Today was a busy sort of day for a day off. Our school's principal and his family stopped by for a visit in the morning. They pass our place on the way to their family cabin about once a month and we had invited them to come and see the place as they passed -- and today was the day. Naturally this meant a general cleaning of the house and yard. Even though the ducks managed to poop on the front stoop at the last minute, the visit was a success. The dogs adored having the children throw the ball into the water for them to fetch and Arby graciously allowed them to pet him. And Corny was ecstatic to have more little people feed him apples.
Hallelujah! We are at long last getting a change in the dry, warm weather pattern that's been with us since September. The hills are dry and brown from lack of rain and the days have been unnaturally warm. But today a cold air mass finally moved in from Canada and today's high was only in the low 40's. Tonight it's supposed to dip down to 27 degrees, which is positively frigid. By Thursday we're supposed to receive the first of several rain storms. Yay!
Bruce and I spent the afternoon cleaning out the roof gutters of the barn and wrapping the pipes down at the well. In the garage where Max sleeps, Bruce plugged in a radiant heater so our boy stays warm.
After 4 months of stagnant, unusually warm weather, I'm ready for the wind to blow, the rain to dash down and the mercury to drop. Bring it on!
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