10°f, -12°C, warming to 41°f. Clearing skies.
Morning sparkles
Finally, a mostly sunny day that actually warmed up to let some thawing begin! Snow left the roof of the log room with a great whoosh, and took all the lovely icicles with it. Ah well.
I shoveled part of the deck and salted the porch steps, and Larry salted the walks and tried to shovel, but alas this ice us still quite thick under the snow. He did get the tractor out again and worked on the driveway, so perhaps one day we can drive the van back down again.
Across the hill, we could heat the laughter and shouts of our neighbor's grandchildren as he hitched a large piece of metal roofing to his four-wheeler and was pulling them around in the snow. Other children down the road were sledding, I see, according to their Facebook pictures. It was a good day to be outdoors.
I was in and out all afternoon, after the air warmed up, but spent the morning canning pasta sauce. We still have several gallon cans of sauce given to us last summer; it is pretty bland so I added seasonings and canned it in quart jars, which will be much more suitable for us.
This evening we watched Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, an older movie that we watched several years ago. I could not remember the story line, but I knew I liked it. Such a touching movie!
I did step outside during the movie to see the beautiful full moon though. What a sight!
I guess that's all the non-news for today. I hope you all had a great weekend!
...another up and down winter!
ReplyDeleteYes, and this morning back to freezing! 10°
DeleteLots of snow....it's still cold, well, minus 3, over here, but no sign of new snow. Have a wonderful new week ahead, Sue.
ReplyDeleteUh, this is cold!.
ReplyDeleteI never heard of a cellarhouse!
Such a romantic parting pic!
Staying safe and busy.. nothing wrong with that!
ReplyDeleteI love that cellarhouse
We chose to watch a Netflix or Prime movie last night. It was so cheesily done that we could not finish it. I just checked what it was: 'The Girl with no Name' on Prime. Awful acting and script and ... everything.
ReplyDeleteLove the hillbilly sledding! I bet it feels good to get out in the fresh air and have it somewhat warm. You have been cooped up a long time!
ReplyDeleteI'm so jealous of your thaw! We're still quite cold here in northeast Ohio, and I feel as if this snow will be here until July.
ReplyDeleteOur icicles are almost reaching the ground on the east side of the house. They look deadly.
Loved both the first and last photos! Great bookends to a post of simple pleasures. Goodness, it sounds like you can something just about every day!
ReplyDeleteAnother light dusting last night but no big snows yet in 2025.
ReplyDeleteI love the first photo with the coloured glass lit by the window light.
ReplyDeleteThat first picture? Are those paperweights? They are beautiful. I like your celler house. We will have a cold room in our basement at the new house.
ReplyDeleteWe had a bit of a thaw today and now single digits tonight. Blah!
ReplyDeleteYou are having an icy time. We had our thaw today. Temp went to +1C, that is about +34 F. Unfortunately it also decided to snow, and so we got another few inches of heavy wet stuff down. What is good, though, is that it has stuck to the ice and I now have packed snow to walk on and can take the lethal pick off my cane. (I am nervous lest I stab someone in the grocery store when having to carry it.)
ReplyDeleteLove your moon pic. We had cloud early and only got the full glory in the wee small hours when I am not competent to even turn on my camera.
Life is o strange isn't it, snow when we're young is a great exciting play time, but as we get older its a bit of an inconvenience! And brrr its cold!
ReplyDeleteWe had the same marvelous full moon but thankfully not the snow, ice and cold!
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