The opposite of the "dogs days of summer"

 We woke up this morning to our first "ice storm" of the year.  I'm really glad I got most of my farm chores done yesterday so I don't have to be out in it much today!  So far the power has stayed on, but it's probably only a matter of time...it keeps tripping off and on.  The generator may end up coming in handy sooner than we planned!        

 We are finished with most of our calving, but there were a few stragglers who've calved in the last few days.  We had two born yesterday, and one is doing just fine, but the other had to be brought to the barn.  Hopefully she'll pull through...We lost a month old full Devon bull calf to a coyote a couple of days ago, so another loss so soon would be a bit hard to take.  I can't seem to get used to that part of farm life.