well my idea panned out (for once). i found a scythe, threshing equipment and a shocker at the local museum. They nee a bit of fixing and the bundler needs the godawful pink piant some ninny put on it removed but otherwise its in good condition. I also found a corn sheller and some other useful garden equipment. Why didnt i think of this earlier?

Still cold but i broke out my ECWS gear and fired up the snowblower. WE have a light duty gate we keep over the hole in the barricade in the winter when the dead heads are corpse-sicles thats easy to get in and out of. i cleared away all the snow from the house and around the trucks just in case we need to haul in a hurry.

Jay is finnaly up and about after his knock out with the flu. Our diet isnt exactly conducive to good health being heavy in fats and protiens and low in carbs. We take multi vitamins but after sitting on shelves for a year i dont know how good they are. Alot of things are getting past expiration dates and we have to be careful about cans and jars now. Last week i hualed a half-dozen sterilite tubs full of bad canns and jars out of Alco so they wouldnt spoil anything else.

I saw something rather out of the oridinary today. i think it was a camel. I swear, a camel. It was on the ridgeline east of town and when i got my binoculars up to take a peek it was dissapearing over the hill. Jay laughed at me and told me i was seeing snow phantoms. there used ot be camels at the zoo in Bismarck but i figured they all starved. maybe, maybe not. Bizzare.