Ice Inspiration

There always seems to be something.  You have a lot to do and not a lot of time.  So you schedule it out so that you can get things done on time for your needs.  You work hard at your daily list and just as you think by some small chance you will make your deadline, bam!  Something happens.  It doesn't always have to be big either.  It can be something as small as calling to get some info from someone.  Yesterday we called to get more info on licensing and permits for starting our diary.  One call turned in to four hours on the phone with various different people and offices.  So, how do you look at it?  You are now behind your schedule yet got a lot of good info you needed.  Good and bad?  I heard it said in farming you take the bad with the good.  I think it is that way in life.  Not just farming.  Farming is dealing with life and a few hundred acres. 

So, combine the hours on the phone with the walk I decided to take yesterday to check the highland cows and horses, mostly because the hoarfrost was awesome, and my day was shot!  I knew the animals were fine as I can see them from my upstairs of the house.  But how many of you have seen really clear and beautiful hoarfrost?  This was what we got to wake up to.

The view into our pasture.

The horses coming out of the trees to say hello.  All the white on the trees are hoarfrost.

Linnie, the Highland Cow.  See the frost on her hair?

Up close of hoarfrost on tree stems.

Up close of hoarfrost on cattle panels.

Beautiful huh?  For me, it isn't just about taking the bad with the good.  It is about looking beyond that.  Looking at the possibility of what might be and what is under it all.  Take the hoarfrost for example.  It is a combination of heavy fog and sub 0 temps.  The fog touches something and it creates tiny ice crystals and they build and build.  The tiniest little drop of water, so small it can hang in the air can create beauty like this. 

So if we take the bad with the good and look deeper, maybe we can all find the inspiration and beauty we need to get our lists done and learn to enjoy either the process or the outcome.  Besides, if it isn't bringing good or beauty to your life, why do it?