One deer watching a cat going by while the other continues feeding.
Let it snow
Whoops. I started a draft with this screen capture on my phone, then moved to my desktop to finish it – only to find the WordPress app on my phone published it instead of leaving it in draft.
Ah, well.
As you can see, our temperatures have plummeted overnight, and that wind chill is pretty nasty! I’m happy to say, however, that this is no longer accurate. The Weather Network says we are -24C, with a wind chill of -37C, and we will continue to warm up. Over the next while, we should be in the low -20s and high minus teens.
One thing about living in the boonies. The weather is a much more serious subject than when we were living in the city, where even if we couldn’t get out ourselves, we could get things like groceries and even prescriptions delivered, is absolutely necessary!
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Critter of the Day: sitting pretty
First night indoors
So The Outsider has survived her first night as an inside cat with us!
She’s pretty okay with the concept.
The other cats, however, are not quite sure about the whole thing!
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Critter of the Day: she judges!
We are sucks
Total and complete sucks.
With noodles for backbones.
At least when it comes to the cats. :-D
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Critter of the Day: attitude!
We made it!
Yes! We actually made it into the city for our big, monthly shop!
Oh, it is SO good to be stocked up again! :-D
It almost didn’t happen, though. The noises the van was making was still a concern.
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Critter of the Day: what’s that over there?
So… we’re home again
We didn’t make it to the city.
Yes, things have warmed up. We’re a “balmy” -24C, with a wind chill of -36C right now. However, we haven’t warmed up long enough for the van to notice.
It started well enough. We even drove it the couple of miles to the general store to pick up the mail, deer feed and bird seed.
By then, I had to make a decision.
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The Re-Farmer 