Family Sunday

Mr Karate, Rubylocks and Little Miss went to the Botanical Gardens yesterday.

This is what it looked like out back on Friday morning. We got about three inches more snow yesterday. Today we are supposed to get another 3-5 inches and overnight, another 8 to 12 inches. We might have another 1-3 inches Monday. (Did you add that up? It means 12 - 20 inches before the end of the day on Monday. Add that on top of the 17" we already have. And we are supposed to get more on Wednesday and Wednesday night.

Mom did the groceries on Friday night, but decided she wanted to cook some lamb shanks today, so she ran to the store just before dinner yesterday. It was a madhouse. The place was jammed and there were long lines at the cash registers. This is because everybody and their brother was there because they wanted to stay inside during the snow on Sunday.

Have I mentioned lately how glad I am to be a cat?

Tuxie Tuesday

We woke up to snow yesterday morning.

There wasn't a lot of it. Maybe three or four inches, but Mom said it was like everybody forgot how to drive in it. There were lots of crashes and fender benders. Mom heard on the radio that one of the state's big snowplows (imagine a gigantic dump truck with a snowplow on the front) was seen on its side by the road. I'm sure glad I wasn't around when that happened. It stopped snowing about mid-morning, and Mom said the sun was out by mid-afternoon.

When Mom got home from her day-hunting gig, she took this picture so you could see how fast the snow melted.

Yup, that's weather in New Hampster for you.


Happy Anniversary Mim-may and Pip-pay. What is it, twenty-nine years? Concatulations!

Spring-y Saturday?

Yes, this is what you think it is.

I'm going to take a nap.

Snowed In Sunday

 I've had it.

This is looking out the kitchen window.  (Yes, I know the pile is bigger because the snow was pushed off the roof, but still.) The indoor/outdoor thermometer is buried in the snow, and is registering a "toasty" 27.5 degrees F, but Mom says it's really 17F outside.

The snow is so deep, it covers the bushes outside the front window.

We don't have a carport, we have a car tunnel.

I surrender.

When will the snow STOP?

There's No Place Like Home Sunday

Yup, there's no place like being in your own house (even if it's a kitty condo).

or on a nice soft, warm fleece pillow next to the heating vent, nothing beats being home.

The storm did a lot of damage. Lookit this tree we can see right outside Mom's studio. It fell against the carport of the house next door. There are lots of broken trees everywhere.

Almost Wordless Wednesday

Yes, it's what you think it is.

Dammit.

More Damn Snow!!!

LOOKIT!!!  MORE DAMN SNOW!

Mom got sent home from her day hunting gig after lunch, and she said it was terrible driving. She said it was almost "whiteout" conditions. She took this picture about 2:15 PM today, our time. We are supposed to get MORE of the stuff during the night.

Where am I, you ask?

Napping under a quilt.

I'm no dummy.

Crap

I mean, SNOW.

Oh No, Sn..... NO!

Yes, that's snow outside.

Tuxie Tuesday

 This is what it looks like outside this morning. The snow is still here. It will melt, of course.  Practically every tree in the neighborhood has lost branches. It's a pretty sad sight. Mom has seen rows of trees with devastating damage.

This tree is about half a mile from my house.  Many people in New Hampster do not have electricity, and there are entire towns without it.

Mim-may and Pip-pay will be coming over later with Missy-the-Woofie because they still don't have electricity or heat at their house.

Snowy October Sunday

This is what it looked like when Mom got up this morning.  That's about a foot of snow. It's heavy, wet snow. It broke lots of branches of trees in the neighborhood.  We did not have the innernets or telephone until after lunch (which is why I am posting so late.) Mim-may and Pip-pay do not have electricity.

More later.