Those of you who have moved to warmer southern climes may be surprised by what's been going on back here in the Frozen North. In short, it has been snowing like heck, and the 10-day forecast shows nothing but more and more and more snow in the future. When I left for work this morning, there were several inches of the fluffy stuff already on the ground and lots more coming down fast. Dad was struggling with the plow on the tractor, and each of the 17 heifers who aren't in the barn yet had her own personal snowdrift piling up on her back. The trash people could not get up the driveway to empty the dumpster. School is closed today at S-E.
It's very pretty snow, at least: the soft, fluffy, spring-like kind that outlines every branch and twig. I'll see if I can post some pictures when I get home tonight. But it does seem rather extreme for this early in the year, especially in combination with a temperature of three degrees early the other morning. Bring warm clothes when you come home, and drive carefully if the roads are snowy!
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It was Thanksgiving when that heifer went through the ice on the pond several years ago. snowflakes was her name. The ice this year, so far, isn't thick enough for them to get out on it this year. So it's been this cold in the recent past.
I remember shaking the thermometer down to 93F and sticking it in that heifer where the sun don't shine and she didn't budge the reading. Three hours later she was rejoining her buddies. She never settled. Musta froze her eggs.
We've put 38 heifers in the barn so far. 6 more to go.
Just you wait....gorebal warming will strike....two days before the day after tomorrow.
OH MY GOD! THAT'S TODAY!
Actually it is a bit warmer today here in Rochester. The snow's melted.
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