Summer in Winter

The date is December 20th. We should be having cold or at least cooler weather. Nope. The high today will be 80. Five days ago, we had our first hard freeze. Greg was busy shutting off water to the barn, moving and covering hay bales, and covering our outdoor faucets. I was busy bringing plants inside, covering or at least moving the other tender plants, and putting coats on the goats. My daughter said that "Coats on Goats" should be my next best children's book!

Each day since then, the weather has incrementally gotten warmer. Bees started collecting pollen from a pollen feeder on the patio. Dandelions started showing up. My plants are SO confused. Forget the plants ----- I'm confused!

Confusion or not, I was able to get outside and work in the yard. It was glorious! The sun was out, 67 degrees and mild wind. If only my energy would parallel all the projects that I have planned!

I thought I'd bring you alongside of me as I work on the farm.

White Kitty

White Kitty found a safe place in the barn where she could sleep unmolested. I put an old cat bed on a storage crate and added a self-warming blanket on top. (You can purchase those on Amazon)

Roscoe

Again, with the animals! As I was cutting up kindling, Roscoe was being the ever-helpful dog and was busy chewing up suitable twigs for himself. I relieved him of that job!

Thanksgiving Pumpkins

Allison, my stepson's girlfriend, gave us these lovely pumpkins for either our compost or the chickens. Are you getting the idea yet? That our lives kind of revolve around animals??? Well, they do.

Larger Twigs

Here's the larger twigs that I sawed up, using a Stihl Electric Pruner. So easy for me to use. No sense in using a huge chain saw!

One last photo. Greg covered some of the hay with a tarp. The tarp is a whole other story, which I will save for another time. The tarp has blown off at least 2 times with our high winds and each time, Greg fortifies it with yet more heavy objects. Railroad ties are the latest effort.

Alright ya'll, I need to get going. Lunch needs to be fixed for both humans and an impatient animal. Take care, be safe and enjoy every moment that you've been gifted. Later.