"Det skal være galt før det bliver godt," siger Pippi og et gammelt mundheld. Men alligevel.
I går så min verden sådan her ud: Kold, klar og frisk at være ude i. Jeg mugede ud hos hønsene, og mine fingre frøs næsten af. Og jeg nød det, for jeg vil altså meget hellere muge iskolde, stivfrosne hønseklatter end våde, skimlede hønseklatter og ditto halm.
I går så min verden sådan her ud: Kold, klar og frisk at være ude i. Jeg mugede ud hos hønsene, og mine fingre frøs næsten af. Og jeg nød det, for jeg vil altså meget hellere muge iskolde, stivfrosne hønseklatter end våde, skimlede hønseklatter og ditto halm.
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"It will get worse before it gets better", says Pippi Longstocking, citing an old saying. I an clinging to this right now.
Yesterday the world looked like this. I cleaned out the chicken coop, and almost forze off my fingers. It was just below ferrzing (-2C / 30 F), but the windchill made it feel much colder. And I loved it! Cold, clear, crisp air that smells as fresh as the clear, blue sky.
I much prefer frozen stiff hen crap to soggy, mouldy chichen crap.
Vi fik et lille drys sne i går aftes, og jeg skyndte mig ud og kastede et par senbolde, heldigvis, for til formiddag så det sådan her ud:
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We had some snow yesterday after dark, and I went out and threw some snowballs at the roadsign - no hits this time. Today it looked like this:
Nu er sneen 'rådden' og ikke til at have med at gøre. De frosne områder er spejlbalanke og glatte som is (det ER is), og det er fugtigt og væmmeligt. Selvom det ikke er rigtig koldt.
Jeg måtte ud og grave en masse tung, våd og delvis frossen og sammenkørt sne væk. Hver eneste gang det sner, skubber sneplovene nemlig sneen sammen lige ovenpå kloakristen i vejen udenfor vores hus. Når det så tør, ender det med en enorm vandpyt lige for enden af vores indkørsel.
Jeg har ikke fået varmen endnu selvom det nu er 3 grader varmt (~38 F) , men den fugtige, klamme kulde ligesom kravler ind under tøjet og gør mig meget mere kold end frosten og blæsten gjorde i går.
Lad os håbe, det snart bliver bedre - lig med sol og tørvejr! Indtil da vil jeg spille computerspil, skrive, sy og strikke og lave sæbe.
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Now the snow is rotten and impossible to play withdeal with. The frozen areas are as slippery as ice (it IS ice), and everything is damp and yucky. Even if it is not really cold.
I had to go out and dig away a lot of heavy, wet, partially frozen and compacted snow. Every time it snows, the snow ploughs push the snow right over the storm drain in front of our house. When the snow then thaws, it ends up as a huge puddle right at the end of our driveway.
I haven't warmed up yet, even though it's now around 3 degrees Celsius (~38 F), but the damp, clammy cold creeeps under my clothes and makes me feel much colder than the frost and wind did yesterday.
Let's hope it gets better soon – better means sunshine and dry weather! Until then, I'll play computer games, write, sew, knit and make soap.
I can understand why you would prefer frozen hen crap to soggy hen crap!
SvarSletDo your hens mind the cold or do you have some kind of heat in their lodgings?
Stay warm if you can.
Hens do not mind the cold unless it's much colder than here. I tuck lots of straw inside the coop for them to nest in. Damp and draughty is much worse, and my coop stands "on stilts" to prevent this.
SletI can, mostly, stay warm, our house is well-insulated with a central heating unit - as indeed almost all houses here.
Very inconvenient with snow ploughed to cover the storm drain. I think I would prefer frozen chicken crap to the regular kind too, but the cold would be too much for me to handle.
SvarSletThe frozen, clear kind of cold is actually not as cold as just abowe freezing, rain and wind - something about moisture making it worse, same as heat - so I dread the days ahead; which will be soggy, windy, and depressing and chill me to the bone.
SletWonderful cold air on the face,
SvarSletbut of course the cold also has many difficulties.
Be well Charlotte and may the bright days come soon!!
Thank you, yes frozen air has a special smell and invigorating feel to it.
SletThanks for your well ishes, may it be so, indeed. I think our weather is fairly similar just now, drizzle, moderatly windy, grey clouds. Only a bit hotter and more daylight your place ;)
Frozen is good, thawed is good, in the middle is just not good. I pray you stay warm and have a blessed week.
SvarSletYou're so right, it's still icy-slippery outside but the first spring flowers are popping up, just a bit too early, as it will be cold again before spring truly arrives.
SletThank you, and I hope the same for you.