The first big cold snap is here. We've had freezing weather since September 24th, and plenty of snow since the last week of October. Now that mid November is here, a couple of big high pressure systems have sent frigid temps and lots of wind our way.
Yesterday I caught all the remaining meatbirds and shut them into the henhouse with all the girls. It's crowded in there, or at least it feels that way with the additional 38 bodies, but they seem happy. I'm relieved to have all the birds in one place and that they're out of the weather.
It sounds like a freight train outside. Ben drove over the pass yesterday to come home for the duration of this windstorm. His airplane is parked in a safe place in Valdez, and he's here to help and share with us again. It's great to have him back, to say the very least. Sigh.