BillyeRuth said she was hoping for a heat wave, but it only got up to 30 today with all the snow and ice out toward Paducah. If it gets up to 34 degrees tomorrow, she might go into town and get chicken scratch as she is having to give it out very sparingly. Told her that they could exist on mash, but she wants the girls all to be happy and hates having to ration the scratch. The city chicks are already spoiled rotten, so she is just going to continue the habit.
BR said she and her friend Patsy Lynn were talking about having a snowball fight, but Patsy said she would wait for BR to show up before she put her jacket on to go outside. Those two are so funny.
Michelle Malay said her brother-in-law Tim got home yesterday, so now they can cook for three instead of two. Told her to send him up to get eggs as there are more than a few dozen waiting on the kitchen table. Jennifer was wishing she had some yesterday when she was getting her family's supper. They had to have bacon and cheese sandwiches because she had no eggs to put in between the bacon and cheese. Her neighbor across the street has 1500 chickens--all roosters. Nothing like having a neighborhood alarm clock! But on Jennifer's side is the HOA, so she is not allowed to have chickens or even too many critters at all. Too bad it is not easy to get eggs to Michelle and Jennifer both, but it is not like FedEx would pick them up here at the house and take them along to either of them. sigh Can you imagine FedEx delivering eggs?
It got up to 34 degrees on the deck today. The trees out by the chicken house have tried to straighten up, but the crepe myrtle is still bent over and nearly touching the ground. Not sure if it has a broken branch or not. The highline wires are dropping the ice almost by the minute, but the misting rain will freeze again tonight, so who knows if the lines will clear enough to stay up tonight. Michelle said that a fire over on Midwestern Parkway caused the fire department to have to cut electricity to over 10,000 folks. That could be pretty rough if all the heat you have is electric. And some of us don't have generators. Wish this house had another gas line in the back for a heater, but this stuff won't last forever. Like Lance told me today--blankets, lots of them.
Took some veggies and a bucket of water out to my hens today and left them in their houses. They are currently out running around finding things to nibble on, but will have to shut them up shortly. It is 33 degrees right now, but sundown will be mighty cool tonight. It appears from here that the roads must not be too bad. Lots of traffic. Donny Anderson came by and picked up my post box key and got the mail for me. Had a box from Amazon with a few things. The rest was just junk mail. Maybe it is the junk mail that keeps the post office going?
Maybe tomorrow will be warm enough to melt the ice on the deck. If not, have a flat hoe like thing that will do to shuck the ice off the boards and the steps. Just don't like to take chances out back--well, anywhere, for that matter. The dogs had a small case of the zoomies this morning, but Thompson is a little stiff, so that did not last long. Neither of them wanted out early, so we did not even open the back door again until after 10. The door would hardly open for the accumulation of ice! Lance said that he was envious of anyone who got this kind of weather. Not me. Would rather have a barn heated by butane or something with the livestock in one end so going out is totally unnecessary. Back in Europe, the houses were built so that the stock lived downstairs and the people upstairs. The heat from the stock kept the house fairly warm, but they still had to cook downstairs. Just can't imagine how that worked. Makes me wonder where they kept the hay! Maybe one of these days some research on that might be interesting.
Thompson has demanded treats again. They are pretty good to understand when "no more" is the answer. Two pretty good dogs. And they make good foot warmers, too. Well, with Sylvia, it is back warmer. Thompson sleeps at the foot and Sylvia over on the top near the other side. But she scoots over in the night to get near my back. Cats are like that. Wake up from a dream of a motor boat and find a cat purring on one's head--it has happened!
Finished that book about the Pilgrims, but am not satisfied. Maybe there is a sequel? It was so very interesting. The story of the first Thanksgiving [fall harvest] was not what was expected at all! Do you know that only four women lived that long after their year in this country. They had some orphaned teenage girls and little girls, but mostly little boys and the men were left. It is amazing that this country was ever even established. Oh, and "pottage" is basically a thick vegetable soup--sometimes with the addition of a bit of meat, but nearly always with oats or some kind of grain in it. The book also gave the recipe for hard tack--flour, salt, and water. It said that if it was rolled out thin and baked, it could last up to a year! Not exactly Ritz crackers.
Well, if Charlie Anderson and Kaylee Garcia made it through this day, we can be thankful. Now we need to pray for those who have lost their power or their homes. May God bless them, one and all. Let's be grateful, if you are reading this from home, that we have protection and safety. Rest well. You are loved.
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