After all the cold days recently, today is a beautiful change of pace! The sun is shining and things are starting to thaw out a bit. Dad was able to get the tractor started and gave the horses new round bales of hay. That will hopefully last them until next weekend. The boys are going to make sure that they have their water tubs topped off since it's such a good day for filling them. I last filled them on Friday, during zero degree weather with gale-force winds. I got a wind-burned face for my troubles! OUCH!! There is a leak between 2 of our hoses, which creates a water fountain, which on a day like that, is basically a snow/ice making machine. But, the ducks and geese LOVE it! They were playing in it and having a BLAST! I took some pictures because they were so CRAZY and covered in ice - I was actually a little bit concerned that they were going to kill themselves because the temps kept dropping until it was almost 10 below zero during the night and the wind was still blowing. But, they must have snuggled into their hay because they were fine the next morning. Of course, I figure I'm certifiable for going out there with the camera and bare fingers - within 5 minutes they were aching beyond my endurance and I had to hope that I had gotten some good shots because I was all done....
This morning our youngest helped me make his favorite kind of bread - Old English Oatmeal Bread. We made 2 round loaves and 2 sandwich loaves. Then we made Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. YUM!! Right now I am going to go make Daddy's favorite treat - Chocolate Swirl Bread with Chocolate Ganache. It's royal pain in the butt to make, but he REALLY loves it. He generally doesn't like cake, so it's good to find one that he will enjoy for his next birthday. (I'm tired of ice cream cakes!)
Dad and our oldest are headed down to the waterfall. Our youngest decided to stay up here with me 'cause he didn't want me to be lonely. We are going to head out to wander the pastures on our skiis and snowshoes. We can't go far or the cake will burn!!
This morning our youngest helped me make his favorite kind of bread - Old English Oatmeal Bread. We made 2 round loaves and 2 sandwich loaves. Then we made Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies. YUM!! Right now I am going to go make Daddy's favorite treat - Chocolate Swirl Bread with Chocolate Ganache. It's royal pain in the butt to make, but he REALLY loves it. He generally doesn't like cake, so it's good to find one that he will enjoy for his next birthday. (I'm tired of ice cream cakes!)
Dad and our oldest are headed down to the waterfall. Our youngest decided to stay up here with me 'cause he didn't want me to be lonely. We are going to head out to wander the pastures on our skiis and snowshoes. We can't go far or the cake will burn!!
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