New Snow

Fresh snow today! We got about 3 and a half inches, which is enough to send the groomer out on the trails. Thank you to Bob of Gunflint Pines resort, who groomed last night and this morning, to set fabuous tracks on all of our ski trails. The trees once again have snow on their branches. A picture perfect moment.

On Friday afternoon, we had to haul hay up to the barn, to stash it in the hayloft for Moses and Jethro. I didn't help with the first load, so I missed seeing Moses pull the sled up the hill. He hasn't been called upon to do much work yet, so this was a big step for him. We don 't have all the proper rigging, but Greg was able to use one of our tree saddles to make a harness for him. It took some time, but he had the muscle power to pull the black sled up the powerline and into the pasture. I'm sure that he was rewarded with a flake of the hay. I went out to help with the next two loads. Greg and I pulled, while Robert and Paul pushed on the sled. I'm told that we were faster than Moses! While the hay was being hoisted up into the loft, the donkeys were keeping busy eating their own piles of hay. We saw a fawn come into the pasture, having jumped the fence. This little one carefully stepped up to one of the hay piles and took a few tentative bites. It kept a eye on us, and seemed jumpy. Greg told the donkeys that someone was stealing their hay, but they paid no mind. We didn't see a doe around, so we surmised that this little one was an orphan. That happens when the wolves are able to isolate a doe from the rest of the herd, and take it down. If this is the case, the fawn will also be vulnerable to an attack. The best case scenario for it would be if it is able to hook up with another doe and her little ones. If not, we agreed that we wouldn't mind if it hung around in the pasture, under the watchful eyes of Moses and Jethro, and it grew up thinking that it, too, was a donkey.