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| Tracks of the often present & sometimes dangerous Sno-Bommbe. |
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| Bright moon shining on the snow with the lights from town to the right. |
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| The bright, rising moon. |
Monday 1/29. I worked on Elsie's birthday present today, as I have been for the past couple weeks. It's not that difficult, it's just that my hands are not steady enough to do what I wanted. So I had to undo what looked awful and start over. Her birthday was today, so obviously the gift will be late.
Valley fog kept trying to move in, but never quite made it. The sun was able to peek through the clouds mid day for just a few minutes, but other than that it was a very gray, dreary day with a high of 40. Lots of melting going on.
A light rain was falling when the dogs and I went on our afternoon walk, and increased to a heavier, steady rain later on with occasional downpours. Typical Seattle day. The wind arrived in the late afternoon, and was gusting to 19 mph by 9:30 pm.
Tuesday 1/30. It was 28 with blue skies and a wind gusting to 14 mph this morning. Everything that melted yesterday froze during the night.
We saw the tracks of several deer, large and small, who had walked along the south ridge during the night. I also saw tracks across the driveway when I walked down to test out a new card in our game cam. The one our son sent to us was 32gig and our computers could not read it. So we are using a 4gig that I had for my camera. It works fine, so we should have some photos soon.
About a month ago we stopped turning the power on unless we are using it. This will help the batteries to last longer and we do not have to use the generator as much. We use our computers on their batteries during the day, and they recharge while we have the power on in the evening when watching movies.
We tried putting one of the tracks back on the snow blower, but there is obviously a trick to it that which we have not yet discovered. . . So we spent some time shoveling the snow off the tarps on top of the chicken run. Always something to do.
Despite the wind gusting to 18 mph, I took the dogs on an afternoon walk. Not sure just why. . . What is it with this wind lately?!
Can't believe it is the end of January already. Always glad to say goodbye to this month.
As promised tonight's moon was big and VERY bright! None but the brightest stars could compete with it. The clouds moved in so we weren't able to see the "blood" part, but the rest was amazing.
Wednesday 1/31. It is 26 and overcast this morning and we still have a wind.
Thought for the day: The very least you can do in your life is t figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope, running down its hallways, touching the walls on both sides. Barbara Kingsolver
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