Tuesday November 16
The view from the outhouse
Greetings from Silty Slough. It was 7 below zero when the boys wanted to go out at 8am. It was a bit chilly, not freeze the hairs in your nose cold yet but cold enough. Seems the colder it is the more sniffing and exploring the boys have to do. I can take it for 5 minutes or so in my tee shirt and then I bribe them to come in for a chewbie. I join them with a chewbie for myself… a mini Almond Joy bar. Then the jingle pops into my head “Sometimes you feel like a nut…sometimes you don’t..”Today is Mayor Cooper’s third birthday. Kari is going to bake him a pumpkin peanut butter treat while I try to teach him to hold up 3 claws when I ask how old he is. We are getting him an AR for his birthday. I know some of you may think he is a little young but after all he is 21 in people years and I must say smarter than most of the Brandon administration.
There is a glow in the east southeast so the sun should peek out at 9:23. Lost another couple minutes of daylight.
The boys and I went back outside at 10. I walked out to the edge of the bluff to take a picture of the river ice. The snow is crunchy under my slippers. Good it is only a couple inches deep. The river is more white ice and less open water. Temps are still forecast for below zero overnight for the next few days -13 for the lowest, so that should firm things up.
Did you know that water reaches it’s maximum density at 39 degrees Fahrenheit? That is why northern lakes are clear and the lakes down south are cloudy and murky. How so? When the water at the surface of a lake reaches 39 degrees it is heavy and starts to settle. This brings up the next layer and it cools and starts to settle. The process continues until the lake has turned upside down. Then the surface can further cool off and freeze. This process happens again in the spring when the ice melts and the top layer reaches 39 degrees and does the flip flop all over again. The lakes down south hardly ever cool to 39 so they don’t turn over and clear up. Enough following the science. Kari has baked scones and made hot chocolate so it is time to take a break and as my old friend from Indiana used to say “grocery up”
I posted that yesterday’s task was to sort the shelves and take inventory. We got that done. We found things that we forgot about having. We don’t need too many items. I think we have enough food to make it about a year. Longer if Cooper and Teddy can catch some squirrels. Still not sure if we can get to the Thanksgiving gathering across the river. I mentioned earlier that the one thing we don’t have in the freezer is a turkey. Does anybody know how eagle tastes? I’m sure the cook will prepare a tasty dinner, I would call her a chef but they get paid more.
Just got a message that our neighbor is flying home maybe tomorrow. He will bring the mail that is delivered to our place at Wolf Lake. Still same as the turkey we can’t get across the river to get it. Anyway all of your cards and letters will be only a couple miles away from us.
Still no word from any Biden supporters, must still be hiding out in their basements.
I hope all of you have a great day.
Thank you Lord for your many blessings.
I’ll be in touch.
Blue skies!!!
The View from the Outhouse 