Category: The Seasons

It is cold. The forecast is for snow, just a little at first, but then so much snow it will knock my socks off!

Today, (Tuesday) I am driving myself about 55 miles to one of the largest Medical Centers in our state. I will be seeing two doctors. One is a fairly normal and routine visit, but I’ve been having a few little problems and want to get it taken care of quickly. So, this is an important appointment.

The second visit is with my Retinal Surgeon. This appointment is vital. I’ve had decreased vision in my right eye and I really need Dr. Wonderful to dilate my eyes and look deeply into them and see what he can see.

The appointment with Dr. Wonderful is so important that I will be driving myself, in a 4-wheel drive Jeep, in the snow, across the state, along twisting turning roads, to get there.

I have my fingers crossed that I can get over there, get through my appointments and get back before too much snow has fallen. I really do get nervous driving in the snow.

Meanwhile, It should be pretty. I guess there is an up-side to almost everything.

Tuesday found Hubby continuing to dig us out, after our snow fall on Sunday. He’d really wanted to go skiing today, but when we woke we found that the 50 mile an hour wind gusts had taken all the snow from our front yard and moved it onto the porch behind our house. No kidding, 20 inches just sitting there! The dackels looked Hubby in the eye and demanded a pathway!

Looking out my back door at Arnie.

This is the patio that got all the blowing snow!

While the coffee brewed and I made breakfast, Hubby shoveled a path for the dogs. Then he came in, ate a great breakfast, and off he went to use the snow blower to clear the driveway (again!).

He was pretty much done by lunch time, and came in for a bit, but then went back out to clear the steepest part of the drive, right down to the tar, so he can get out tomorrow to go and ski. As you can see, our driveway is long, about 500 feet. It is also all down hill, because….we like a challenge! lol!

At least we finally have some beautiful, wonderful, white, fluffy snow! It’s about time!

We woke to the Blizzard of 2010. It arrived just a few days before the end of the year, so technically made it in under the wire. We had 48 mile an hour winds and about a foot of snow! The wind was so fierce that the dackels did not want to go outside. At one point, I simply picked them up, one by one and tossed them into the snow. They quickly did their business, and ran back in the house.

Snow in December from Dackel Princess Maribeth on Vimeo.

.After I took the video, I took some still pictures, and then linked them together in a short montage. Fritz shows up so much better in still pictures. He almost disappears in the video, above.

Dogs in the Snow from Dackel Princess Maribeth on Vimeo.

Hubby then began his serious work, plowing the 500 + foot driveway. I’m thinking he will have to do it again tomorrow because the 48 mile an hour winds, have blown the snow back across the driveway and the patio. However, Hubby says no matter what, he is going to go skiing today! All this snow is more than he can stand to ignore.

My plans include starting to go through my Christmas boxes and decide what I can get rid of and what I want to keep. Trust me when I say that over the years, if you are at all like me, you’ve collected a lot of useless holiday crap. My goal is to sort through and determine what is useful or useless.

It’s pretty and once the wind dies down it will be even better. Then I can go out with the doggies and play in the snow with them.

But….at least we finally have some!

Saturday was one of those strange days. The dogs let me sleep until 8 o’clock, breakfast was easily made and eaten, the coffee tasted especially good, and…it snowed!

Not a lot, but we had several big bursts of snow that found us bundling up and taking the dogs outside to play. They LOVE snow!

November Snow from Dackel Princess Maribeth on Vimeo.

I have enough leftovers to feed several small armies, so all day I haven’t really had to cook. Mr. Microwave is my best friend. I make up a plate for Hubby, and heat and he eats! Perfect.

I feared he might rebel if I served him turkey again Saturday night, so I sliced up some roast beef for him and served that over the Thanksgiving mashed potatoes with a side of butternut squash. Vegetables he will always eat, but turkey? Well, let’s just say that he isn’t as big a fan of the big bird, like I am!

I’m making my list of Christmas Cards up and if anyone wants to exchange with me, let me know and we can exchange addresses privately.

So, here we are on Sunday morning. I wonder what trouble I can get into today?

Okay, fess up. How many of you forgot to change your clocks? Yes, it’s Autumn in North America, and our clocks all went “BACK” an hour last night. The USA is on Standard Time once again.

Of course, just to be different, there are places that do not observe a change in the time. Hawaii and most of Arizona do not follow Daylight Saving Time. They stay on Standard Time year round.

However, the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona DOES observe Daylight Saving Time; the rest of Arizona does not.

And the territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa do not observe DST. The Eastern Time Zone section of Indiana also does not observe DST.

Are we confused yet?

I’ve never been a big fan of Daylight Saving Time. I would much rather stay on Standard Time year round…but then, no one asked me.

Daylight Saving Time used to be much shorter, until the passing of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which extended Daylight Saving Time by nearly 5 weeks per year!

Now, if you look at things Globally, it is my opinion that we should all change time at the same time, if we are going to change time at all!

Did you follow that?

Well, I will start my Sunday morning going around, room by room, changing the clocks in the house. After I finish that, I think it will be “time” for a nap!

It’s Autumn. This year the colors were late in coming, and then they were lovely…for about three days. Now the wind is blowing and the rain is falling and our Autumn is over, almost before it began. Here is a picture from last year to show you how pretty it usually is.