Alaskan's Journal

[Alaskan]

On the poultry front... it is leaking into my shed with all of the constant rain and wind.

Not sure how to fix that. Have to think it over. The tricky thing is to get to that roof part... you really need to levitate... or have a scaffold. Or arms 10 feet long...

 

[Mini Horses]

Got another son home for a few days? There's the fix

 

[Alaskan]

Got another son home for a few days? There's the fix

Not sure how you picture my sons... but none of them have 10 foot long arms.



Also... none of them have taken circus gymnastics or tight rope walking...


And... I had to almost tie myself down.... it is BLOWING HARD OUT THERE! I heard something big bang about... but no, after a big mental smack down.... (after I tried but failed to better close the storm door) I did get myself back in bed.

Sigh.

Sons and spouse left for scout stuff in Anchorage... bride is next door for the night... no way am I going to ask her, in the blowing gusting storm, to come over and check everything out for me.

I don't hear poultry yelling... so.. I am sure it will, whatever it is, wait just fine until morning.

Sheesh.

Internet says it is only gusting up to 55mph or so... sounds worse to me.

I just keep remembering this wind storm we had... not so long after we bought this house ... wind was so strong it started to rip the roof off...

Had to go outside in the middle of it, with huge washers, to screw the house roof back down ....

The roof on the shed also tried to rip off... but we waited until it calmed down a little to screw that one back down.

But that was over 20 years back... more spry back then.

 

[Mini Horses]

. Just thinking son could get on a ladder & roof, while you were in recovery mode.

 

[Alaskan]

Well.... the impenetrable film on the pond that showed up a few days back... STILL THERE.

Clearly, that is it, we are stuck with full on fall/winter. No freezing then thawing repeat 12 times to help us ease in.

Daughter-in-law went back up to Anchorage... she was here 3 weeks to take care of me.

And I think I have overdone it a little... all I did was pick up a few things from the floor.



So... sigh. In bed now, mostly flat...

 

[Alaskan]

Well... last evening and half of last night, pouring rain!

Huge amounts. But... the pond is still mostly ice, tiny bit of thaw on the edge.

 

[farmerjan]

Guess it is that time of year for you though right?
Friends with cattle up in British Columbia showed pics of snow they had last week... about 4-8 inches I guess... said the cattle are coming out of the woods, bogs and such... headed for the farm where they know they get fed...

I sure do NOT want it here for at least another 6-8 weeks.... enjoying this warm dry SUNNY weather right now and getting things done.

 

[Mini Horses]

I don't want any for 6 months....that should get me to spring, so nothing white except goats

 

[Alaskan]

It is normal for snow in October.

But, I am NEVER ready!

 

[Baymule]

I don’t want any snow at all and am far enough south, that snow rarely happens.