Winter Grilling

If Becky wants to grill, she grills. I got home this evening around 6pm from work. The sun had set hours ago and the temp was well below freezing. When I turned into the driveway the yard was dark except for the normal path lighting to the house. Standard program. As I open the car door a mouth watering burger odor hit my nose. If figured it was coming through the exhaust vent from inside. As I got closer to the house Becky comes outside with her apron on and spatula in hand.... Strange, I thought. Then she flipped open the grill, flipped the burgers and slapped on the cheese. Wow! What a surprise. She wanted red meat on the grill..... she got red meat on the grill. Who cares how dark or cold it is outside! And it tasted damn good.

Stary Night

Star light star bright,

The first star I see tonight,

I wish I may, I wish I might,

Have the wish I wish tonight.

This morning the sun rose at 10:37am and set at 2:48 pm giving us 4 hours and 11 minutes of daylight today. Only 14 days until we round the corner to days getting longer instead of shorter. The aurora has not been to active this year but the stars have been amazing and nights have been warm making for a great star gazing winter.

The Chicken Coop Cam

After endless amounts of fan mail requesting an update on the ladies of Cripple Creek I finally decided to divulge what our laying hens have been up to. In short they are staying warm, laying lots o' eggs and doing great! They have allot of time during the day to socialize in the coop while the outdoor run is closed off to them until the snow melts. At present count we have 16 birds, 4 are the old girls, 12 are this years chicks. Out of that we have been getting between 8-14 eggs per day. Quiche anyone?