February 1, 2017 More Snow & More Cold

The road up and around the south
ridge now that Larry has driven
the SnoCat there.

The chicken coup & garbage/recycle
shed disappearing under the snow.

Monday 1/30. This morning and for the past two days there have been fresh rabbit tracks around the wood and battery sheds.  Looks to be a pretty good sized one, too.  Sure wish I could catch sight of it.  There are smaller tracks on the north ridge.  I love that about the snow.  We can see the tracks of all the critters that have been around.

The blue sky and sun soon disappeared behind a cloud cover, and our high for the day was 34.  But at least there was no fog.

It is so easy to hike up and around the south ridge now that Larry has tromped the snow down with his SnoCat.  And, now since there is no freezing fog, we can actually get out for our daily walks.

I had a nice chat with Nene this morning.  It was so good to hear her voice, especially since it was full of positive attitude.  And not-going-to-take-any-shit attitude!

JB saw what he thought was a golden eagle today near the garden.  He said it looked to have about a 3' wing span.

The sun is once again shining in the loft window in the late afternoon from the southwest (when it isn't hiding behind the clouds or fog), and it is much higher in the sky when we go for our afternoon walk.  It is also still light out when we eat dinner at 5:00 pm.  I love it!  Back to the light!

No precipitation today, but when JB checked the temp and weather before we went to bed at 9:30 pm, it was snowing and had been for an hour or so.

Tuesday 1/31. It was 20 and still snowing this morning, but the snow stopped just after 8:00.  When JB went up to clean off the solar panels, he measured 5-1/2" of new snow on this last day of January.  And I am so glad to see this month end. . .

We both did some shoveling today as the pathways needed clearing, but the new snow was very light and fluffy.  I also shoveled off about half of the deck.

After it stopped snowing, the clouds began to break up and soon we had blue sky and sunshine.  With all that power coming in, I grabbed my glue gun and got started on Valentine crafts.  But even with the sun, our high for the day was only 29.

Wednesday 2/1. It is 14 with clear skies on this first day of February, and looks to be cold again for a while.

Thought for the day: You gain strength, experience and confidence by every experience where you really stop to look fear in the face. . . You must do the thing you cannot do.  Eleanor Roosevelt