The Gazette has a contest “It’s so cold that….” Seeing the replies should be fun. For two days Cedar Rapids had back-to-back record low temperatures of negative 29 and negative 28 respectively. We put a heat lamp in with the chickens and bunnies as well as hot packs, hot water and a special disk that [...]
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It’s So Cold….
Posted in Deep Freeze on January 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
January 2008 Deep Freeze
Posted in Croissant du Jour, Deep Freeze, January 08 on January 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Even with the woodstove perking along overnight, it was a two hinge night. At 7 a.m., the top hinge was covered with the beginnings of sparkling frost. The waxing Gibbous moon set in the deep blue-black sky and planets glowed coldly. In the southeast, the sky glowed red, much like the dying coals in the [...]




