Sleigh bells ring, are you listening…in the lane, snow is glistening…a beautiful sight…hmmm, hmmm, hmmm…walking in a winter wonderland. Humming continuing…oh hiya, Elsa here. Welcome to this week’s edition of Nature Friday.We’re once again joining our pals from Adventures of the LLB Gang. Don’t forget to click on the link to see what others have posted.
You know how often we’re whining about lack of moisture, right? Boy howdy…did Mother Nature finally decide to turn on the faucet. Before the temperatures decided to hover in the mid-20’s, a soft misting rain fell, later joined by wet slushy snow. The snow has barely stopped and Mom tells me the forecast is calling for another 10 inches between now and early Sunday morning. I asked her, where are you gonna put all that white stuff? She just groaned and shrugged her shoulders. Rude!
Wilson: Oooh, oooh, is it my turn, yet, huh…is it?
Elsa: WAIT! Sheesh…talk about ruining a perfectly good intro.
Wilson: But…but I waited while you opened and even let you post the first photo. I’m so confused about the rules for our Friday posts since they seem to defy precedent.
Elsa: Get used to it. Changes are in the air after this week’s ‘happening’ of which we shan’t get into, but I’m sure everyone knows to what I’m referring, so I’ll just leave it at that. And no, this isn’t some sort of Ninja logic…I can’t help but wonder if logic just became extinct this week but this is a pet blog, not some political podcast so let’s just get started. Ok, House Pony?
Wilson: Yeah, I’ve noticed Mum has the sads and wondered if that’s what’s been bothering her. I hope she knows we’re here for her.
Elsa: Of course we are and with your pet therapy skills, I’m counting on you to really step up. I can’t wait four years for her to smile again.
Wilson: I’ll do my part and with your help, we’ll make her feel better even though she won’t to be able to affect the political world around here. Luckily our state passed sweeping changes to codify some of the social issues in the state constitution. But because we’re a pet blog, that’s all we will say for now. Let’s move on to Mother Nature and what she unleashed on us the past couple of days, shall we?
Elsa: You got it, brother. So I already alluded to the heavy wet snow that’s been falling for the past day and a half. I think we had about 6-8+ inches so far. Hard to tell because with that heavy snow, there has been a lot of leaf drop.
Wilson: Boy, you can say that again. Leaves have dropped along with the temps after they were heavily coated in a layer of white stuff. Sadly, some of that droppage has included lots of tree branches with it. Mum was out at midnight and at 4:00 AM, trying to shake snow off branches and various wires for the past couple of nights. But first, let’s share a couple of pics from last weekend.
Elsa: Wow, those seem like such ancient history. Fast forward to just two days later and you have this.
Wilson: Righto. Talk about a huge change.
Elsa: It sure was pretty.
Wilson: Pretty but deadly. As we were doing our morning constitutional in the dog run, Mum heard a loud crash and walked out front to this scene. A huge limb came down, blocking about 90% of the street. She went over to talk to the guy who lives in the house to see if there was anything she could do to help since she had just obtained the name of a licensed tree trimmer the day before.
Elsa: Yikes! So that’s why she was gone for so long. She told me the guy said he’d talked with the police department and they indicated they would send someone out to clear the street.
Wilson: Mum knew that would take hours, if not days but the Ranch is on a great block and the neighbors came out, one with a chainsaw, and between four of them they managed to cut up and move the pieces out of the street. They worked like beavers taking care of that huge catastrophe.
Elsa: When everyone works together look what they can accomplish that’s positive and divisive. Oops, there I go again injecting a political slant. Sorry. It’s going to be hard to remain objective I suspect and hope people don’t take offense.
Wilson: It’s hard not to but I’ll be here to gently remind to stay above the fray, deal?
Elsa: Deal. I just hope I can keep up my end of the bargain.
Wilson: I’ll be patient and gentle, I promise even if I feel the same.
Elsa: So with the colder temps, it’s making things really interesting. Our Catalpa tree leaves keeps making funny noises.
Wilson: You can say that again. It’s been dropping frozen leaves like bombs. Luckily no tree limbs, just tons of leaves. Normally these leaves hang around longer than most but the weather did a major number on the tree. We were lucky, the neighbor across the street, lost a huge limb, just barely missing his car. Everyone in the neighborhood is on high alert and with parking always at a premium in this dense neighborhood, it makes things interesting.
Elsa: I can only imagine. I know Mom had a hair appointment scheduled yesterday and fortunately the hairdresser’s salon in only a couple of miles away so she walked over there and it gave her a chance to see how other people fared. It was a bit of a war zone out there.
Wilson: Crikey…glad she didn’t take me with her. I’m still not comfortable around garbage trucks and the sound those broken tree limbs must make. I’m grateful to have been spared that outing, though I’m beginning to get a spot of cabin fever.
