On days like this it takes me an age to put on all my clothing. I do not like to be cold. In fact I can take the heat a lot better than the cold. I come from the beach remember.
My feet have two layers of socks, my legs have three layers, my body sometimes three or four then the clown suit and then the jacket, my head has a hat then the two hoodies. My hands have a pair of gardening gloves then the warm gloves. Then the boots of course. So I walk a little funny and unrecognisable but I am not cold and that is the main thing. And this is what I wear always, whether it is 20F or minus 10F or 0F. They are both just cold. So I dress for cold.
By the time I have dressed and then clumped outside with my six 5 gallon buckets (filled in the kitchen sink as the outside tap does not work in the cold -three times a day), I am as warm as the proverbial toast. 
That was Molly tucked down under the straw with her head resting on Sheila’s ample rump. You can see Sheilas ears if you look hard and a little of her red colouring.
We had abundant sunshine yesterday and it was just lovely. A good day. John was not working so I had help. Which left me time to work on my lemon confit. It must be the winter because all the dishes I am teaching myself lately have a citrus component. Or maybe it is the colour that is attracting me. This lemon confit was eaten with home grown pasture raised chicken last night. And it was great.
Two cats in the sun. Vandal and Marmalade.
Tima and Tane are excellent burrowers when it is cold. And both will lie still while I cover them in the night.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
63 responses to “Dress Ups”
I had to look up lemon confit—the images were so pretty, but cooking is a foreign language for me. And what a simple process for something that sounds like a delicious way to enhance foods, but also something I know I’ll never do. I love that YOU do these things and tell us about them. For me, it’s the same as when you go back to New Zealand—wonderful sights of foreign lands.
Beautiful kitties. I can’t imagine wearing all those clothes! Do you preserve lemons at all Celi?
Nice to see the piggies all snuggled up. I’m glad you are able to put on enough layers to stay warm out there, but I imagine it does take a bit to pile it on and take off.
The cold weather certainly brings it challenges but we farmers seem to get through it every year. I believe it makes the other seasons so much more the sweeter.