Misc weather blogging

The heavy snow collapsed part of the red, despicable hedge.

I suppose a bird could sneak under the snow to get into the bluebird house for shelter.

The junco doesn't need snowshoes.

More Friday cat blogging

PuddyTat in her box.

Little One on the cathouse roof which has become Dude's personal space. Dudie doesn't look pleased and LO looks apprehensive.

Dudie inspects the control for his heating pad.

Ice

Great year for ice. Lousy year for roof.

Friday cat blogging

Tom headed for a sniff but Tim discouraged him.

Tom and PuddyTat are watched by Little One.

Little One is getting to be a big boy. He also seems healthy now with fewer fleas for some reason. He seems to have a very feminine head for a boy cat.

Friday shuffle

1. Daydream Believer - Susan Boyle
2. Have You Seen Her? - The Chi-Lites
3. Bach: B minor mass, Domine deus - Rilling, Gachinger
4. Barber: Violin concerto, I. Allegro - Stern, Bernstein
5. Billy, Don't be a Hero - Bo Donaldson & Heywoods
6. Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann
7. Nashville Skyline Rag - JD Crowe
8. I Wanna Be Loved By You - 20s recording, no vocal
9. On Wings of Song - Zamfir
10. Here Comes the Sun - Richie Havens

And even more birds

More birds

Curves

This is the Curves I go to. Not many of us there yesterday when I was. The megaphones along the ceiling on the left represent women who have attended more than 400 sessions. I have one of them. A couple of ladies are beyond 2000, I believe. The wall on the right has news about members.

Birds

A New Year Prayer for some of us...

God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
The good fortune to run into the ones that I do,
And the eyesight to tell the difference.

More snow photos

I walked up to get the mail and took some photos along the way.

Our road looking toward town.

My neighbors' house. Santa is still on the porch. The pole leaning against the swing blew down in a windstorm a week or so ago. It used to hold a flag.

A dock belonging to the people who were going to build on this lot but bought a house up the road. This lot is now for sale again. Yea.

Snow on lilacs.

Looking up my driveway to the big house.

This was taken earlier. The snow is now to the top of each tread.

And at home

So far the temporary cathouse cover is holding up. Praying it continues to do so. Glad it is channeled plastic rather than the usual shower curtain stuff.

Little One visits Dudie every day. Here he watches the rest of the world from the cathouse roof. He and PuddyTat are the only cats I see out and about. She leaves if anything unusual happens. She is still very antsy from when I took Little One to the vet.

Went to church slowly

It was a little slippery this morning but the roads were navigable with care. The snow wasn't blowing as much as it was New Years Day. 21 others made it to church which surprised and pleased us. The photo, by the way, is a color photo. Certain Christianists would love the whole world to be black and white all the time. I'm happy it isn't even tho I love snow more now that I'm retired.

Another snowy morning

We have lots of snow - almost up to the top of my muck boots but I haven't measured. The tops of a couple of the feeders are frozen so I couldn't get them off. There are 11 in all at the moment so the birds won't starve.

This is the view from my yard to the neighbors. Pretty, isn't it?

A mouse has taken up residence in the wren house on the left. No, that isn't a mouse eye. It had already run. I hope I can capture it with the camera eventually.

PuddyTat seems to have accepted Little One finally. I think the two of them spent the night together in Dudie's larger box on the middle shelf of the cathouse. Little One is the only feline who has been out cavorting in the deep snow so far today.

Prayers for Dudie, please. I hope to be able to lure him far enough into the kitchen that I can capture him Monday then take him to the vet for the final, perhaps only time.

Friday shuffle

1. Beer Barrel Polka
2. That's All - Ray Brown Trio
3. Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
4. Rock Me - Steppenwolf
5. Donde Esta Santa Claus - Straight No Chaser
6. Don't - Elvis Presley
7. Shine - Jesse Stafford Orchestra
8. Got To Be There - Michael Jackson
9. Berlioz: Requiem, Dies Irae - Norrington
10. The Burning Babe - Taverner Consort
Extra: Remarkable Girl - Ted Weems Orchestra

Friday cat blogging

This is Paz, one of the three felines who live where I had New Years Day dinner. One of the other two is sick and the third has never revealed himself to me.

New Years Eve 2009

Part of the gang celebrating New Years Eve 2009 with friendship and laughter. May those of us of faith have a blessed 2010! May all of us find much laughter, fellowship and love despite what life hands us in 2010!

Temporary

It would be nice if the wind would stay away and all this would just freeze in place for awhile. If I could figure out how to anchor the bottom of the panels about 3 feet off the ground, I'd have this finished.

Snowy morning

Stop the bullets. Kill the Gun.

HT to Ann

The marriage problem

Once upon a time people didn't move much. It was not unusual for someone to live, work and die within 50 miles of their birthplace. The major worry when crossing state lines was during the holidays when the police would watch for Pennsylvania residents returning from Ohio with booze which was much cheaper there. Not only would a fine be levied but the cargo would be destroyed. Ouch.

Times have changed radically. People freely move about the country. Educational diplomas are honored everywhere even tho each state determines its own requirements. Driver licenses and car registrations are honored until the person can schedule necessary tests and file paperwork. Nobody needs to get remarried in the new place of residence.

Wait a minute. What's that? Some marriages in Iowa, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and DC, not to mention Canada or Spain are not valid in Pennsylvania?

What if you had to pass a test to prove that you graduated from high school? What if your driver license was invalid and you had to give up driving until you passed the test in the new state or using the car until you had the new license?

It's time to pass a federal law making marriage in one state valid in all. If a couple is married, they are married. Period. While individual states may discriminate against who may or may not marry there, they should not be able to discriminate against other states any more than they can say that an educational diploma is invalid from state to state.