Climate Change

Pumpkin biscuits - Farm Crew Seal of Approval!

That would aptly describe yesterday's wild mood swings!  The day started out at 12 degrees which seemed just dandy as it was a two-digit temperature on the plus side.  The sun rose and stayed out!  Then....the clouds moved in, the temperature rose, the rain/sleet started.  At 8:30 last night, there was a downpour of rain.  With thunder and lightning.  This sent poor, confused Bernie in search of a hiding place.  I decided to ignore February and go to bed, emerging in April.  Instead, I was rudely awakened by high winds at 2 am.  At 4:30, my typical rising time, it was 22 degrees and nothing else seems to be happening.  I will have to say, I didn't lie in bed and worry about things blowing away - with two feet of snow, now capped with two inches of ice, nothing is moving.  I knew that everyone had shelter, the electricity was still on, so I was able to sneak in those extra two hours of sleep.

My day didn't go as planned yesterday, but I got things done; the 18 inches of snow is off my roof, and I deconstructed the soup chicken that I had been stewing for three days - four quarts of incredibly rich broth and a nice amount of chicken for other uses.  I started on the closet, and finished the baby sweater for Els' grandson.  Now to find some cute buttons, and my part of the transparency trade is finally finished!  I traced the source of the chicken blood to find that e-Claire's mother had torn out a nail (ouch!).  She has had her share of trouble lately, so I swabbed the toe with disinfectant - as if that matters, really - and it will have to heal on its own.

Today is more cleaning, I tackled some pumpkin biscuits this morning for the barn crew - complete with honey and butter!  (Note to Melanie and Julie:  these actually contain pumpkin!).  On the menu:  my soup of the week (Manhattan Clam Chowder), a pork tenderloin in the slow cooker, and bracing myself for the great rabbit clean out!  I plan to have a lot checked off my list by the end of this day.