A little bit of snow...
After wearing a braid for about 20 years, I started off the new year by chopping it off. My hair is now shorter than it has ever been. So far, I'm loving it. People in places I shop regularly were doing literal double-takes. It's been fun. Both physically and symbolically, I feel like I've removed a weight from my shoulders.
Then Mother Nature doubled down by dumping a huge load of snow on us. :-/ Schools and businesses were actually closed today in our area, and that's a rare thing. S. also took the day off from work, which is even rarer. Granted, after the snow plow went by the berm at the end of our driveway was a few feet high, so no one was going anywhere. He's spent the last six hours running the snowblower so that we aren't completely snowed in.
I feel like this should be titled "Dude, where's my car?"
S. clearing a path to the pole barn.
Daisy will follow me when I'm working outside, but she'd really prefer to stay on the patio, where it's dry.
Daisy sitting in front of the newly-insulated den.
I finished a sort of quilted cave for the inside of the den today. It's made out of heavy felt and stuffed with Poly-Fil, shaped by two 9-gauge wire hoops that hold it in place as sort of an upside-down U. It's not a perfect solution, but until S. has time to finish building the bigger wooden insulated den for them, it will keep them reasonably warm. The den has a heated pet bed from the ranch supply store on the bottom and a panel heater angled at the entrance to reflect heat inside. Neither of them get hot enough to burn skin or start a fire, but are warm enough to keep them cozy on cold nights and better than a dirt den when we get subzero.
Then Mother Nature doubled down by dumping a huge load of snow on us. :-/ Schools and businesses were actually closed today in our area, and that's a rare thing. S. also took the day off from work, which is even rarer. Granted, after the snow plow went by the berm at the end of our driveway was a few feet high, so no one was going anywhere. He's spent the last six hours running the snowblower so that we aren't completely snowed in.
I feel like this should be titled "Dude, where's my car?"
S. clearing a path to the pole barn.
Daisy will follow me when I'm working outside, but she'd really prefer to stay on the patio, where it's dry.
Daisy sitting in front of the newly-insulated den.
I finished a sort of quilted cave for the inside of the den today. It's made out of heavy felt and stuffed with Poly-Fil, shaped by two 9-gauge wire hoops that hold it in place as sort of an upside-down U. It's not a perfect solution, but until S. has time to finish building the bigger wooden insulated den for them, it will keep them reasonably warm. The den has a heated pet bed from the ranch supply store on the bottom and a panel heater angled at the entrance to reflect heat inside. Neither of them get hot enough to burn skin or start a fire, but are warm enough to keep them cozy on cold nights and better than a dirt den when we get subzero.