Another year: Day the One hundredth and twenty first
We were out on the back forty semi-enjoying another ski around the property this afternoon when the pleasant snowy scene was slightly disjointed by the visitation of a C-17 Globemaster III roaring by overhead perhaps a couple of hundred feet above the treetops. The thing is this is the first time ( Read more... )

Another year: Day the One hundredth and seventh
Just another update from out here in no mans land. We got a chance to get back on the skis this morning(ish) because we knew the odds were back down to slim in the next couple of days. As much as I really enjoy skiing I just can't get too enthusiastic about it when the temps top out somewhere around ( Read more... )

Another year: Day the One hundred and first
After taking yesterday off (mainly due to an attack of the lazys) we got back out on the skis trying to take advantage of the nice conditions. We had discussed it yesterday evening and agreed we'd have to get out in the morning as we both had stuff to do in the afternoon. As it turned out the night ( Read more... )

Another year: Day the One hundredth
I figure that I should feel pretty good about the fact that I managed to fight inertia and once again strap on the boards to make a circuit of the back forty. This is mostly notable because I managed to do this *after* clocking four hours in town doing baseboards and painting and the like. It would have been easy ( Read more... )

Another year: Day the Ninety ninth
Huzzah! It was back out into the wilds today even though I had to do some running around in the morning that I hadn't anticipated ( Read more... )

Another year: Day the Ninety seventh
Woohoo! Three days of skiing in a row and judging by the minor blizzard that is currently blowing out there this evening it looks like we'll be set for a few more ski days at the very least. This is very happy making. Not that long ago, maybe a week and change, I was sadly thinking that this winter was going to ( Read more... )

Another year: Day the Ninety sixth
We were just talking about getting out on the sticks just after brunch when she noted that the forecast had changed and was calling for snow squalls. Within a few minutes of her mentioning this we looked outside to see that the squalls had arrived. I suggested that we give it fifteen or a half hour to see if it ( Read more... )

Another year: Day the Ninety fifth
Let's all do a little happy dance shall we? We actually got to take advantage of the whole 'winter' thing this afternoon and for the first time since the end of November we have enough snow to actually get out there and strap the sticks to our feet. The end result was the usual first semi-trudge through the snow ( Read more... )

Another year: Day the Ninety second
After having pretty much decided to be a non-issue for much of December and January winter has come a calling. We've had both actual significant amounts of snowfall *and* temperatures clearly on the bottom side of comfortable. My two hours on the tractor this afternoon ended with cold feet and hands and general ( Read more... )

Another year: Day the Eighty ninth
Yup...that has been me for the last few days. It wasn't that I didn't *want* to get around to posting in the usual fashion it's just that when the time came around my feet just headed straight to the bedroom and my brain really didn't have much to say about the process ( Read more... )