Sunrise

The day started off with an amazing amount of color and got grayer by the hour.  We managed to hit 33 degrees.

It looked like this a little before 7am.

By 7:30 it lightened up quite a bit,

When Buddy and Rebel were turned out at 8:15 we were back in our dull groove.

It felt much warmer than it was yesterday.

Once again I ran some errands....the bank, Wegmans (I have been living there), Country Max and one other stop.

Ariana came up for a couple hours and had a late lunch.  At 3pm I had an appointment with the Massage Therapist.  Really needed it with all this frigid weather making me stiff as a board.

Got home just in time for evening chores.  Not nearly as light as it was last night.

Gary helped me with the water buckets.

At Wegmans they were unloading these pine balls for 5 bucks so I picked one up for the porch.

At 6 we met Ariana and Coop at the Brockport Diner for a sandwich.

We had a nice long chat.  Love spending time with them.

Ariana is going to help me with the Christmas Eve food stuff tomorrow.  We are going to start by making 4 pumpkin breads.

Night all.

 

My Hands Were Frozen!

Way too cold for me this morning.  Sunrise at 7am was encouraging.  So happy to have some solar energy in the air.

I had  to take a break after cleaning Rebel's stall to go in and get my hands warmed up.  Took it easy this afternoon and then we got a call from Ariana she said that she and Cooper were going to come up for a visit.  How sweet are they!!!

So much fun to converse with these two.

The Bills/Patriots game started a little before 4:30 and they went back to Jenny's to watch it..  She made them Buffalo chicken dip and all kinds of goodies.  Went out to do chores at 4:45.  The temperature in the barn was just below 15 degrees.  Extra hay, warm water and bran mash tonight.  At least it was light enough for me to get some photos.

Dinner was a replay.

Little Wonder was happy to be inside after evening chores.

Night all.

 

18 Degrees, Felt Like 3

We are supposed to have two frigid days in a row and then we should get back in the 30s.

We ended up with 5 or 6 inches of snow and the boys had their hay under the shed roof.

While I finished chores, Gary got a good start on the driveway with the snow blower....then we did a little shoveling as there was ice underneath.

Jenny had called at 8am to see if we needed any help and came up around 9.

This afternoon, the snowflake got bigger and bigger.

Sidney woke me up at 4am to go outside and he came back in around 6:15.  After he ate his breakfast he sacked out on the couch and stayed there for over 9 hours.  He knew it was too cold out there, even with all of his beds.

We had a lot of wind again and I can't believe this is where the horses preferred to stand much of the day.  They could have had protection all over the place.

We had some fire time this afternoon and went out for evening chores a little before 5.

Ariana arrived last night (actually 2am this morning) and was picked up at the airport by Finn and Coop.  They all needed some sleep today.  While we were in the barn, she found a pair of boots,  walked out to see us and checked on the horses.

We were able to have a nice conversation before she went back to Jenny's for pizza with Finn and Coop.

Cabbage soup, Johnny cake and apples were on our menu.  Comfort food.

Night all.