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| Our greyhound Sheba romping around the yard in her tiger coat! |
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| Yes, Da Masta Cheef likes playing in the snow too! |
Blizzards, and anything approaching the like are quite rare here in the Appalachian Subsector, but luckily we awoke to just that Sunday morning! When I measured the white stuff around noon, we had 8" but it kept on snowing for quite awhile so we probably got more like 9" in total. Meanwhile, at my sister's house in Knoxville, a mere 2 hours away all they got was a dusting of snow, and another and a half further south, a friend of mine in Chattanooga reported that all they were getting was a cold, miserable downpour all day! Yes I'm bragging and no, it doesn't matter since neither reads my blog, lol!
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| This probably isn't even worth a mention by the likes of Mordian7th and his fellow Coloradans! |
Whilst I excavated my trukk to make life a bit easier Monday morning, I made no effort to reduce the 1.5-2 foot high berm of snow the plow trucks have left about 5 feet behind my trukk. I'm not gonna lie, I can't wait to finally have an excuse (albeit a brief one) to actually use the 4WD that I haven't used since buying it almost 3 years ago when I leave for work!
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| At this point, I'm pretty sure Baxter was still thinking: THIS! IS! AWESOME!!!!! |
With the white stuff falling, we opened the mini blinds all the way, put on the Christmas music and decorated our tree. Its the first time our kitty Baxter has ever experienced one and he was having a field day with it! After a few passes amongst the faux branches, he decided to romp thru the packaging of the decorations when a vicious gift bag attacked him! (he got his head stuck in the handle). After ramrodding around the house in a panic he broke free after colliding with the threshold to our bedroom at full speed! Luckily he was alright, but after removing the remnants of the offending bag, he's avoided the living room since. Clearly he's had enough of this holiday shit.
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| They're getting there, slowly but surely... |
As for the hobby front this week, not much to report I'm afraid. I did at least paint the metal bitz on my mech lance, clearing the way for touch ups and detailing before slathering them in ink. With luck I'll finish 'em up this week, but don't hold your breath on that...
Well Morristown topped out at around 5 or 6 inches but by the evening it was down to 3 and clear roads, which I didn't mind because it meant people made it to work and I didn't have to work extra hours.
ReplyDeleteYeah roads were clear this morning, worst was getting out of my driveways by far. That said, I've already heard that call-ins are a dime a dozen out on the plant floor. A lot of people live up in the mtns. or in the sticks where TDOT doesn't plow.
ReplyDeleteWell, we tend to keep an eye on the weather in Nova Scotia. 'Cause that's what's here three to eight weeks later, depending on the wind. We also get the 'increasingly wintery as you drive north' thing. It can snow here, but it rarely lasts longer than a day or so. But 100 miles north of here, there's proper weather for longer periods. Conversely, down south the likes of Col Gravis and Adm Drax get proper summers....
ReplyDeleteps, You need to feed your tiger up, it looks a bit skinny.
Puppy! Dogs in snow are always great to watch :)
ReplyDeleteWe have some really weird micro-climates around here. I think it's due to being on an island. But we can have a couple of inches of snow in some places, and less than a mile away, nothing. There have also been times when I could actually see the line dividing where it was raining from where it wasn't.
We had one cat who was absolutely terrified of the Christmas tree. It would take her like five minutes just to psych herself up enough to dash past the door to the living room. Oddly, however, she really liked ribbons with bows, and would squirm around to get through the loop and wear them.
The metal details really help with the Mechs. They look much better defined than they did with just the lavender, red, and blue.
@Zzzzzz: Nova Scotia...interesting. Also Greyhounds are thin by nature (usually with their ribs visible when in racing trim). Even the very few 'fat' greyhound retirees that I've seen would be considered slim by just about any other dog's standard.
ReplyDelete@WestRider: Ooh! I'm betting that that would be neat though I'd imagine that there are some logistical challenges involved assuming its not connected via a bridge. As for the microclimate thing, yeah. Once when we lived in FL, it was raining in the backyard and not in the front, the dividing line literally straddled our house and my family and I just stood there watching a bit dumbfounded by it.
As for the snow, Lebanon VA, about an hour in the other direction (NE) also got merely a dusting whereas Asheville NC (90 miles SE of here) got upwards of close to 2 feet! The mountains really makes just where a storm is going to go kindova crap shoot. Though when hurricanes roll inland, we're largely protected from them due to those mtns.
Oh, and thanks, yes the minis do look more defined, still fugly at the moment though.
ReplyDeleteIt does lead to some pretty cool situations sometimes. No other ones coming to mind right now, but I know there have been some.
ReplyDeleteThere is a bridge, but it just goes over to the Olympic Peninsula. Getting in to Seattle (and to pretty much anywhere eastward) involves a ferry, which, yeah, gets logistically problematic at times.
YAY!
ReplyDeleteSNOW IS JUST THE MOST FUN THING EVER!
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