There are no flowers to eat now, so the goats occasionally have the run of the new fenced area.

Yard goats.

With iPad restrictions in place, Aidan thinks up a way to overcome boredom…

Origami!

Leap frog...

Boing!!!

I love them all, but the frog is my favorite.

John and Wendy on Friday evening were with Aidan at orchestra practice and his Christmas party. Keoni needed a ride to the high school where a classmate was conducting a senior project and he played backup for her…

Afterward, we stopped in the Trattoria Milano for dessert. It was fun having a little one-on-one with this active teenager over tiramisu and a raspberry confection. Satisfying in every way.

Saturday, more snow began while I was loading up the milk supply at R & J Farm Market. The rest of the day the snow piled up. During the night it stopped and the temp rose a little while, then dropped…enough to freeze a sparkling, thick crust on top the new snow. This morning, I got a vigorous workout starting on the snow-shoveling; soon joined by the rest of the family. We freed the vehicles from their white encasements, too. Wendy calls the crusted snow creme brûlée.

I am well pleased with my sturdy Subaru as it rolled right up the drive over the slippery mess. When I got to church, it had been cancelled. I picked up Wendy and Aidan with his cello and drove into the north city to his lesson.

This late afternoon, just before dark I took a walk around the perimeter of the property and left my fresh  tracks in the crusted snow. Quite a lot of energy expended. But no matter, it was worth it to see the full moon come through the clouds.

My body is in a sort of happy tired state. Sleep beckons.