A banner day for early March in Montana…
It was sunny…AND warm!
The dog bed was available so Bob nabbed it.
Karl had dibs on a mostly shady spot.
The breeze…perfect!
**Karl is uncharacteristically leashed as he has a badly strained shoulder. He had a shot of cortisone on Monday and we’re takin’ it easy which includes no bounding through the snow after deer…
Last week we had several days of temperatures that stayed in the single digits and a few nights just below zero. Not as cold as the arctic cold we sometimes get in November, December and January, but still cold and unusual to have the very cold in late February.
Sunday, when I took these photos from Wayfarer’s Park, it was in the upper 20’s with the occasional sun break.
This is the most ice I’ve ever seen on the Bigfork/Somer’s Bay area of Flathead Lake. I grew up near Lake Erie and skated/ice boated on Maumee bay. The pattern of ice on a lake, how it works with water movement is fascinating. The strength of the ice and its potential for distruction are evident along the shoreline. There was a lot of groaning and booming from the bay and looking at the ice from the shore level, you could see movement from the water underneath.
I wouldn’t want to go for a swim, but it was not as cold as it looks!
No sun today. Cold. Blowing. Snow.
But, the boys.
The boys.
Sun in the sunroom.
Sun catching my eye as I work.
Sun on the lunch time walk.
Sun on the lake…late afternoon at Wayfarer’s Park.
Sun’s reflection, on the road home.
It’s Friday and the sun was shining all day.
A couple weeks ago, my mother phoned to tell me that she had seen video on The Weather Channel of a snow blower on fire. Knowing the trouble I’ve had with mine, she called to see I’d torched it out of frustration or if it had given up and exploded…
Not my snow blower…
But…that’s my toaster in the snow.
The toaster is in the snow because it caught fire this morning. I don’t mean a few crumbs smoking. It was fire. It was enough fire that I hesitated a moment thinking whether to grab it and take it outside or fetch the fire extinquisher.
This all happened about 6:30 a.m. so the day was off to an exciting start!
I started working early and worked straight through mid-afternoon before taking both Bob and Karl to the vet in Kalispell – Karl for a quick check and Bob for his first meet with the new guy, get caught up on shots (3!) and look at the insulin numbers.
Bob got his shots, his ears were cleaned and a new insulin prescribed. Dr. M. tried to listen to his heart and lungs but I guess it is hard to hear those things when an 18 pound cat is growling and hissing. We decided they were probably fine.
Bob gratefully got in the back of the Jeep with Karl and we had a quick and quiet ride home. Bob made it all the way to the turn into the driveway before throwing up.
Hard day.
We’re toast.