Well, the snow
came. I cannot tell you the depth since
along with the snow we had strong winds which blew the light snow into drifts
and mountains and such. Glenn guesstimates the depth at about 18 inches with drifting up to five feet high - that's a bit over boot tops!
Snowball running toward me. I was standing inside the back door.
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Snowball was quite
happy. After all, he is a Pyrenees Mountain Dog. Buddy was nowhere to be found. I finally found him settled in the doghouse
which is located inside the pole barn.
He was happy to stay put.
Snowball taking a nap on a mountain of snow while it was still snowing. He is one happy Great Pyrenees.
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The snow fell all day
Friday and some on Saturday. The winds howled. I rarely saw the snow coming down vertically.
Glenn spent most of
the day plowing our 7/10th of a mile driveway so that we could
access the public road. Glenn made it
through the woods as anticipated and near Route 11 a 5’drift, also anticipated,
blocked his way. The plow was not going
to move that drift off the lane. So,
Glenn returned to the house to get his tractor.
He would have to dig through the drift with the bucket on his
tractor. He has had to go through this
process a few times over the years since we took residence here, but not very
often thank goodness.
Unfortunately, today
he had a tractor mishap. He got a flat
tire on the rear right tire of his tractor.
Actually, the tire was slashed.
And, that means the tractor was not only out of commission, but now we
need to buy a new tire. Have you ever
seen the size tire on the back of a tractor?
It is huge and very expensive. Glenn
was able to dig through the drift before having to limp back up the drive on
that flat tire.
The tractor is the
workhorse of the farm. Glenn still
needed to feed the cattle. So, Glenn
climbed up on his next and only other option, his Caterpillar frontend loader,
and moved a bale of hay out to the cattle with that monstrosity. The Cat moves
via tracks, so the moving is slow and when Glenn drives through the yard with
that mammoth the entire house shakes.
Then, even though my
fingers were crossed, the electricity failed at 3:00 PM. Our solar back-up seamlessly went into action
to keep the priority outlets working. We
have several full freezers to maintain along with the circulator on our wood-burning
furnace, refrigerator and such. I tuned
off the heater on the hot tub to conserve our stored power. I just did not know how long the grid would
be off.
Thankfully, after two
short hours, our power was restored.
Perfect! I could now make the new
recipe I had planned for dinner...shrimp and sausage jambalaya. I had never ever made jambalaya. Mid-recipe, I needed to add Creole
spice. I did not have any as I am not
fond of hot, spicy food. I quick looked
up a recipe, compliments of Emeril Lagasse, on the internet and mixed up some Creole spice.
The jambalaya tastes a whole lot better than it looks -
shrimp. sausage, rice, green peppers, celery, onions, Creole spices, tomatoes -
YUMMMM!
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The jambalaya was
tasty and just a bit spicy for my mild preference. Glenn likes his food a bit more spicy, but he
ate three bowls so I guess the jambalaya was to his satisfaction.
A bowl of jambalaya
is a warm and hearty ending to a very winter kind of day.
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