It was ten degrees out when we woke up; Zip, the sheep, and the donkeys didn’t seem to mind. Bud did get cold and came into the house. The soldier it gets, the happier Zinnia is. Fate doesn’t bother with the weather. Neither do the donkeys.

I had a good visit this morning with my dentist, Dr. Merryman. The crown for the implant will be ready in a week, and in February, I’m getting another implant, and I’ll have a complete set of teeth again by Summer. That will be nice.

The sky is also beautiful in the cold, although looking through the viewfinder chills my bones.

Cold landscape, I shiver when I look at it.

I had my morning visit with Zip and with St. Thomas. His hand is mighty.

The hens stay warm by huddling together; it’s a beautiful symmetry.

The pigeons are mostly gone. Ne Zip chased them away. But they still come every morning to sit on the barn rooftop and look out at the world.