Elsa: Yeah and my weary bones won’t be happy in icy wet snow either. Mom said she was going to bring out the puzzle snuffle mats so we could exercise our minds. She said something absurd about not wanting us to cause mischief. Mischief? Us? Bwahahaha!
Wilson: Well you know me, if there are treats involved, count me in!
Elsa: {eyes rolling} Of course you are but it’ll be good for some mental stimulation. Let’s leave everyone with a few pretty pics and not just carnage, shall we?
Wilson: Happy to oblige.
Elsa: Those are lovely, House Pony. I just looked outside, and it started snowing again. But we hope whatever you do and wherever you are, we hope you are safe and warm while still enjoying all that Mother Nature provides us. To those who share Mom’s current inner anguish, please know we are with you in spirit. Let’s continue to be supportive to each other.
Hugs and tail wags 🐾
Mee-yow Elsa an Wilson an Miss Monika it lookss liek you dived innto Winter pawss ferst! You have snow an wee not seen a flake! It rainss allmsot efurry day….iss dreary an cold…..CATFISH! Eether bee Autumm or bee Winter…not sumthin inn beetween. Lovelee fotoss of yore nayboorhood tho’!
***nose bopss*** BellaDharma an (((hugss))) BellaSita Mum
Thanks dear BellaDharma and BellaSita Mum. It was a very weird snowstorm for November but the several days since have been more seasonal and sunny. It’s been in the 50’sF and the snow has mostly melted. Everything got a nice drink. Looks like no snow in the local forecast for the next week.
It’s still unseasonably warm here, but I’m not complaining, I still have so many leaves to rake and bag up! But your snow sure looks pretty!
Thanks. It was quite the storm for the first storm of the season. The snow did a number on the leaves and lots of branches-it’s going to take a while to get through the clean up.
That is a LOT of snow for the first snowfall! But a skier’s dream come true!! We had buckets of rain and a lot of high winds. There are a lot of branches down in my backwoods area, thankfully no limbs or whole trees.
A lot and very, wet. that said, yesterday was nearly 60ºF and this week will be sunny and dry. Good thing too, there are lots of downed tree branches that need to be cleared.
Sleigh bells?……I’m listening.
😁
All we have to say is that we are sooo jealous! Snow is our favorite thing and we just love winter. All we have is sloppy rain and falling leaves. We are really hoping for some big snowstorms this winter but for now it is staying too warm which is sad. Enjoy what you have there and send any extra snow to our house. We always take snow.
You guys would love it! 10-12 inches of wet snow. It was crazy! Storm has moved out, but hopefully it’ll veer northward.
I’ll keep my fin gers crossed for good weather and good politics! 🤞🤞🤞
Thanks. I have a feeling the good politics will be on hiatus for the foreseeable future.
…an exceptionally enjoyable trip through the wet snow while keeping your powder dry …nicely done!
Charlee: “What’s all this then? Nothing happened this week. Nothing at all. We’re not sure what you mean. Nope. Just a perfectly ordinary boring week. Yep.”
Java Bean: “Ayyy, something sure happened, don’t you remember on Tuesday our Dada was kind of banging his head on desk over and over and ov—”
Charlee: “NOTHING HAPPENED THIS WEEK.”
Java Bean: “But—”
Charlee: “STOP TALKING!!!”
We join your Dad in the head banging and we’re not talking about heavy metal.
Not had snow for a few years here. Normally it’s March or April 😀
Those are usually our snowiest months but with this storm, I’m wondering what will happen then? Eek!
hay ewe dawgs 😺‼️ oh em cod….thatz way two much snowz, two earl lee in dee seezon…itz knot even “skip de turkee and eat yur pie day” yet….sorree two see that pawsum awesum tree come down….may bee it had de “sadz “ two…yur mom
noez why ~~~~stay safe and pawz crozzed de snowz stop 🧡💛🤎❄️❄️
Thanks, kitties-no snow right now but we may get some more later this morning. Our mom was up at 4 AM this morning (what the dawg?!) shoveling. A tree on the edge of the property lost several big branches and she had to drag them around to the driveway where she’ll cut them up later. It’s gonna be a busy day outside we think. We hope you have a good weekend.
Your fur-iends,
Elsa & Wilson 🐾
Thanks, kitties. Sorry for the delayed comment. WordPress got confused and we didn’t see it. We’ve been snow free now for a bit and are hoping some comes soon for Santa Paws. We like it better than wind and brown leaves. 😉
WOWZERS gang! Winter has done a pretty good dump of snow on you already – we’re still having ridiculously warm temps here (except this morning finally) and a major drought. The world is crazy (and not just in the weather department!!!!). Anyway, the snow looks pretty and hopefully it won’t be too much to put up with for you all. It looks very “Christmas-y”…….
