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Thanksgiving Ice Storm
I had forecasted 90 days ago that there would be snow for Thanksgiving. It is an old wives tale or something that I read in the Farmer’s Almanac that when you have your first fog you will have your first snow in 90 days (it didn’t say anything about an ice storm!). That foggy morning, I grabbed the calendar and counted ahead 90 days. Great, it was Thanksgiving Day. The day that my loving family would be here for dinner. Thankfully Thanksgiving Day was the best travel day of the Holiday. We stayed home for most of the holiday weekend, eating leftovers, playing games, and enjoying being together. Chris, Courtney, Caden and Camryn are now home safe and sound, our home is quiet, Wylie is resting….. I think I will join him!
We missed the ones who weren’t able to be here with us, I love you my family!!
2 Years Ago October
It’s been a rather slow week at Farmer Days. Mr. Farmer is out of town and Wylie is “suppose” to be keeping quite and limiting his activities due to an injury, so I though I would look back to my photos from October 2013. It SNOWED on October 18, 2013. We could use the moisture now, but I would like it as rain and not snow. I’m certainly not looking forward to winter. Why is autumn so beautiful, but so short?!? I hope you can get out and enjoy this beautiful day.
Kansas Sunrise
A beautiful sunrise as a storm rolls in from the west.
Storm Rolling In
Still Winter
Someone heard what the forecast for today was and didn’t want to get up.
William and Bill are warm and dry waiting for breakfast.
Champ is always first in line for a meal.
The chickens won’t go outside until it stops snowing. Hilda is in detention again, little broody girl! I let her out daily for a little while. Put her out in the garden for a dust bath when it was so nice Tuesday.
Wylie did finally get up. He likes doing chores in the Ranger.
The snowflakes are so big and beautiful, but it is awful windy. This is the view I like-inside looking out.
Dog Days of Winter?
Kansas sunrise with double sundogs. I would much rather have the “dog days of summer” than winter! I guess it’s mother nature’s way of showing us the beauty in the 12 inches of snow.
It was an adventure doing chores. Everyone – horses, goats and chickens tolerated the heavy snow, blowing winds and sub-zero temperatures, well maybe with the exception of….
Wylie, the snow was deeper than he is and if there wasn’t a path to follow he had to be carried. His little feet get so cold that he will just stop, sit and raise his paw, that’s a sign for me to come back and carry him.
Around the Farm January 5
I’m going to use my Farmers’ Almanac to start a fire. How could they be right in predicting this cold snowy weather?!? I don’t know how much snow we received as it’s blowing and drifting. Wylie and I went out this morning at 4:30 ( his idea not mine) and was surprised that the paper had been delivered. We didn’t go back out until 9 to do our chores, that way the hens would be done laying their eggs. They are still keeping us supplied with plenty of eggs! I didn’t let them outside today, it’s way to windy and cold, we would have to shovel their run again, as they don’t like their feet in the snow. They are very comfortable and content in their coop. Always glad to see me because I’m giving them lots of extra healthy and nutritious treats, meal worms, homemade flock block, and some milo heads that we gathered after they harvested the field.
The goats are doing fine. They have their hay hut, which Bill uses to get over the fence into the horses hay.
Enjoy the pictures, I’m staying inside the rest of the day (maybe) cooking comfort food, old fashion pot roast with potatoes, carrots and onions and butterscotch pudding.
Farmer Days December
The beautiful Christmas season is over and we are gradually returning to everyday day winter life on the farm. It was so wonderful spending the holiday with family. May God bless us and keep us safe, healthy and happy in the days to come.
Here are a few photos from a very cold and wintery Kansas.
Ramblings
There is always something beautiful in nature. I love being able to see the sun rise, the moon, storms in the distance and this year I’ve seen so many rainbows. Sights like these make you slow down and let you reconnect with the beauty that surrounds you.
I’m really enjoying the garden this year. The tomatoes are slow in setting on, but when we get some they are so delicious. The cucumbers are doing well, and we are enjoying them with vinegar,sugar and some oil. The basil is really doing great, I put in 7 plants and I have made a lot of pesto. The other night I used basil, parsley, garlic, Dijon mustard, lemon juice and oil as a marinade for shrimp and grilled them. The beets are almost gone, have pulled all the onions, the peas were wonderful, that season doesn’t last long enough, and we are just waiting on the okra.
See the dill right behind Wylie, that was where the rescued caterpillar was relocated. I was so disappointed that I missed seeing it come out of its cocoon.
This is one of the windy day dust storms. Thankfully we’ve been getting some moisture and now the soybeans are up and the field is no longer blowing.
Farmer Days 