Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening. It was a nice calm day today. I managed to burn off some of the wood I have been pulling off the pond. Unfortunately, I can’t seem to keep the chain on my EGO electric chain saw. I must admit I have probably cut more wood with it than was ever intended for it to cut. I will probably buy another one then you can count on this one finally working right. The chain just doesn’t function correctly, it falls off. I bet they are making new ones as I write this. Unfortunately, probably in China.

I managed to get most of the branches that were sticking up out of Mud pond removed. I was working on those at the edge where the blowdown occurred when the chainsaw decided to not function as desired. So I “harvested” what I had cut and took it up on the hill where the rest of the wood is stored. There it is waiting to be split.

A New Chair

Carol here ~

We have had this Canadian Glider that belonged to my mother in the corner of our living room since we moved here. We like the size of it as we have limited space but it was a pain in the neck (for real) when trying to look out the window at the pond.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening. Beautiful sunset on Saturday before the temperatures began to drop. 

The weather here has been rather cold and extremely windy. We had to remove most of the bird feeders for fear they would blow off and come through the window. Some parts were already separated in the wind. They are still on the ground where they landed. Too windy out there for me. I can feel the house shake during many of the wind gusts.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday, I think. I think I have less of an idea what day it is than normal this week. 

Christmas and New Year have come and gone so maybe now there will be fewer sale emails. But wait if you hurry there is enough time to save a bundle. I sure did save, I deleted the emails. That way I saved even more. I figure if I didn’t know I needed it until you told me how much I was saving I probably don’t need it anyway.

I think that the warmer weather is about over, all the snow is about gone around here. The ice became water covered and is open along the edge in many places. I rather doubt it will stay that way very long as the forecast is that we are headed back into a deep freeze. That will cause the ponds to grumble and grunt as they refreeze. The noises created are often quite loud and sometimes continue on for several seconds. The rumbles are occasionally followed by a loud crack as the ice shifts to make itself more comfortable.

Carol here ~

I hope you all had a happy Christmas week.  We celebrated with the family on Saturday at Lucas and Vanessa's.  

Snacks, gifts, a late lunch of chicken on the grill, roasted potatoes and veggies, yeast bread, applesauce and too many cookies!

Here is the yearly photo of the grands.

L-R Evan, Kailey, Parker, Jakob

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday, the day after Christmas. I hope you all enjoyed the day as you wanted. 

We spent the day here at the house. I finished quilt #36 in the morning and added to the skating area I have cleared on the pond in the afternoon. The ice is so smooth just anywhere I want to shovel. I probably won’t clear any more though as I don’t use it after clearing it off. Maybe someone else will, the path goes over to another house on the pond where they often skate. Time will tell. 

It’s supposed to rain on Sunday and Monday and again later in the week so was probably just an exercise in getting exercise. Being someone who judges his day with what accomplishments I made, for now at least, I can look out the studio window and see what I did on Christmas Day. 

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday. It was a crisp and clear albeit windy day. Very windy. I went outside for a while but it was way too windy around the house as I was afraid my boney butt would blow away. If it were to have blown me onto the pond I would have gotten wet, as the edges of both ponds have open water. More on Mud pond than on Green. This morning I could watch the water rise and fall as the wind caused the ice to bounce up and down in time with the wind. The water has risen some but it is hard to determine how much. I would guess it has risen between one and two feet horizontally with the rain. With the ground frozen more of a rain event ends up in the pond. Hopefully, water level does not rise much more before winter really arrives. You got it time will tell, TWT.

Tonights sunset was pretty.