It's hard to believe it's mid-December. Unless you look out the window. In the last week or so, we have had over 60 inches, that's five feet, of snow. Fortunately it was all lake effect. This is kind of our local phenomenon. When the wind blows from just the right angle over Lake Ontario, it picks up moisture and then drops it immediately as soon as it hits land. It is very light and fluffy. Snow storm snow has about one inch of precipitation per ten inches of snow. Lake effect about one inch per forty inches. As soon as the sun comes out, it settles considerably. You still have to shovel and plow it.

I've been a little late getting out this blog since I've been in my tractor plowing a lot. Like fourteen hours last week and about six so far this week. It's really only a great inconvenience but we can handle it. When it gets really bad the Weather Channel comes by and broadcasts from in front of the Cato Hardware. It has been a few years since they were here so maybe we're due.

We have the cattle all set int their winter groups. Now that they are on their winter feed, we are using 4 to 5 tons per week of baleage. We had a steer and the two pigs leave this week. They moved up further into the food chain.

Jim is on his way home by truck. He has a classmate who lives east of here and Jim is riding along. As I write this they are in Indiana just west of the Ohio line.They hope to be here by 2AM. The other fellow will spend the rest of the night here and continue on in the morning. Eileen is flying home Sunday afternoon. It will be nice to have everyone here.

I have been trying to figure out how to link Lake Breeze Farms to Facebook. I haven't had much luck. I think that will improve when the Facebook experts arrive home. Standby for further developments.