OK, it is fall.
I can't believe it, still wondering where summer went!
It is pretty here.
The dogs love the cooler weather.
But do you see this! Its snow on the my screen porch roof! SNOW! This morning! SNOW!
Oh my, at least it is supposed to warm up again next week.
Ok, I am really trying not to go stark raving mad but geez, how much snow do we have to have?
I officially have spring fever. I am so ready to plant something, put my agility equipment back in the yard. I want to de-winterize the camper and pack it up for a dog show. I want to grill burger and sit on the screen porch with a beer.
But not yet. Yesterday it was over 60 degrees and we trekked through the woods practically in shirt sleeves. But today it was snowing when I got up at 6:30 and continued for most of the day. So now we have about 4 new inches of snow that will have to melt. If my crocuses were coming up I can't tell now. Oh well, I keep telling myself this can't last forever!
Here are some pictures of our trek in the woods yesterday. I have been training Kindle to run off leash and she is doing really great. They all had a great run except Tyler who was looking a little too gimpy to go with us.
There was much running
Lots of play!
Arguments over the best sticks
A bit of resting now and again.
Even when we were done they wanted to go again!
Doesn't Scott look relaxed after our hike?
Just a little fun in the snow with the dogs recently.
I found this little fox playing in the backyard.
Oh wait! That's our little Kindle! Isn't she a beauty?
Beta knows where the toys are stored and she wants them!
Right now! (Kindle says uh oh, we are not supposed to use that language!)
Even the old girl Tasha enjoyed the nice sunny day.
I'm glad they enjoy this but I am looking to spring. Come on sun, shine!
I was just fooling around when the snow started meltin last week. this is our stone wall out in front of our house. I like how these came out so much one became my new banner.
Pretty!
Melt snow melt!!!
Whew Christmas Open House is over. Everyone had an awesome time.
I just have to get a few stocking stuffers for Scott and I will be set for Christmas morning. Well except for all the baking I will be doing since I could not do that last weekend with my electric stove (I hate that stove!)during our ice storm and power outage.
I told you I had more pictures of the ice storm of last week so I wanted to get those up here. By the by, there are still scads of people without power, especially in the little town of Lunenburg just a few miles down the road from us. The Governor has launched an investigation into the delay and I saw about 25 electric company trucks while on my way to church today. The worst part is that it is snowing here today. In fact it has been snowing since Friday. It started about 2:00PM Friday and I really think it has not stopped since. From flurries to blizzard like conditions it has just been snowing.
First here is what we saw when we got up Friday 12/12.
This is the top of a birch tree used to be totally just outside our fence. We're lucky it fell in the fence and not on it.
You can just see the top of the broken tree in this pic. Pretty tall huh?
and here is a close-up of that, the rest encased in ice.
Scott and I usually go and cut down our Christmas tree each year. We go to a tree farm in Lunenburg but they had to close down this year due to ice damage. We set out last Saturday and were astounded by the absolute devastation we saw in that little town. I keep saying it looked like a tornado went through and left a wave of ice behind. This was a typical look down a side road. The glare from ice everywhere made it difficult to take pictures.
This was also a far too common site for the whole week.
This video shows what it was like when the sun came out and melted everything that day.
I have more pics I will share later on. But for now I'd like to focus on Christmas. Uh oh, the lights just flickered. I hope we stay in the current century. I am not much of a pioneer woman.
