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| Runaway firewood sled |
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| Where it should have gone! |
Friday was cloudy with a high of 32. No precipitation until we were about two minutes into our afternoon walk. Then it started hailing. Tiny little dots of hail, which turned to snow flakes by the time we got back to the house. And then it stopped.
Had a nice long talk with RJ. Helped JB put the chains he just bought on two of the tires on his Jeep. Looks like the links are rather small to do any good. Plus the snow is getting soft with all the warmer temperatures we have been experiencing.
Pizza and movie night. Watched "Hunger Games." WOW! So well done. Might have to read the books. When the movie was over, it looked like street lights were on outside. I love these bright, moon-shining-on-the-snow nights!
Saturday was cloudy, 20, with valley fog, and snow and colder temperatures in the forecast. Was a full wolf moon and absolutely beautiful. Am having a problem capturing it with the camera though.
The past few days we have had a very active pileated woodpecker in our yard. Bits of bark from the fence posts litter the snow. And as far as flying things go inside the house, we are back to only one or two wasps if any.
Keep forgetting to note that we have had deer tracks up on the south ridge for the past week. JB and the dogs spooked a grouse on their morning walk and saw deer tracks on the north ridge.
Sunday dawned clear and 20 with valley fog, but it soon became overcast with a breeze. The sun did manage to peek through a couple times though and the batteries seem to be doing fine.
There were deer tracks near the game cam, but no photos of them. We got busy trying to move JB's Jeep back to its parking space and didn't take the card back down to the camera. Will do that today. Meanwhile we were only able to move the Jeep about one car-length. Three more to go to get it back in its parking place.
Worked on organizing photos, printed not digital. Have several small boxes and a few albums with pictures just put in randomly. A few more days working on them ought to do it.
The path along which I pull the sled loaded with firewood is just slick enough so that when I get to the edge of the yard, I can give it a gentle nudge and it will slide all the way to the porch. However, on Saturday, it somehow got on top of the snow and slid way down by MAX! (See photos above.)
Am becoming a bit manic with sudoku lately. Probably because I'm not in the mood to read a book yet. Doing a lot of crossword puzzles too.
Sandy e-mailed us about the change in the credit card law so that the consumer now pays the 3% charge instead of the credit card company or retailer. . . Unbelievable.
Thought for the day: The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. . . The remarkable thing is: we have a choice every day of our lives regarding the attitude we embrace for the day. We cannot change our past. We cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me, and 90% how I react to it. . . Charles Swindoll
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