It has been a rest and recovery day for me on the prairie today.  I haven’t done a dang thing today other than care for critters.  The dogs and cats got their flea and tick medication and the dogs got HeartGuard.  We cut some cockleburs off of Sophia.  I trimmed the dog’s dewclaws.  The chicks have gotten feed and fresh water twice.  I guess I will call all that my day’s work.

The wind has been in a big hurry all day.  I had to open the garage door a few inches to relieve s ome air pressure.  The sound of the wind blowing through the doors was wearing on my last nerve.

This afternoon it rained for a hot minute but didn’t amount to much.  The temperature dropped about 10 degrees but the wind hasn’t let up yet.  There was a most unusual rainbow in the east,  It was low on the horizon with another rainbow below it right on the horizon.  I’ve never seem one like it before.  This isn’t the best picture but you can make out the rainbow on the horizon.

I did a bit of knitting this afternoon while I binge watched Virgin River.  The power flickered on and off a couple of times so I turned off the TV.  I’ll watch some more when I know the power is going to stay on.

There have been some fires around Emporia and El Dorado today.  Not an easy day to put a fire out.  I trust no one was injured and no property lost.  I can see smoke on the horizon to the east and south of me. We are so dry that a fire would be very hard to stop, especially with the 40 MPH winds we have had today.

I laid some steaks out to grill for dinner tonight.  The grill is on the north end of my deck and a bit wind protected. I trust I can keep it going long enough to grill our steaks.  I still have lots of steaks left over from the beef we got last August and need to get them used up.  I’ll be getting more beef in August.  This year I have way more hamburger left over then I know what to do with. Last year I had to buy more to get me through.  Guess it has been five months with just me here and I don’t eat hamburger that often.

I was tempted to go out and paint on the east side deck today.  I’m grateful I didn’t as the little bit of rain we got wouldn’t have been good for it.  Hoping the wind will be a bit slower tomorrow or Sunday so I can get this deck painting project started.

No plans for the weekend.  I may bake the kiddos some cookies but we will see what they want.  I miss baking cookies every other week or so.  I don’t eat them but I like to make them.

Today has felt more like a Saturday to me than a Friday.  I hate when that happens as now I will be messed up for another day tomorrow when the real Saturday presents itself.  Guess it really doesn’t matter what day of the week it is when you are retired.  They all seem to run together and feel the same.  It is like having weekend days all week.

Feeling a bit out of sorts today.  I got pretty empty yesterday while I was in KC and am struggling a bit to refill myself today.  I’m sure by tomorrow I will be back on track.  The sound of the wind today has worn me down today.  Some days I can handle the sound and other days it grates on me.

I turned the furnace off today and opened some windows.  I hope I don’t have to turn the furnace back on but we shall see.  I don’t like to be cold.  We have a chance for another freeze next Wednesday and Thursday.  Winter sure seems to be holding on this year.

Grateful for the rainbow I say today, grateful the critters have all been taken care of today, and grateful for steaks in my freezer.