Just two weeks ago - or even one week back - it seemed that our pigs - virtually submerged in gloopy mud - would never be pale and curly again!
Since last Thursday though the Wolds have been transformed into a Winter Wonderland and it seems that it will never stop snowing.
The Curly Coats have returned to splendour and all the brown gloop has been replaced by solid white.
And solid ice... which means humping cans of water around all the pens two or three times a day. It's not that the pigs drink a lot and they clearly get a certain amount of moisture from the snow; even so, they do need to keep their fluids up and appreciate a decent slurp
.The extra traipsing to and fro eats into the day - which today was particularly noticeable. Hardly seemed that there was any gap at all between the morning round of feeding, mucking out and watering and the evening round of feeding, mucking out and watering.
The horses enjoyed their first turn-out in three days and frolicked and rolled like foals under the midday sun.
And the snow scenes have been complemented by some glorious evenings with magical sunsets and night skies adding to the seasonal atmosphere and sprinkling the world with a touch of almost-forgotten childhood magic.
It's almost as if Christmas has arrived early......
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