Last week was quite cold, and several nights temperatures dropped into the minus digits for the first time this winter. When it’s that cold the radiant heat system in the still uninsulated new building runs almost continuously. Even though I fully expected a large natural gas bill for the month, I started tracking our natural gas usage on the building so I could be mentally prepared when the bill came. …More
Friday the 13th, (Jason) Kills a Computer and Bitter Cold
This last Friday was January 13th, and although I’m not normally superstitious, it turned out to be a pretty unlucky day… The computer at the dog grooming shop that runs …More
Let There Be Heat and Working Out the Kinks
The last Friday in December we finally got the radiant boiler up and running in the new building, beating the New Year (and some naysayer’s predictions). However, the triumph and …More
A Bad End to the Year
Today we had to have our mare, Duchess, euthanized. (Duchess has the white blaze/stripe; Hope has the bald/all white face.) Yesterday she had suddenly fallen ill; manifesting the symptoms of …More
A Mild Winter Start and Testing Missiles
Our mild winter continues, and it’s been a pleasant change from last year when we had almost 3 feet of snow fall by this time! Most of that snow last …More
