As predicted, the snow starting falling on Friday, January 22nd and didn’t stop until late in the evening of January 23rd.  Thankfully, my son stayed with us to help and of course the snow blower was at the ready. Of particular concern to me was our smallest barn cat, Monkey, went missing right before the Read More…

Ok, don’t ask me why, but we didn’t own a snow blower.  I think because we have a tractor with a bucket, we didn’t think it was necessary.  As panic settled in last night I started calling everywhere to find the elusive snow blower.  All the stores I called had sold out that morning. So, as Read More…

If you live in an area that gets any amount of snow, you know the mad preparations prior to a storm – running to the grocery store, hardware store and for some of us the liquor store For those of you with pets, making sure they have enough food, supplies and any meds is a Read More…

I want to give a big shout out to Hamilton Carhartt who founded his company in 1889.  Yes, I had to break out the Carhartt bib overalls this morning!  The thermometer showed about 20 degrees so it was time ……   According to the weather report I’m hoping to keep them in the closet for another week Read More…