Airport fun

Last night 6:00 PM I left to get Gramma from the airport. Nine hours later at 3:00 AM we got back back home. Yikes! The plane she was supposed to fly on had mechanical problems and had to be replaced. Then the plane they replaced it with had probems with the wing deicers and had to be fixed. Then while they fixed that the plane got low on fuel and had to be refueled. Then it developed ice on the the flaps and had to go over to the deicing station which was a fifteen minute trip one way. So it was a long night for us. We should be totally recovered in a year or two.

Snow! This is what it looked like on Friday.

This is what it looked like on Monday.

There's a deck under here somewhere.

It got to 36 degrees today. This is what 20 some inches of snow looks like when it slides off the shed roof. I'm going to have to think about this and do some modification. Not sure what yet but I'll figure it out.

Snow II

Made it to the airport and home. Roads weren't great, but were drivable, at least for some of us. Saw quite a few in the ditch, one guy spun out just a few cars in front of us. Saw an ambulance on the way down and four more on the way home. The utter stupidity of people still amazes me after all these years. Still more cars and accidents on the way home. I plowed out this morning and by the time we left the driveway was drifting in. It was about half full when I got home. When I plowed this morning I couldn't tell where the edges of the driveway were, cause the snow was level across it from the field to the pasture. The snow slowed down some by the time I got home, but now is coming down heavy again. I figure we added about 5 inches since this morning, so I don't know what we'll have by morning. I'll have to plow again. I am officially tired of SNOW! Anyway I have to drive down to the airport tomorrow night to pick up Gramma, so I hope it's done by then. Later.

Snow!

Well, last night when we went to bed there was about a 1/2 inch of snow on the ground and it was snowing lightly, but blowing hard. It looked as though we wouldn't get too much. Imagine my surprise when I got up and went to let the dogs out and I couldn't open the patio door because of all the snow. So I put my shoes on and got a shovel from the garage and made a path off the deck for the dogs. In my robe. No socks on. Heidi didn't mind, but I had to push Mick out the door.

This is out the front door at 5:30 this morning.

And this.

When it got light out I went to do chores and discovered we had about 15 inches of new snow. Yikes! It's still snowing pretty good right now. I have to drive Gramma to the airport this afternoon, so I hope I can dig us out. Stay tuned.

Warm weather, snowmelt and fog

Starting last Saturday, it got warm here. It stayed warm. We had high 30's and 40's and even had 51 degrees one day. During this time it only got below freezing one night and then only down to 29.

So the snow has been melting. We've lost feet of snow. The snow here was up to my knees.

The manure pile and some of my machinery reappeared.

Thursday morning we had fog. Couldn't see the road until late in the afternoon. Gramma decided not to drive to the cities to work. I went into Mora in the afternoon and in some places visibility was only about 50 yards or less. This morning it was only 17 degrees and as I write this it's only 18, a 31 degree drop from yesterday so back to winter for awhile. Supposed to snow Sunday and Monday.

I'm throwing this pic in here cause they're just so darn cute. Aren't they? Now if you look real close at Aksel you can see he's wondering why I am taking his picture when I could feeding him. Sugar time is coming soon. Yeah!

Random farm stuff

Next time you say someone has a pig nose, pull up this pic of Pinky and see if they really do.

The Boys.

 Here Pinky is getting a drink and Perky is still wearing part of his bed.

This is what I see every morning and every night as they watch the house and wonder why I'm not feeding them when clearly I can see that they are starving and emaciated.

I let the chickens out today.  It was supposed to get to 32 degrees and it got to 52. Wow! Stuff melted. Antoine attacked me. I guess after being cooped up for so long he had to do something. I fixed it. He's still alive and I suppose will need more lessons.

You saw the giant egg, now here is the torpedo egg. Pretty sure it's the same hen. At least I think this one slipped out much easier.

Cold (again) & Hay Thief

Cold again. The computer said 30 degrees in Baton Rouge, 28 degrees in Canton and our thermometer said 28 below zero. BRRRRR! Temps like this are tough on everything. When I walk down to the barn on mornings like this the snow doesn't crunch, it squeaks. Warmup starts tomorrow. They say we might see 40 by next Wednesday and no more deepfreeze for the foreseeable future. Maybe the grundhog was right. This was the coldest and snowiest winter on the farm so far. Sugar time comes next.

Here's a couple of Norwegians soaking sunshine.

 Sparkle Kitty doing the same.

This is Brother Kitty's favorite sunning place. He falls asleep sitting here.

GOTCHA! One of the suspected hay thieves caught on camera. I plan to circulate this photo to get a positive ID on the culprit and then ask the State for compensation for crop loss. That should work right? I mean they're always compensating farmers for stuff, so why not me. In other news we visited with the Bayou Family the other night via Skype. Way cool. It was a lot of fun, especially PB cause he just kept staring at us like we were a two-headed calf or something. Everyone looked good, Mommy is looking like she might pop anytime and the kids just keep getting bigger. We will do this again. Stay warm, seeya.

Cold weather, giant eggs and sleeping dogs

This morning the computer said it was 28 degrees in Baton Rouge and 25 in Canton GA where my sister lives, I feel for you. We had 18 below zero this morning. Mustache icicles. For some reason when ever I need to fill the water tanks in the barn it's always when it's real cold. I need to rethink this and fill them when it's warm out, whether they need it or not. When it's this cold I can only drag the hoses up, force them in the garage and wait for them to thaw out and then roll them up. Sure am glad the garage is heated.

Yesterday afternoon I went to look for eggs and found this. Now you know I don't have small hands. I have big hands. (And a giant Berg head)

Normal dark Maran egg, store bought grade AA large egg, Welsummer egg, Jumbo Maran, my cell phone.

We sometimes have trouble closing the egg cartons cause we get a lot of big eggs, but this is ridiculous. Can't wait to crack it open, two eggs in one shell.

Fire dogs.

Finally got a pic of Heidi with her nose under the stove. Yes that is the top of my head. I took the pic "Annie Oakley Style" using a mirror. Clever huh? You betcha.