Ha! As I said on Facebook: "that's what you get when you mention Spring!"

Mother nature had to proof me cocky I guess, and dumped an inch of snow on us last Sunday night. 

And here I thought good-ole' Punxsutawney Phil knew what he was seeing, or actually not seeing, and predicted that early spring ..

Oh well, it only lasted a day and melted away quickly but it sure makes for pretty pictures doesn't it?

 

James cancelled Monday's work but since they worked on Saturday not much was lost there ...

Other than having to wipe our dishes, we weren't inconvenienced much .. (got to record 'our' shows, you know!)

   

We'd already got our groceries done on Saturday, and snuck in a lunch at Cattlemen's  Family dining, another local restaurant we hadn't been to yet.

It's mainly run by Kate who is quite a remarkable and very energetic women, trained as a classical pianist, has raised five children, been a fly-fisher river guide, and now runs this fun little restaurant.

Almost all of her products, including meats, are organic and/or home grown and she bakes her own breads!
Besides that, she likes to get to know her customers, tries to come over for a chat when she can, and apparently has some great (fishing) stories to tell ..

  

We split a Greek wrap, accompanied by some fried onion petals (yum!). Not 'haute-cuisine' but very tasty and filling ..

Unfortunately Kate was talking up a storm with some other customers so we didn't get to chat with her, but since I've heard her breakfasts are phenomenal I think we'll be baaaack! 

Talking about bread, since my sourdough bread-baking has been a bust twice in a row now (think hockey pucks/deadly weapons), I tried a no-knead-bread for a change (and a moral-booster) which came out rather good ..

It rose so well, it hit the top one of the 2 cast-iron pans I use to bake my breads in, and got a little to brown (think black) on one side, but it tasted good so I might stick with that for a while ..

The raspberry bars I made were excellent as usual, super-sweet, but so good!

 

The house really took shape this week. All the outside walls are in as well as some of the inside ones ..

I'm also quite excited, since I've found a different area to walk!

I drove the car all the way up to the back of the canyon and parked it, and than walked up the small path that leads all the way up the hills on the right hand side.

Halfway up I had this view, looking back towards the house. If you look real careful it is just visible in the middle of the picture (that white dot, just above the trees):

Here it is, when I zoom in:

 

And guess who I came across, when I rounded the next bend:

I'm pretty sure this is that big herd of Elk that came down the other week, and overnight-ed in our pasture!

Unfortunately I had to walk the whole way back down to the house, since for some reason I could not for the life of me get the #@$%! car to start back up!
James drove me back up (on the tractor), and of course he got it to start right away!
It turned out that I had maneuvered the front wheels in some rut, which was the reason I could not turn the stirring wheel out of it's 'locked' position, which prevents it from starting ... sigh!

Beautiful Idaho .. even in the grey of winter!