So, here it is, still February, and it has rained all day!
That means that, after digging out of two snowstorms by hand….. OK… not by hand…. using a shovel……, my newly-restored, über-expensive snowblower is now sitting in the garage as useless as wheels on a crutch!
You can’t make this stuff up.
The Augernaut showed up today totally reborn and working after the Snowblower Doctor fixed it. Here it is, purring away. Notice that the headlight is beaming.
DG, of course, is ecstatic.
I think that his smile might diminish when we tell him that there will still be walkways and sidewalks to shovel.
On Monday, while cleaning up the most recent storm leavings, the Augernaut spilled its oil out on the driveway and quit.
Yup. The Augernaut was gone.
So sad.
DG was devastated.
But I suspect that he is really mourning the additional time he is going to spend with his shovel.
Regardless, the Augernaut is at the Snowblower Doctor, and we are crossing our fingers for a good outcome.
I put new batteries in that thermometer, but unfortunately it was the thermometer that bit the dust, not the batteries. So I tossed it out and bought this new one.
It’s kinda cute…. and it works… and I like the temperature that it is showing me better as well.
But, DG thought differently and said that he could fix the old one. So he fetched it out of the trash and got to work.
A few hours later he gave up too.
Some things simply cannot be fixed.
How cold was it this morning? It was soooooo cold that the thermometer gave up.
See the one on the left?….. the one we have reporting from the garage…. it just gave up and quit.
Can’t see it? I have circled the “temperature” being reported from the garage.
The little lines mean that the thermometer has given up and is no longer reporting to the Mother Ship.
DG thinks that it quit in despair.
I suspect that the batteries went flat.
Whatever. It was darn cold out there.
It is still January, and here in New England we are very far from spring. But one of the plants in the basement has decided to push it a bit anyway.
That is a very blue flower.
The official name of this ambitious plant is convolvulus tricolor, also known as a dwarf morning-glory.
We just got our first significant snow of 2019. YAY!…. well maybe not “YAY!“….. maybe it should be more like “yay”.
Anyway, DG is cranked and ready to go.
He found all his gear….. his mittens and his boots and longjohns and puffy coat and he put them all on.
Unfortunately, now he can’t bend his arms to work the shovel.
Oh well. We handled it just fine using the Augernaut.
I have not blogged for a few days because I was building a shelf. I know that is a pretty lame excuse, but it really is true.
Originally we were looking for a piece of antique oak furniture to go into that corner, but due to the funky location of our heat/AC inlet (which is just under the bench in the corner), we never found anything suitable that would fit. It is amazing that those 19th Century furniture makers did not anticipate the configuration of our heating/cooling system.
So I made the furniture myself. I built the bench a year and a half ago, and just now I have finished the shelf to put our hats and coats on. Here is a closer look.
OK. That’s it for the “ho-hum so what” post. I will try to get back to more entertaining material shortly.
Be grateful that I do not posts photos of my lunch.
DG made a New Year’s resolution to exercise more, eat better, and try to lose some weight.
So, he ran off and found all of his gymnasium equipment… the weights and ropes and water bottles… he gathered it all up.
But then later, I caught him with this donut.
I don’t think that the word “exercise” is very relevant in this instance…. although I can see the effective application of the word “dumbell” here.
As for me, I always make the same New Year’s resolution…. to eat more fat, salt, and sugar and try to put on weight. That way, when I fail at it, it makes me healthier.
Here’s a new Scratch n’ Sniff post.
(Don’t do it)
I was shown this innocuous looking little plant.
I was advised to pinch one of the leaves just a little bit.
Then, take a sniff.
YIKES!
Skunk!
Ya. The plant smells just like a skunk. Ick.
To express my opinion of this plant, I have created my own, very mature drawing of stink lines.
I would rename this plant “Coleus Africanus Stinkzoidus”.
In case you really do want to look into growing a skunk in your house, here is what it is.
