It was minus -10C (-23F) when I went out to start the chores yesterday morning. And the animals were handling it well. Double rations and lots of extra bedding seems to be working so far. 
By lunchtime we were above zero. Which was nice. Do you remember me saying the other day that getting up to freezing was nice.. freezing point is 32F!
Now getting above zero is a relief. 
I did the rounds, collecting the pig food and visiting the old people.
My neighbour’s horses.
One of the old family houses.
When I got back home with all the pig food a Christmas package had been delivered from my son and his family. Guess what they sent me!
Cramp-ons. Just like Viv and Claire recommended. What a son have I. He told his wife that he didn’t want me to be falling again. She told me not to get too confident. No running on the ice, she said. Oops, I said. As I had been doing exactly that! They are wonderful. Liberating. I can leap tall buildings in a single bound. I am so much more in control.
Thank the Gods for sunsets in the winter. We need the colour.
This morning it is cold, with a wild wind that is sucking the heat out of this old house and snow is forecast. Winter I guess.
Have a lovely, lovely day.
Love your friend on the farmy,
celi
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Now if you could just get a pair of those Spiderman gloves that squirt webbing gel, you could swing around in the barn and get chores done much faster! Oh, and thanks for the train shots. Are they BNSF? I grew up next to the RR tracks. I love trains!