Dark, dark, dark, and muddy

Must be winter time, all I want to do is play in the snow. Now I have a GREAT new coat to play in, and no snow. Mom and Dad sent me my Christmas present early, and it's got a hood, and it's warm, and CLEAN. There's a lot of all sorts of dirt on a farm, and I seem to attract it (it's my magnetic personality). I have several coats, and now they've all gone down one notch, to make room for my new coat at the top. The other coats are now officially "work coats." That means I can wear them when I hang out with the cows. Cows also have magnetic personalities, and they can get very, very, um, magnetic. I'm glad I've got big rubber boots, with inserts, too.

I can also be warm when I go over Afton Mountain to work with pipes and people, learning how to make people spaces warm. It's ironic that working to make warm spaces inside seems to involve a lot of being cold outside. Or even inside, really! Earthstar's workshop can be cold. It's a big ol' concrete warehouse. I can't wait for summer, hee hee.

The building I live in is so warm that Keenan and I have turned off the heat to our wing. We're downstairs, living right on the concrete slab, and there's thick walls (I want to write, "RF4," but is that right?). The kitchen/dining room has loads of windows on the south side, and the heat just pours in. Then we've got our warm bodies, too, heating up the place. Who needs radiators when we've got all that? We turned a handle on the control board and sent all the heat to those who need it, upstairs. So far, no complaints. We've been doing this for years, and can turn the heat back on if and when we need it.
okey dokey artichokey
much love and warmth and light,
Kelpie