Diaries

Lots of sunshine with temperatures in the mid 30’s today and no wind. I needed to run an errand this morning and decided I may as well open the bookstore at the regular time. Main roads were mostly clear but side roads are still a mess. With temperatures below freezing last night, all that melted stuff was frozen over this morning. Same again for tonight as temperatures dip back down into the low 20’s.

I closed the bookstore at the end of my shift because the afternoon folks could not get out and I had a 2 o’clock appointment.

We had around 18 inches total.

This morning I tried shoveling the drive after I cleared a path down the middle of the sidewalk.  After 30 minutes I had a small square in the front of the left garage door. At 64 years old this was way too much snow for me to try to shovel.

Here is picture of the driveway after hiring the two guys who do my neighbor’s drive to  plow it with a four wheeler and a small tractor. Took them a little over an hour.

Hello from snowy Sparta. It was 22 degrees with about 8″ to 10″ of snow. Colin went down to his favorite back corner, did his business, and came running back to the house.

I cleaned the bathrooms and vacuumed. We just came back in from outside. We now have over a foot of snow with more to come all day. I cleared off the bird feeders and shoveled the porch and the steps. I threw some bird seed on the porch so the little guys could get some food. My resident woodpecker and a cardinal have been to the mesh feeder.

A couple of months ago I bought Colin a 12″ Hol-ee Roller Dog ball for snow so we would not loose the ball like we did with the small regular ball. It gives him something to play with in the snow even though toss and fetch is out of the question. However, my rubber snow boots are 14″ tall. Future outdoor play times will require snow pants to go over the boots.

It was 22 degrees, sunny, and breezy this morning. Although the sun was shinning today the temperatures did not get out of the 30’s but thankfully no much wind. I worked my mid-day shift at the gym so it did not matter since I was indoors all day. We had off and on snow showers all day yesterday. It would snow like crazy sticking to the deck, grass, and natural areas for half an hour. The sun would come out and melt it then it would do it all again. The shady areas still have snow on them today waiting on the big storm that is supposed to come in this Saturday.

Gym and grocery store this morning. It was 27 degrees, cloudy, and windy with snow flying around. There was a light dusting on the deck and natural areas. High of 31 today with winds gusting 25 to 30 mph and snow flurries. Flurries and cold temperatures all week with not much in the way of any sunshine.

I’m cooking boneless port ribs in the slow cooker for dinner.