{"id":3724,"date":"2014-01-08T13:04:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T18:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=3724"},"modified":"2014-01-08T13:04:47","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T18:04:47","slug":"weve-been-fighting-bone-numbing-sub-zero-temps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2014\/01\/08\/weve-been-fighting-bone-numbing-sub-zero-temps\/","title":{"rendered":"We’ve been fighting bone-numbing sub-zero temps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brrrrrrr\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Not only did we get another 6 inches of snow but we also got frigid temperatures! We’ve been having HIGHS in the 20 below degree range and lows around 35 below and windchill temps of up to -60 degrees! Now that’s hard on animals and homesteaders.<\/p>\n

We spend our days carrying warm water and extra bedding, only being able to be outside for about 15 minutes at a time. (Skin will frostbite in about 15 minutes unless it’s covered.) And as the days are still so short, it seems to take all day to get ready for night! Chores, then bringing in firewood for the evening take up most of the day. Those beavers sure knew what they were talking about when they said “lots of snow and cold” last fall.<\/p>\n

LUCKILY the weather radio says we’re heading for a warming trend, starting on Thursday with temps well above zero at night and into the high twenties and even thirty during the day. Above zero!<\/p>\n

We’ve had such a long spell of this intense cold. Usually it gets real cold for a few days, then we get a reprieve. Not so this winter, starting in November with two feet of snow and intense cold. It’s setting records all over the state.<\/p>\n

\"Hondo-lap\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I have to laugh though. Hondo goes outside to play and potty, then runs back in and jumps up on my lap so he can warm his little feeties. It’s cute but he’s getting pretty big to be a lap dog — I guess he doesn’t know that’s for Pomeranians and Chihuahuas! Keep warm guys; I know our cold has gone all over the country! — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not only did we get another 6 inches of snow but we also got frigid temperatures! We’ve been having HIGHS in the 20 below degree range and lows around 35 below and windchill temps of up to -60 degrees! Now that’s hard on animals and homesteaders. We spend our days carrying warm water and extra […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,13,17,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3724"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}