Posts from the ‘Pets’ category

Got ice?

We’ve got ice.

LOTS of ice.

The good news is that the snow has melted/condensed enough and then frozen so that mostly all of us can walk on top of it.

Auggie definitely stays on top.

Bear and I mostly stay on top but occasionally we both break through. But most places that is only 6 inches to break through. Still a bit of a jolt, but manageable. It is better than ice!

I guess ice is ok for having a treat…

You’d think some of those private, nether-region parts might object, but I guess not.

Neither do Auggie’s…

We are to have some flurries and maybe and inch or 2 or 3 and then we are to get a very WARM feed of moisture, i.e. rain, next weekend.

I think we will have ice for awhile.

The boys in action

A short…VERY short 2 snippets of the boys in action:

Taken yesterday about an hour after it started snowing heavily. By this morning a new 3 inches of snow so it doesn’t look quite so bad … some of the sticks and sap are covered with fresh new snow.

This morning (Sunday), I cleared and did some cleanup. My neighbor and the backhoe helped around the mailbox and the end of the driveway. As of this evening things are in good shape snow-wise.

Winter gets it’s groove on

Our White Christmas was a kind of wimpy White Christmas.

Post Christmas, we did have a nice snow event.

January 1…a bit of sun..

January 2…a bit of snow…

Here we go Winter 2015.

Winter Weather Advisory.

Winter Storm Watch.

Winter gets it’s groove on!

Staying warm

The forecast was correct: cold, windy…COLD and WINDY!

But clear skies and sun that sparkled in the trees…

And Wind that blew the snow off the trees.

Auggie watched.

He wanted out and I did let him out several times after the temperature hit 12F. But, I kept an eye on him and a timer. He came in before the timer all three times.

It is COLD and WINDY!

Lots of the little nuthatches out and about and they gave Auggie something to watch.

And you can see how thick his coat is. Like Bear, he has a double coat.

Although, the wind direction is such that we are mostly in its shadow, every so often a gust swirls down bringing snow off the trees: tree avalanche.

And despite the blue sky…it is COLD and WINDY.

Bear and I had several walks. Short walks. But, he still took a moment for a look from Beardog Point.

Inside…a bit of baking.

More on this bread another time, but if you have ever been to Della Fattoria in Petaluma, this is my version of their signature bread: Meyer Lemon – Rosemary Campagne Boule. I’ve never tasted the original, but mine looked right and the taste … out of this world, good! (***this is my second loaf. The first, I made yesterday (Sunday) was gone in a flash!)

We are staying warm.

Scenes from a Snow day

I think somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 inches of snow fell. It was 30-31F on the ground so the snow compacted as it fell.

The new snow thrower … my neighbor called it my “mini-tank” and I like that!! – had a good time. I was plenty tired when done, but took the advice of the salesman and had an easier time this round. The track drive is great traction, it is also a bit more work turning when doing some of the tighter spots like around the mailbox. All in all, though, with the heavy snow I still got all done in 2 hours with a 20 minute break at the halfway point so not bad at all. (I did miss seeing the big yellow backhoe, though … such a cheery machine!)

The temperature started dropping about noon. I can hear the wind high in the trees, but it is from the NNE so at ground level, we are in a wind shadow from Jewell Basin. Being in the wind shadow is a good thing. It is to be very windy and very cold tonight and very cold until Thursday.

Bear, Auggie and I enjoyed a bit of outside time today while it was still relatively balmy.

Scenes from a Snow day follow. The bird is a nuthatch…Auggie had his eye on it, but got tired of sitting in the snow, thankfully!