Just like that, everything changed.
Up until Tuesday, we enjoyed a long autumn, even maybe Indian summer. The trees were colored, the grass still tawny and waving in gentle breeze, the sun late and short but brilliant, even warm. 
But Tuesday, winter came with a vengeance. We never want a winter storm warning around here, but the first one always seems too soon.
Roads were treacherous but we wisely didn’t go out. All the highway cameras showed just a blur of white. The wind blew hard during the night. 
I could hear it from my warm couch, and was glad I am loved and a housedog.
Today the sun rose, late as usual, but brought warmth and diamond sparkles to a new, still blanket of snow. It was very bright.
Everything smells so different! I was busy trying to discern all that was hidden in white. I saw deer and turkeys had tracked up the new snowfall.So did I!
I smelled something interesting under there. 
I even found fresh green grass still there under the trailer.
We took the four wheeler to feed horses and chickens. I forgot how slippery things could get, and slid off when I jumped down, and needed a boost from the boss to get back on. It was that old hock injury acting up. 
But I ran, and rolled.
I stopped, watched and sniffed.
I sunned while the boss fed, checked water, and fixed a breach in the new coop run cover. As a cowdog, that is not my area of expertise, but I think they’ll need to brace it up a bit more, as surely there will be more snow, more wind, more winter from here on out. 
The world always looks better in the morning. It is a new day, a new world, and I expect giood things to come. My Heeler joie de vivre is soaring – I can’t help but sing! 
Oh there’ll be hard times I know. But this morning, this day is glorious!
