We spent a few days winterizing in anticipation of the winter storm that has been blanketing so much of the country. We were kind of on the western edge of it according to the weather maps.
DH built a couple of frames to cover our HVAC units. When it snows, the snow and ice piles up on top and can freeze up the system and we don't want to burn out the motors.
Heat lamps in the well house, shop, and tack room (because there's a bathroom and sink in there)
Freeze misers on the faucets
The chickens have feed and water in their insulated coop. Spoiled chooks.
Our high was 12 on Saturday and they may have ventured out, but I didn't see them.
The horses came up looking for breakfast
They get frisky when it snows and will be playing in it after their feed buckets are empty
Our injured horse is still being confined
Normal people would follow suit of the chickens in such weather, but we never claimed to be normal. This man doesn't have an idle bone in his body...retired or not. After a warm bowl of Posole and corn bread muffins at 11, we spent 4 hours burning slash piles
I don't even know how many there are...maybe 15 or so, I lost count but we just burned 4 on Saturday.
We have to let them burn down and then walk around and toss outlying stumps, logs, and debris into the center so we get a complete burn.
We'll see what the weather does overnight, but if there's no wind, we'll tackle more tomorrow with our trusty supervisor in tow.
Snowy trails
When we came home, I made a big pot of stew since we'll be away from the house and will want something warm when we come in. While that was simmering, I wrote this post, watched a little UFC, and tried not to fall asleep.
Showers and our heads hit our pillows pretty early. That's about as wild as it gets around here on a Saturday night. We ought to sleep really well tonight!
Sunday update: We ended up getting 5" overnight and it's snowing again this morning, but we didn't have a ton of ice with this storm and we never lost electricity. We're at the end of the line so restoration takes a while when we do.
And we're on slash pile duty and behind the shovel again today
DH started them first thing in the morning and then came back to pick me up at 8. We came back in at 4 to eat and tend to chores at the barn. It's a ton of work for 2 old people.
We've got a good fireplace and access to more wood than we could ever burn and a gas stove and grill so we got along just fine. You can see the house way off in the distance.
Skeet's prayers for more snow were answered.
4 comments:
My farmer was out burning some brush piles also but not as many or large as your piles. We're too young to sit in a chair and get stiff. Happy stitching!
I have a question, what is a slash pile? We live in NW Iowa. It has been really cold, but that is normal for January. We got some snow yesterday afternoon but just enough to make the gravel road white. Snow storms are one thing, but this ice storms are just so awful! So much damage! My hubby is a retired energizer bunny! (He’s a lot older that yours tho 😍. ). Stay warm. Love all your quilts and love Skeet! And your chickens!
it looks beautiful!! I love snow covered scenes, and knowing I have a heated house to get back to haha!! Looks like you didn't get to hibernate !!!
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe it’s limbs, branches, old wooden fence posts?
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