trystinn | The old man is snoring and ruining my painting schedule!

Woke up with the rain at 3am and its still coming down. The weather reports have hastily revised themselves - we were expecting high 70s, now we're expecting rain until 1pm. Frankly, its so chilly I'm likely going to have to build a fire.

Given the rain and cooler temps, I've canceled the painter today. There's no opportunity for the paint to dry before evening and I do not want wet paint in the house all night. We'll try again when I get back from Colorado. We'll try to get the gates painted, as the rain will hopefully taper off as it warms up this afternoon. Not sure we can get the ramp done at all today. Likely I'll get stuck doing that this weekend.

I'd called our new farm hand at 7am to cancel, having sent her an email last night without response. There's no point in trying to re-fence in the rain. Hopefully she gets these messages, I'd have to have to send her away after she drove here though I suppose I can have her bury the duck pen fencing and call it a day.

In hatching news, we're now at 3 chicks! Joining Ruth are two beautiful little Silkie chicks, both very light in color, with beautiful top knots. Picy goodness to come!