This morning Sylvester woke me knocking on the bedroom door at 5:00 a.m., wanting to go outside. This is a usual thing for him as I have our radio alarm clock set at 5:15 for wake up coffee time, and to put him out. Today was the first day of a 4-day school weekend, so I did not set the alarm to go off as I was hoping that maybe we could sleep in for awhile. That idea didn’t work, as Sylvester kept working with the door knob until I got up to let him out. While pushing Sylvester out the front door I saw that the entire outdoor landscape had turned white overnight. Thought to myself… it’s still February. This was quite a surprise and the reason I am making this blog posting today. I find it refreshing in July when temperatures are 105° to open these winter blogs and reminisce about winter's cool/cold crisp air. I also will share this posting with my sister in Charleston, SC who has written me that they have seen no winter in their coastal area this year. Anyway, for the past week or 10 days we have had close to spring like weather, and I was hoping this would last through this weekend's school break.
After putting the Slyguy out I went back to bed to soak and nap for awhile (so I thought). When I got back under the bed covers, Kittee asked if I was ready for coffee, as she was ready to get up and make a pot being she was to be in PDT court at 8:00. I said “Why not?, and take a good look outside while you are at it”.
So the day began at 35° and all is dashed with white.
While feeding the outside cats this morning I noticed that robins were everywhere.
and the inside cats noticed the same.
February snow... kind of messed up my plans of working in the garden this weekend. One good bit of news today is that I found allot of garlic sprouting around Rusty’s keep, so I think I will separate and transplant these sprouts into the cultivated garden beds and see what we might get once again for fresh (Mmmmmm good) garlic this season.
Have heard the old saying about the weather… wait 5 minutes and it will change. Well today that has been a matter of fact. This morning while feeding the horses and goats, it was 40°, there was icicles hanging on the gate rails, sun was shining, and it was snowing.
By 11:30 it was very bright and the temperature had reached 50°. At 11:45 it was pouring snow horizontally and the temperature was 42°.
At 1:00 p.m. we have no snow, and again covered with sunshine, (I'm ready to bring out the garden tiller) sure wish it were dry enough to work the garden today. Will probably end up just tying flies for the weekend.
I just had a knock on the front door...
...it was my upriver pal Dale Cosper just dropped by to chat for awhile. We had a nice visit; discussing politics, weather, horses, (he
just bought two more young mares the past week or so), wine, women, songs, and the old bull elk that was in our backyard a month ago, etc. As Dale was leaving the clouds were beginning to thicken again, he said there was going to be more snow, and as I close this blog posting the air is full of horizontal snowfall once again.Oh, wait... the snow is now falling heavily almost straight to the ground. The ground and the horses' backs are turning white with the air temperature now at 36°; 4:15 pm; it's still February 26th. Waiting for spring '09 to arrive.
A day in the life
around the ranch--- Dale
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