Snow Day on the farm!

The boys are very hearty

Is winter here? Don't count on it this year.  It snows, about 5 inches, I think about plowing then read the forecast, thunderstorms on Monday.  Ahhhhh, I love it when mother nature does the work for me.
Plenty to do today, tons of pics of animals in the snow, hay in the barn today for the ponies.  Warm water for everyone, the bucket heater does triple duty on these days.
Josie is starting to settle into milking, we had a nice 1/2 gallon today and she continues to relax.  She is a saucy little cow of large opinions, but she is starting to gain a bit of patience with us and double the food doesn't hurt either.

two Mille l'fleur D'Uccle hens fluffed and keeping warm

 

Suvi and Brownie munching on hay in the bunny cabana

snow piggie

Our cow family

Cleansing remains a fun journey at this point.  The rules are fairly simple, still no caffeine, starches, grains, carbs. Tons of new veggies, no sugars.  So far we are eating tastier than we have in a long time, I cannot believe the cooking rut I have been in for years.  We had pulled pork barbque tonight and mashed cauliflower with dill and cheese.  The greatest new recipe, which I am still playing with and will post when I have it down pat, are my new gluten free cookies, macaroons of almond and coconut.  These and most of my recipes this week come from a truly gifted cook and her website, kalynskitchen.com.  If you cannot find something delicious and healthy to make there, you are not looking or are not hungry.  Some tweaking has been done to the recipes true Maddrey style, but they are solid as is.  I find our cleanse to at this point most closely resemble South Beach phase one, but I am loving the new cooking challenges of omitting my nasty little habit ingredients, you know, fat and fat, sugar and bacon.  I have a sweet tooth, a fat tooth, bacon molars and bread incisors, Frank has a bacon tooth, and potato tooth and cheeseburger everything else.  For my part, I am feeling better than before the fast, much more energy and the mood swings are somewhat less homicidal as long as you don't consult Max for corroboration on that point.  A twinkly cold snowy good night to all.