Guess I'll try again.

[flowerbug]

Not much to report today. Weather has been great.
Milking is going well, production down to 2.5 g/d.
Back is ok but being careful what I do.
Hope all are well and happy.
Cheers
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yes, it's busy season here too with trying to get all the gardens picked and cleaned up for winter. like you i have to be careful of back things, but digging and cleaning up gardens and mixing in some ashes is good work for my back/body and it responds well as long as i don't overdo it or twist something.

 

[hqueen13]

Good weather is a blessing!

 

[Icu4dzs]

It's snowing today...☃

 

[hqueen13]

Oh man. You can keep it!! LOL

 

[Icu4dzs]

It was 5°F this morning. What happened to autumn? We went right to January this past week.

 

[hqueen13]

EW! No offense, but you can keep it!!!

 

[flowerbug]

EW! No offense, but you can keep it!!!

interesting how different the weather can be. we've had some cold at night, but it has been getting to the mid-40s to mid-50s in the day so i can get outside and get some things done yet. next week they even are forecasting us to be in the 60s... we'll see if that actually happens or not. still, anyways, without rains at least i have a good chance of getting all the gardens put up for winter this next five days or so. will be nice to have those done...

 

[hqueen13]

@flowerbug my perspective changes, by the end of winter I'm excited to see those temps... right now, not so much!!

 

[Icu4dzs]

It's 16*F tonight. Brrr. Had to let the dogs in.
Winter is trying to decide whether it wants to stay or not. We had two weeks or so of heavy snow and temperatures in the teens.

Cow now on once a day. That makes my life a lot better.

Covid seems to be plaguing the world...out here on the farm, social distancing is in the realm of at least 1/2 mile in any direction and maybe two miles to the south... We stay home because we live on a farm, not because some "know-it-all" with no more degrees than I have tells us to do that. Being smart helps a lot.

This pandemic is going to change the world. People who are "tired" of the precautions, will invariably kill many others because they don't' want to believe the disease is a serious as it is. Yes, you get over it...this time. But next time? Or how about the secondary organ failures that happen once you've gotten it? Think about that.

It seems to me that this came at a particularly interesting time. 1 year before an election is only one of the "interesting" details. I guess we'll all have to figure out how to adapt to the changes but it just seems like there are a lot of folks who are just "tired of it now." "It isn't fun any more..." So they want to go back to the way it was. Good luck with that.

O, yes, there's going to be a vaccine. Pfizer said it's 95% effective. I wonder how they figured that out? I wonder when they will publish the side-effect profile of this vaccine. What about the 5 people that got this disease after using the vaccine? O, and don't forget, they aren't saying how long it will confer immunity to those 95 of 100. Natural infection lasts for about 12 weeks according to the infectious disease specialists. But then the CEO of Pfizer sold ALL HIS STOCK in the company, Hmmm, I wonder what he knows that we don't know?

Have fun out there. Stay away from everyone and remember Avoidance is the ONLY DEFENSE.
Cheers,
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[Icu4dzs]

Well, Today is the 21st day of December at 12:14 pm. I was hoping to check my gnomen but the sky is densely over cast and no sun shadow is available.
Gladys is producing a bit less now...about 4-5 quarts per milking meaning per day.
Weather hovering around the low 30's but often above 32*F.
Critters all doing OK.
Very concerned about current national situation.
Hope all are well.
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