Still the weather is holding. And the fields have some green. During the long nights it drops below freezing then in the day times UP the temperature comes again.
It is not unusual for us to hover around the freezing mark at this time of year, and not unusual for there to be a little green left in the fields. But 60 is pretty warm then dramatic drops way below freezing at night. But not unheard of. The temperatures dive and rise very fast out here.
Here is an excerpt from a weather discussion I was reading yesterday.
The most extreme temperature range recorded within one calendar day occurred from a Blue Norther’ in December 1919. At noon on Friday, December 12, the temperature was 67 (19C) degrees. By 1 PM the temperature had dropped an astounding 44 degrees (6C) to a reading of 23 degrees. By 7 PM that evening the temperature had bottomed out at 1 degree above zero (-17) , a full 66 degrees lower than the high temperature 7 hours earlier.
Things change very fast on the plains. Right across the American Plains. The variations in temperature within one day are wild. And hopefully we do not get a Blue Norther’ out here this winter. Or maybe they call it something else now. But we are presently getting some high winds.
Sheila and Poppy making nice.
They were sweetening me up I so would open the big gate and let them out into the field. Sheila was acting very peculiar yesterday I think she is in heat again. I need to check the diary. Everything is written down in my farm diary – every suspicion and every thought and every observation. The more I write the clearer the picture becomes.
And now that I am running three cows (hopefully all pregnant), one heifer and two sows (Tima is technically a sow now) and two gilts I will start a Breeding Book. Until now I have relied on my memory and the diaries. But in 2017 I am starting a book to record all the breedings, births, deaths and marriages. My memory is not what it used to be!
Naomi the part Dutch Belted heifer Without a Belt. She still has this wild teddy bear crossed with a street urchin hair do! She is still a lovely wee heifer and so kind to Not so Difficult.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
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31 responses to “The Green”
Naomi is a sweetie! It does seem to be harder to keep track of things, and you have very important days to remember.
Iowa is a pretty big state. I’ve seen weather with a 40˚F difference from one corner to the diagonal one. Illinois is really long. It can be several seasons different from north to south. 🙂
I like the do on Naomi the beltless belted heifer.
She is a good girl – I look forward to milking her..
Happy about your ‘green’ at this time of the year: bet the herd is also! However trust me to be ‘different’ – having been hugely ‘greenie’ for over three decades now I just love the ‘moo’ picture to bits showing the amount of electricity being generated by those wind turbines in the distance in your present weather! Don’t think there is much manmade more beautiful in my world – and you should not hear the side effect of the noise as far as you are . . . do you know that on many days Denmark is fully self-sufficient in power from these wind farms . . . ? No coal, no atomic power needed!!!! Glory be . . . .
Even with wildlife there are friends and foes, the dominant and submissive, the troublemakers and the peace keepers. I love the personalities, and how they act when they “want” something, or what they do when they’re naughty. Not so different than humans, come to think of it! 🙂
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