Gunga Din

Well, we're getting into a routine with the water hauling, which is good because it looks as if we'll be doing it for a while. On the suggestion of goldenstallion, Gary went out and got a cheap plastic toy sled. It's more or less boat shaped, which means it catches spills. Slides over snow beautifully with as many as three five gallon buckets in it, and very little sloshing (to my amazement.)

Because we're using lukewarm water, it takes a little longer to freeze. The rabbits seem to like it warm, and will drink quite a lot as soon as their bowls are filled.

We should be able to switch to hoses as soon as the hard freezing weather ends, but that could be a good month yet. We're still in single digit temperatures here, with dips below zero at night.

Went to the guild meeting today mostly because I wanted to try out a light weight spindle now that I've had a breakthrough in getting the top whorl spindle to work for me. Sure enough, a 20 gram Bosworth worked nicely, and I was quickly producing worsted spun thread (yes, thread) from some Merino I had handy. I couldn't resist, bought the spindle so I could play with it some more.

Made salmon patties for supper. We like them and I get the canned salmon when it's on sale for an inexpensive price. I bake the patties rather than frying them, so they are fairly healthy too. All those "omega 3" fatty acids or whatever it is. Of course the fact that we like macaroni and cheese with them probably cancels out all the benefit. ;p