My first snowshoeing trip on MY farm!

Today was super exciting. I finally went out snowshoeing on my very own farm. Mine! This is me ready to go with one of the turkeys giving me a send off.

It was beautiful as I walked the fence line. I was happy to find I wasn't the only one roaming around, others had certainly been there. I need to find a book on identifying tracks but here are some of my best guesses:

Mouse. This little one went all over the place!

These looked like huge cat prints, almost 3 inches across. 

Not sure what type of big cats I have in the area yet so we'll see.

Coyote play area. 

We've been hearing them nearly every night for the last 2 weeks. 

After seeing their tracks only in the far pasture I feel a little better. 

I'll be monitoring how close they come.

Here are just some of the rabbit tracks I found. I'm looking forward to seeing them.

This was a wonderful walk. There was a thick inch of crust on top of the snow, which sounded incredibly loud in the wintry stillness. Absolutely no chance of sneaking up on anything. The sun was starting to go down behind the trees and I had a huge smile. Time to go feed the animals. Tomorrow I'll get the kids to come with me before they tire themselves out sledding. Hopefully we'll finally pick out our Christmas tree too!