Ladies!  You all are funny!!

First, here in Florida, all the news casters called for snow flurries between 2am & 5am. 

At 2330 hrs, the winds started blowing strong, in from the ocean, and the clouds that had been hanging off shore, blew in.     

At 0200 hrs I decided to call it a night.  The plants were tended.  All the pets were tended.  The water left running with a trickle.  There really wasn't much in the sky as towards cloud coverage.  We're about ten to fifteen miles from the ocean as  the crow flies.  If snow fell, it would have been more to the East of us and west of the shoreline.

0530 hrs  Time to awaken and kiss my spouse goodbye as he prepares for work.  No snow?  No.

1000 hrs - 1030ish  Time to rise and start the day.

Turn on computer, news, head for coffee.  Once started, start feeding rounds, (today coat, shoes ~well flip-flops) and head outside to turn off the trickle and check everyone.

Horses:  Last night my daughter called me at work around 2200 hrs (10pm) and asked how much it would cost to fix a whole in the floor. 

Of course my next question to her was, "What happened?"  

She said, "Nothing. Yet."

"OK, what praytell is about to happen?"

"I just wanted to know if we could afford a new floor."

"If we need a new floor, then we might as well start building our new house."  

No not horses, but I have talked about in our next house, having large enough doors and a stone floor so if you ever wanted to bring a horse in you could!  My MIL agrees!  So does my spouse and kids.  We also plan to have a central aviary.  Probably, both together as a hard easy to clean floor would be good in an aviary.

Horses are amazing creatures.  They can grow a winter coat over night.  They like the weather change and can go in the barn if they want to.  I'm sure all of you who have dogs know the joy a crisp morning brings as they frolick and play, barking off echos into the day.  The horses react pretty much the same way.  The goats are playing, too.

As for Elephants well I'm sure my feelings are clear!  Note to self:  Make sure doors are large enough for Elephants and Giraffes.

We actually have complete winter gear including snow pants for everyone.  More because we started trying to go skiing or snowboarding since we've been tending Grandma's house in North Georgia.  It's not too far to travel to Cataloochee and they have specials which make it affordable.  Only my spouse has traveled west to Utah which he says is much bigger, but until the interest is as large as the price tag, we won't be doing that as a family.

No, the two promises I made last year which I need to keep, are tickets to Disney World and to figure out a nice way to visit the Bahamas affordably.

OK!  The answer is IN!  Yes! It snowed in Florida!!  The news just reported that east of us, in Holly Hill and Ormond Beach, they had snow flurries early this morning.  There were a few places west that had a freeze.  The oranges are fine even though the farmers had a long cold night.  They got their frost kiss but didn't freeze making it just perfect.

At the moment, the sun is shining bright but there's still a cold wind blowing.  One more very cold night to come.

Have a great day everyone!

Vicki