Poking Around Under The Hood
Doing some changes under the hood to the code and layout. If things appear wonky off and on for the next several days, that’s probably why.
We’ve had 14.5″ of snow since last night.
Fourteen and a half. Inches. Of. Snow.
The local Fox TV meteorologist says that it’s the seventh largest snowfall recorded for a 24-hour period since the State started keeping records. It’s a bit… much… even for us.
The wind was incredible, too, so we have some amazing drifts, a few more than three feet high.
Right now, Michael is testing out our new snow thrower, creating a path for the bunnies to get around the yard more easily to get to his shop. It’s a powerful but small electric model that is a replacement of the one we bought last year. That one had a factory defect, which made it eat its own drive-belts like candy. We finally boxed the thing up after repeatedly fixing it, shipped it to the manufacturer and asked for a new one. Within two business days we had a brand-spanking new replacement in our frustrated paws. That’s my idea of how customer service should resolve legitimate problems with defective items!
We filled the feeders before the storm hit, and I’m glad we managed to get that done. We had a rush of cardinals as evening set in, looking for dinner. They’re the first birds I’ve seen all day, as the heavy snow and winds have sent all the wildlife into deep cover.
One thing this storm has done: I always want a white Christmas, even if it’s only an inch or two of snow. It just makes it seem like “Christmas,” somehow, to have snow.
After today, I think that’s covered, for this year at least!
Tags: birds, bunnies, cardinals, Christmas, Customer Service?, feeders, rabbits, snow, weather, winter
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December 9, 2009 5:53 pm
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By Elyse, December 10, 2009 @ 8:17 pm
14.5 inches? Whoa! We had two inches of snow, then it slushed. Blech. Dropping to low 30s tomorrow but I’m okay as long as there is no ice in the forecast.
By JAS, December 10, 2009 @ 9:12 pm
The ice is predicted for Sunday here… That should be fun on top of the 14.5″ of snow. It took Michael over 4 hours to get the driveway and walk clear… And did I mention that it is -3F?
By Dan, December 15, 2009 @ 2:51 pm
*Sigh* Winters back.
By Moo, December 17, 2009 @ 10:15 am
I really really want to come play at your house. You can probably make the best snow forts and have snow left over for ammunition.
By JAS, December 17, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
Hey Dan, at least I heard you too got a snowblower! Yay! When are you going to train Abbey and Rudy to pull you on your skis?! That might make winter more interesting for the rest of us–even fun, as we watch you go sailing past down the street!
By JAS, December 17, 2009 @ 3:10 pm
Moo, you can come play in our snow forts any time we have packy snow. And build snow sculptures ‘n throw lots of snowballs ‘n never run out of the raw ingredients. Bring the family of course, too! We’ll teach ya how to play “duck duck goose” in a snow maze.