A Howler of a Day

Following yesterday's extreme weather, we started today off without power.  Our hearts go out to all those who lost so much in last night's storm.  Luckily, we just lost electricity and a few tree branches.  The boys, unfortunately, were not so pleased with lack of night lights and hot dinosaur porridge that came with the power outage.  I heard more than a few howls of protest after serving them cold cereal in the dark on a cold morning.

Thankfully, these howls of discontent turned into howls of delight later in the day at the Carp Fair.  Seamus was thrilled to discover that his special squash won First Place!

This is his delighted face.  I swear.

The howls of happiness continued as the boys posed with huge pumpkins, rode the carousel, and devoured handfuls of cotton candy.

 

After an incredibly easy bedtime thanks to our five hours of fun at the fair, Ian and I headed outside to frost-proof the garden.  Midway through installing our box garden covers, we were treated to a cacophony of howling.  Howls were coming from three directions as the coyotes clearly had something important to say to each other.  In fear that this was something along the lines of "Hungry for sheep, donkey, goat, chicken or duck tonight?", I paused my garden prep and put all the animals to bed in their barns.  I then returned to complete the installation of our frost covers.

Our garden now looks a bit like a ghost motel but hopefully this will help our vegetables survive the frost that comes with temperatures dropping to 6 degrees C tonight and 3 degrees C tomorrow night.  It was only 11 degrees C when we headed inside after chores and our noses were already chilly.

It was a busy, busy day.  Luckily tonight our power is back on, our animals and gardens are protected, and everyone is tucked cozily into their bed.  I would howl with exhaustion to round out the day but frankly, I am just too tired.