Out of Sight, Out of Mind

 

There really are two layers of the cedar fencing.
hehehe

.
.
Good Morning Everyone;
I spent most of yesterday in this frigid battle Man~vs~Nature.
(Not liking it much either).
I dressed, and waded through the snows to the old shed.
I tried (in vain) to get the snowblower started.
And somewhere in the midst of that little project, I had to come inside for an extension cord.
My answering machine was going off, so I waddled up the steps to answer...
It was my friend "Beep" hehehe (Do the click).
***Thank you Connie! What a nice surprise, and so very nice to hear your voice again; (I needed those few moments to warm up a bit too)!
Though I shall have to let Connie herself comment, and tell you what she thought snowblowers were really like.
hehehe


And back outside to wrestle with that darned snow machine again.
No, it didn't work...

So to the back of the house
to try to improve on my laundry s(h)ituation..
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
I got that darn drain hose off, bringing it inside to rid it of the ice crystals in it. (It was NOT the hose, rather the pvc pipe that was completely frozen solid). Weird, that.
I dumped ice~melt down the pvc; (after about 4 gallons of hot water to the outside). Suddenly the water and ice were gone and the pipe was clear.
While I have done a few loads of wash I have not yet reattached the hose.
Will do so shortly.

 

.
.

Punk and Milly showing you how deep the snow was.
Yes, they waited for me to throw another toy.

.
.
.

How deep is YOUR snow?

.
.
.

.

.
.
.

.
.

.Casey had that car cleared off the night before the snows came.
Just so you can see how much we have on the ground.
.
.
.
.

.

.

Punk diving in to where the toy had buried itself.
Milly wanting no part of the 'face~wash' that goes with the dig
.
They played the entire time I worked on the snowblower.

.
.
.

But after that, Milly actually went to her kennel-
(I mean "igloo" of course)...

.
.
.

While Punk grew bored,
waiting for her mama to come out of the doghouse.
.
.
Out back once again...

 

Punk followed me,
and went to the garden.
.
.

.
.

.
.Sitting and waiting again.
(and growing bored again too)
.

Life cannot be all freezing cold wet work.
There has to be freezing cold wet "play" too.

.
Just be careful, Lady Punk;
Things change quickly when you're bored.

Think "Sitting Duck" perhaps
.
.
.
.
.

.

hehehe

SPLAT! goes the snowball!

.
.
.
And losing her sense of humor...
.
.
.

.We are NOT amused...
.
.
Recovering quickly,
she remembers she's a Labrador Retriever.
As such, she needs to bring any object back to me.
.
.

Digging through the frozen tundra,
She really did try to find it...
And couldn't figure why I was laughing at her...

.
.
.

But is smart enough to see that I was laughing at her.
And time for her to laugh too!

.
.
.
.

(Time to get those paws thawed too).

.
.
As for my snowblowing...
.
.

I took this picture before I'd tried to start that machine.

.
.
And then after, I took this one.
.
.

hehehe

Much nicer with the garage door down.

You can't shovel what you can't see.
And yes, "Out of Sight, Out of Mind!"

It was past time for me to come in and warm up my paws too.

I came to the computer, (having it strategically placed so the heat blows onto my feet).
I checked on my Multiply page.
And was once again told I had to verify that I was Human.

I waited for the 2nd screen to come up.
(My freezing fingers had entered the first one wrong).

And up it popped!

.
.

No kidding?
But, oh well.

As reflective of my life as it was at the moment,
I still had to laugh.

Have a "wunnaful" Wednesday.

Love to all

XOXO
me

Free Website Counters

 

Originally posted to my Y! 360, Wednesday December 10, 2008 - 09:37am (CST)