Yesterday was a balmy 40°. The boys were able to work outside and do lots of chain saw work and general clean-up. We woke this morning to about 20° and 3 inches of very fine snow and lots of wind. Now at 12:06 PM is is 13° and the last time I measured snow at 9 AM, we had 5 inches. It has snowed non-stop since and all our tracks are gone.
I milked both cows and we left them locked in with their babies and shelter. I don't worry about the beef cows but I do worry about teats freezing on the dairy cows, especially the Jersey heifer. DH drove the truck back and forth and cut a nice swath for me from the house to the milk barn.
I am cooking a pot of white beans with a large ham bone. I have cornbread in the oven and will be wilting lettuce to go with it. I have two pie crusts thawing....may do a blackberry cobbler later this afternoon.
We bought DH a new porch swing for Christmas. The other one was getting very old and had collapsed when too many guest sat on it. I had the boys put it together yesterday before they left. It is made of cypress. I will probably stain it rather than letting it age slowly.
This is before the storm:
and this was taken this morning,
I have feeders up on the porch and the birds are flocking to them this morning,
General snow pictures,
It was way past my ankles. My pants were covered with frozen snow so I had to change when I came in.
Tonight will be our coldest night, -8 with a wind chill of -40. That will set a record for us!
I milked both cows and we left them locked in with their babies and shelter. I don't worry about the beef cows but I do worry about teats freezing on the dairy cows, especially the Jersey heifer. DH drove the truck back and forth and cut a nice swath for me from the house to the milk barn.
I am cooking a pot of white beans with a large ham bone. I have cornbread in the oven and will be wilting lettuce to go with it. I have two pie crusts thawing....may do a blackberry cobbler later this afternoon.
We bought DH a new porch swing for Christmas. The other one was getting very old and had collapsed when too many guest sat on it. I had the boys put it together yesterday before they left. It is made of cypress. I will probably stain it rather than letting it age slowly.
This is before the storm:
and this was taken this morning,
I have feeders up on the porch and the birds are flocking to them this morning,
General snow pictures,
It was way past my ankles. My pants were covered with frozen snow so I had to change when I came in.
Tonight will be our coldest night, -8 with a wind chill of -40. That will set a record for us!
