Chore Time in a Blizzard
“Getting ready to go to school was like getting ready for extended deep-sea diving.”
Category Archives: Weather
Last Snow of 2013
Snow started falling mid-day Monday (December 30), and continued on through the night – it was a fine, dry snow that glittered like diamonds. We awoke to a sparkling winter wonderland!
Reverse Disassembly Procedure
The contractor started installing the new roofing steel today – woohoo! It was a frigid -2°F when I did chores this morning, and had only climbed a degree or two when the crew arrived and started trying to coax the equipment to life.
The Year in Chores
Twice a day during winter months, I trudge out to the 99 year-old wooden hay barn to do chores – feeding and watering the livestock. Following is a series of photos taken while waiting on the water tank to fill over the course of the year.
Sooner or Later, You’re Going to Have to De-side
The new steel panels for the machine shed arrived on Friday, which meant it was time to strip all the remaining panels off the old part of the building – installation of the new starts on Monday. The Lord gave us three days above 40°F, which melted all the ice and snow off the roof, enabling us to be able… Read more »
Rebuilding
Not long after the “wind event,” I started trying to contact local contractors to rebuild the barn. There were numerous other farms in the area that had damage from this storm, so maybe that was a factor, but only one actually came out and took a look by mid-summer. Weeks went by and no further word was heard, after which… Read more »
Picking Up the Pieces
So, once you’ve processed that a disaster has happened and all the family is okay, the next step is to start the cleanup… a difficult thing, as you really don’t know where to start.