💖 Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you have a sweet, red day! The cats got me a card. It dances and sings. What a hoot.

It was a beautiful sunny day! Well, it was on Wed., Feb. 12th. 

Then the heavens opened Feb. 13th, and snow poured down on us. School busses were cancelled, people were told to stay off the roads. We expect another storm this weekend, Family Day Weekend. Oh well.

Poor Labbit in the snowfall. Good thing she has a nice fur coat. 

 

The deer weren't amused. I didn't feed them until after I'd had coffee, breakfast, and shovelled. There was some impatience and gnashing of teeth.

They aren't tame, by any means. One of them, a dominant female, stomps and makes chuffing noises at me. I don't know where she thinks the food comes, or if she thinks I'm not fast enough! Deer make about 7 or 8 noises, I read. They grunt, snort, sniff, blow air, bleat, and bellow. 

Look at the first photo, nice clear sidewalk! 

It fell and fell... 5 cm per hour, for a time. 

My camera is cool, with two views it combines into one image. It was a Black Friday sale. It's weird in snow storms!

I thought you might like an action shot!

Taking my time, and breaking for water, I did half the sidewalk, used the snow blower, and finished the sidewalk. That was much better than yesterday, when I used the sled to move some things and had to stop as I nearly fainted. I was wearing snowshoes, too! It's tough walking in the snow.

The poor birdies, and squirrels. The bird bath was nearly buried. I dug that out, refreshed the water, and cleaned off the feeders.

The Junco population has increased to about 4 or 5. 

By late afternoon, the wind had blown snow off the trees out back.

Out front the snow still stuck to the trees.

Down I went, the snow, at 15 cm, was rather high and the first pass is always tough. Usually, depending upon the depth of snow, one must only blow half the width of the scoop. Otherwise it is too hard on the engine. 

At the end of the driveway, it's slushy. 

At the highway, it was pretty bad. I couldn't have managed with the blower. This is where the wind has blown it, as well.

The end of the 100m driveway is tricky. The heat from tires and friction melts the pile at the road. The blower doesn't like that slushy snow. I really had to work at it.

Now, if I assess my work, it would appear I am a bit wobbly! These aren't good, straight, clean lines!

Got it done, though. 

💝 😻 🥰  This is another image of the Valentine's Day flowers the cats bought me! Of course, they shopped the day before the storm. They are clever cats.