Quick, everybody out

The temperature has climbed into the minus tens. Hurray and get all the outside chores done before it drops again. There’s christmas tree to chuck to the birds, horse poo to shovel and haul, decks to clear, and TVs to sled to and from the balehouse. Yes, plural. Don’t really know why we collect these things but there were two poorly functioning sets up in the cabin. Both get tossed in the sled and hauled...

35 below

No Christmas tree or decorations up yet. With the Scourge in the ICU, there are more important concerns. George wants to find floodlights to shine on the evergreens on the knob, thinking that would give the best visibility on the webcam. So check in the evenings, see if we’ve done anything yet. So cold this morning that I had to blanket Sage. While Coach always puts her winter coat on in September, he...

Mulder vs the Porcupine

The title says it all. Mulder forgot, ten years after his last experience, that porcupines aren’t cuddly. He had a snootful of quills at 10 p.m. and was in agony all night long.  I got about 3 hours sleep that night as he couldn’t sit, couldn’t sleep but wanted to be with me just in case I could help. (George was still away) We were at the vets the moment they opened the door in the morning, and...

Wind Damage

Yesterday’s storm was indeed a good’un. Mulder and I walked the property early this morning to survey the damage. One tree across the sauna roof. One across the north pasture fence, too big for me to deal without the chainsaw. I’ll have to rig up some twine to keep the ponies in. Several down across the high meadow. One landed on the...

First Snowflakes

Can’t call it “First Snow” really as it was just a tiny squall passing by, but the dog came in with snowflakes in his fur. The pond freezes over most every nights and I haven’t seen much of the ducks lately. But every day I can avoid hauling water and still use the hose to fill horse trough is a bonus. Very windy all day. The neighbour’s thoroughbreds are running around the pasture...

Fall Cleanup

We read that there should be snow this week, so the garden needed work right away. George got his horseradish out. I brought in the tomato plants. Am trying that ‘hang them upside-down’ trick, but we don’t have a lot of room in the house for experiments like this. They are in my office, hanging from the bookshelves. My office smells like...

Hard frost

Water in the dog’s dish froze nearly solid last night. Probably time to bring in all the tomatoes and hope that they ripen.