Another couple of inches fell last night, but not enough to fully fill the dug out paths Richard made to the various barns, although it is snowing now and the wind is blowing. Drifting is happening and the paths may soon be gone.
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| path |
The cold is coming fast now. The highs are only reaching about 28 F or so during the day and at night... this Monday it is supposed to get down to 8 F with wind chills down to 0. Richard has been trying to get the billy goats house a little more sheltered. The problem is, he likes to tear up his house. But, the wind is predicted to come from the north, instead of the usual south, and with the wind chills down so low, we have to give Molet more shelter. I think some extra alfalfa for all of them might help them get through the cold. The girls are all getting grain during milking and even Molet gets a little now and then.
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| Milk stanchion |
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| Fairy Dust |
We stacked our new load of hay behind the turkey house, which serves to insulate them and keeps the south wind and weather off the hay.
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| Hay behind the turkey house |
The snow is falling off the roof of the house, and onto the windows of the sunroom/our bedroom. When it falls, it crashes and sounds like the windows are about to come down with it. Horrendous sound. At least that means there is some melting going on. There is a little bit of sun radiating through the mass of clouds that covers our little world now. I haven't seen Ute Mountain for days, just the lower edges, which makes it appear really huge as it fades up into the clouds. Today, when we went out to milk, there was no sign of the mountain at all. The wind is blowing and the snow is coming down again.
There is a slushy cover on the pond. The world is winter white. And cold. This is supposed to last until Tuesday. And then the sun will come back. I miss the sun. It heats my bedroom.
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| pond |
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