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| Winter at Rose Camp. |
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| Dinga's favorite season! |
Monday 2/3. There is just something so soothing about watching the snow fall. Especially when you are inside a cozy cabin. . . in the woods. . . on a mountain. No place I would rather be.
Dinga caught a mole when JB took the dogs on their morning walk. The second one in as many days. The dogs always get a treat when they return home, and Dinga wanted her treat but she wouldn't spit out her prize. So she took the treat with her front teeth, with her mouth full and all the while drooling, which created a white beard hanging down from her snout. She is such a character!
I finally got to a winter chore that had been on my list for about three years now - sorted out all my recipes. I tend to cut out a lot of recipes and just put them in an "in" box that sits on the end of our kitchen counter. Years ago I started a recipe book that is now thick with recipes I have never tried, so the first thing I did was take out all those recipes, leaving just the tried and true ones. I sorted those and all the ones in the box into categories, then put them in another binder in which I have such loose recipes. I also found several I had been looking for and made one of them for dinner - potato and salmon pancakes served with applesauce and sour cream. A different spin on regular potato pancakes and so good!
JB pulled up the Superbowl ads on his computer and we watched the two Budweiser ones. They both brought tears to our eyes, as usual. I would love to make a DVD of all the Budweiser ads over the years.
Saw the news about Phillip Seymour Hoffman's death. What a terrible waste of such a talented man.
Snow continued to fall all day until about 3:00 pm, light and steady. By then we had another inch. I brought in the fire wood and then we went on our afternoon walk through our winter wonderland. It started snowing again at about 4:00 pm and probably kept up most of the night. Our high for the day was 12!
It was 6 outside when we were ready for bed, so I set the alarm for 2:00 am to be sure we kept the fire going. I got up then and JB got up at 6:00 am.
Tuesday 2/4. It is our son's birthday today and temperatures at his home in Alabama have climbed back up to normal, in the 60's and low 70's. However, when JB got up at 6:00 am it was 2 degrees Up Here and overcast, with another 4-1/2" of snow having fallen in the past 24 hours.
JB slogged up to the solar panels at 8:00 am to clean the snow off of them, and then swept off the porch and shoveled paths to the battery and wood sheds, outhouse, and the dogs' outlook on the west ridge. Fortunately it is a light, fluffy snow. No more snow in the forecast, but temperatures are supposed to be 20 to 30 degrees colder than average for the rest of the week. And the wind is supposed to pick up. We did have a breeze for most of the day and our high was only 6!
I finished making all the cards I need for February. JB plans to go Down There on Friday and will mail everything then. As it now stands, he will probably have to drive MAX down to my Jeep.
A very fine and light veil of snow fell for most of the day, but we probably didn't even get 1/2". We went for our afternoon walk after I brought in fire wood, and by then the sun was trying very hard to break through the clouds. Never quite made it though. We had to run the generator for a couple hours this morning. Supposedly it only uses 1 gallon of propane per hour, but add the hot water heater, refrigerator, kitchen stove and all the pilot lights to that, and we use about 500 gallons a year more or less.
Wednesday 2/5. The sky is a clear, icy blue this morning, reflecting our temperature of -10. Yes, that is minus 10. We have another 1-1/2" of snow, which brings the total on the ground to more than 13". Definitely going to just sit by the fire and read a book today.
Thought for the day: The only people you should get even with are those who have helped you. Buz Moxon, February Guideposts magazine
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