The wooden fence and the gate are covered with snow. On the snow-covered road people leave the yard. The man is carrying buckets, and the woman is the yoke. They go for water and talk about something. In the yard on a low hill stands a log house and a large barn. Their roofs are still in the snow. Near the house has a small haystack. The courtyard is flooded with the rays of a bright spring sun. Behind the roofs of the houses tall trees and clouds of blue sky. In the distance a dense forest is stretched in a narrow dark strip. At the fence in the foreground of the picture is a small bush. Birds, flying from branch to branch, rejoice at the first warm rays of spring.