|
Aw Geez, Thaw and Freeze
|
|
Click thumbnails below for a larger picture |
|
February 6, 2011 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Melt and freeze arrived overnight,
with a thunderstorm and lightning. (Feb. 6, 2011) |
The lot is solid ice, hard as concrete. |
What's sitting on the ground is going
to be around for a while, maybe until spring. |
The front path over which I need to pull the firewood
cart is smooth anyway, if encrusted in inches of ice. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
It was funny watching the cats trying to negotiate the
ice. |
When they're having this much trouble, four legs and all,
it's time to watch your step. |
Even when they're squaring off to
assert themselves, legs are
splaying. |
Definitely a
Yaktrax situation. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
We're not going anywhere today, of until a better melt. |
At least Barbara's roof is looking good, better than
yesterday. |
The street down to the dock needs more sanding. |
It's going to take a sand spreader in here too before
we're going to get out. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
The neighbors' cats, Gilly and Ozzie, jockey for position
beneath the cleared roof, behind its pile now on the front step. I
should have moved it while I could. |
As the snow and ice sinter old layers of bird seed are
appearing, so I don't need to toss out any more. |
There will be no no further clearing
necessary for a while. |
Uh oh, the downspout needs to be liberated; melting roof
snow is leaking from its gutter connection. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
There, now it can add to the icepack along the path,
wonderful. |
We've reached a point where what is, is. Everything's
frozen in place. |
Inside the front porch stays pretty warm from the sun. |
I'm glad I got a little of the roof cleared while I
could; it's gradually melting more from just radiation heat. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
What an ice pack. |
Ozzie looks a bit overwhelmed by the tundra too. |
A skating rink of sorts. |
Beneath the lean-to out back, the situation is basically
hopeless. Keeping the snow off has become near impossible. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Tough sledding out there. |
The wild turkeys have arrived for
their hand-out. |
Only two of them this afternoon. |
They appreciate the pot of water as much as the sunflower
seeds I toss around for them. |
|
|
 |
|
A nice break from chewing snow, I guess.
|
|
February 7, 2011 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Bob Donovan's guy driving the front-end loader arrived
this morning, moved some of the heavy snow around the lot. (Feb.
7, 2011) |
Finding space to pile it before the
next storm is, like everywhere else these
days, becoming a real problem. |
He stacked it back and as high as the machine's
bucket could lift, widened the front door parking space, smoothed out
the path from the wood racks for the firewood cart. |
Yeah, Chip Ahoy is still behind the mountain, still
holding up well under its tarps and PVC frame. |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
It's beginning to feel like the boat will remain alongside the house
well into early summer this
year!
|
|
|
February 10 & 11, 2011 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
My buddy Ace and I came up with the idea the other night
of "planting a flag" atop the new mountain, when he saw how
high it'd become. (Feb. 10, 2011) |
So I dug out the "Betsy Ross 13-star" flag of the American
revolution yesterday morning, climbed up to the top, and planted it. |
I couldn't plant it at the mountain's summit -- the
summit is now up into the tree branches, but I did the best that I
could. |
An afternoon shot today just before sunset.
The photos below were taken the next day (Feb. 11), with a little
breeze. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
