A New York State Of Emergency

The snow has arrived and more is on the way.

The temperature with the wind chill has been below 0 much of the day.  Right now it is 13 degrees and feels like 3.  The warmest it has been.

I put just a little hay out for the boys while I cleaned their stalls.  The wind was back.

Set them up with more hay and warm water and put them back in a little after 9.  I see no reason for them to just stand with their with their butts to the wind when they have their suites.

Around 1:30 I let them out of their stalls and they had the run in to move around. More warm water and more hay and then they went back in.

We could get 12 -18 inches of snow so Gary wanted to get ahead of it and worked on the driveway.  He also blew a path back to the barn.  Of course it will all be blown in by morning.

I spent the afternoon by the fire, talking to a couple friends on the phone. The roads are very bad so we have no plans to go anywhere.  Schools will be closed tomorrow.

At 5 Buddy and Rebel went back out and once again they preferred hanging out....waiting to be served their dinners.

No fancy colors tonight.  The snow is still coming down.

Jenny brought us some red lentil soup yesterday and that is going to be dinner.  

Night all.

 

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.