Virtual Sky Homestead

This past weekend got a little colder for most of us in the prairie provinces. Overnight temperatures dropped down to between -29C and -31C with wind chills down into the -40s. However, thankfully, the cold snap didn't last too long (about three days in total). Temperatures are back on the rise.

Been a long time since posting an update here, I know. My apologies for that, but just haven't had the extra time or bandwidth to keep posting here, as well as do videos for the new YouTube channel. But, winter is coming, so perhaps, if the bandwidth can remain “manageable”, perhaps I'll have more down time to devote to the blog. For more updates from the homestead, be sure to check out the YouTube channel.

As most of us living in Canada know, we've had a pretty cold start to the new year. We ushered in 2015 with a couple of weeks of day-time highs in the mid minus twenties, with wind chills putting us all the way down into the minus thirties. There was also a week there where we had some pretty strong westerly winds, too; into the 40km/hour with 60km/hour gusts. It was cold, to say the least.

I'm a couple days late, but never-the-less, we just wanted to wish our friends and family - and those of you happen to visit the website - a very Merry Christmas and a blessed 2015. We hope that everyone experences the peace and humility that comes with growing closer to God this coming year.

If you're reading this blog post and living in the prairies, you'll most likely agree with me that global warming is no threat to us this past week. It's been a darn cold November, with the official start to winter still several weeks away.

It appears as though we got a few critical tasks completed just in time, out on the homestead. A week before the temperatures dropped and the snow finally appeared, we were able to get the skirting done around the cabin, sealing up the crawlspace underneath.

First off, I have to say that October has been a very mild month for us. The nice, unseasonably warm weather has certainly made up for the somewhat miserable summer we've had. Which has allowed us to gain back some ground on our preparations for winter.