It has been snowing off and on all day. As I write this evening, it's coming down about two inches per hour. The weather forecast is for it to continue through Sunday. Typical lake effect storm. We are south of Lake Ontario and the cold wind is blowing over the relatively warm water. The lake is 48 degrees and the air 21 degrees tonight. This causes moisture to be wicked up and then dumped as snow over the land. If you are scientifically oriented, it is called orthographic lifting.

We used our bale processor to blow mulch hay and straw into a big mound for the Minnesota Lowlines. They are all snuggled into it just like a feather bed. They must be tired out from frolicking in the snow all day. They must think they're back in Minnesota. The pens in the Coverall are open for the others to come and go but they are outside eating. The bulls are all in their shelter.

The vet called to say that Rochester passed his Brucellosis test and that he was mailing the health papers. We'll probably take him to Pennsylvania the day after Thanksgiving.

Our daughter Eileen is on her way home from college for Thanksgiving. She has stopped in Baltimore to see some friends and we pick her up at the airport Sunday afternoon. It will be good to see her.

Today would have been my father's birthday. He was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1907 making him 101 today.