Our second Ice storm

We've been hit again. Our second ice storm of the winter. This one was harder than the first. the trees were already coated in ice and fog crystals when this one hit.

We lost a lot of limbs off the trees. This is my willow tree. Bret doesn't think it's going to survive. This is a special tree for us. We planted it the first year we moved here in the year 2000. It was so little, and it was fun watching it get bigger year after year. It's going to be sad to see it go. Lots of Ice everywhere. These are the bird houses that sit on top of our chicken coop yard. Not very warm and home-y is it?

This came off of the big tree in the back yard. These are the ones that Bret wanted to take down last year but I wouldn't let him. Now we're regretting it. So we'll have them down this spring and it'll be a lot brighter in our back yard this summer. Not sure I like that. These trees are over 100 years old. They are the ones that were originally planted here when this farm place was first started.

The kids have been home from school for the last couple of days. They are starting to get bored. I think they are discovering that school isn't so bad, at least there you have something to do and think about.

Bret and I drove into town yesterday to go to the bank and we couldn't believe all the tree limbs that were down all over the streets and people's yards. It was a mess. A little south west of us near a little town called Tennent they've had two half miles stretches of power poles snap off, falling to the ground. Lots of people without power, and even water. I'm so very grateful that we haven't had anything like that at our home. We did lose power for a while but it is back on and we're warm and everything is working fine. I'll be glad when this winter is over.