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  • January 19, 2024

    Over it!! The Freezing weather – we are over it!

    Over it!! The Freezing weather – we are over it!

    Another hospital day. So I will be quick! These two: Quacker and Mr Flowers got back together after becoming separated during the last freezing storm. Their reunion was delightful. They raced towards each other then they both pretended not to care – but stuck together for the whole day. More snow came in last night…

  • January 18, 2024

    Deep Down Jude is a Whale

    Deep Down Jude is a Whale

    He is just so big. He is a whale pig. It is a little warmer today so I dug out the big South doors to let light and air into the barn. I hate it when they are closed. The doors. It feels defeated. I am just not heavy enough to move these doors when…

  • January 16, 2024

    Your Day is finished

    Your Day is finished

    Oh. Gods. The Relief. When you can say that to yourself. Our Day is Finished. When I say this to the dogs, and they know that they and I are done for the day. Animals are fed. Animal beds are deep and dry. Animals waters are flipped over so they are not full of frozen…

  • January 16, 2024

    Sun Dogs at my Heels.

    Sun Dogs at my Heels.

    The Patient had an early appointment this morning. So I was out even earlier in the morning feeding the cows and pigs and chickens in the dark. The wind had blown gently and very coldly all night. I followed my own footsteps in the snow from last nights chores. A bucket in each hand and…

  • January 14, 2024

    Hell is not hot. It is Deep Cold.

    Hell is not hot. It is Deep Cold.

    Do you remember the polar vortex of 2014? I think it was ‘14. We hit -20 and stayed there for way too long. That was a bad winter. Though there were two of us farming then. We lost The Duke of Kupa that winter. That was the first time I had ever heard the term…

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