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| Where is the path I just shoveled yesterday??!! |
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| And that doesn't look like the path that JB shoveled! |
Friday 2/14. The wind started gusting about 9:00 am and soon blew away the clouds and falling snow. With the sun shining, water began running off the south side of the roof almost as if it were raining.
I finished my Michael Connelly book with a loud, "Oh My Gawd! JB, you have to read this book!" It's the fourth in the Lincoln Lawyer series, and riveting like all his others.
After lunch JB drove MAX down to groom the road by himself. He saw deer tracks and large cat tracks along the way. And didn't have to go slowly for the dogs, or stop for me to take pictures.
More snow arrived from the southwest just as we started off on our afternoon walk. There was a snow storm to the south of us and blue sky to the north. The flurry ended shortly after we were back inside, but the wind continued as it had all day until well into the evening. Our high for the day was 34, turning snowy paths into slush.
I am making a menu and a list of things to be done before our guests arrive on Wednesday. One thing I always try to remember to do before JB's nephew visits is clean the top of the refrigerator. He is about 6'5". . .
I have noticed lately that I no longer get nauseous when eating breakfast too early or having too much. The only thing different in my diet is nuts. A few weeks ago I began eating a handful of almonds and peanuts every day, of course the peanuts are chocolate covered. Well, chocolate is good for you also. . .
Tonight is a Full Snow Moon - how appropriate!
We watched the movie, Killing Them Slowly, with Brad Pitt this evening. JB was a bit disappointed as it was rather slow. But you often have to have your thinking cap on when watching something by those Weinstein brothers. It was a great statement about corporate America and our government. At least that's what I got out of it. Well, and of course, Brad Pitt.
Saturday 2/15. It was 21 and overcast this morning, and again our slush of yesterday is our ice of today. Three major storms with plenty of snow and wind are in the forecast for all this next week, with a flood watch because of warming temperatures in the low lands. The avalanche canon on Mission Ridge was at it again.
Our son called on his way back from his Mardi Gras meeting. His group's parade is this Friday, with their ball right afterwards. He will again be riding on a float and throwing out beads and other goodies. He has to purchase these himself and we were lucky enough to be in Mobile during Mardi Gras several years ago. We had driven down from Chicago and got to go to the huge warehouse where he purchases all the beads. OMG!! There were so many different kinds! I bought some to bring back for friends and family. Didn't even have to take off my top. . .
The once-empty "in" box sitting at the end of our kitchen counter already has more recipes in it. We have subscribed to Taste of Home magazine and I have been cutting. Now I just have to start cooking. . .
Snow began falling in earnest at about 10:00 am and by noon we had at least an inch. 3" by 3:00 pm. When it was time for our afternoon walk it was still snowing. JB slogged up to clear off the panels while I shoveled the pathways around the house and to the outhouse. Then I went in to feed the dogs while JB shoveled the paths to the battery and wood sheds. Our high for the day was 24.
I emailed Elsie to let her know we would not be coming down this evening as planned because of all the snow. They called us on the radio saying that they would be coming up! They have a side-by-side ATV that Larry has chained up on all four wheels. They made it up easily and we had a great evening of marbles, even though the guys won both games. But they were close!
While we were playing, the wind started really gusting. By the time they left a little after 10:00 pm, it was quite nasty outside. They don't have doors on the ATV and had to clear out a lot of snow before getting in. About ten minutes after they left, here came their lights back up the driveway. I thought for sure there was a tree down or a huge drift in their way. But, no, Larry had just forgotten his little cooler for his beer. Everyone has their priorities. . . I asked them to call when they got home and about 25 minutes later they did. I guess it was a pretty wild ride.
Sunday 4/16. This morning found us with four inches of new snow from the past 24 hours and lots of drifting. It was partly overcast and 20. Most of the pathways we had shoveled yesterday were completely gone. When he first got up, JB went up to the panels to clean them off, sinking down to his knees in places on the non-existent paths.
We had a light wind all day and the sun shone for most of it, causing yesterday's snow to slip off the roof in chunks.
JB drove MAX down the road to groom it. On their way up last night, Larry had seen large cat tracks crossing our road by the spring, but all signs of activity from yesterday were swept away. Fortunately there were only a few places with any significant drifting and JB was soon back Up Here. He also drove up to and around the south ridge to make it easier to walk up there.
We both worked on shoveling out the paths again today. Really getting our workouts this winter. Afterwards JB took a nap. I started a new book and then went online.
Elsie told us that she had read in her "chicken" magazine that it is good to feed them something warm when it is so cold out. So she buys them steel-cut oats and makes oatmeal for them in the morning. Her "girls" seem frantic with joy when she brings it out to them. No wonder their eggs are so delicious!
After I brought in the wood, the dogs and I went on our afternoon walk. JB made some excuse about having to get the chicken in the oven to roast. The wind had formed a light crust on the snow. Not quite thick enough to hold up the dogs, so every time they strayed out of MAX's tracks, at least two of their legs would sink all the way down. I had to stay in the tracks too or find myself up to my knees. Our high for the day was 32, but I didn't notice any melting.
Snow was falling when we went to bed, and from the look of the porch, it had been coming down for awhile.
Monday 4/17. 26, lightly snowing and 3-1/2" - 4" of new snow. All the trees are white again and the only movement is snow sliding off the roof. The wind is gone. Both main passes across the Cascades are closed this morning. Sadly, we are going to have to reschedule our nephew's and grand-nephew's visit.
Thought for the day: As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress. J. Robert Oppenheimer
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