Friday

The snow is melting, but the weather has been very very cold the last few days, so it isn't melting fast enough for Mom. The temperatures should be getting back to normal soon so there's hope it will go away fast.

I am fine. Last Sunday Mom cleaned the house, and I mean CLEANED. She dragged the rug sucking monster all over the house and washed all my pillows, blankets and quilts. So I have been working diligently to recover all that stuff with my furs.

It's a tough job, but I like doing it.

Ain't Gonna Be No When When

Two weeks ago, it looked like this out behind our house.  Lots, and lots of snow.

Yesterday, after two days where the temperature went up to the mid 60's and up into the low 70's (18 to 21C), this is what is left.

It was so warm Mom opened the door to the front porch and left it open all afternoon. She had other windows open too.  In fact, it was 68F here in New Hampster, and it was 48F in the City of Angels in Catifornia.  Very, very unusual for February.

This is the front garden, seen from our front porch. Not a lot of snow.

Not that I am complaining, really, but it does mean there won't be a When When Contest this year. Mom thinks this snow will all be gone in less than a week, as the daytime temperatures will be well above freezing for the next five days.

I guess I'll have to find something else to do.

Terrible Thursday

This is what it looked like when Mom got home from day hunting last night. The weather guys say we are supposed to get as much as 1 - 3 inches overnight. We'll see what it looks like in the morning, but Mom has already said a lot of the werds on the bad werds list. She put her snow shovels and windshield scrapers and brushes in the shed the day before yesterday.  She had to get them all out again!

Mother Nature sure does have a funny sense of humor.

 This is what it looks like outside this morning. Thank Bast we didn't get three inches. I think Mom might have exploded or something.

Mom's not too worried though. This is the weather report for the next few days. (Notice how the temperature never gets below freezing for any of these days.) Mom says it will melt, and it will melt in April. Mom has NEVER seen any snow on the ground in this area in May. In the mountains, maybe, but not here, in Southern New Hampster.

Of course, she's never seen a purple cow either.

Thursday Three or Four or Five

Dear Cosmo, I am sorry to tell you that because there is still snow on the ground, that you are not this year's When When Winner.

Remember, this view faces East. Here is what it looks like when we look outside the windows at the other end of the house, facing the hill and West. The hill doesn't get much sunlight because of all the trees.

Looking out the windows from the studio, there is still a lot of snow there too.

These windows face South, but there are a lot of trees in the way.

 That's the kitchen window above that big pile of snow, and our side door just beyond it. The kitchen faces North, and this snow will be among the very last to melt.

Although the carport is no longer a car tunnel, there's still a lot of snow there too.

When will it all melt? I dunno. We'll have to wait and see!

Numbers, Shmumbers

The Sixth When When Contest is officially ON. Now we are waiting to see when the snow will be ALL GONE.

The first When When Contest was held in 2008. Since then the contest has been held five times. Two years, 2010 and 2012, we did not have enough snow to run the contest. Here are the winning dates for the years that the contest did run.

2008 - April 12

2009 - April 3

2011 - April 11

2013 - April 9

2014 - April 11

Three of these dates have not been selected by anybuddy.

If you selected one of these days, it doesn't mean anything. The snow will melt whenever it melts and there's no way to figure out when that will happen. Last year the contest ended on April 11. Five days later, on April 16, it snowed.

Mom says if SHE had entered the contest every year, she would have lost every year, so it's gonna be interesting.

Stay tuned, folks.  Here's what it looks like outside this morning.

The earliest guess for this year's When When Contest was March 23.  We've got a little over two weeks until then.

I'll be watching.

Millie Monday

 Don't forget to enter your guesses for this year's When When Contest.  Please enter in the comments of this post!  And Noela, I have decided you can enter even though you are a hooman.

We had a little bit of snow last night, and although it might be sunny tonight, we might have more snowy and snishy weather this week. (sigh)  Actually the snow doesn't bother Mom so much as the cold does. She wants normal March temperatures. And sun. Lots of sun.

Enter the contest here! It's easy and the contest is fun. Check back every day to see when the snow will go away! Be a When When Watcher!

No power, No turkey

Yes we have snow. Lots of it. But we don't have electricity. So the fancy dinner Mom planned will not happen at our house. 

Stay tuned. 

 Hey Mom, hurry up. You have to post photos of the snow for today's blog.

