Missing Willow Farm

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Around 15 degrees to be exact.  My husband started his work calls with the Orient way before daybreak this morning so it was up to me to get morning chores done and open the gate.  Today’s the day our contractor comes to fix the wall tile in our new (very expensive) master bath shower that’s cracking after just 6 months.  Of course, the Mule wouldn’t start with it this cold out so I had to bundle up and walk the half mile out to unlock our gate.  The lock was frozen, of course.  I almost had to turn around and walk back to get some warm water to de-ice it then figured out if I breathe on it, it would warm up enough to get the key moving.  It worked.  All of our waterers except our new heated one in the big barn were frozen solid.  The chickens have a saucer of water instead of a waterer to drink out of today.  Hope they figure it out!  I broke a shovel trying to clear the ice from a pasture vessel.  Milos and FiFi were very anxious for me to get their breakfast out of our feed room.  When I finally got back inside, I had an email from our contractor saying they wouldn’t make it out today, of course.  They’d be by on Thursday to fix our floor tile.  Lovely.  It’s wall tile and grout they are supposed to be fixing.  I think I need to bake cookies today because I need a cookie!