Cold and Breezy

Our first really cold blast this fall. Yesterday the high temperature was 80 degrees. A cold front blew through about six o'clock this morning. We got 3/10 ths of an inch of rain. The daytime high today was 41 degrees. It is now 39 and expected to fall to about 30 over night. The wind came howling out of the northwest at 30 mph with gust even higher. Yesterday I moved all the potted plants inside the garage and barn. I covered the other cold sensitive inground plants with plastic. The cows stayed close to the south side of the barn most of the day to keep out of the wind as much as they could. I opened the corrals and fed them under the loafing sheds which offered a little shelter from the wind. Had a little trouble herding them back out to the east pasture. They didn't much want to get out from under the sheds. It cleared late this afternoon but continues to be windy.