Climate change deniers are missing out, I learned a few years ago that beautiful skies come with extreme weather, and I always look out for it when the weather reports start getting hysterical. My first winter upstate, it was – 30 at least a dozen times and I don’t think I ever  heard anyone mention it, although the weather has certainly changed since then. The animals seem to handle it by moving slowly and being still. We are graining them every day, giving them extra energy and the heated water also helps keep them warm. The sky looks cold, but it also looks especially beautiful.

Thursday sounds like a memorably cold day, even the farmers are talking about the cold wind. When I hear a farmer talk about the Polar Vortex, I will know times have really change.