Wind damage on barn.

Bitter cold, strong wind, snow.  That has been our weather this week.  On Monday I went out and scraped the light snow cover from the driveway.  It was bitter cold.

Afterward, I returned the tractor to the barn.  I shut the engine off and heard a loud rattling sound in the north end of the barn.  In the words of the song, “Just one look.  That’s all it took.”  There was a hole in the barn wall.

Outside I could see it more clearly.  The wind had whupped blown off a piece of the plastic that covers the upper wall.  I found it about 275 feet out in the neighbors cornfield behind the barn.

Today

Sylvia is resting today after scraping the ceilings in two rooms. My job is to enforce that rest.  Otherwise the Energizer Bunny that I’m married to will be overdoing it again. 🙄

In prep for my February 6 foot surgery, I had an EKG and had blood drawn for testing this morning.  Sylvia kept me company.  Afterward, we stopped by the Lake Odessa Library where Sylvia traded one stack of books for another.

We returned home for lunch, which I was ready for after 17 hours of fasting.  That chili and corn chips hit the spot on a bitter cold day like this.

To enforce further rest after lunch, we got in the car and made a run to the Ionia County Animal Shelter.  They let us visit the kitties.  There was one fellow that wanted to start adoption proceeding immediately.  He’s a nice guy, but won’t be coming home with us later.  He has long hair, and that won’t do for us.  Lots of other guys and gals that need homes and that would be more welcome.  Stay tuned . . .