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Winter Storm
The winter storm started around 6:30 am and did it ever dump snow and drop the temperature! Milk was left at the barn last week, so last night that was left out on the counter with the top off to help it sour then this morning a big batch of pancakes were made. I packed up a bag to take to mom's for breakfast. Ruth spent the night with mom as Joan had company. At 8:00 am mom was already eating eggs but Ruth hadn't had breakfast yet so she enjoyed hers with her eggs before leaving for home. She and Fedi were going into Peoria to get all the food ready for church lunch tomorrow. She sent the message not long after that the roads were terrible and everyone should stay home. Not long after that Sarah sent a message that it took her an hour to get from Peoria back to Hanna City. The bird feeder was filled and those birds were waiting for that. As soon as I went back in the house they came flocking for food.
Of course I needed to get a few closer pictures of the male cardinals.
Bill and Bethany's family came over to say good-by to grandma before driving back to Bluffton. They needed to drive home as their Christmas program is tomorrow but we sure hated to see them head out into the storm. Diane arrived around 1:00 pm so I left. I had a little work to do in the barn but in the end the guests that were supposed to come today had to reschedule. Mark was glad to turn the heat off to save propane. He keeps it set on 55 degrees when it isn't being used. The building is well insulated and usually the furnace never turns on but today I'm sure it will. It is already down to 6 degrees and by the time we awake tomorrow morning predicted to be -9. When I got back from mom's Mark had the wood burner going with plenty of wood brought inside.
Around 2:00 pm He went out to plow with the skid steer.
He just got the main drive from the road to mom's house when the skid steer quit.
While he was doing that Evan was moved into the middle paddock then I started shoveling in front of the garage. The snow was so thick by this time it wasn't an easy job. Of course I had to take a few breaks to get pictures.
We both came inside at the same time and were so glad for the warmth of the wood burner. Thankfully there is very little wind. The horses are all doing well. They could be in their shelters but instead they have a nice thick blanket of snow on their backs. Which means their coat is so well insulated that their body heat isn't melting the snow on their backs. Mike sent the picture below taken this morning just as the storm started.
Rachel sent the picture below of 3 of her grandchildren.
Everything seemed so black and white today it was nice to see some color!
