D&L had another series of doctor appointments in the big town about 50 miles away, and got an early start. So…
…at about 11:30 Tobie and I had a nice Jeep ride to visit Coal and Doc. The chore was somewhat complicated…
…by the mess all that snow from night before last made of their corrals. Happily, Coal chose to do his business indoors but Doc’s was pretty much mixed with seven inches of snow. And since the temperature was still in the teens…
It was necessary to break up the ice on the waterers and clean it out with that old heavy-duty shit fork.
This is by far the coldest cold snap of the winter: It’s the sort of thing I normally expect right around the turn of the year. By and large the winter has been mild and dry, and it’s kind of a shame it felt like it needed to make up all the effort. But so far nothing has broken and nothing important has frozen, and it’s supposed to get milder tomorrow. Also – I know I say this a lot but it’s important – the cabin’s a lot easier to keep warm now than it was ten years ago. I’m actually typing this in shirt sleeves. And now I’m off to bake bread, which will warm it up even more.
