Nasty Weather

12-21-09
Somewhere in the vicinity of 8:00 am

Cuppa coffee, slice of Debbie's fruit cake, and a keyboard. Life is good on Fringe Benefit Farm.

It's not awfully cold this morning, at least by Montana standards. +20f.  What is nasty, is the freezing rain, and fog. It turns the paved roads into vehicle skating rinks. I'm sure this is not a good day to be a Highway patrolman, but a very good day to be a tow truck operator. (hurray! for Mater!)  Kathryn has to go to work this morning, and I worry about her having to drive on the ice. I asked her to take the county road, which is unpaved. she doesn't like to, because it's so rough. They did grade it Friday, so it's pretty good right now. I don't have to be in to Miles City until 11:30 am, so the road may be a little less slimy.

I really don't mind the cold weather. One dresses for it, and once you acclimate to it, it's actually pleasant.  I walked out to the mailbox the other day, and was very comfortable. When I got back, I wondered why my mustache had i rime of ice. The thermometer outside the kitchen window read -10f.  Yeah. I guess you can say I've acclimated. 

We've had fog for the past few days. Something to do with the warm air, and cold ground, or the other way around, or... well, we've had fog.  Some of the locals were complaining about how thick it was.  I guess they've never been in Fresno County in the winter. Goodness! you can see more than a quarter of a mile here.  Out there, if you can see a quarter of a rod, you're in good shape!

8:25am. Snow has started to fall. Good. We need it. That's what makes the grass grow. (and the gumbo mud deep when it melts, haha.)

I am looking forward to spring though. We plan to get a few chickens. I have to build a good coop, and chicken run. I want to feed Kathryn fresh eggs, not feed Coyotes fresh chicken.

I have not seen, or heard any Coyotes since we've moved here, but I know they are around. Our small farming community is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of acres of prairie. Most of it is grazing land, although they do grow enormous quantities of wheat in the region. Where there is open land, there are little critters, and Coyotes to eat 'em.  They just have to learn though, that Chicken critters are a Bozo no-no.

All together, life is good on Fringe Benefit Farm.

Agape
Lee