Snow day!

It snowed today!  But this was a rare snow for Portland: dry, very cold, and very windy.  The chickens handled it admirably, huddling around their water trough and drinking gladly as we filled it again and again with steaming tea kettle-fulls of hot water.  Some of the girls just refused to come outside at all, it was so cold and windy.  As for us, we did go outside-- just long enough to get some photos to share.

 Snow-covered cress.  

Rememeber what it looked like the other day?

 A strawberry plant in the snow.

Snow on the bench.