Happy New Year!

 

It's almost here, 2021...  

The Full Cold Moon is tonight 12/29, it was cold, there was a full moon...

We have water!  Rose and I noticed the water level at the pond is now back to normal!  Water emergency is officially over!

Cautiously waiting for what's next!

 

Stay safe...

 

 

Yearend Vacation

That Time Of Year

Yearend Vacation, Mandatory time off, call it what you want...

Saturday 12/19 it's damned cold this morning -1 Degrees F opened the back door to let the dogs out, Zebulon went out on his own he's got thick fur, Hannah wouldn't go out until Rosie went out with her. Pellet stove and furnace are both running this morning desperately trying to keep up.  Once the sun came out this morning it did warm up to 26 degrees.

Rose made Banana bread today, yum!

Deer are still coming in nightly, they just plow right through the 20" of light stuff we got on Thursday.

First Day of Winter 12/21/2020

The 2020, winter solstice falls on December 21. The Farmer’s Almanac explains that the date is always December 21 or 22.

We had a kitty visit here on the farm, this cat, Bobcat or domestic though we're thinking domestic because this cat walked all over the farm literally,  there were paw prints everywhere, up and down the pathways, out in the deeryard, over to the barn and down to the workshop.  Bobcats do come through, but they stick to the margins of the property usually.

We're off to get grain today, deer barrels are nearly empty.  We'll pick up a deer block for the day or so each winter we just can't get to the yard.

Interesting Story if you have a few minutes read this about Honest Abe stopping a murder.

Rosie saw some big prints over by the shed I need to go take a look and get a few pics.

We went out to see if we could see the planet alignment, it was cloudy in that direction.  Maybe in another 800 years, lol.

Dec 24th It's here, dog bath day... Hannah will get a bath finally today.

 

 May the Christmas season fill your home with joy, your heart with love and your life with laughter. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, and we look forward to seeing you in 2021.

Halfway through December

Halfway through December

 

Has anyone else’s gardening skills improved during this quarantine like mine have?

I planted myself on the sofa at the start of April, and I’ve grown bigger ever since.

Our 2021 garden catalogs should start arriving momentarily. Always good reading and dreaming on a cold winter night. Our first 2021 seed order was placed last weekend and I just got an email saying the order is on its way! Yay!  Our seed order has arrived!  More seed catalogs on the way always on the hunt for the perfect tomato.

Snow yesterday 12/17 they were saying 6-10" then upped it to 8-12" then 12-16" and we finally ended up with a whopping 20" of snow.  We spent a good couple hours cleaning up the snow, we snow blow the front yard so that we can pull the cars up, and of course we clear the deer yard too.  We were a little worried, our plow guy usually shows up early then at the end of the storm, he did come right as the snow was stopping around 3pm so all's good.

The deer yard is surprisingly bust with the deer coming in from 2-3 directions.  

The deer trails, all lead to the Deer Yard, you can see the trails in the PIC this morning. The older I get, the smaller the Deer Yard gets...  I had just started the pellet stove that's the puff of bluish smoke you see in the top right of this pic.

The dogs are having a blast in the snow

We have some clean-up to finish up today, the cars still need to be cleared off, and some shoveling at the workshop too.

Have to start thinking about vehicle inspections this month we can get inspected up to a month early...

 

Stay warm...

Later!