Ice, Wind, Cold

We have power, and we have Internet again.

The predicted ice storm hit us Thursday evening and by Friday morning everything was coated with a quarter inch of ice. I spent the day carrying a rubber mallet around to bust ice off of doors, lids, and gates. We made it thru Friday fine, but Saturday afternoon the wind picked up and in the evening we lost power. We spent the day at our big family Christmas marathon, so we didn't get the tractor generator running until about 10:00 at night. When I did chores Sunday morning it was -5 degrees, much colder with wind chill. That's cold! The power came back on just as we were leaving for church, but the wind was still blowing and sometime during the day we lost Internet. Our service comes from an antenna on top of the local grain elevator to a small dish on our house. We got Internet service back this evening. I ran out and did some last minute shopping this afternoon, and the weather alternated between snow, ice, and rain. Who knows what we will find in the morning? By the weekend we are supposed to be in the forties. That's Illinois weather.

The ice on the trees really is beautiful (the pictures don't do it justice), especially on a clear moonlit night and early in the morning as the sun is coming up.

He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

Psalm 147:17