you never know what you're going to wake up to

As a small holder I like to think I'm in touch with the weather. I can smell the snow coming, I know that those clouds will bring. Ha! Not a chance.
These last two weeks have shown me you never know what you are going to wake up to. Two weeks ago it was blizzards, then the very next day we had a spring like day. It was warm, the birds were singing, everything had defrosted. It was lovely. The following day I woke to more snow. Where did that come from?
Three days ago, I fed the horses at 10pm under clear skys. There were millions of stars up there and Mars was shining bright. I knew I'd wake to frost and ice. Nope. The temperature hadn't dropped below 4°C all night. Yet, the last two nights it was lovely and clear again and -5°C over night. In fact, today as I was working in the horse shelter the mud was freezing while I was out there.

As I sit here typing, its -1°C outside. Will it stay frozen over night? There is a full cloud cover and the weather man says rain or snow. But I know not to try and predict anything. Who knows what it'll be? I'll just have to deal with it when I get up tomorrow.

pete
inthehills