Working In The Rain ...

The weather had been quite warm ...

so it was time to get the fruit trees pruned ...

This was the only day that our neighbour Chris ...

 was able to show me how to do the pruning ...

 in the pouring rain ...

Chris had years of experience ...

living and working on the family orchard ...

Both apple trees and the plum tree were pruned and shaped for the first time ...

Hoping they will produce copious amounts of fruit this summer ...

It had rained all night ...

and then in the early morning hours had turned to snow ...

This is what I woke up to ...

it was very heavy wet slushy snow ...

not a good day to be on the road driving to work ... !!!