It’s cold here…12*, but still dogs need to walk, and I need to walk, and the little kids like to get out of the house.
While coming back from the upper end masses of Sand Hill Cranes flew overhead….
My still shot was not very good, but at least you can hear their sound.
Linda
What a wonderful couple of days….full of food, family and gifts. My brother and his wife stopped by on their way to sunny California, their car was full of gifts for us. A complete surprise and much enjoyed.
The snow we had is melting down here, but in the mountains it looks like it is staying. As I write this we are in another winter storm watch…Terry and I agree we will take it if it means snow in the mountains.
Our soon-to-be daughter-in-law arrived last night from Grand Cash, Alberta, Canada for a week of visits. She said we are much warmer here. 🙂
Hope your holidays were wonderful. I’m off to visit your blogs now and then back to packing up all my Christmas decorations.
We are heading toward 2013… Boy, does time fly!
Linda
Today is December 21, 2012, the end of the Mayan Calendar….it is also our Mom and Dad’s 45th Wedding anniversary!
Sunrise 7:27 a.m. and Sunset 4:54 p.m. Day length 9 hours and 27 minutes—same as yesterday.
Anyway…You want to know what is so funny?!
THIS!
Bahahahah, laugh, snort, chortle, giggle, and snigger…roll on the ground funny!
We about broke open our sides we were laughing so hard.
Houston, Rocky and Balou just stared at us…they told us not to knock until we tried it.
BAHAAH, it still was funny!
Then Houston, told us in her warm, sweet voice…that they always get to go to town now, with the hats and coats on they don’t get cold and stay warm. And they get to go walk the shelter dogs in town because they can stay warm.
“So there”, glared Rock and Balou.
That was okay by us…we both rolled in the grass laughing it was just so funny.
Then Shannon showed back up with the shelter dogs and….
AND
!* AND*!
THESE!!!
Mom made us put them on and wear them BACK TO TOWN, where everyone saw us!
I, the Fuzzy Dude, cow dog extraordinaire in THIS!!!! Boy, as soon as we got to the park I rubbed mine off. But Mom put it back on the second we got back into the truck.
Sigh!
“Mine felt really good!” I, the Boom, kept them all on and even kept the coat on after we got back home!!!
Getting back in the house was the best. Those things came off and we could rest.
Fuzzy and Boomer
The dogs and I walked around the place yesterday, just for the fun of it.
Just to get out of the house and ‘do’ something.
Although, we were in a winter storm warning and I could see weather all around us, we were not being effected.
But I could see it coming in.
Then it hit….
Bitter cold wind, gusting to over 30 m.p.h. all most all of the night and still going strong. Not much snow, but the snow we have is flying all over the place.
Terry had been working on the ditch, but this took the farming urge right out of him 🙂
Took the need to get outside and ‘do’ something different right out of the dogs and I!
Of course the cats don’t ever really like to go outside anyway.
I think it will leave here sometime late this evening with temperatures falling way, way below zero.
Baby, it’s cold outside! (By Frank Sinatra and Doris Day, of course, although, I know many others have also sang this song.)
Linda
Yesterday a very brisk, cold wind blew the clouds out of the way, leaving us with a very, VERY crisp day.
This morning we are in another winter weather storm watch.
BUT…look at this!!!
As the wind was blowing one storm away from us I saw an extremely rare site.
(At least for me in this part of the world)
A winter rainbow in the west…
I was extremely trilled!
Linda
I’m getting a tad tired of all the clouds
Although, there is snow on the mountains and around us.
Dreary is well….dreary!
But today…this morning…I CAN SEE SOME SUN…so I’m heading out for a walk.
Happy Monday!!!
Linda
Alas, our above normal December temperatures have fallen to ‘normal’.
This is the high yesterday. Which really was much colder as we had a sharp wind with the cold, so the wind chill needed to be factored in.
Even as cold as this was Fuzzy wanted to stay outside, although Boomer didn’t.
Sam didn’t stay in much either, preferring the outdoors, then sitting by the wood stove when he came in, then back out he would go.
Monkey, made a wild dash out the door, only once,
When I went out to do something.
This is what I saw when I came back.
Although, I know cold is relative, this is cold to us
The temperature when I got up today.
And it will only get worse as the days wind down to the solstice on December 21st.
Will that be the end of the world?!?!?
I have know idea.
I do know that after the solstice, the days will start to grow longer again and the temperatures even colder and colder until we hit March.
Which seems like a very long time from now.
Oh, well. Cold like this is really hard on the bugs, which can be a good thing next summer!
Linda
Sometimes the sky is amazingly beautiful…well it is always beautiful and perfect within itself, but sometimes it’s so pretty it takes my breath away.
Gradually the world started to get a rosy shade to it
The corn stalks even took on the pink hue
Then the sky
Blazing with color
Until I felt like I was surrounded
With flames of gold and orange
I stayed outside the whole time the sun was setting
Which happens fast this time of year!
I just had to share with you…sometimes the sky really does speak!
Linda
The windy, sleet-filled, blustery, bitter cold storm has moved on. The last two nights have been very cold but beautiful. When out getting wood or checking on something the sky is a delight of twinkling stars in the deep, deep frozen sky.
The dogs always sleep in the house when it’s winter time, but Fuzzy much prefers outside in his dog house, he will open the back door and go out — I will find him there and ask him to come back in. He always comes, but if he gets too hot out he goes again.
Boomer has very little fur so he very much enjoys the house routine.
As it warms up (at night and in the daytime) they both like being outside, as there is so MUCH to do while others sleep, you see.
I have to force them to come in, soon Fuzzy is outside and Boomer is panting at the door to be let out. (He can’t figure out how to open the door—just push Boom, just push)
Anyway, as the storm played around with our area, a gentle little rainbow glowed over our neighbors metal building.
We were lucky enough to see it!
( I hope you can see it)
I was lucky enough to have the camera ready.
The temps this morning were around 18* (at 5 A.M.). The weather guy says we are going to have a small warm- up before the next storm comes in sometime next week.
Thank all of you for your support and also for your understanding of what a fool and a jerk that man was Sunday at Wal-Mart!
Linda
It’s terribly cold here! As you can see….wind chill is zero. Not much snow and it’s a dry snow right here on the farm.
Although, we can see lots and lots of snow on the mountains surrounding us….which is wonderful! The farmers in our area have been told that, unless we get lots of snow in the mountains there will be no water for the farmers next year.
Towns and cities come first, then however the call of the water happens in the rank of seniority.
Please pray and cross your fingers and your toes and whatever else that we get lots and lots of wet snow in the mountains. Please also add in that this horrible drought, which has effected all the states in the mid-west and the west ends. Food is a precious thing.
Yes, I am well aware that food will still come in from other countries, but local food is always best.
And Yes, I know that I am also saying, that with local food the local industry of farming stays solid and whole. Another dust bowl is not something the United States needs or should ever want.
But I should not preach to choir, as all of you loyal readers know and understand the plight.
So I will get off my soap box and show you….
My 4 O’clock photo. You can see the snow is starting to fall. For two days we have had terrible bitter wind and sleet and rain. Then the snow.
The 10-day forecast shows us warming up starting tomorrow. This has been a brief taste of winter….the snow is most welcome.
Please enjoy your Sunday, and Thanks for visiting our blog. I will try not to whine too much about winter as I KNOW WE NEED THE SNOW!
🙂 🙂 🙂
Linda
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