YIKES....It's June, Already.

No confession necessary on how delinquent I've been in updating my posts. The proof is on the page! Lots to mention, recap, etc., and swap out that old-warn-out snow image at the top too! Hal, its embarrassing that you'll look at this outdated thing, but thanks for kick in the pants reminder by asking about the blog. Soon!

Happy summer to all!

What I'm loven' now...

My Juicer!
I'm in the throws of a head cold and I owe my juicer a bit of thanks as its faithfully carried me through almost two decades. Okay, so I've NOT used it everyday, as I'd like to think I'd do, but...I'm thrilling with the fact that I'm juicing again and it just may be the reason my cold is abating so quickly.


My new fave recipe:
1 bunch spinach
2 small carrots
two celery ribs
handful of parsley
1 small garlic clove

What's your fave recipe???
Share it!

The Sunshine has Retuneth

Enough of the topic of snow falling, lets switch to the sun shining and while I'm at it I'll include a photo taken from the back of the house looking westerly. Ahhhh.
Petey has also been working from home for "the company" and I really like having him home. However my time at home is short these days since I leave for classes by noon that run until 5:30+... Yea, and I'm savoring the fact that I've only two semesters remaining. Yes, I'm enjoying the process! Believe me. More on the school subject later.
So, the report is...the snow skiing was great yesterday on Purgy and last nights temperatures dipped down to 4 degrees keeping the snow nice and dry.

The Snow Subsides...

We got a reprieve, only awaking to roughly four inches of new snow this morning. Unfortunately it has also warmed up and what is melting will freeze into an ice skate rink on the ground. However, more is expect..of course...and our predicament to where to put it all continues. Peter went up skiing with neighbors and found the snow to be really wet. They said you have to find really steep terrain just so you could let gravity pull you down the hill...so much for swishing down. So, they came back after only two ski runs!


Its become a work day...but we'll get out the snow shoes and do a little cruzing.

Two Inches of Snow Per Hour....

Okay, you've all see that great photo at the top of this blog...well, we've now surpassed that amount of snow shown in the photo. At 4pm I'd just completed clearing ~6 of new snow and presently its 10:30 pm, and we've just finished clearing off another foot of snow since 4pm. I knew it was serious when I found Peter using a snow blower offered by what has become the neighborhood snow clearing brigade, and within a half hour he's cleared the snow in half the time it takes me to do the same work with the shovel, okay, possibly it would take me a little longer than the one hour, but not much. The predicament we're now having is that the snow banks are SO HIGH...pushing 6' at the edge of the driveway we're not sure where we're going to put the two more feet the weather service is predicting we'll have by Sunday!

10:00 PM Friday Night... we finally break down and use a snow blower!Okay, here's a shot taken from the front door. The snow doesn't look all that high in this photo, but we're only clearing off the walkway.Here's Jake coming around the corner, back towards the front door.


We're expecting to go skiing tomorrow. We'll do another posting if we wake up to another 2ft. of more than our share of fresh snow.

And to all my family in Southern California...I hope you're all high and dry and safe - and not floating off into the pacific.

Proof Petey Played Hooky...

As the fresh snow continues to fall here with the latest of three storms having arrived in the early hours, Petey played hooky on our first good powder day this month. Armed with his handy mini-cam he caught his ski buddy Chip while tree skiing. Safe to bet you can expect to see more action video's as he get's better with his tiny video camera.

View the the video link below... of tree skiing!

Petey's next new toy...or so he wishes!

Yup, he's got one of these in his sights, but ....$35K+ is a bit much!
However, we have been shopping on Craig's List...again...and have found it to be a good source for used skid steers!
We recently went to Denver to pick up a flat file cabinet for me, another amazing find on Craig's List, and while there we looked at skid steers from Craig's Listings. The news is...we may be buying one next month. Its a 99' John Deere, and the best news is... it is being sold with a backhoe attachment! It doesn't have a full glass enclosure like the one in the photo below, but it does have clear canvases that snap/velcro inside to keep the wind or rain off the operator...Did I just say RAIN??? Oh... let's revise that to SNOW.

Anyway, the versatility of this type of equipment will be great on the property...one day.
We'll keep you posted for late February should we bring the beast home. And we're still looking for a snow blower attachment...there are SO many attachments for these skid steers its amazing. Ladies, it surpasses the kitchen gadget addiction by MILES.