Blizzards of the West

The December '05blizzard I named Anthony has faded away in a drifting memory. The male names seem to fit the description of weather occurances on the Dakota prairies than female names, though hurricanes are appropriately named? "I can't see through your argument as I am snowed under "?

The past two weeks from the December blitz have taken most of the snow to water as 45 and 55 degree weather prevailed.
Cattle are grazing on the corn stalks which is a return of early days when the straw piles and corn stalks were the winter feed . A great way to save the hay in the bale.

A half dozen new-born calves joined their moms too. Planned calfhood thwarted by poor maintenance of the fences. The drought has made post hole digging, even with power tools difficult . Spring rains soften the land and time is available to tune the fence to the animals or even summer rains would soften the work of post tunneling. I compliment the survival of the arrivals to excellent planning by the mother cows to the weather pattern. Could the cows sense the demise of the high market for calves late next fall and they are hurrrying to meet the collapse of the calf market?

I have a picture of the snoozing calf, unaware of the Terrorists of the Dakota, blizzards. LH