Although I've been known to gripe and complain about winter, the freezing temperatures, the icey roads, the way I have to cancel nearly all of my trips up north due to the blizzards that inevitably fall on the exact days I plan to travel, I don't hate winter all that much.
Snow is very pretty and if the moon happens to be shining brightly and the dogs haven't trampled down all the snow out back and pooped in it, the fresh snow looks a lot like twinkling diamonds. And traipsing outside in my nighty to throw wood in the woodstove twice nightly in the frigid temps isn't really all that bad. What I hate the most......what I just really, really loathe is breaking up the ice in my animals' water troughs. And in the winter, it is a chore that needs to be done several times a day. I have this big metal bar that we use to tamp the dirt around fence posts. It is the perfect instrument to break up the ice. If I slept well, ate my wheaties and am able to lift it. You need 3 boys and a man to lift the rotten thing but of course, there is only me. I must say though that I will develop some pretty buff shoulders this winter at the rate I'm going.
I'm not sure how my goats, pony and chickens feel about winter - after all, they do have warm cozy stalls to snuggle in, straw to insulate them from the cold and plenty of food. And I'm pretty sure they enjoy the way they have clean - unfrozen - water every day.
At one time we had an electric water heater but apparently something chewed on the cord since the last time I used it. I don't care how much electrical tape I use, there is no way I am plugging that in. So my mission for the next couple weeks is to figure out how to keep my animals' water from without using electricity, without having to dig a hole (the ground is frozen) and without needing a degree in engineering. Wish me luck.
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