Sunday, January 19, 2014

January Thaw

Oh what a beautiful day!  Blew out the dreary winter cobwebs here on the farm.

The first chore of the day:  cleaning out the chicken coup.
 No more stepping on frozen chicken poop when gathering eggs

Next in line:  clean, fresh bedding for the "ladies".
No more frozen crap under our feet

What to do the manure?  Add it to the flower garden.
Seriously, a picture of chicken crap on the garden?  Yes, Gardener's Gold come spring.

Now a little primping for the humans.
All the sheets washed and hung out to dry.  They await our wind-burned cheeks.

 Add to the list:  improving the odds of catching another coyote.
Sprucing up "the spot"

Stopping to enjoy the view and watching a total of 5 bald eagles doing their stuff.
Great view of the creek valley and the beautiful clear sky

Could not pass the day without trying to catch a fish.
Picture tells the story for itself:  not one fish caught

Fishing not biting, so tried ice skating.
Too slushy to glide on the blades

Ended the day with doing a few remaining chores.  Cheeks burning as the air turns colder with sunset. 
Awesome sunset as seen from the porch swing

Ahhh.  I think today was needed.  It was a nice reprieve to our winter.  It felt so good to blow out the winter cobwebs of cabin fever.

We so enjoyed the day outside together.  Days like today make it easy to realize how fortunate we are to live were we live, and how fortunate we are for our loved ones.

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