With the bright sun the noon chores were brisk, but bearable. We all appreciate our routine and the fresh air. With -16 windchill, we weren’t out very long and now it’s time to enjoy a good book.
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It has been cold these last few days, windchills dropping us in to forecasted -40 below. I guess this is supposed to keep the riff raff out… although I’m always tempted to look at Hawaii real estate when it gets this cold, just not sure how to move a herd of cattle that close to the equator 🤔. I admit we’re due for these temperatures. This is the coldest it has been all winter. Everything takes a little bit longer, the fountains need to be checked to make sure they’re not frozen over even though they have heaters in sometimes they just can’t keep up. Even the machinery kind of creaks and groans on days this cold. Grandpa always make sure to put extra straw down for the animals to lay down on.
We had wonderful company this late afternoon and Great Grandma Gietzen was blessed to spend the afternoon with her daughter.
We spent the last month daydreaming about what seeds and produce we want in our garden, now it’s time to order and plant our seedlings!
I just attended a funeral for a very gentle soul. He was a bulldoggin’ cowboy who outworked Andrew and I the last time we worked calves. It was a beautiful Catholic funeral and I pray he is basking in Christ’s Glory. If I pass away in the winter I hope the day is as beautiful as today. As I left the farm it seemed as if I was in a storybook, the Frost was so thick and as the sun touched it, it looked like the world was covered in diamonds.
Francis, you’ll be one of those heavenly riders I call upon when the cattle are misbehaving, or when we need to load up a bull, or treat a sick cow.
The frost is so beautiful this morning.
We had a wonderful evening of comradery and discussion of a classic. So blessed to call these beautiful ladies, friends. Wholeheartedly appreciating this book club and the wonderful husband and children that make it possible for me to host the meetings.
A friend whose brother-in-law is one of the coaches for the Kansas City Chiefs sent me the link above.
We rounded up and headed some of the calves to the sale barn. A beautiful day. Now prayers for a good price…it’s helpful when Family Farm/Ranchers get a “just wage” for their year’s long work. We had gorgeous weather, almost too hot for January…and great helpers made the day go smooth.
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