More cold weather! It was 18 this morning and went up a bit and is now dropping. The snow, that started as little hail like dots, has turned to flakes. The current temperature is 28 ant the weather people say we could get up to 5 inches but then change to rain.

This morning we went to Tractor Supply about 15 miles from here. B likes their "stuff" and I like their boots and clothes. We both like their dog toys. Today B got two things... A tire gage and a miniature soldering (and I thought it was soddering) gun. I got a "cowgirl shirt..pink no less! I have gotten two pairs of low boots there and checked them out but didn't get anything. Then we found several toys for Honey. Another "chuck it" a frisbee type toss it toy and 2 stuffed animals, one called 'the flea'. Honey loved them!! It's now 6 PM. Snow really heavy. Might have to do breakfast at home :(. And here is a Honey picture with her new Flea.

After a mild weekend and start of the week, it turned cloudy and cold. We had overcast skies Monday and colder temperatures by Wednesday. Snow flurries arrived Wednesday afternoon into this morning. There was enough snow that the windshield needed to be scraped this morning. We finally got above freezing this afternoon.

March Snow

We got more snow today. It started last night and this morning we had over 3 inches on the railing. Since it started while it was above freezing, yesterday we had nothing on the driveway or roads. However, overnight temperatures below freezing gave us covered cars and snowy roads. Since we had a morning appointment, B went out to clean the 4 wheel drive Volvo off using this nifty "sweeper" that cleans the car off very quickly. As he was working a herd of deer came out of the woods across our street and into the wooded area between our house and our neighbor. Honey, of course, went crazy and I took pictures from inside the house.

I guess about 8 deer came through. They were back this afternoon driving Honey crazy again.

Our trip into town was slow due to the snow but we had no problems. B drives well in the snow not going to fast. The trip home was much more enjoyable as most of the roads were clear of snow. Right now (3:45 PM) the sun is out, the driveway is clear and the snow is disappearing. Tomorrow the temperatures should be up into the 40s and Sunday, while cloudy, it should be even warmer. With the clocks moving ahead for daylight savings time, hopefully this is the last snow storm of the winter. We are ready for spring!

A Relaxing Sunday

It's been a laid back weekend. Friday we had ice - a very thin cover over the steps and driveway. Honey and I slid our way out and limited additional walking to when it got a bit warmer!

Today has been rather gloomy and while above freezing, it's cold out there. Right now its doing something - small snow flakes that come and go. Right now B is watching the Daytona 500 and Honey is asleep.

Dinner tonight will be roasted chicken. We purchased a SuperWave Oven at Costco the other week and this is the second chicken I'll make in it. It is a large class bowl with the controls on the lid and it cooks by a combination of halogen, convection and infrared heat technology (their words, not mine). It did cook the chicken faster last week and the chicken was VERY tasty. So, I'm doing it again with another Purdue chicken that's about 6 pounds. That gives us leftovers all week. This time I'm also cooking 2 baking potatoes and 2 carrots that I just added after cooking the chicken 25 minutes breast down. I turned it over, put in the veggies and back on for about 40 minutes. We will have a salad with it - a nice meal for a gloomy Sunday. I forgot to take pictures last week so I'm hoping to remember this time.

Last weekend in February - we will be glad when all the snow melts and it gets a bit warmer.

A Beautiful Snow Fall

This morning we awoke to a lovely site - the snow fall overnight was just beautiful! I got the camera and took pictures before we even cleaned the car off. Often the snow will melt or the wind will blow and what was once beautiful loses something. Here is what we saw

From the driveway looking at the sun just coming up

A bit later, I looked up at the trees still wearing the snow

At the end of the driveway looking at the house

And then we drove to the lake and saw the sun 

And I turned and got a picture of the shore line and the trees with all the snow

By the time we got back from breakfast much of the snow on the trees had melted. At the lake we could see prints on the ice/snow of both foot steps and snow mobile tracks. We have seen people out on the lake with tents and such ice fishing. That is something we are NOT about to do! This was really a great snow - looked nice and melted fast!