Bare ground in February

Looking across back yard toward hay field

First day of February, and we have bare ground out in the hay field.  I took the picture at right yesterday, around sunset.  The snow in the picture is in the back yard, which has some shade.   The hayfield beyond looks dark, because the snow is gone.

The picture below is looking toward the vegetable beds.   Most of the snow in this picture is still there because it is in the shade of the barn.

This is so weird.