Heat and other modern conveniences

Do you know what these things are?  I didn't either until this morning -- they are temperature sensors for the heat pump, and apparently replacing them was the thing we needed to do to get the heat working again.  

We also managed to get a replacement hot water heater this week, so after half of December and most of January we now have both hot water and heat again.

(Some) modern conveniences are definitely an improvement on living without...

Still snow!

Woke up this morning to a winter wonderland!

Here's Cookie's first proper play in the snow.  She was trying to attack it!  Freya has been sensible and stayed inside by the fire...

Hard to figure out where to measure the snow as the wind blows it about so much, but I think this is a fairly accurate measurement -- 1.25 inches!

The sheep are totally not bothered, but I have given them hay now...

And here's the snowy picture postcard view of our little house!

Snow!

UPDATE:  Still snowing!

Been snowing heavily for a few hours now -- if this carries on, I will have to buy some hay for the sheep!

2022 Egg Count

I never counted our eggs at Bwlchyrhyd, so can't make any useful comparisons here, but we had a total of 519 eggs in 2022.  Considering that for huge chunks of that time we only had one hen laying, I think we're on track for an egg-filled 2023!

I herewith give you the last two eggs of 2022 and the first two eggs of 2023...  :)