Surviving the Weather

Monday, January 22, 2024
Hello friends,
              We are managing through the freezing rain, slowly, very slowly.  It’s amazing how slick ice can be.  The cows’ hooves are able to break through a little bit, and we put some salt on the concrete holding area, but walking from our house to the creamery looks like my first day on roller skates.  Better safe than sorry so I was taking my time and trying to stay on the grass.  Stephen drove down today and was stuck at the bottom of the driveway for a while.  By this afternoon it was starting to soften up a bit, but melting is slow because the ground had frozen so deeply. 
              I have heard that the theory about a really cold winter is that there will be fewer bugs that survive.  I don’t think its true because the northern states and even Canada have a lot of annoying bugs.  We did think of something though.  The local Amish community is able to cut ice for their ice houses.  See, that’s a good thing for them.  We figure that we are learning character and fortitude through adversity.  We are really characters!…..