This is a useful motion to be familiar with today at Cowfeathers. If you are outdoors, you will be skating. Youngest is out in the driveway and yard right now, skating around with the gander. I had a time getting uphill to the barn this morning, as skating seems to be best done on flat surfaces. You don't see "uphill skating" for a reason. Eventually, I skated down hill until I found a place with enough snow I could drive my boots into the surface of the snow and make some progress. The bare patches made it slow going. Our first ice of 2011. Watching the gander learn the motion was interesting. At first, he'd get himself crosswise on the slope, and the down foot would start sliding until his thick underbelly would be touching the ice and his poor drumsticks were at odd angles. Then, he figured out that if he just aimed straight down the slope, he could gracefullly glide, switch feet, glide, switch feet, glide. He made it to grass, which is slightly better for him to dig in toenails. I have encouraged all the big animals to stay in the barn, to prevent a splaying of leg. Pretty certain horses don't skate well.
Welcome to February.
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