Yep It's COLD

We awoke to -19 but just a mile away Ruth and Fedi had -21 and ice in their tub. It dropped down to -20 around 7:30 am. The picture below was posted on facebook and I thought it was interesting that we were colder than Antarctica and the North Pole. Anchorage Alaska is having a heat wave at 14 ABOVE zero.

Mark checked on the waterers and all were open but the weanling waterer. The one I worked on last night trying to get it insulated. The weanlings had pulled the blanket off and it was so frozen that even though the hair dryer was left running inside for a half an hour the ice wouldn't melt. Instead two water buckets were filled with warm water and the weanlings watered like that 4 times today. Each time facing those -40 degree windchill while hiking up to the barn. All of the horses are doing well. None of them even seem cold unlike Emma who walked outside, turned around and asked to come right back in. Mark and I brought load after load of wood in and with the 2 wood burners going full blast were comfortable. Joan used the extreme cold to do some experiments outside. The first was to throw hot water into the air and watch it turn to mist.

The second experiment was to blow smoke bubbles outside.

Other than keeping the home fires burning by bringing in wood and then hiking up to the barn to water the weanlings not much else was done.  For dinner tonight we met over at mom's where everyone contributed something. The meal was delicious.

 As church was cancelled after dinner we hunkered down in mom's living room to listen on AC Central. We were able to listen to Craig Stickling when he was in Taylor Sunday. Below we are getting ready to start church. Mark and Ruth had joined me on the couch. Joan was in Nancy's chair, mom was in her chair and the rest were comfortable on the floor. 

Nancy called just as we were starting so we all had to say hello.

After church we played games and had such a good time with the lead switching back and forth. Berlica and I were partners and went from last place to 2nd by the end. We had a lot of high fives. On the way back home I stopped up at the barn for one last time tonight to water the weanlings. The temperature is rising. The wind has died down a bit and it is -12 right now which feels much better than -19 with stiff winds. Unfortunately that heat isn't going to last, it is suppose to drop back down to -20 by 1:00 am.