And now it is blowing – hard. I can hear it but cannot see it yet. The wind is what will make today unpleasant.
It snowed in the night. In fact the temperatures are rising so the snow will become rain soon, before we begin the inexorable drift down to -23f (-30C). But for today it will rise up above freezing for a few hours so I hope to get the hoses out and fill the big water troughs.
I do hope it does not rain – this ridiculous rain in the middle of a terrible winter week just means more ice. I have enough ice. And I have to drive this water to the other side twice a day. 
Still, it was a lovely sunny weekend.
I have three more days before Our John returns from the West Coast. 
As long as I don’t get a power cut I will just plod on. I have to admit to being a wee bit anxious about ice on the power lines. Ice can bring my whole pack of cards tumbling down.
But until then it is warmer so I am going to rug up and go see if the outside faucet is running. If it is I will get the hoses out.
Lots of love
Cecilia
The Kitchen's Garden 
51 responses to “BLOW HARD”
This is just too cold for me to even think about properly… I am waiting for you to come out the other side. And no firewood… for me firewood make winter doable. But then you need to indoors to get the benefit, and it doesn’t sound like that happens there as much as here. Maybe hang out in the warmest spot in the barn in between outside trips.
We have a lot of snow now. By Wednesday it will be freezing…wc of -56. Brr. Stay warm in your part of the country!!
-56 C? I hope! But still terrible
Nope, sorry…most places closing for tomorrow. Today is sunny but windy and freezing. Stay warm!
We have wind today too along with a good foot of light fluffy snow. Thankfully I got the majority of it shoveled and plowed today before the temps start to plummet and yes, those predicted windchills Wed. are -56F. I’m afraid I’ll still have some new drifts to clear by tomorrow. All told I still prefer the snow over the rain/ice in mid winter though I’d like it if my skid steer had an enclosed cab! Got a might chilly out there today. Take care with the ice, so glad to hear your faucet opened up and hang in there til the weekend!
Make sure to have something to cover your face with the deep bitter cold, skin doesn’t deal well with those wind chills.
The hill is a sheet of ice under the new snow and no one has attempted it in days. There is a wonky gas regulating valve on the boiler and the spouse is on boiler watch with this frigid period upon us. Smoky wisely refuses to go down the stairs at all and we’ve got enough snow on the porch to just shovel away his deposits out there. With it so dangerously cold and him at 16 years and almost 4 months the less time he’s out the better (I will I had a supply of newspaper so he didn’t have to go outside at all until it warms up). This winter is more than enough to leave me wanting to live someplace it never snows, I’ve had enough.
I am so far behind in reading…as I read about your fear of ice, I realize it has already happened or not…on to the next post!
It’s been terrible weather lately. I share your pain (quite literally). Stay warm!