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Dogs and Halos
Okay..this is the scoop on the Sun Dogs. Sun Dogs usually show up in cold weather and when the sun is low on the horizon. You can have sun dogs with halos or without. This is without. A sundog is a...
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Snirt
Snirt is a mixture of snow and dirt. It mainly comes from North Dakota..perhaps they get their snirt from Montana ..who knows. Someone..not pointing fingers or anything..is not practicing soil erosion...
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Snow
We got some snow. It was about time. All the snirt is now hidden under a pure white blanket. The snow came down gently..and transformed our world. January 29, 2013 9 1/2 inches of snow Far Guy...
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Chilly
It was a tad chilly early in the morning on February 1. It makes you wonder what the rest of the month will be like. –38 F is –38C..finally we are on the same number..cold. I took this photo..hoping...
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Dreary Days
The days are dreary but warmer than last week. Pine Lake I had the meeting with the mucky mucks. It went well, I learned quite a bit. I now have more of a plan than I had before about goals for the...
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Monday March 4, 2013
Another winter storm with a wide range of snowfall predictions is headed our way. I think they named this one Saturn..it is supposed to bring us somewhere between 8 and 12 inches of snow. We will...
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Lazy Winter Day
It snowed some..not the 8 to 12 inches they predicted at least not yet. Chance doesn’t like it when the trees move. Wind is not his friend..sticks blow out of the trees…he likes company on his trips...
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Snow Report
Ya, You betcha we have enough snow for a little while. My snow stick shows that we have 24 inches of snow on the ground. Ten inches fell in that last storm. A snow monster walked out to the snow...
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Winter Wonderland
Let it snow let it snow let it snow. Someone must have opened the snow gates. In the middle of the night on Friday Chance had to go out. It was raining ice..it sounded funny on the roof of the...
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Spring is postponed
Winter Snow has postponed Spring. Way below zero weather and sub zero wind chills have postponed spring. Who would want to show up anyway? What a greeting. My feeble attempt at Spring decorating was...
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Cold
It is too cold for the snow to melt. Honest. It is fairly disgusting. Chance and I had to go to the Post Office so we stopped a few places to take photos. The beach April 10 ..open water..but no...
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Snowing some more
As if we didn’t have enough snow..we got some more. You can see the snow stick on the left of the photo..still pretty much covered in snow..about 12 inches I think. In a month the GFO (Governors...
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Trains
We took the day off yesterday and headed for a train show. South of us the snow is not as deep..or piled as high. It was a good train show..I bought a Zamboni..no that is not a train..and I bought some...
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Chance: A sign
Far Side bought me a sign. It says “ A spoiled rotten Border Collie lives here.” Wanna see me and my sign? I am sure that “spoiled rotten” must be a good thing..cause Far Side says that all the time....
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Big Flakes
The snow came down in huge flakes yesterday. One day of sun is followed by one day of snow. We went up North to visit the birthday girls and go out for lunch. As we walked out of the restaurant...
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Warm
It was warm yesterday 86 F or 30 C . And humid. We were invited to the neighbors for supper. Another night of no cooking. Yay! Pork burgers and potato salad yum!! The Smoky Hills were real...
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Rainy Day
Our rainy day was a good day to rest up and relax. We watched a new show Whodunnit on ABC online. We enjoyed two installments and plan to watch more..we do not get ABC because we are supposed to get...
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Chasing Rainbows
There was a line of thunderstorms headed our way one night. We took off in the rain to get on the other side of it to look for a rainbow…or the pot of gold. It was raining really hard, and the rain...
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We can bid adieu to August. She was dry and cool and then dry and scorching hot. Around these parts August is the last of summer. September is when school starts and everyone closes up their cabins for...
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Chance’s inner alarm needs to be reset. He had to go out at 6:30 AM. It was raining. It rained on and off all day, the high was about 55 degrees. Several people we talked to said “At least it isn’t the...
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