The snow blower

I thought I’d share a few videos with you.  These are from a snow blower that Marty had made.  The blower started out as a 24” walk behind & is now a 42” one that goes on the front of the lawn tractor. 

The 1st video is the very 1st time it is started.

snow blower running

 

The 2nd video is the very 1st time it is being used.

1st running

 

The 3rd video is the 2nd time it was being used.

2nd running

 

The 4th video is after a breakdown & a few tweaks.  It’s got a crank now for turning the chute too.  Look at the distance that it throws the snow.

4th running

 

The final video is of the crank.  The universal joint is homemade.

universal joint

 

That’s all of the videos of it.  Here are some pictures of what it started out as.

A carcass of a dead walk behind blower

 

How it looks, from back side, made bigger

 

How it looks, from the front, made bigger

 

The frame on which it mounts on.

on the frame

Mounted on the tractor.  It’s powered by its own 15 hp motor.

On the tractor, with the cab on.  Ready for snow blowing now.

Blowing the snow.

 

I hope that you enjoyed this.

A Quick Update

Just a quick to to say that all’s good here.  The weather is starting to cool down & the ugly white stuff will soon fall.

Halloween is just around the corner.  The 29th, tomorrow, is my birthday.  Happy Birthday to me.

 

Now, for Halloween…

And, a picture of Chance.

ok, 2 pictures.

A family picture from this summer.

And, a picture of the deer.

I was wrong, 2 pictures.

Here’s Chance sleeping.

 

 

Have a good weekend.

July has arrived

Well, it’s now July.  It’s already been a busy month.  1st, there was Canada Day.  We didn’t do much that day.  Next, came our 18th wedding anniversary on July 4th.  We had a BBQ on the 3rd with family & friends.  On the Sunday, the 4th, we went out for supper, just the 2 of us.  I’ve rebuilt a computer this month, already & brought it back to its home.  It’s working well now.  We’ve had so much rain, that now there are tons of mosquitoes.

Chance update:

Chance hasn’t been feeling quite like herself this past week.  Her tummy has been a bit “off”  I think that now, she’s starting to feel like herself again.

Here’s some new pictures of Chance.

Here she is, lying on the bed.  She didn’t want to get off either.

Here she is, in her kennel, playing with a soccer ball.  She had a lot of fun with that ball.

  

This picture was taken from above her.  She’s lying on her back.  She was really comfy.

My Flowers:

I’ve got a lot of flowers that are in bloom right now.  Here are some pictures of them.

A peony

Another peony, with raindrops on

A lady slipper.  This was growing wild in the back yard.

Another peony.

Not sure what this is, we were given it.  It looks pretty when it’s in bloom.

  

A yellow flowering bush.

A lily

 

A white tiger lily

A yellow lily

    

A bunch of white tiger lilies

 

A bunch of the yellow lilies.

A visitor:

We had a visitor one warm afternoon.

This young buck found a nice shady tree to lie under.  He was there for quite awhile.

 

Water everywhere:

We’ve had so much rain, that we’ve got water sitting where it usually doesn’t.

This waterhole is usually dry.  As you can see, it’s almost full to the top.  There must be at least 10’ of water in there or more.

Videos:

I took a couple of videos.

The 1st one is of Chance playing with a soccer ball.

 

 

The 2nd one, is of one of the Rainstorms that we had.  It shows how much rain had fallen, in a short time.

 

That’s all there is, for now.  Enjoy.

A Miscellaneous bunch of stuff

Here’s a bunch of different pictures, as well as a couple of videos.

We planted over 200 Iris’ a few weeks ago.  A few of them had buds on & this is what they looked like.

The lilacs are in bloom.  There aren’t a lot of flowers this year.  This one, stood out from all of the rest.  It normally is purple, with with around the edges.  It’s the only flower on the tree that looks the way it does.

Chance doing what she does best.

Here she is, just standing around sniffing the air & listening to the birds sing.

Eating kibbles.

Another pink sky

You just gotta love the sunsets. 

Now, for a couple of videos.

Here’s Chance, just standing around in her kennel, listening to the birds.

On May 24th, Victoria Day evening, we had a thunderstorm.  This was taken at about 11pm.  The storm was just getting started.  I went outside to take some video.  This is one of 4 different videos that I took.

That’s all for now.  All is well here.  Enjoy the videos, pictures, as well as the nice weather.