Good morning! Are you up yet? What's your plans for today?

[avator]

Just one of those things not included in the daily plan but always an option...

Betty Lou had the dogs out for a walk-a-bout. It wasn't long and they came in the house huffing and puffing.... SNAKE  SNAKE SNAKE..
 So I grabbed the stand by Maverick 12ga. , locked the dogs in the house and grabbed my Elmer Fudd hat.
Yep,up at the north end of the property sunning under the grape vines next the swamp laid a Moc... pretty good size one too... glad it was Rambo that spotted it and not Boss. Rambo sounds the alarm and backs off... Boss is stupid.. she goes into attack mode.
From about 5' I cranked one into the chamber and let 'er rip. He was coiled and got blowed into 5 hunks greasy, grimy snake guts... his head was nowhere to be found... I really don't think there was any head left to find.
So, Rambo got a cookie and an atta boy for the day.

[Bicycleman]

And what did Bill get for the fine shooting?

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Did some more yardwork this morning until it began to rain. Never ending... The place looks pretty good right now though.

[desmobob]

I woke to the sound of birds singing the last couple of days, but here's what it looks like right now in my neck of the woods...

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Just one of those things not included in the daily plan but always an option...

Betty Lou had the dogs out for a walk-a-bout. It wasn't long and they came in the house huffing and puffing.... SNAKE  SNAKE SNAKE..
 So I grabbed the stand by Maverick 12ga. , locked the dogs in the house and grabbed my Elmer Fudd hat.
Yep,up at the north end of the property sunning under the grape vines next the swamp laid a Moc... pretty good size one too... glad it was Rambo that spotted it and not Boss. Rambo sounds the alarm and backs off... Boss is stupid.. she goes into attack mode.
From about 5' I cranked one into the chamber and let 'er rip. He was coiled and got blowed into 5 hunks greasy, grimy snake guts... his head was nowhere to be found... I really don't think there was any head left to find.
So, Rambo got a cookie and an atta boy for the day.

I am glad I don't have to keep a look out for rattlesnakes when we are in the sixties or lower for a while.

[avator]

And what did Bill get for the fine shooting?

I got the pleasure of not looking at Boss for a week with her head swelled up the size of a basketball.
I'm telling you, that dog is a dumba$$ when it comes to snakes.

[buellm2]

Power came back on.   Only lost it for around 8 hours so no big deal.   I didn't need power (electrictricity) when I was out shoveling snow. 

[Blowpipe Sam]

Just one of those things not included in the daily plan but always an option...

Betty Lou had the dogs out for a walk-a-bout. It wasn't long and they came in the house huffing and puffing.... SNAKE  SNAKE SNAKE..
 So I grabbed the stand by Maverick 12ga. , locked the dogs in the house and grabbed my Elmer Fudd hat.
Yep,up at the north end of the property sunning under the grape vines next the swamp laid a Moc... pretty good size one too... glad it was Rambo that spotted it and not Boss. Rambo sounds the alarm and backs off... Boss is stupid.. she goes into attack mode.
From about 5' I cranked one into the chamber and let 'er rip. He was coiled and got blowed into 5 hunks greasy, grimy snake guts... his head was nowhere to be found... I really don't think there was any head left to find.
So, Rambo got a cookie and an atta boy for the day.

Nice shootin Bill!  You know my opinion of the slithering devils. But I’d have grabbed the .25 caliber Striker and some Crow Magnums.

[avator]

Thought about it but the Maverick was right by the door loaded and ready and the snake was at the other end of the property. Betty Lou and the dogs had already took the time to come get me so I grabbed the closest thing and went. I don't know how many times I have asked her to take a gun with her on her walks.... I think she finally got the message this time.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

I woke to the sound of birds singing the last couple of days, but here's what it looks like right now in my neck of the woods...

Gee Whiz Bob, I can relate to your pictures.

I don't expect to hear any song birds until May.

That's pretty much what has been going on around my area in Minnesota since the second week of November.

More snow is due here Thursday night and Friday.

With an normal average winter snowfall of around 45 inches, this year I've gotten around 93 inches of snow and still more to come.


Best Wishes - Tom

[avator]

Tom, that looks awesome.....  from here. 

Sorry Buddy.

[Madd Hatter]

Yep, the PICTURES of snow are pretty but not when you live in it.😂

[desmobob]

Gee Whiz Bob, I can relate to your pictures.

