The Great Blizzard of '23

Years from now when Barb and I are old(er), sitting in our rocking chairs and reminiscing (oh wait, we do that now) we will no doubt talk about the Great Blizzard of '23. Would you believe that since I last posted we have received almost 30" of snow in two different storms? Storm #1 was last Friday when we received 7". The next storm came into our little oasis, laughed at the piddly 7", said "Hold my beer" and proceeded to dump 20+" in a 24-hour period.  We were snowed in for several days before I was able to get the jeep down the driveway. The wind was so bad that by the time we got back the driveway was totally covered again and we got stuck trying to come back in. 

The deer were here pretty much nonstop during most of the storm getting much needed nourishment to weather out the worst of it. There was one deer who seriously thought she was the queen of the bale! Just a couple days later that bale was totally gone!

So, what does one do when waiting out a blizzard? Make dog videos of course! I know that more than one of you would be thrilled to view these. This first one is for HTDH as it is particularly annoying. This adorable video of Zoe Belle occurs every time Barb sweeps or vacuums,  

Before the snow we had a couple of adventures. The first was doctor appointments for each of us. Barb has the vertigo again. Not bad enough to put her out of commission but the constant dizziness is annoying. Mine was just an annual checkup and blood work. All my numbers came back good. But the side effects from shingles shot put me down for a day with the chills. Not fun. While I was down and out, I spent a little time perusing our blog books. We now have 9 books in our selection. Each with our travel map for that year on the front and a favorite picture from the year on the back. I was particularly interested in our 2016 Alaska edition. We are not going back this summer, but hopefully we will be heading up there the summer of '24 with my sister Judy and her husband!

Another day, we had Kevin, Cheryl, Dan and Bonnie over for a homemade pasta dinner. Bonnie even got her hands in action making a batch!

We also hit the forest to replenish our wood supply. We are almost out, and with luck, after this week we will not need to have fires until next fall. 

As many of you know, when it is cold Zoey, likes to snuggle up to a nice warm fire. 

Both Barb and I spent time out in the workshop where I worked on something I am not going to talk about, and Barb played with her the glasscutter she got for her birthday. 

During the worst of the storm, I took a video of the deer on the bale. Pay attention to the video for a couple of things; When that many deer get together, they get a little cranky, standing up on their back legs and swatting at each other. But not every deer is cranky, there was one deer who was having the time of her life, running around and acting like a goofy little kid. We were laughing out loud watching her antics. If you look in the background of the last scene you can even see her off in the distance still running around. 

And for our last video, we have the girls out for a walk in the snow. A very short walk, as Zoey was not a fan. 

So here we sit, the Great Blizzard of '23 behind us, with the jeep stuck in the snow-covered driveway, (I have not even attempted to move the truck) waiting for spring. There is light at the end of the tunnel, however, today is supposed to be 35, tomorrow 47, with 50's and even 60's over the next 6 days!