Beautiful cool clear sky overnight with a large bright moon and stars. Just after dark I heard an animal sound coming from the direction of the well house (south) and I tried to mimic the sound and I was able to have a conversation with whatever it was. Debby came and listened and she thought it was a pup of some kind. A little while later we heard coyotes nearby and that kept the dogs busy for several hours.
Morning farm chores are done, there is frost and ice on the vehicles and the roof but the water hose was not frozen solid, animals were all excited for their breakfast.
I don't know the morning low temperature because the temperature sensor I have been using stopped working recently.
The morning sunlight just reached the bee hives and the edge of the pasture, and I noticed a big buck walking slowly along the edge of the pasture towards the beehives.
I grabbed the binoculars, this was a very big healthy looking buck with a large rack, either 8 or 10 points, and a much smaller junior buck with 4 points was following the big buck.
