

Annie Love took this photo of Lily in 2006 shortly after Lily moved to the Lovestead from Oklahoma. 

It eventually appeared on the Appaloosa Journal calendar.  

One of my PAL Z from Sandpoint High School, Tyler Long and his little man. 

The Young Loves, Debbie and Willie, and the grandpuppies, Todd and Brooke, a while back on one of our many hikes north of Bonners Ferry.