A BUSY DAY

We got the ceiling done over the bar today - I should say installed because it has been done for a few days but we have been too busy to install it.  I will get a good picture to post - the ones I have taken already just done't seem to do it justice - I can't get a good angle but I will keep trying.
I filled up the wood box and the wood stand in the work out room, cleaned out both stoves, chopped some kindling because I was almost out. That is my work area in the picture. It is right beside the drawer that the kindling goes in so I don't have far to travel.   I don't know where I will do it next year when my new floor is down.  I can chop all I want on the cement floor now. I burned my burnables and cleaned up the place.  Played on the computer and walked to get the mail.  We are expecting a dumping of snow tomorrow - some Colorado Low or something like that.  We are going to clean the snow off the roof covering the veranda.  It does seem to be accumulating.
Maybe I'll have to blow snow again :S

FEED THE FISH!!!

This is what happens when you have some spare time and you get a bit creative on your blog.  This is a gadget that I have seen on other blogs but never knew how to put it on mine.  If you put your "mouse" on a certain point, the fish will come to it and if you move it, the fish will follow.  I know, a bit hokey but it is fun.  I also changed my background design.  But just for a while - I like the other one but I will leave this up for a bit.  Enjoy!!

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

I got to blow snow again today - we got about 3-4 inches the other nite and more is expected on Wednesday (now we get snow) so it was decided I would blow today.  I grabbed a beverage, took off my coat, changed into my hikers for better control on the hydrostatic control and hopped into the cab.  Rejean had already got it warmed up for me and moved his truck out of my way at the garage - that is where I start...I have to follow the existing routine established by Rejean for all those many years up here.  I am ok but sometimes I feel I am getting too close to the ditch so I panic and stop and then try again.  And I don;t do the straightest of lines so...I have to do it again.  Mr Picky tells me to do it again straight this time.  OK I will.  It's all fun to me and I must admit it looks a lot better after I have redone some areas.  It is all in the routine.  I have to direct the blower certain ways - away from the wood sheds, and windows and trailers, sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left and the control is sooooo sensitive - you just touch it and it moves.  As I said in the beginning, practice will make perfect!!
See Ya Bye

A WORK OF ART

The North seems to attract people with a lot of talent - we have people who sing, bake, etch glass and stone and quilt.  Joy is one of the lucky people who happens to be very good at quilting.  Bob commissioned a piece for his garage door and this is the finished product.  Linda, Diane and I headed over to Bob's on Saturday to see it.  And it is stunningly beautiful.  Every panel has surprises - the panel in the middle is of a moose and the 4 corners have deer, bear, wolf and elk (I think).  The material chosen just sets off the theme of the piece.  Joy stitched all the panels and some equally talented friends of hers put it all together.  The reverse is of a camo design that is just as intricate as the front.  It is a work of art and these pictures do not do it justice - you have to see it in person to truly appreciate the work and talent that went into it.
Well done Joy!!!

THIS COULD BE TROUBLE

Maybe it is better to plead ignorance...but maybe not.  Now that I know how to blow the snow, I find it fun.  I don't mind that they are predicting more snow next week because I am prepared.  AND with the new tractor  cab with heat, stereo, drink cup holder and hydrostatic controls,  I am in heaven.
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow...
See Ya Bye

ps - that is me in the tractor, just in case you didn't notice...

RON'S PRIZE

We got the call at about 6:30 from Ron to come over and see what he caught.  We knew it had to be a big one but we didn't even imagine it was a big walleye - we thought maybe a lake trout but no, it was a walleye.

31 1/2 inches in length
17 1/4 inches in girth
and weighing in at a hefty 10 pounds 11 ounces
caught in Jobam 1 at about 5:30pm

He was in his ice hut alone when it hit.  Thank goodness he had a gaff handy to help get it thru the hole.  It is all wrapped up in the freezer ready to take to the taxidermist.

Nice Fish Ron!!!

WHAT HAPPENS AT THE LAKE...

...certainly doesn't stay at the Lake.  I had to go on a beer and wine run to the Post today.  Keith was there by himself as usual on a Tuesday afternoon.  I entered the store and he greeted me with his usual "Alias" - that's his name for me.  It's a nick name from when I first moved up here and I got a package delivered to me in my real name.  Keith didn't know my last name as that - he thought I was using my married name and he didn't know who Janet S---- was.  When he found out he got a good laugh and said that that name was just my "alias" hence, the nick name.  Anyway, he knew that we hadn't got any fish the day before.  I said the minnow I put on live in the morning was the same one and still alive when I left in the afternoon.  He laughed.  Everyone knows everything up here.
Tomorrow I have to varathane new stuff that Rejean did today.  The bulk head at the back wall is being worked on and it's my turn to do my thing.
See Ya Bye