Any activity outside when the high temp is one degree above zero and the low is 17 below zero is an adventure. Eldest Spawn and New Guy Clint took this lovely family photo on their way to their next Christmas, while Middle and Youngest Spawn stayed in the house, and Lois, Big Guy and I watered and fed the herd.
This is the Pajari Family Wave, aka “Say ‘Cheese’!” . PS: Thanks eldest spawn, for posting to FB…I can kiss the Parent of the Year Award away again this year.
I felt about 5 years old borrowing my sister’s husband’s Carhartt bibs. I’m an average 5’6″, but I still had a six inch roll on the bottom cuffs. The man’s a freakin Sasquatch..
This is my big sister Lois sporting her super warm South Park Kenny coat. She likes having her picture taken in this coat. Pretty sure she’s giving me the Pajari Family Wave; hard to tell with mittens though. Thanks, Husimann!!
Smile, Sissy!! And Little Bit.. 
She said “Climb up here and blow in this wet, metal fitting.” It felt like a trick…
I was pretty sure this was gonna be me.
…but I did it anyway. It was that, or fight with a hundred-foot frozen hose tomorrow.
See Big Guy waaaaay down there? He is the shorter tree between the two pines. Said the water shot outta the end of the hose EIGHT FEET.
Walli Pajari-Williams and GusGus love the snow. Here’s a short video of Corgis in Winter.
The alpacas didn’t seem particularly grateful.
I’m sure Jai is part polar bear. He loves winter, and was playing with the lovely ice candle ring I made for Lois and Big Guy.
Next, we decided the herd needed some extra calories for Christmas and cold weather. I made a short video of their approach. This bunch is VERY food-motivated. I was pretty sure this video would end up on a 48 Hours Special as my death sequence.
The pines in the foreground are the windbreak where I found Narnia and pine cones for a craft project. You can just barely see the huge pine (in the background) we visited on our adventure the other night.
After that, we needed a kettle of hot water for hot chocolate and Ice Hole Butterscotch Schnapps. And a little nap. Merry Christmas from our barn to yours!!
Posted by goldfish on December 27, 2012 at 1:39 pm
BRRRR! You almost made me miss my Michigan home. Almost.
Posted by pajarigirls on December 28, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Last night was much warmer, and we brought a bottle
. I bet Winter misses you too, Fish. My sister’s goldfish are wintering in a rain barrel in the basement of the store; they spend the summers in the fountain in the secret garden 
Posted by Morrighan on January 3, 2013 at 11:02 am
hahaha!!!lmao!! this was so great and funny,i was really laughing out loud. i wanted tp pin the candle/fire starters but alas…pinterest has crashed
Posted by pajarigirls on January 3, 2013 at 11:11 am
OH NO!! Pinterest is down?? So glad you liked it!
Laughter really is the best medicine, no?
Posted by Morrighan on January 3, 2013 at 11:14 am
well i was able to log in finally just now.but it goes to a 502 error page for the pin thingie. it was loading slowwwww. the page about an hour ago said the server was down till later today.
Posted by pajarigirls on January 3, 2013 at 11:27 am
I HATE it when that happens! Just think of all the great ideas that are being missed and/or forgotten right now..
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