#deepcold

On Monday morning I intended to get laundry started before I went to exercise class, but didn’t. I got my post up and then compiled a chart of all the responses to the listing for the farm. I made it through

On Sunday morning I wasn’t up until 6:40AM. I didn’t want to get out of my warm cocoon. I got the stoves going and my post up. I pulled the shades up at 7:30AM because the sun was coming over the trees,

On Saturday morning, I woke up at 4AM and had lots of ideas. So I got up and texted them to my #1 intern. She, of course, was asleep. But she had decided to move into my spare room and there were a lot

On Monday I didn’t get up until 6:30AM! Boy was somebody mad! I got him fed and got the laundry started. I needed to get my clothes for exercise class done by 9AM! Then I started on my post. I had to stop

Sunbather On Sunday morning I was up at 5AM to tend stoves. I got my post up and decided to start the bills/budget. I’d actually made some progress on that when I went to work at the desk. When I’d inventoried

On Saturday I got up at 5AM, and had to get the stoves going as the house was cold. It took me a couple hours to get it warm. I spent a huge amount of time researching and searching for what I needed to

On Friday when I pulled up the shades I was able to get this shot of the frost on the hall window. I had gotten up at 5AM to get the stoves going and I got my post up. I know I did something else before

Red shouldered hawk On Thursday I got up at 6AM and fed the dying cat and then the woodstoves. I got my post up and then started working up shopping orders for 3 stores. This took most of the morning,

Just before sunrise… On Wednesday I was up just after 6AM and got my post up. I had to keep tending the stoves. I got my hot cacao made and into a basket with a nice cup and spoon. Then I got ready to

According to my photos the last time we had a storm of this magnitude was February 13, 2017. And you can see, above, the snow wasn’t as deep as it is now. On Tuesday I was up at 5:30AM and got my posts

On Monday I was up around 6AM and got the fires going well. Fed the cat and sat down to write my post. I didn’t pull the shades up until after 8AM as there was no sun. It was still snowing but lightly.

On Sunday morning I was up at 7AM and started trying to get the stoves up to temperature. I’d been up in the night at 1AM doing this also. I finally got my post up mid morning. My brother got up around

A nap in the early morning sun Saturday morning I was up before 6AM and got 2 posts up. I waited until the sun was well up before pulling up the shades at 8:15AM as it was cold in the house. I’d gotten

Masonry heater on its way to 180F… On Friday morning I was up just after 5AM and got my post up. I discovered I’d forgotten to order linaria and pyrethrum as I couldn’t find them in my catalogs. So I searched