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| Looking out our front door on Thursday. |
Wednesday 2/20. Snow began to fall just as I got inside from feeding the girls at about 8:00 am. It lasted about three hours, but the temperature had risen into the mid thirties so it didn't even leave a trace. It was another sunny, leisurely day. Just lovely, with a high of 36.
I passed my Jeep as I was taking the garbage out to the shed this afternoon and heard a clicking/thumping noise. At first I thought it might be some animal stuck under the car and trying to get out. But no, it seems that there must be a short somewhere that is causing the locks to continually lock and unlock. JB tried the battery and it is dead. Tomorrow we will just disconnect it. Some little critter must have chewed on a wire.
Three deer came to eat some corn around 4:00 pm, then joined four others on the east slope and trudged their way through the snow to the east.
We have been watching The Ranch a lot lately. The song that plays at the beginning during the credits is Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys, which is one of my all-time favorites, but is now my ear worm for the month.
Thursday 2/21. It is 22 and mostly cloudy this morning, with just one month of winter left. Am quite sure that March will be roaring in like a lion this year.
Yesterday on their morning walk, Jesse went over the south ridge with his hackles and tail up. JB wasn't sure if he would be able to climb back up, but he did manage to struggle up. He spent the rest of the day going up to the south ridge and barking every time he went outside. Not sure what it is that he is smelling or seeing.
Today Jesse did the same thing, only now we can see small cat (?) tracks that didn't really sink into the snow. Possibly a bobcat. Mrs. Gridder mentioned in an email she sent yesterday that a friend of theirs who lives near Mission Ridge had a cougar come on his place and attack his dog. He has lived there for 25 years and never had such an experience. He managed to shoot and kill the cougar, but his dog didn't make it either.
Talked to Randy this morning. He hasn't received as much snow as we have, but it is MUCH colder over there in the Idaho panhandle. His neighbors down from him have registered-15 and I think he has been down to -2!
Now our forecast is not just for more snow, but they have named the storm that is moving in, Quiana. That sounds ominous. Nadia was the name of the last storm and she's the one who gave us 50".
I did the quarterly refrigerator maintenance today while JB was outside digging out my Jeep. Then I went out to help him. Had to dig it out so we could open the hood and disconnect the battery. Finally got it shoveled out, and while JB took care of the details, I gave the deer more corn.
The clouds had broken up by mid-morning and we had another gorgeous day with lots of blue sky and sunshine, and a high of 36. Mother Nature trying to make up for that nasty weather we had, and may have again.
Friday 2/22. It is 22 again this morning and mostly cloudy with valley fog. More snow is due in this afternoon.
Thought for the day: Men have become the tools of their tools. Henry David Thoreau
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