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| A SnoCat-plowed path. |
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| Bench on the south ridge is buried somewhere to the left of the path. . . |
Friday 3/1. Fog was trying to creep in from the west as I came in from feeding the girls around 8:00 am, but the sun won the battle in about an hour.
After bringing in the fire wood, I raked off the roof of the chicken run. The roof collapse was caused by branches from a tree laying on the roof and trapping snow there. The weight of both was just too much.
Clouds were forming by mid-day, then the sun chased them away too. Our high for the day was 34.
Larry and Elsie arrived in the SnoCat at 5:00 pm with our groceries and gas. Larry plowed a little to the north of the house, then up the drive to the top of the south ridge. We all enjoyed a couple of games of marbles (Chinese checkers) with the ladies winning first and the guys second. Both very close.
Saturday 3/2. It is 20 and snow began falling quite heavily a little after 7:00 am. We had another inch by 10:00 am.
JB had asked Larry to plow by the house thinking it would make it easier for us to maintain a path to the shop with the snow blower. Not so sure that will happen as it is almost a two-foot step up to the path!
We read mail, catalogs, and magazines. You don't realize just how much junk mail you receive until you get only get it every couple weeks or so.
I made fudge and that made my day. My favorite and the easiest recipe ever: 1-2-1. One can of evaporated sweetened milk and two cups of chocolate chips melted together over low heat until all the chips have melted. Add one teaspoon of vanilla and stir well. Pour into an 8"x8" pan and cool in fridge (or outside, as I did). Viola! Best fudge ever.
We had received another 3/4" of snow by the end of our afternoon walk at 3:30. By then it had become very fine and pretty much stopped. Our high for the day was 24.
On our evening radio talk, Larry said there is a dead deer on our road by our rope gate. He felt a bump coming up yesterday, then going back down he could see small hoofs. He guessed it was a very young one who just couldn't make it through the winter. That really hit me hard. I know it is just nature, but I was very sad.
Sunday 3/3. It is 10 and mostly clear this morning. When I got up at 4:00 am to stoke the fire, it was only 8 outside. My goal for the day is just to stay warm.
The yellow jackets have been waking up in the loft for the past couple weeks. We HAVE to find out where they are getting in!
We had bright sunshine all day and the air was punctuated by sounds of snow and ice falling off the roof. The sun may have been warm, but any little movement of air felt like ice being rubbed on my face.
Jesse was really wound up this morning, constantly running up to the south ridge. On their morning walk, JB saw small cat tracks in the snow up there, probably the bobcat.
A beautiful day with a high of 28, but I think that is because the sun hits the thermometer for a little while in the afternoon. It felt more like just 20.
Monday 3/4. It is 6 with just a few skinny clouds on the horizon this morning. Wenatchee broke its record for snow in February by about an inch.
Thought for the day: I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. John Muir
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