Lookit how much the snow is melting.

We had a frost overnight, but no snow.

We still have enough of that. I am sorry, but Mr HB White, and Mr OB Kitty, neither of you has won the When When Contest.

It is supposed to be 52F (11.11C) and sunny all day today. It is supposed to be 63F (17C) on Tuesday. Do you think the snow will last that long? 

Sunny Saturday

This looks great! Mom and I both love the sunny day, the blue sky and the warm temperatures. I hope the snow melts FAST. Well, actually, I am more interested in the ICE melting from the driveway and the parking lot out back.

Mom fell again today. She took one step out the door and slipped and fell on the black ice. She was not a happy camper. She did not think the ground was covered with ice. Mom got up, came back inside and got some of the ice-melt pellets and spread it out.  Then she went out food hunting, and now she is back home. She says her butt hurts, and she's going to do some sewing. She has some ideas for a wedding quilt, but she hasn't shared them with me.

I am napping.

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.

Millie Monday

Hahahaha! Monday's are for doing whatever I want!

First Day of Spring

It's the first day of Spring. Can you tell? (snicker) We got 10 inches of the stuff (25.4 cm).

Yuk.

Thursday Thought

There is still snow out there, but Mim-may and Pip-pay have their electricity back, and so do a lot of Mom's fellow day-hunters. The broken tree branches are being removed, and the kids are back in school. Mom says it's almost back to normal. Normal is good.

Snow When!

Monty and I have decided that since the snow is at his house (and not mine), we will have the When When Contest in Mary-land.

Here's how it will work:

Sometime on Monday, MomBean will post a picture of the snow at their house.

The cat, woofie or bun who guesses the date when there is NO MORE SNOW when MomBean looks out the window will get a prize.

Every day MomBean will get up and take a picture of the same view and post it on Monty's blog. On the day she wakes up and THERE IS NO SNOW ANYWHERE IN THE PICTURE will be THE DAY. If you guess the EXACT day, you will get a prize. If NOBODY guesses the EXACT DAY, the cat who guessed the day CLOSEST TO the day, but not AFTER the day, will get the prize.

Here are the rules:
1. Each cat, woofie or bun gets ONE GUESS EACH.
2. Guesses must be in the comments of this post
3. Deadline is Midnight Wednesday February 17, 2010. (So when it isn't Wednesday anywhere in the world, the voting will be over.)
4. You have to have a blog, or leave some way for us to get in touch with you, so we have to know who you are. If you have a blog, you're good to go.
5. It's my our contest, so if I we wanna change the rules, I we can.

This year's When When Contest will probably be a quick contest, not only because Mary-land doesn't usually get -any- snow (and this year they got Snow-mageddon) but it's usually a lot warmer in Mary-land than New Hampster. Nobody knows how long it will take the snow to melt, so we don't have any idea what dates might be the best.

The prize will be treats, some of the famous evil little chocolates, and bragging rights!

Have fun, and good luck!

What Snow Sunday?

Can you see the difference in these two pictures (aside from the sky?)

This first one was taken on Saturday morning.
The next one was taken this morning, Sunday.Can you see any new snow?

Me neither. Usually, when there is talk about a big Nor'Easter, we get lots of snow, wind, and drifting. As everybody knows, a big storm started in Florida on Friday, dumped lots of snow on Mary-land, Furr-ginia, Filla-delfia and Noo York. It was in Beantown this morning.

Here in southern New Hampster were supposed to get 6 inches, then 4 inches, then 3 inches, now maybe an inch of snow.

Mom says if you live in Noo England, if you don't like the weather you should wait a minute. Look what started while I was writing this blog post.
OK, that's it, I'm going to hide under the Christymas tree...

There is Still Snow Thursday

Pixel there is still a bit of snow in the picture, so you haven't won the When When contest. Sorry!I have decided that there will be a consolation prize. Even though the snow might disappear in this view out front, there is still a lot of snow out back, where Mom parks the metal machine she calls Astro. As you can see.

When the snow is gone in THIS picture, the cat who picked that day will ALSO get a prize!

Woo hoo!

Go, Snow, Go!

Washing Wednesday

Maggie and Bert, can you see the snow in the picture? I can, and that means you two are out of the When When contest. Sorry.But there isn't much snow left on the ground... so I think we might have a winner very soon! Who will it be? Who will win the When When contest?

I have got to get ready...