Enjoying the snow

We’ve had very nice snow on the ground for three weeks…AND it has stayed below freezing. I snowshoe around the woods 2 or 3 times a day. Auggie and Bear come along – Bear ventures off to see who else has walked through the woods. Auggie stays mostly with me on my snowshoe path.

And sometimes we just enjoy Beardog point: Bear, Auggie, me and the chairs.

It is the perfect amount and the perfect temperature for enjoying the snow.

More on beds

Beds.

Dog and Cat beds. (see Musical Beds)

We progress.

Auggie in a box…

A box full of packing material.

The box lives on the top shelf, above the washer and dryer.

Earlier, in 2015, there was an issue with the folding doors that enclose the washer and dryer – that live just left in the entry way of my little house. After some dithering on my part, about fixing/replacing, I had the bright idea to use a “curtain” solution. I’m pretty happy with it! It works much better than the bi-fold doors. I like the appearance. And bonus – the rod AND the curtains fit the front of Wild Thing for added insulation/light blocking when we are on the road.

The change from bi-fold doors to rod and curtain did not affect Auggie nor Bear.

But recently, Auggie decided to explore and has now taken to using the upper most shelf above the washer/dryer – which is now always accessible via the curtain modification – as his own hidey-hole/cat cave.

The Entry View.

Meanwhile, Bear has a new “bed” also. He likes the cool/cold floor at the foot of the bed, but I was concerned about his aging bones on the wood floor… so the new “bed” is a memory foam pad. He took to it immediately and can put his head on the cool floor, with his body on the foam. And getting up now entails no scabbling on the slippery floor.

Beds: sorted!

This ‘n that

I spent a good part of the holiday weeks away from the computer. I had plans to do this ‘n that and work a bit, but mostly I enjoyed the snow, my new snowshoes, some new recipes and a lot of just resting.

It was wonderful.

Auggie did a lot of resting also. I guess my reading lamp was too bright :) …

And he enjoyed the snowshoe paths. Bear is stage right putting his nose into every single deer track.

Time-out for a chore and an RV maintenance note. I let Wild Thing go too long between starts in the cold and had to jump her. She’s all charged up now – we’ll go for a run sometime when it warms up a bit. It has not been super-cold (below zero), but it has been below 20 the last week and supposed to stay that way. Perfect temp for keeping the snow nice!

I saw Smitten Kitchen’s recipe for Tarte Soleil and made my own miniature version with my whole wheat brioche.

And yesterday, for Sunday: the last day before back to work … miniature apple cinnamon rolls.

On with 2016 – Happy New Year to all!

Our Christmas

On Christmas Eve Day, Auggie kept an eye out for Santa and the reindeer…

Despite his vigilance, there was no sighting.

Meanwhile, I made a Meyer Lemon Danish for my Christmas breakfast.

We had a wonderful snowfall on Monday night. Tuesday, I overdid the snow clearing and snow shoeing and paid for it! I spent a good part of Christmas Eve Day recuperating.

Neighbors Mel and Jesse invited me to stay at their home if I needed extra care – so thoughtful, but I stayed at my own home snugged up with Bear and Auggie watching a PBS mystery series. Neighbors Mike and Nancy checked on me and brought a beautiful Christmas bouquet AND as it had snowed another 6 inches, Mike said he would clear my drive with the backhoe. I have great neighbors!

Christmas morning, I felt 100% and enjoyed my Danish with the gift bouquet on the table.

After a lazy morning, we all headed out – me on snowshoes, although I took it VERY easy :) !!

My best attempt at a Christmas family photo was pretty much a fail all around … neither Bear nor Auggie wanted to participate and I didn’t get my smile on in time for the timed photo. Maybe next year!

But, we enjoyed the snow and being outside.

The chairs might be a little grumpy.

I reminded them that it is not as bad as last year!

Our Christmas.