Bangers and Mash

We woke up to snow, high winds and it felt like -9 degrees.  Little Wonder had to be freezing when I let him out at 7:30.

Gary left at 9:15 to pick up Steph at the train station in Rochester....a 25 hour ride from Kansas City.  A sweet little adventure and she had to be tired!  Little Wonder was all over her as soon as she sat down.  So good to have her here!

He took a nap when she went upstairs to take one.

Nancy and John came for music at 1and I did not record anything today.  We messed around with several songs that we don't normally play,

We were invited to Jenny's for bangers and mash tonight and it was my job to make some sweet and sour red cabbage. I threw in a couple chopped apples the last few minutes.  Earlier I had made gingerbread for dessert.

We arrived at 6.

Had drinks and appetizers.....

followed by a fantastic dinner.  Once a week Jenny makes a new recipe from the New York Times and tonight was the night.   We had bangers, mashed potatoes, green beans and sweet and sour red cabbage.

The bangers were served in a brown gravy with onions....so good!

Can you even tell what is what?

After dinner we watched a basketball game for a few minutes.....

then headed back to the farm.

Night all.

 

Shedding

Crazy weather again.  Last night we had high wind warnings and the power went off for a very short time.  It was in the 50s when I got up and made it to 64.

Tomorrow morning it's supposed to feel like -6.   How will these poor plants survive?

Our daughter, Stephanie, left Kansas City at 9am and is on her way to Rochester by train.  She will get here tomorrow at 10am.  A nice little adventure.

The wind was still going nuts when I went out to see Buddy a little after 3.

By 3:15 the temperature had dropped to 41 degrees.  Kathy gave him a break from his blanket while it was warm and he rolled his brains out!  He was shedding and had an hour long grooming.

Of course I brought along some carrots and apple slices

I swept out a stall next to Buddy's so we can put more hay there from our barn.  He was on the outside looking in at me.

I'm glad they were smart enough to get out of the elements.

He had his head out the door when I left and was keeping an eye on me.

Home to a nice fire after making a quick stop at Wegmans.

Not in a cooking mood again.  Eggs, bagels and OJ for dinner.

  I just got a call from our local utility company warning us there may be outages tonight because of the strong winds.  Fortunately Gary brought a lot of wood up to the porch in case we lose our heat.

Night all.

 

Together

Definately not a picture taking day for me.  However!  Kathy put Buddy and Cotton together this morning and sent me these photos.

I'm so happy that they have each other.

I ran errands around 10 and got Gary a watch to keep track of his steps.

Jenny and Scott had to come up and help him figure out how to set it up.  A success.  It is capable of doing a gazillion things....but he is not interested.

While I was eating lunch I had another left lower back zap....don't know if you would call it a spasm or just a pulled muscle that I irritated the heck out of (again) from dragging some hay around yesterday.  It took a lot of stretching, walking, heat and ibuprofen to be able to get around.  Tried to relax with my buddies,

Jenny and Scott left around 5 and I managed to put a dinner together.  Ironically a memory showed up on FB with a picture of this same meal on this day in 2022.

Pork medallions with carrots and onions in an orange sauce, rice and a salad with oranges and bananas.

I'm going to continue doing nothing and will go put my butt next to the fire.

Night all.