A few inches of winter

Just a few flurries resulting in only a few inches of snow (all of which was gone by the next morning). Animals are highly reluctant to come out to see me when it snows. I understand the chickens doing this - after all, they only have those strange, little chicken feet to work with. But I remember the donkeys’ first winter when they actually PREFERRED being outside in the snow, to the point where they dug themselves their own “snow fort” along the front fence at the other house. Ah, what a difference a few years make! Those girls are so spoiled now.