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Snow on the Pillows

Published January 16, 2022

I, Bernie Harberts, did not use generative AI to write or illustrate this article. Spell check and grammar check, yes. AI, no.

This morning, Julia and I woke up with snow on our pillows. We sleep with our bedroom window open, year-round, and during the night, the season’s first snowstorm blew in. The boundary between the indoors and the outdoors is thin and that’s the way we like it.

Julia went out to feed the critters before coffee this morning. I took some photos you might enjoy. Yes, we’ll get to the coffee. Enjoy!

Pony Pie hunkered down tail-to the wind in a snowstorm — Pie hunkered down, tail-to the wind

Snow falling outside the open bedroom window at Bernie Harberts' cabin — The view from our bedroom window. The window is open. Our cabin has wide eaves so most of the snow, especially when it’s coming from the other side of the house, stays out. In cold weather, I sleep with a wool cap on my head.

Snow covered scene outside the back door with Julia's studio and the barn in the distance — The scene outside our back door. The building in the center is the batch, Julia’s studio. The building in the distance is the barn.

Julia Carpenter feeding hay to the critters during a snowstorm — Julia haying

Mule Cracker standing in the snow near the run-in shed — Cracker wants to know when this will end. The critters can get in out of the weather under their run-in shed. They can also hunker down out of the wind in the forest.

Snow collecting on an object outside the cabin — Not hot coffee

Julia Carpenter walking home through the snow after feeding the animals — Heading home

Snow covered scene outside the back door of the cabin — The scene outside our back door.

Wood stove warming Bernie Harberts' cabin during a snowstorm — Back inside. We heat with wood. Our woodstove is our only source of heat. It’s also great for cooking beans, lentils and heating water.

Cowboy coffee pot on the cookstove at Bernie Harberts' cabin — Now it’s time for a cup of black medicine. That’s our cookstove and coffee pot. We don’t own a coffee maker. We just boil our coffee in a pot, cowboy-style.

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Christian Harberts on January 16, 2022 at 10:06 am

Nah – Cracker is actually embarrassed somebody got a photo of a mule wearing a blanket. Awkward… Meanwhile, Magneto knows a good thing when he wears one…

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- Bernie on January 16, 2022 at 10:26 am
  
  I had the same look on my face because I had to wear gloves. Meanwhile, Julia knows a good thing when she has warm hands….
  
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