I don't expect to hear any song birds until May.

That's pretty much what has been going on around my area in Minnesota since the second week of November.

More snow is due here Thursday night and Friday.

With an normal average winter snowfall of around 45 inches, this year I've gotten around 93 inches of snow and still more to come.


Best Wishes - Tom

Tom,
It sounds like you had a more severe winter than usual.  We had one where the weather flopped back and forth.

I always loved living in the north... skiing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, ice fishing, sledding; fun stuff to do during the winter season.  As I get older, it gets far less appealing.  This winter was dreadful.  Every time we got a big snowfall, we'd get unseasonably warm weather and rain within a day or two.  The ice on my favorite lake never got thick enough to get out on it to ice fish safely.  I got out ONE time on the snowmobile. And I'm at the age  where I'd rather stay inside and cook rather than strap on the snowshoes.   

Think Spring!

Bob

[avator]

Good Morning...
The dogs did not get the memo about the time change. They started their antics at 3:45 this morning. Betty Lou's side of the bed is closest to the door and she answered the call this morning. I heard the commotion and got up, sent her back to bed and waited for the dogs to finish their outdoors adventures. By then I was too awake to try to go back to bed... best to let Betty Lou sleep.
So I fired up the laptop and paid bills.
Today is bulk grocery shopping day in the big city of Troy. Betty Lou made her shopping list yesterday.
One day this week I need to go see the tax man.
I expect we'll be home around 11am and after we get the groceries in and packed away I'll get back to the Daisy 880 revisits.
This morning started out near freezing temps but Riley Blackwell says we will be near 70 this afternoon.

[anti-squirrel]

You folks with the big snow...  I miss 4 seasons, but a point comes when enough is enough. 

Here in VA we have 2 seasons, Summer and non-Summer.  Not-Summer could mean 28* and calm, 52* with 30 knot winds (like yesterday), or a week of temperatures in the teens.  I'm one of those weird folks that enjoy shoveling snow, and ended up marrying a woman who also enjoys shoveling snow.  So when it does, we both scramble to get dressed and get out there.  Granted, if it was 40" of snow, I think we'd have at least one snow blower.  Probably an overpowered one at that.

Plans are... working.  I ran a migration yesterday that fell flat on its face at the last section of data, so today will be spent figuring out what piece of data broke the dang thing.  We tell customers to not make any changes to about a dozen data points out of several thousand, and yet they still do- then they grip about why we don't get projects finished on time.  Fixing the data is easy.  Fixing all the other data that depends on the data they "accidentally" changed is another story. 

I know- first-world problems.  I have a roof over my head, food in my belly, transportation out front, fresh water coming out of a tap, and money in the bank.  Life ain't hard- not by any stretch.  Depending on how I feel after work, I may work on the hallway, wrap up yet more drywall, or grab the wife and head out back and do some plinking.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Wednesday! Chillie & I got up just before 0500. We walked while I had my coffee. I’m getting ready to head out to work. I’m supposed to change out a compressor on a freezer, but I’m pretty sure I’m missing a part I asked for. I’m not doing the job until I get all the parts I asked for. So, I suppose after the supply house I’ll go do something else. 

[desmobob]

You folks with the big snow...  I miss 4 seasons, but a point comes when enough is enough. 

Here in VA we have 2 seasons, Summer and non-Summer. 

I think it was Mark Twain who said that New England has two seasons: Winter and the 4th of July.        Right about now, it feels like he might have nailed it.

[Madd Hatter]

Not much of anything.😡 Rain all last night and going to be all day long and probably tonight.🤬🤬

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I was up until 3:00 AM then woke up several times to a roar from rain pouring down. I just went back to sleep until I got up at 8:00 AM. I am glad I got all the green stuff cut that I got done Monday and Tuesday.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I got sleepy and went to bed at 11:50 PM and got up at 5:00 AM this morning. Nice, a good 5 hours sleep. I feel as good as I ever do this morning and I have my coffee and will see about coming up with a plan. My wife has her stitching group to go to today and will probably be gone until 1:00 or 3:00? (Depending what else she does with her sister or friends)

 I need to do the yardwork at our house in town again, and do repairs on the back lattice fence from wind damage. I have it propped up so it looks fine from the outside, but need to fix it right or replace it?