Ahoy From The Arctic
☆ November 25, 2014
So, it got cold. Negative 26ºF, to be precise. One nice thing about that kind of cold is the perma-endorphin high I get. And three degrees (which is still well below freezing) feels downright balmy. It didn’t get above freezing for ten days, not even for an hour. All the local sparrows and wild cottontails moved into the chicken house – which is just as cute as you might imagine it to be.
Friday, it finally rose above freezing. Outside, there was the sound of dripping, and I had a glorious snowhike with the pups, in a tank top. I also wore wool pants and muck boots, yes, but my arms were bare. Huzzah, Vitamin D! Now it’s snowing again. But that’s OK; to snow, it has to be warm (it’s relative, now).
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November 25th, 2014 @ 9:06 am
Beautiful winter wonderland
November 25th, 2014 @ 9:09 am
And now we know why Charlie’s looking fat lol.
November 25th, 2014 @ 9:21 am
i prefer to be cold, but i must admit that i literally shivered when i read negative 26. brrr!
sunny here today. yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay for vitamin d!
November 25th, 2014 @ 10:18 am
Beautiful Shreve. What a blue sky x
November 25th, 2014 @ 10:54 am
:) :) :)
November 25th, 2014 @ 12:43 pm
Another masterful composition. Blue-white sky, white-white plains, black cow leaning in for a photobomb :). Thanks for sharing, Shreve.
November 25th, 2014 @ 12:45 pm
*shivers* Winter is gorgeous to look at, but there’s just no way I could endure that. I’ll stay here in Texas and just look at your gorgeous photos. :)
November 25th, 2014 @ 3:28 pm
Lovely lovely photo, but please show us the sparrows and bunnies in the chicken house! and what did your chickens think of the new tenants? :-)
November 25th, 2014 @ 4:50 pm
A ~ I tried, but the light is so low in there, the pics are a blurry mess! And I refuse to use flash with animals…. It’s SO CUTE tho! And the chickens were like, whatevs, the more the merrier (and bunnies put off a lot of BTUs)
November 25th, 2014 @ 6:13 pm
Glorious photo! What a magnificent sky.
November 26th, 2014 @ 12:42 am
And I thought it was cold here in CO! It was stew weather, though, and I have to tell you what an AWESOME stew meat comes from StarBrand! Can’t wait to make more…or beef soup!
Happy Thanksgiving, Shreve.
November 26th, 2014 @ 5:46 am
How interesting!
I can (sort of) imagine how “warm” it must feel when it is just around freezing after so long that far below.
I like picturing the sparrows and bunnies in with the chickens.
Just so I understand, are BTUs the “British Thermal Units”, or something else?
November 26th, 2014 @ 8:03 am
Photobomb! The sky is beautiful and I’m happy to hear some of the wild critters found a warm spot.
November 26th, 2014 @ 10:23 am
If you could possibly post a pic of your chicken house with the visiting sparrows and cottontails, well, that would make my whole entire day.
November 26th, 2014 @ 10:23 am
A haven for the sparrows and cottontails… lovely. Yay for a tank top day!
November 26th, 2014 @ 1:44 pm
Brrrrr……Love looking at your pics but glad I do n’t live in snow.
November 26th, 2014 @ 2:22 pm
Brrr. Glad everyone survived the bitter blast. I’m sure the sparrows and bunnies appreciated the chickens’ hospitality and that they were all able to share their warmth (and probably their food, too).
Do Charlie, Chloe and Eli pile up at night with you, sharing their warmth? Mine do, some of them under the covers, some on my pillow. Makes for great snuggling!
Wishing you, Mike and all the Farmily a blessed and joyous Thanksgiving!
Hugs to all,
Theresa
November 26th, 2014 @ 2:59 pm
It is off subject, but since your comment that Wyoming teaches “non-attachment” I have been hoping that the farmily is intact and healthy. Specifically I am wondering about the adorable Leila. She changed so drastically from her calf coloring to the multicolor! Looking forward to an update….also to pics of the new barn. In your spare time, of course!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING, SHREVE
November 26th, 2014 @ 4:43 pm
L ~ I know, I”m terribly behind on updates these days… Leila is great! Super friendly and FAT! And all black now! More soon + pics + more on the barn………. :)
November 26th, 2014 @ 5:00 pm
It looks so quiet where you live. On those bitter cold days with no wind you can probably hear a truck coming a 1/2 mile away. As for the chickencoop photos, do you have any painter’s spot lights around? You could diffuse that and bounce it off the ceiling to create enough good light. They might enjoy the heat from them too.
November 26th, 2014 @ 5:14 pm
Woohoo! A post from Shreve. Made my day. And I’ve been meaning to tell you ever since November 1 that when I turned the calendar page and saw Frisco my heart melted. I went back and looked at every pic of him I could find. I wish I could have met him in this life. I definitely plan to connect with him someday when I meld with the cosmos. P.S. So glad you didn’t use flash on the critters. But then that’s you isn’t it?
November 26th, 2014 @ 10:32 pm
Happy Thanksgiving, Shreve!! I am thankfull for your blog and the wonderful followers who post.
November 27th, 2014 @ 12:21 pm
Happy Thanksgiving, Shreve & Farmily! Thanks for sharing your adventures. I love them.
December 21st, 2014 @ 5:39 pm
Holy smokes! That is seriously cold! Even so, it is truly inspirational to read your posts!
I wanted to let you know that I nominated you for the One Lovely Blog award. I have enjoyed reading your blog since I came across it. If you would like to accept the award, just follow this link http://morrigansnest.com/2014/12/21/one-lovely-blog-award/ to my post to see what you need do. You don’t really have to, but it was fun to gather some of my favorite blogs together.
Blessings to you!
Shayla