Big Snow!!!-
Well we got the big snow that was predicted! I was watching the weather really closely Friday because we knew it was coming, but wasn't sure exactly about the timing. I follow a local young meteorologist on Facebook (Treasure Valley Weather Headquarters Kody) who is much more on track than the TV weather guys and he really nailed it right down to the hour or so. No snow Friday night on the way home which was really nice, forecast from NWS-
We ran some errands Saturday morning (yesterday) and got home, the snow
started in the afternoon. It really picked up after about 4:00 p.m. and then we really got hammered. The high for the day was 17°!
I kept the heat lamp on in the coop overnight. I do turn it off during
the day even though it's hard wired in. I'm always a little paranoid
about a fire. Had about a good five or six inches on the ground when I
went to bed, woke up to about 4 or 5 more inches! The top photo of our herb boxes, the solar light are buried completely. There's a video of the snow on my Instagram account, just click on the link! Looks lovely but Dave
definitely had a lot to dig out. He shoveled the front sidewalk or
driveway and the neighbor sidewalk as well. Lows of 6 degrees tonight, 2 degrees tomorrow night! More snow later in the week.
Love our little tree!
He created a little walkway
for me to get to the coop and he cleared off the sunroom. This is the reason
why we always put this up!
Gives the chickens a lot more dry space when
the weather is bad. I've been going out every day and giving them some
greens and some wild bird food to give them something to peck at and
keep them busy. Deck-
Solar bulbs still showing last night
Queen's Cake Baking-
Since I had tomorrow off as a holiday I decided to do some baking this weekend. Since I was still recovering a bit for my surgery I didn't really do any traditional Christmas/holiday baking. I love the recipe for the Williamsburg Queens Cake. I've made it quite a few times before. It has lemon and orange extract with Currants. It takes about an hour and a half to bake but it's worth the wait! You want to let it cool completely before you slice into it and it's even better the next day. Keeps really well! Today or tomorrow I'll be making some chocolate chip oatmeal cookies with bittersweet chocolate chips. I did make the cake yesterday with half whole wheat pastry flour to make it a little bit healthier and I'll do the same with the cookies. When it's 17 degrees out it's a good time to bake!
We're too far south for the snow but we did get a ton of rain. I know your chickens appreciate the run and the greens!
ReplyDeleteTrying to find an "accurate" weather forecaster is really a challenge. I just look at two online weather sites and they not only have different forecasts, but they have different radar as well. Can't figure that one out!
Yeah rain is good too as long as it's not excessive! Yes accurate weather forecasts are interesting. There used to be a guy who was here and he was older and he was pretty accurate then he retired but luckily he trained the guy that I follow on Facebook. He's the only person who accurately predicted snowmageddon several years ago when we got slammed with several feet of snow. I think he has an intuitive grasp of weather along with the sciency part. Yes some kinds of radar who knows maybe a little different
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