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Rain On Ice
No one is going anywhere today at least until it warms up a bit. Everything is still covered in ice – but the temps are rising today! So far we have rain on ice. Just above freezing. Solid ice with a layer of running water on top. The conditions are officially treacherous. Quacker is thrilled!…
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The Penance of Freezing Rain
This morning the skies transition from the deep cold, up through the buffer of freezing rain and into above freezing temperatures. Fast I hope. Because. Yes. Freezing rain. Ice falling from the sky. My arch enemy. It looks like this from inside the house. Where I am often not. Frozen. The windows are iced up.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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