December 5, 2018 Brrrr!

Only memories remain of
summer days.

The best place to be when it
is so cold outside.

Monday 12/3. It is so very quiet Up Here in the snow and the cold.  The deer haven't been around since it snowed and I am sure the apples we put out for them are just colored chunks of ice by now.

Still working on Christmas.  Wrapped and packaged the last of the gifts to send, and made more cards.  JB got the snow blower out and made a path all the way to the north ridge.  Unfortunately, in turning it around, one of the tracks came off.  After lunch we went out to put it back on.  This is one of those projects that is quite easy in theory, but always seems to take more time and effort than it should.

Our high for the day was 30 and the rest of the week is supposed to be even colder.

Tuesday 12/4. It is 19/15 this morning with clear skies and frost on the window.  Needless to say, lately the girls' water has been a solid block of ice in the morning, and probably will be for the next couple months.  I have two water pans for them, so I fill the empty one and bring in the frozen one to thaw in the bathtub.

I'm sure I say this every winter, but one of the nice things about the snow is that even on the darkest nights it seems light outside.  And the dark days are much brighter.

Still working on Christmas cards and gifts.  JB shoveled halfway to the compost pile.  After lunch I finished that path and shoveled the snow away from around the well-pump generator while JB baked a delicious loaf of Irish soda bread.

On our afternoon walk Dinga got distracted halfway up the south slope, so I continued on by myself.  Each winter I have to re-learn how to trudge/walk through the snow.  It is great for the glutes and building up stamina, but not really the most pleasant experience.  Fortunately the view makes up for that.

Dinga caught her dinner on the hoof, so to speak.  More like claw than hoof.  She was digging and actually caught something that looked like a mole.  Jesse met me at the house to walk the easy part out to the north ridge.  After their dinner, Dinga shared a little bit of what was left of her catch with him.

Our high for the day was just 24, and by dinnertime the temperature had fallen back down to 15.  Brrrr!

Wednesday 12/5. It is 18 and overcast this morning.  I plan to drive Miss Kitty down to get the mail, mainly just to make more tracks on the road.

Thought for the day: If you are going to have an opinion, at least make it and informed opinion.