We got a dusting of snow overnight, which lasted about fifteen minutes once the sun rose. Traffic to Columbia was pretty light this morning, so I guess many people stayed hunkered down indoors. I know that Metro schools opened a couple of hours late. The little bit of snow was still quite pretty, and made me long for a real amount. That probably won’t be happening until December though.

There wasn’t any snow on the ground at the farm. There was however an unidentified animal, maybe a groundhog. I managed to get a crappy picture of him with my phone, shown below. It was zoomed in to the maximum and then drastically cropped, so it makes the “Nessie” photograph look museum worthy. I took the picture from the front seat of my car while I was waiting for a phone call. Frustratingly, my SLR with telephoto lens was in the back of the car. I have seen him before – he lives under the one remaining shed, but previous spottings have merely entailed him running back to the safety of his home. I got a nice long glimpse of him as he meandered around. He eventually went back underground, at which point I retrieved my camera and prepared it to photograph him. Unfortunately he never returned.

After running a number of errands in downtown Columbia I returned to the farm for a little tractor time. I tried to take advantage of the still rather wet ground and uproot some stumps. These were primarily from smaller trees that I had cut down to a couple of feet. Unfortunately that limited amount of trunk made it difficult to get much leverage, but it went okay. Still a bit of work yet to go though. This week I need to get a fire going to burn the stumps, brush, and the last of the house debris. The weather should be great for working outside over the next few days. I just need to get stuff done before the snakes come out to play!