Feb 7, 2014 Brrrrrrrrr!

View from the north ridge.

Wednesday 2/5. A breeze was blowing snow off the branches into a sparkling veil of fairy dust.  As the breeze increased, it seemed as though snow was falling with no clouds in the sky.  A stunning day with brilliant white gleaming against icy blue.

But it certainly wasn't the relaxing day I had anticipated.  I put in a load of wash and all was well until the end of the wash cycle when the water drained.  Or at least tried to.  Seems the water in the pee trap had frozen. . .  So the water couldn't go anywhere except back up the pipe and all over the floor.  JB got the washer turned off before we got completely flooded out, but in such a small house we had water in the bathroom, hallway, under the wall into the kitchen, and a little into the great room and the bedroom.  Surely there has to be a more subtle way of letting me know it was time to clean behind the washer and kitchen stove. . .

I heated some water and poured it down the drain, which did the trick.  We were able to turn the washer back on and let it finish its job.  After all was said and done (I can't repeat just what we said), both kitchen and bathroom floors were sparkling; rugs were drying out, and so was the floor, and there was a pile of wet towels in the bathtub.  Since the sun was shining, I also vacuumed.  Without even going outside I got my cardio workout for the day, and then I had to bring in three loads of wood.

Prepared all the mail for JB to take down on Friday, valentines and birthday cards, etc.  Don't know yet if he will be able to take the Jeep or not.

Our high temperature for the day was -3.  Didn't even get up to zero.  Had to bring the the beer from the porch.  Our outside refrigerator is once again a freezer.  Even my bottle of margaritas is frozen solid.

Set the alarm again and got up at 2:00 am and 5:30 am to stoke the fire.

Thursday 2/6. Our early morning temperature was once again -10 and our high for the day was once again -3.  We had a partial, light overcast which the sun soon broke through and broke up, but by noon it was moving in again and by 3:00 pm a fine by steady snow had begun to fall.  Cut both morning and afternoon walks in half.  Just too cold.

Got my cardio workout again today clearing off the deck.  JB did some more shoveling too.  Then we finally got all the kitchen drawer handles installed.  Looks great!

We had a junco on the porch looking for food today and yesterday the wren visited us.  Both look like flying tennis balls.

Depending on how much snow we get tonight, JB may be able to take his Jeep down to my Jeep instead of MAX.

Friday 2/7. Another brilliant morning with 5 degrees and 1-1/2" more snow.  JB has already cleaned off the solar panels and plans to leave for Down There at 9:00 am in his Jeep.  Hopefully the temperature will be able to climb above zero today.

Thought for the day: Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.  Maimonides