Onwards and Upwards at 5F (-15C)

This kind of beautiful clear day …

… always has to be paid for.

(Do you see the shape of the Coupe’s roofline developing in the framing here?)

There was a lot of sun for warmth gathering yesterday. 

And I know why now. 

It is 5.30 am and 5 degrees F outside.  Yes, that is MINUS 15 in celcius.

I am dressing in as many layers as I can before I go out to milk.

Good morning. At least it is not blowing. We can survive most temperatures as long as there is no wind and the early mornings are often calm.  I will wear tights, track pants, two pairs of socks, a singlet, two long sleeved T shirts, a long sleeved thermal and a big heavy teenage boys hoodie and then my clown suit, my big work jacket and thermal boots. Then two pairs of gloves and my scarf and hattie. I will waddle as I walk.  But I wish I was a sheep this morning with their heavy wool cladding.

I think I am going to invest in some long underwear this year but I have no idea what would be good.

The worst part is when I have to take off my gloves to wash Daisy’s udder and put the cups on. Then my hands are wet, and they freeze very quickly – this is bad.  She is still milking out unevenly so it is not a fast process either.

But she is still giving way too much milk to even think about drying her up even if I wanted to which I don’t.  So we will design protocols to deal with the cold. They did it in the old days on these little farms. I can do it now. I just have to work out how.  Though I can see why in Europe they built the cow shed onto the house!

Good morning. Have a lovely day. When the sun comes out it will be lovely here too.

celi