Frigid

Another cold morning.  Our low felt like -13 last night and today we did hit 11 degrees but it felt like 0.  Fortunately, we had some sunshine and very little wind along with new snow.

 I decided to turn the boys out and put the heater on in the water trough.  The barn was cold and they already had frozen whiskers.

Jenny was here by 8 to help us in the barn and shoveling.  A very nice surprise.  Our hands kept getting cold the entire time.

She got in a few thousand steps and we also reaped some benefits.

Little Wonder did not go out for morning chores, but he did make it for a few minutes when I got back to the house,  He was sporting his turtleneck sweater.

Around 2 I put the boys back in the barn with more hay and warm water.

Once again LW went with me.

I certainly was not in the mood to go anywhere and did some laundry followed by fire time.

Went out a little before 5 to reset the stalls.  When I turn Buddy and Rebel out they don't go anywhere....too interested in dinner.

Tonight I made a couple of burgers and turned them into paninis with fried onions and cheese....leftover baked beans and coleslaw.  A winter picnic.

Night all.

PS

How much more can Minnesota take?  Watching the news had me in tears today.

7:30pm 6 Degrees - Feels Like -12

Sad news. It's only going to get worse and we could have 12-18 inches of snow on Sunday.  I could not believe that Little Wonder wanted to go out for morning chores.

Nice Sunshine...but freezing

Seeing that there was sunshine behind the grooming room I fed the boys there.

By 11, it was so nasty (felt like -13).....I went out to put them in their stalls.

Buddy went directly into Rebel's stall....

and eventually Rebel finally decided to get out of the wind.

They will be spending most of the time in their suites for the next few days.  It's a good thing they have so much space.  I'm going through hay like crazy.  I did a little shoveling this morning and Gary finished the driveway.  After that it was all about feeling warm.  Between the weather and the news, it was not my favorite day.

Chores at 5 and they went out for about 10 minutes while I reset the stalls.  I fed them and put their sheets on over their blankets.  Hopefully that will do it.  The barn temp was 13 degrees....at least they were out of the wind.

Once again, the light was beautiful around 5:45.

Leftovers for dinner.

Night all.

Here We Go

We are headed for some Minnesota weather.  Started off the morning shoveling a path to the barn.  I'd say we got around 4 plus inches.

Of course it was snowing.

I decided to put the hay under the shed roof as at that time there was no wind.  Ha! That did not last very long.

It was warm enough for Little Wonder....in the 20s.

Gary got the driveway cleaned up with the snow blower and we continued to have squalls all afternoon.  I was at the library for bridge and you could hardly see the street from the window.  Seeing that the temperature was dropping and it was so windy again, I called Gary and had him put the boys in their stalls.  They had plenty of hay and warm water....at 5:15 I delivered their dinners.

LW was game for going out again.

The light was beautiful by the time I finished.  If it gets as cold as they are predicting (wind chill -20) Rebel and Buddy will be spending most of the time in their suites for the next couple of days.

I had made a cauliflower/cheese casserole this morning so I would not have to rush tonight. Had to stop at Wegmans and Country Max for some grain on my way home.  In case the weather gets super crazy I wanted to make sure I had plenty of everything. 

This morning I watched the Jack Smith hearing and there were no surprises.  What will happen next?

Night all.