Art Of Work
I was hard at work today. In fact I will admit, today it wasn’t fun working at the playground. Snow everywhere, ice everywhere. Hard work. But the snow still gorgeous and the animals still wonderful, so it’s not like it was horrible at all.
The trickiest part was just getting the doors open.
Ęsel, the free roaming bunny, came jumping out.
Nina didn’t come running though. I thought maybe they had put her inside because of all the snowstorming. But she wasn’t inside either. I found her in the rabbit house instead. She has a special entrance on the roof there. When I was done with all the work I wanted to take her with me inside in the main house, but she wouldn’t let me pick her up. That bummed me out. My feet were so frozen that I knew I’d have to sit down inside for a while to warm them up, and I figured it would be perfect to have Nina to keep me company. But she was very adamant about it, so I had to go back alone. I sat for a while on the couch with my legs under some great big pillows. Then I heard some soft mews from outside. And there was Nina, standing at the door. I guess she had a change of heart. So I let her in and she started eating from her bowl. I sat back down on the couch. And when she was done eating she came to me and jumped up and sat on my stomach. If that doesn’t warm your feet, what will?
It all went reasonably ok. Hard work, but I got it done. Now I was planning to relax tomorrow. But I got a call from Jannie. She asked if I could feed the animals tomorrow again since she had to go to work and she was getting stressed out because of the weather. I kinda felt like saying no. I think I will be tired and sore tomorrow. But what can ya do, I’m just too nice a guy. So I said yes. It’ll be easier tomorrow anyway. Now that I have cleared some paths and there will be no new snow.
I think it’s raining now actually. A little. Maybe the whole place will be frozen solid in ice tomorrow. Haha. Well, I’ll see. I’m sure I’ll survive.
S’more snow pics:
And also, a snow video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=E4nxJVCqgs4. It’s not really that interesting. Just me walking in the snow. But you can see what it looks like where I live. In case you wondered.
That’s all folks. Hope you’re enjoying your weekends.
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Current music: Explosions In The Sky – So Long, Lonesome
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February 25th, 2007 at 0:20
I read this post & watched this video with interest. It triggers some snow and shoe related questions. With all this snow, does everyone wear tall boots? And if so, are they outdoors boots worn _over_ regular shoes or are they boots that stay on as shoes? You cannot wear a regular shoe in this, can you?
In my climate, we can count on about 1/2 inch of snow per year — and when it happens, we are all so flummoxed that the whole city closes. Fact: we wear flip-flops for eight months of the year.
February 25th, 2007 at 0:56
Our power has been off for 2 hours and is back on now. For how long, I don’t know. It is raining hard with some thunder and we’re to have severe thunderstorms and more ice tonight turning to snow after midnight. Maybe we’ll have “thunder snow”. That’s when you have thunderstorms, lighting, and SNOW. Really freaky the first time you go thru it.
ANNIE: I wear waterproof hiking boots when I’m in snow/sleet/ice/rain. They’re what I wear to work They aren’t fashion boots which other people wear then change to regular shoes when they get inside to work. I wear like a work boot in the winter since it’s cold, too.
Other people wear rubber boots or overshoes (over normal shoes) to do chores outside (like feeding goats) or if they work outside. Btw, I live in Iowa. I’m ready to move to flip-flop land with you right now though!!
What about you, Plume? Do you wear boots? I liked your snow video, but I was surprised there was no narration or sub-titles. Like this is my door, this is my sidewalk, this is my mail-box, this is a tiny snow cave. You need to practice if you’re going to be our dear danish goat boy TOUR GUIDE OF THE PLAYGROUND! Come on, I need to hear you say SNOW in Danish . . . please, please, please, please. No pressure here, Plume!
February 26th, 2007 at 22:13
Annie – Well, it’s possible to wear regular shoes as long as you keep to the places where the snow isn’t too deep. If you look at some of the snow pictures then you’ll see people walking in the roads. The sidewalks were just completely buried in snow, so everyone would walk in the road where the snow had been cleared more or less. For my “expeditions” outside I had to wear rubber boots, because I was trying to get out where the snow hadn’t been cleared. But today when I went to work for example I wore normal shoes. I think generally though the normal thing is a sort of cross between shoe and boot. Not tall boots, more like shoes but then they go up a little bit higher than normal shoes. If that makes sense.
Even though we’re pretty used to snow we still often end up with problems, especially in traffic. The train system grinds to a halt pretty much every year. “Oops, it snowed. How could we possibly have foreseen that?!”.
Debster – Thunder snow? Hmm, I’m not sure I have ever experienced that. It sounds kinda cool though. At least to me haha.
I don’t have any boots. At all. For my snow picture expedition I actually had to comandeer my mother’s rubber boots. They’re too small for me though, so I couldn’t wear layers of thick woolly socks. Which made it darn cold.
I’m sorry there was no narration on the video, but I had to make sure that you could hear the sound of snow crunching under my feet! I tried passing notes, but they kept blowing away in the wind. Yes, that’s my excuse. I’ll see if I can come up with some audioriffic stuff sometime.
February 27th, 2007 at 20:52
Thanks for the explanations. I would be too scared of getting slush in my shoe to venture out in a regular shoe. I think I would wear a waterproof ankle boot with a giant tall rubber boot over it, then seal up the top with some gauze or something.
Meanwhile, I went barefoot for today’s yard chores in GA, USA. (no goats; just plants).
Yall keep warm!
February 28th, 2007 at 0:28
If I went barefoot now, I’d get a stick in my foot!
February 28th, 2007 at 22:29
annie – I get slush in my shoe all the time. Hehe. And yet I never get a cold. Go figure skate.
Debster – Stick with what you know! Harrrr!