Still snowing

Hasn’t let up once today, might have thinned out some,  but never stopped, and now, is really coming down.   (Not whiteout, been in those)

Looks like we have a reprieve followed by another smack down a day later,

Then things drop through the basement floor Satyrday night

Blech.

February is gonna suck,,,   I can already tell.   

And that will make the Spring oh so much sweeter when it hits.

March 20th, Spring Equinox,,, usually followed with 3-4 weeks of near winter ICK, cycling up and down.  Different ‘Springs’ that take place as the locals call them:  Redbud, Dogwood, and Blackberry.   About one week before redbud Spring, I see the lilies; sometimes even poking out of clumps of snow.   THEN, I know spring is coming on fast. 

Eight more weeks of my least favorite season,,,12 more weeks before the waters start to warm back up (winter run offs are COLD,,,)   Not that ‘that’ will stop me,,, But it does make for ‘more gear’ and that dampers my enthusiasm some.

I’m in full winter mode now. Woodstove going, propane backup at night or when I am off working. Have the storm lantern lit, turned down low, as lighting for moving around sprawled furries. Takes a lot less ‘tricity: juice that isn’t being replenished very well right now (no wind, no direct sun, panel voltage was at 13.4 at high noon today. .1 amp flow rate from that. Thats not even maitenance charge rate.)

Yup,,, more time on my hands with little to do,,, reading/writing/thinkin’ takes much of it, and I do have the Erg and isometrics for when I start to get ‘twitchy’ with boredom. I have to keep a sign in the fridge too: “you aren’t hungry, YOU’RE BORED” or I will eat myself out of house and home and get round like Voodoo in short order.

So when those warm(er) days arrive, I have things I CAN do on the porch, but as I found today, epoxy ain’t likin’ that cold. Its curing, but its soft still. No removing clamps YET,,,

And the annual cat box cleaning will start again. Kittehs don’t like the box, but its there for times like these, when they will hold and hold and hold because they don’t wanna go out in ‘that white stuff’ to do the bizniss,,, I can go all summer and fall and not need to clean that box, but when the snows start to blow,,, poor babies, finding need of that evil box,,,,

Shuffled Buffalo around in her stall. She’s now facing outwards, 4×4 already engaged and ready for the morning. Only one ‘hicle been up this way, or out for that matter, and that was a Cuz visiting with Unk. At least the snow has been broken once before i have to leave out in the mornin’.

ANDdddddd,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I just recieved a text from Son of Bossman,,, No work tomorrow either,,,,

ok,,, I’ll figure somethin’ out,,,, Hope y’all like reading my drivel,,,,

Keep on livin’