No siree!! You will not hear me wishing for snow any time soon!! I am scared to death trying to get from the front porch steps to the chicken house door...slick as ice out there!!
No soft, fluffy snow here! We have sleet, and freezing rain, all packed down hard and slippery! Poppy went to the mailbox yesterday...
There was no mail and no sign of tire tracks that the mail had run. Going in the opposite direction here, takes you into town. In case you're interested. :)
I started this post last Tuesday and here it is Saturday! The ground is still solid packed ice and we're waiting now for the next snowstorm.
We are not used to weather like this...ice covering the ground for a week and now a major snowstorm predicted for today and tomorrow!
So afraid of falling, I had to come up with some way to get to the goat lot and chicken house...
Well, necessity is the mother of invention! Our towels will probably never come clean but that's okay. We need a stack of new ones anyway. This idea works perfectly!! The towels stick to the ice and the top feels like walking on grass.
This pink one especially won't come clean! I had spilled a cup of coffee on it before adding it to my path. :) The damp towels stick to the ice better.
One more weather-related item and I will hush about it...Take a look, if you will at the weird icicle...
Okay, I'm done. You Northerners are probably thinking, "she doesn't know anything!! and I bet you're right!
Staying inside now, Ugg!!! I was bound and determined to finish this apron that has almost broke me from sewing altogether...
I've made a few teeny tiny pinafores and bonnets. These used to sell really well at the farmer's market. Don't know why I stopped making them...
Well, it's 10:41 am here and a few tiny snowflakes have started to fall. Guess I'll go prop up at the kitchen window, watch the birds, and finish off the bowl of popcorn from last night. :(
Want to mention though, I was looking back at the comments on my last post, the one just before Christmas. There were some very nice comments that I am just seeing. Thank you! And South Carolina girl, I enjoyed reading about the wormy Hickory nuts. The panful on our front porch may have worms but are too frozen to move around. :)
Thank you, dear friends.
Love, Henny
It is hard for you when you aren't used to that type of weather. We live in an area called the frozen tundra. We get cold in November and can't plant outside until after Memorial Day at the end of May. This week we have not been above zero and mostly way below zero. Today we are up to 22˚F and we feel like it is Spring. lol. Hang in there and be careful. We buy salt to sprinkle on the ice to melt it. Hugs- Diana
ReplyDeleteps-I have had sewing projects that made me swear I was going to quit sewing...and then it would be okay when I finished. Hang in there.
Looks so very pretty at your place. We're hoping for snow down here in Georgia today. I just love the snow. The apron is gorgeous so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the Ugh! this weather! We only had the snow and ice 3 days, but it was solid and dangerously slippery. We fed the ferals and crows (also bluejays, Cardinals, etc.), had to keep refilling their frozen water, etc. Don't know how people live where it's like that most of the winter. How did the bunnies take it? And I would think your dogs probably like the cold - with their big hairy coats!
ReplyDeleteYou are very resourceful...I will remember your towel help! We are getting beautiful soft snow now over all the hard ice of last week. I prefer this...my husband and I walked through the woods earlier...so much easier though you had to be careful!
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