I know I should be napping, but there is too much going on! There is a grader in our driveway right now! at 8pm! Our neighbour is trying to fix…
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Who wants THAT?
40-50mm of rain coming tonight, and tomorrow it is going to freeze. Any chance we can cancel this forecast and select another? Update: Jeff is trying out the chains he…
Read MoreDigging trenches in the pouring rain
It’s been a wet, cool spring here, and then suddenly the last couple of weeks have been BEAUTIFUL and dry! Today we’re having a steady rain, for hours now. This…
Read MoreDrunk on sunshine
I’m drunk on sunshine today. I LOVE days like this. The sky is blue, the sun is bright, the air is still cool. (And there are no mosquitoes or blackflies)….
Read MoreThe Plow
The plow wasn’t here in time for the first snow fall, that fell after the ice formed, so our driveway wasn’t so good for a couple days. But it arrived…
Read MoreWho is this?
My security camera just took this photo and sent it to me. Is this the mailman? Did he really walk up our mountain to deliver the mail? I told you…
Read MoreToday’s Life Lesson
Lesson 1. When wandering outside in your slippers to throw ashes across the snowy, icy driveway, first check the direction of the prevailing wind. Lesson 2. When you throw a…
Read MoreSunday night, before zzzz time, update
This will be a quickie post because I’m getting sleepy and I’m afraid I’ll get too busy this week to update again. Tropical storm Danny stopped by last night. Wow…
Read MoreWe didn’t fare too bad… I mean the trees didn’t
I think we were expecting a swath of clearcut from our pole down to the road, but we didn’t fare too bad. Most of the trees have been trimmed or…
Read MoreUh oh! Are the trees disappearing today?
Jeff met with the hydro guy on Monday and he said by September we’ll have power from the road and it will be a low voltage line so they don’t…
Read MoreOur landscape may change?
I have a webcam/security camera in my window here and it sends me photos during the day when something triggers it. I keep it pointed to the driveway all day….
Read MoreA few photos to tide you over
Some photos from this week for you. Sally kitten: A bunny that thinks he’s still camaflouged. I have walked by him twice a day to walk down to the car…
Read MoreI saw a bald eagle, so I ran outside…
When I was walking up the driveway after work, I noticed two bald eagles flying around. Why was I walking up the driveway? Because it still looks like this: 2-4…
Read MorePlease rain. Stop. Please.
It was amusing how much rain we got and how the rivers are overflowing, and the roads are washing away. Until yesterday. We had weathered all the rain so well….
Read MoreGravel !!!
We had a good dose of snow on Monday, but overnight the temperature skyrocketed to +8 and it poured rain! Now we can see gravel on the driveway! But there…
Read MoreHey! It can get cold out here!
-20 as I drove in to work today. The weather says it’ll be a -34 windchill all day. This is what we’re used to for weeks at a time from…
Read MoreBack to Hiking
I didn’t make it all the way up the driveway yesterday. There is only a couple inches of snow but it is icy snow (we’ve had snow, ice pellets, and…
Read MoreFriday
Doesn’t look like I’m going to work today either since it’s 2 minutes past when I’m supposed to be there. Buddy came with his tractor and plow. He has chains…
Read MoreWe’re home, our stuff isn’t quite…
We’re home. The driveway is a thick sheet of ice that is too slippery to stand on, let alone drive on. We slid backwards and luckily my amazing husband stopped…
Read MoreNope
Nope, I did not make it up the driveway tonight. Maybe 1/3rd of the way up. Sigh….
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