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["roxann" <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>]

Hi Bob,

Both of the outside dogs have igloo-type houses on the porch with hay inside. 
But they rarely sleep in them. Mostly, I find the great pyr under the tree on 
the hill overlooking the valley. He either lays in the leaves or on the 
rubber mats in front of the hitching post that I have for the horses. He's 
cold hardy, has two layers of fur- an outer longer hair and an inner short 
fur. The other dog is a little more cold sensitive, but still splashes 
through the creek even when it's icy, so she's fine out there too. 

As for cooking, I have a little more luxury now, lol. We dug out the camp 
stove and put on a propane bottle so now we have actual burners. I had to 
stay overnight at work Friday night to catch up on lost time, and left my 12 
yrold son in charge of making biscuits on the woodstove, since he'd seen me 
do it every day so far and was the one in charge of stoking the fire to keep 
it hot enough. well, apparently he gave everyone a scare when he took 
charge...the oldest walked into the room and the woodstove was cherry red 
from being overhot and my youngest was busy slaving away, flipping biscuits 
to keep them from burning. That's when hubbie promptly found the gas stove. 
No harm done, but it will be a memory they'll keep forever, I think.

Still now power and no trucks in site in my area. They're too busy still 
working the more populated spots.

Roxann, NW AR
http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the homestead)


 -------Original Message-------
 From: bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: [Homestead] Anybody here???
 Sent: 01 Feb '09 22:18
 
 Hi Roxanne, thanks for the update.  I'm curious about one of your dogs (not 
the jack russel).  You said the big dog was totally an outside dog.  What do 
you do for the outside dog when the weather is frigid and you have 
ices-storms?
 
 p.s.  Are you still enjoying cooking only with the woodstove?