First Snow!

It finally happened, our first snow that stuck!  We actually had snow coming down for about 7 hours.  We ended up with 7 inches of beautiful snow.  In Texas, well in this part we don't get snow very often.  It was a bit of a surprise since in the same week we got up to 78 degrees.  They always say, if you don't like the weather in Texas...just wait a minute.  

Our Shooting Range

I took the dogs on a walk up to the range, they enjoyed getting out of the house and playing for a little while.  It was snowing pretty heavily while we were outside.  The bad thing about the snow was the weight of it on the tree branches.  I could hear branches snapping and breaking as we walked up to the range.  I would guess the range is something like 400 yards from the house...maybe 4 football fields?  I am not sure.  I know the pond is about 200 feet from the house.  You can see our Red Barn Shed in the top picture and to the right of center you can barely make out part of the house.

Trees on the side of the shooting range and my 3 dogs Bailee, Sophie and Kensie

You can tell how heavy the snow is on these smaller trees, many of them were bent almost to the ground.  When I later went out to check on the chickens who were locked in the coop all day, I saw trees that fell back in the woods behind the coop.  I am a little afraid to walk around in the woods when the wind is blowing hard or like this...when it snows, you can hear trees and large branches falling and with the dogs running through and of course myself, I don't want to take a chance on any of us getting hurt.  We still have snow on the ground today, but it is suppose to be in the 70's by this weekend.  It is melting, but it is also cloudy and windy today...a lot of snow is gone from the trees now.