Spring broke through today, finally. We left the ranch at 11am and the world was still cased in ice and snow. However, after a night above 50 degrees, then a full day above 50 degrees, with pouring rain, a lot changed. When we got home after 7pm we found that the creek had broken through and half our pastures were flooded, the creek 4 times its normal width in some places. Bare ground showed through everywhere (or everywhere that wasn't underwater). We are knee deep in flooding right now, but that doesn't bother me - it means that spring is finally breaking winter's hold.
We both went into town today to see the doctor. Dave has bronchitis and I have a walking pneumonia and possibly Whooping cough. We both got heavy-duty meds and finally have some hope that we might recover from this. We broke down and asked Jarred (our neighbor) to feed for a few days, so we should be able to rest.
Oh, and on the way home we stopped by the home of the people we got our goats from. They are moving and have to sell all their goats. We ended up taking three home, all pregnant. Two are due to kid next week and the other in May. We just couldn't resist...
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