First, thanks for the comments. I am feeling better this week and am back to eating 3 regular meals a day. Looks like this particular health episode is over.
Today is Super Bowl Sunday and the game starts at about 4:30 PM our time. Locally this has caused quite a buzz with parties, sales, and media coverage of even the most inconsequential details of the Broncos football team. Seattle is picked to win by 3 points by many of the odds-makers, though, and that indicates it should be a close game. We will see.
Pam has been looking at house interiors for ideas. This living room, from a house for sale near Lake Tahoe, caught her eye:
Comfy living room. (Realtor photo.)
This place features stone walls, windows and open areas, ideas we find attractive. Leather furniture is definitely not in our future, but there may be a way to replicate the feeling on a smaller scale and with other cabin furnishings. At this point we’re starting to put together things we like — we’ll eventually try to incorporate as many of these ideas as we can into a floor plan and design for a house on the lot.
Locally, last Friday the area set a snow-fall-for-the-date record. The past record was 2.3 inches and the new one was 5.7 inches. Not a huge amount, but it was a heavy, wet snow that was difficult to shovel. I fired up the old Gilson lawn tractor and used it’s blade to clear our driveway and sidewalks, then did the same for our neighbors up and down the block. (At which point the local “plow” came by with it’s blade to clean the streets and pushed the snow up onto the sidewalks again.) Yesterday and today the high temps were above freezing so some of the snow is already beginning to melt. More snow is forecast for this week, though. February and March are the biggest snow months for Colorado so I expect to be using the Gilson again in the near future. At least the ski areas are doing a thriving business, and the snow pack in the mountains is above average, so the Spring melt should bring this area some much-needed water. (Unlike California’s water situation.)
There really is not much going on at the moment that is noteworthy. Pam and I are very busy at our jobs as is normal for the beginning of a new year. We haven’t been out much and I have not been touring on my ATV for a while, so no trip reports to write up. It is a slow time of the year!
That’s it for now. Thanks for looking in!
Pam’s Two Cents Worth:
Jer is feeling better. However, I’m thinkin’ a colonoscopy may be in his [near] future.
More snow on the way is depressing, but hey, it’s not getting dark till almost 5:30 p.m. — that’s progress. We arrive home from work in the twilight instead of full dark.
I’m going to try to work on a cushion for the glider, maybe Jer will sneak in another picture at some point. Watch this space.
Happy trails.
An interesting Super Bowl — a defense vs. offense struggle.
Far less enthusiasm in Wisconsin than Colorado, though I’m sure a few will be watching ex-Badgers Wilson for Seattle, and Montee Ball for Denver.
I’ve been watching Nome, Alaska weather lately — the jet stream’s been flowing from south-to-north up the Alaska coast, into the Arctic, and back down into Canada, Wisconsin, etc. Nome’s been in the 30’s, 40’s, and even 50’s, but is forecast to fall into its normal mid-teens by mid-February.
Hopefully this means drought relief for the west, though a bit less snowfall in the Rockies. The Midwest appears to be headed for the 40’s — still several weeks away, and at least one sub-zero spell in between…
The photo shows a definite western motif, similar to several resort lobbies that I’ve been in. If not leather furniture, then perhaps massive wood-framed?
The days are getting longer, which gives us hope that the snow will eventually melt. Locally, it’s been snow-covered since before Thanksgiving — getting a bit annoying…