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01/12/2012

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Snowmen fall from heaven... unassembled.  ~Author Unknown

 

This morning I woke to a small amount of snow.  Last night the wind blew and shook and the world to leave spots of glittering wonder in the yard.  What does snow mean for the farm?  This small amount doesn’t mean too much difference in our world.  The biggest problem for us is it has put a stop to working ground.  We can’t work with frozen soil.  We will have to wait to finish when it warms up. 

We have been building a new corral.  Well we poured cement early in the week so we had to put construction blankets on the new cement since it isn’t cured yet.  If the cement freezes it will seriously weaken our structure.  Keeping them from blowing off was a pain but we found enough heavy items to put on top.  Well I believe so; I haven’t been out to check today.

The cows require more feed in this cold and Grandpa Deere will spend most of his day feeding cattle.  We have already been feeding but the process will take longer today.

Well the girls will be disappointed.  You will remember from my earlier post about prepping chicken for winter that snow is despised by the girls.  I will be throwing some more straw down in front of the coop so they will wander a little today.  This is the only way to coax them out the door when there is snow on the ground.

Boy Deere has been asking every day since Christmas to build a snowman.  He has wanted snow so badly.  I hope he is able to just take in the joy of finally having snow this year.  There is nowhere near enough to build a snowman.  The first snow that sticks to the ground, no matter how small, is always magical.  I hope Boy Deere feels this exhilarating magic today.

 


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09/10/2012 17:51

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