Hi, my friends, thank you, thank you, thank you, for all your wonderful comments. They have lifted my spirits. I do hope you are healthy and happy, and doing fun things.
Oh my gosh, it has been so long since I have been able to spend any time here on The Hill. I'm quarantined/out of work since March and I am busier than I have ever been. I started replacing rotten siding last November and a freak snowstorm dropped almost 2 feet of extremely soaking wet/heavy snow. So, there sits the bottom of my front wall all torn off and waiting until Spring for me to finish, along with my porch, torn off the house listing/sinking backward. There are buckets under it to keep it solid/sturdy.
In September refer died so I had to have a new one installed. It was on it's last leg and not cooling, and at the bottom was freezing veggies. Well, the delivery guys were kids and couldn't grasp the basic fundamentals of the mechanics of the mask, so I ended up catching the common cold (rhinovirus). I wore 2 masks, so that pretty much proves to me what they are saying about: my mask protects others not so much me; but others masks are what protect me more than mine does. I do have N-95 left over from working construction the last 45 years, with a double bandanna on top of that.
All the holidays have been quiet 'cause I can't go anywhere & no one can visit. The virus has been wicked spiking here in NH; and now we have the variants. So I am so careful, washing anything and everything as it is brought into the house, and lots of hand-washing.
Working on taxes now, and getting rid of clutter, and sorting/sprucing-up/repairs/maintenance/deep cleaning. Oiy!!! Then with what's been going on since all of 2020 with that putrid, fly-infested, steaming, orange pile of pig diarrhea, desecrating our Democracy and the Capital. I can't even process any of it any more. I'm in the Twilight Zone!!!!
Well, have a great Valentine's and Winter, I'm still planning on getting here on The Hill a whole lot more often. Stay happy and healthy and have fun.
snowing like crazy since 8 AM and wind blowing hard so it is
falling sideways! supposed to stop sometime then start again late
afternoon and go into Monday.
Stubby was on porch at 8 AM and ate some canned cat food I gave him
then disappeared again.. think under the house. Ole Yeller showed up at 11:30 AM
and left ..Havent seen Squeaky or Fuzzy Face yet.
Cant believe the birds are at feeders! the wind is blowing the handing tube feeders
and the hanging platforms too and they are riding them like on a yard swing!
Put seed out late afternoon yday so they had stuff to eat this AM but looks almost gone now.
Will wait to see if snow stops then will try to get out and refill feeders. Looks like several
inches on ground already..supposed to get 6 to 8 inches weather says. Hope it isnt icy as well.
Made big skillet of sausage and gravy and mashed potatoes yday but forgot about it this morning and ate donuts instead that Judy;s girl sent me for Valentines Day from pastry
shop she manages in town 20 mi away,. so far she hasn;t missed any work from bad roads.
Happy Saturday! We have so much different foods out for the birds, we are just about to go hiking again, and it is cold cold cold, we went yesterday too. And all along the paths are food for the birds, it's so neat to see them all. Hope your having a super weekend!
Hello Pam, praying that those locked in these nasty Winter storms will be safe. I know you'll be glad when the freezing weather is over. It's so much prep and hard work to deal with esp when you're not used to it, as you say. The wreck in Fort Worth was dreadful. It's much warmer here and still rainy. Have a good weekend.
Hello to you my friend and hope your keeping your feet warm. The freeze has hit our area and very unusual cold for us. All week will have freezing temps getting down to 11 degrees one day. Had freezing rain yesterday causing many accidents and school closures. Still a lot of ice on trees but many of you are used to this. Just staying in and keeping warm, Have a great weekend...George
