Well done...

[alexpgp]

The day started early, with a call from my neighbor, who provides my driveway-clearing service (with occasional help getting vehicles unstuck from anywhere along the path). After churning up the bed of the driveway, we decided that discretion was the better part of valor and left the car at the bottom, just off the road.

I managed to complete somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 source words today, which is pretty good.

Then Natalie and I took the car out for a spin, which was not really any kind of big deal, since all of the local roads (including the one our driveway spills out on) were pretty much clear. Our primary objective was the grocery store, since the weather dweebs promise something just short of the end of the world tomorrow.

Upon returning home, we put some rice on to cook and then prepared some port and mushrooms to go on top of it, with some sauteacute;ed asparagus on the side.

I took the opportunity to whip up some "Vesper" martinis that I learned about in Fleming's Casino Royale, and although Natalie deems them suitable for "growing hair on your chest," I find them an acceptable alternative to the traditional gin-and-vermouthd concoction that I learned to appreciate at my stepfather's knee, so to speak.

Tomorrow promises to be a snowed-in day. With this is mind, I hope to dispose of the translations I'm on the hook for, and then spend the rest of the day in the kitchen. Natalie has expressed a desire for pilmeni, and I can only second the motion.

Cheers...

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[vuzh.livejournal.com]

I've been wondering how it's been down there in the South. CPR's been predicting snow "of epic proportions" with forecasts of six to eight feet. I've been in four+ feet of snow, and that's pretty epic, I can't even imagine six or eight feet.

Meanwhile, those of us along the Front Range continue to be bone dry. I've been strongly considering trying to run the lawn tractor so my plants don't die... Maybe on one of these warm days I'll do it.

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

It's been very strange down here. The precipitation over the past 5 or 6 days has alternated between rain and snow, and the air temperature at our elevation (around 8000 ft) stays high enough that the snow finds it hard to stick on bare ground.

The "epic proportions" language is straight out of the National Weather Service office in Grand Junction, which is too far away from us to offer advisories, warnings, etc. that will do us much good, generally speaking.

A couple of years ago, the snowfall around these parts was so abundant that people were going up on their roofs to remove the snow and thus reduce the structural load. What was curious was that in any cases, folks were forced to dispose of that snow by throwing it to the side and up.

How does running the tractor keep the plants from dying, by the way?

Cheers...

[vuzh.livejournal.com]

I think 9000 feet and above was the elevation I heard cited for predictions of getting "the worst of it".

When we lived in the high valley above Estes Park, we saw one snow storm that drove us up to the roof with fear of a collapse. Those kinds of storms are nothing if not memorable.

How does running the tractor keep the plants from dying, by the way?


Ah, sorry for the confusion. I meant one of those travelling sprinklers, like so: