It has been cold here and that is no Bull

That is not a bull.

That is a buffalo.

There is a buffalo farm just out of town and I stopped tonight to take a few pictures as the light was just getting good.

It was another cold cold day and I could see the buffalo’s breath.

I had to breath in and out at the same pace as the animal so I could get a picture of her breath.

These are big mean animals and this was a mom.

That fence began to look really flimsy when she powerfully ambled towards me.

I can take a hint.

I got back in the car and hit the road.

Then I photoshopped her at home:

OK.

So who’s the boss now, eh?

************ Fire and Ice ************

I like living where I do.

It usually rains all winter.

I LIKE the rain.

The temperature in the winter should be 40-50-ish day and night in the winter.

Something has gone terribly wrong today…

This is supposed to be a RAIN chain!  Not an ICE chain…

It is 23 degrees outside and might I say that is it a toasty 67 degrees inside.

The best part is that the heat is free!

Look at this woodstove – it is keeping about 1/2 the house warm with wood from our land.

What is that drum-like contraption on top of the stove, you ask?

Well – it is an amazing thing, indeed.

It has a metal plate on the bottom that, when heated – spins a fan and forces air downwards over the top of the stove and along sides of the stove – and all that nice warm heat – goes down towards the floor and slowly rises and heats up the house.

I have had a ecofan on the stove for years, an when I put my hand in front of it – no discernable airflow could be detected.

I was looking for another type fan and low and behold found this one on ebay.

This drum type fan – kicks butt.  The airflow is dynamic and it has won me over!

The ecofan has been designated to the secondary woodstove in the kitchen.

We really don’t use this stove to cook on(we have a real one) – just for junk mail and supplemental heat in the winter.

Look.

Free Heat!

Ain’t that what it is all about?