Hugs, Teddy and Mom Pam
Indeed the world IS crazy. Just spent nearly 2 hours shoveling super heavy, slushy sidewalks. Had at least 3 very large limbs break on an elm tree. It’s a pain (literally) to move those branches out to the alley and I’ll have to cut them down first. It’s gonna be a busy weekend, I guess and I’m not even doing any Christmas shopping. 😉
That’s a lot of snow. Here in Texas we rarely get snow but I love to go ski in Colorado. Our late Leonberger dog Bronco loved snow but he did not see it often.
The ski slopes are opening early and super excited about the dumping we’re getting. Those of us in the city, not as much. 😉
Omigosh, that’s a lotta snow! (Don’t strain your back shoveling, Monika. 😉 )
Have fun with the puzzles, you two. 🙂
Thanks, Eliza. Yup, the snow is picking up tonight. Conditions are pretty ugly. It’s a weird storm so early in the snow season. Enjoy the good weather on the east coast.
Oh no, not snow, brrrrr humbug!
LOTS of it, and it’s quite wet. But it should clear out by the end of weekend. 🤞🏼
It’s almost all melted now here…let the clean up begin! It sure was pretty while it lasted, wasn’t it??
xoxo,
Rosy and Sunny
Very pretty but still snowing, and snowing hard here. Hopefully by Sunday things will be much better. Stay warm.
Hi Elsa, Wilson!! The Z Kids’ mama here. I most certainly share your mom’s anguish, so am very happy to have my hooligans with me. And am glad you are there for your mom, my friend!!
We’ve had temps in the low-to-mid 70s for the last several days but only just today did we get sunshine as well. Yet, I just saw a blip on my phone screen saying there’s an “autumn storm” heading east. Oh Geez! We don’t need any. more. storms. in this part of the country after Helene thank you very much!!
Our Mama is more than just a little verklempt. Thankfully we’re doing our best to help her. This is likely to be a wide ride with lots of bumps but it’s good she has friends like you. Thanks for being there for her.
We sure hope you don’t have more storms but do hope you have a great weekend.
Yikes! Glad no one was injured. XO
Thanks, it’s definitely a miracle. Have a great weekend.
The snow shots are amazing. That downed tree limb being cut up and moved must have made everyone feel better. More snow coming. I hope you all stay warm.
Thanks I ran to the store early this morning just in case things get as bad as predicted and you’d have thought it was end times. But hopefully everyone will chill out if they’re driving. With all the new people moving here, 99% of them don’t know how to drive in bad weather. Oh heck, what am I saying these new folks don’t know how to drive. Period. 🤣 Have a great weekend.
Not only stay warm but stay safe too. Maybe a weekend in might be a good idea. 😁
It would, but Wilson is scheduled for a groom and we’ve waited for over 6 weeks. I just hope I can get out of my driveway. 🤞🏼
That is so typical. Positively have to go out and a snowstorm approaches. 🙄
Exactly! 😵💫
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Wow im not ready! It’s 70 here! Chester is good at therapy too, when he’s not chasing bunnies. Or squirrels, chipmunks raccoons or deer.
70? As in degrees? Oh I’m so jealous. Give your sweet boy and extra ear rub from me. Have a great weekend.
it has something special to see the snow on the trees what wear still leaves… maybe we will have all seasons in one now? hugs to you all stay warm and have a comfy weekend…
I’m all in favor of a ‘little’ snow to get in the mood for the holidays, but think Mother Nature mis-heard me. LOL Here’s hoping we survive the is wonderful and da Phenny is getting better.
Sending hugs. We’re still having unseasonably warm weather although it’s started to crank down. Not likely to get snow this month. Then again, weird things do happen as we’ve all seen.
I can’t remember so much wet snow this time of year. Guess I should expect weird weather these days. Enjoy your unseasonably warm weather and make it a lovely weekend.
Everything is weird these days.
And likely to get weirder…in all ways.
Wow, snow! It’s good to have our pets and nature to help us stay calm and grounded during difficult times. Finding myself doing a lot of gardening (and yoga) this week. Sigh.
LOTS of snow. I don’t recall this much wet snow for so many days in a row. Yoga…maybe I should start up again. Does it help?
I think so, the gentle, breath-focused practices are good for a little self care!
Yikes! A snowman header already!
Good that the neighbours co operate…wait for someone official to act and you could be there for a long time….
Stay warm.
I know, it does seem a bit premature, but then again 8 inches of white stuff and counting…what else could I do.
Have a good weekend, Helen. Ear rubs for the Thugs.
Wow – what a change in weather!! We are super dry here in PA and could use some of that moisture, but I’d opt for rain rather than snow right now. I’m with you feeling concerned about the next few years. Got used to sanity during the last four. Sigh.
I know the east is in a big drought and have been hearing stories about wildfires. The earth’s weather is just so weird anymore and with the new administration, it’ll likely get worse. How in the world did we get in such a geographical mess? Try to have a good weekend. I think some moisture may be on the way.
It is, indeed, a big mess. I’m just gonna go curl up with my critters.