Archive for December, 2009

Dec. 31, 2009

Another year has come to an end and it’s time to change calendars again. Today I’ve reminisced about our year, and what we’ve done in our little spot in Kansas. This morning I watched a “Year in Review” on a TV segment and marveled how some things I’ll remember forever, and what events I had already forgotten about. 

One way to remember my year is to look through old newsletter entries and the many photos I’ve taken during the year.

The end of the year is always a time for resolutions and new ideas for the next year, and we’re already planning ahead for 2010 with new plans for our future. 

I’ll fill you in on some of our changes in upcoming issues of my emails, so I hope you stick with me through the next year as I tell you about them in stories and photos.

Happy New Year!

Dec. 14, 2009

I’m ready for a warm spell, but it doesn’t seem to be moving into Kansas yet. 

 

When the buffalo spend their day with their legs tucked under them, you know it’s cold outside.

 

Brrr! When I check the temperature it’s only 12 degrees at 3 pm. Now I wish I hadn’t checked it!

 

We did have a few days above freezing to start thawing the snow, but then the temperatures went back into the freezer.

 

It could be a long winter….

Dec. 9, 2009

The ten inches of fluffy snow we got yesterday was very pretty coming down, but a little trying to drive through last night on roads that hadn’t been cleared yet.

 

Then the wind picked up overnight, sweeping the fields clear of snow and piling it in big drifts to block roads. Area schools are out of session today and many country roads will remain closed until the wind dies down.

 

The sun is shining brightly this morning, but it’s only 7 degrees (minus the wind chill) so its a very pretty but hazardous landscape to be out in today.

 

Luckily I don’t have to worry about the buffalo during winter storms. They are built for it, foraging through the snow for forage and eating snow when thirsty.

 Dec. 3, 2009