Snow Daze

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Yesterday, after we received a big snowfall, my neighbors discovered that their gas and string-pull snowblower wouldn’t start. They borrowed mine, a battery-powered model that starts at the push of a button. Snowblowing is wet work and often windy with snow blowing back into an operator’s face. Facefuls of snow are a necessary evil for snowblower operators. A battery-powered machine is easier to follow and blows as efficiently.

They did their driveway and mine, too. Arriving home from work late, I didn’t have to battle deep powder. Today, I’ll be using that blower down around the barn area. Since yesterday, I’ve been kicking pathways through a foot-plus of snow. Thankfully, I had the foresight to keep a big sled handy. Even using a sled to move hay to my horses in deep snow is hard work. Blowing the barn area’s rough pathways will make maneuvering easier.

Despite our cold weather and wet underfooting, it’s beautiful outside. I understand there are possibilities of more cold and snow coming through Sunday. Beautiful is good, as long as snow doesn’t pack and then just hang around. That happened a few years ago, when deep snow stayed on the ground, for weeks!

Dear Friends: At home on this day, I will be working and playing in the snow. Diana