A Mish-Mash of Pictures

I realized that I haven’t posted a blog in quite awhile now.  This blog is a combination of a lot of different pictures.  Let’s start.

This morning, when I looked outside, the fog was heavy.  The trees were covered in frost.  What a good opportunity for some interesting pictures.  Here’s the result of the pictures that I took.

The backyard.

Trying to take a close up shot of a branch. 

Looking up at a frost covered tree.  Nice effect.

Another close up of a branch.

Still another close up of a branch.  Very hard to get a good shot.

 

This is the choke cherry bush that’s in the yard.  It’s pretty much buried in the snow.

Next, we have a few pictures of the deer that are being fed on the yard.  It’s a pretty good Christmas pictures, as they are standing under a decorated arch.

We’ve been watching these 2 specific deer, since just after they lost their spots.  It’s nice to see them all grown up.

Christmas came & went.  The weather wasn’t too bad.  Pictures were taken, but not necessarily getting posted here. 

Next, we have pictures of Chance.  There always has to be some pictures of her.

A close up shot of her.

Cuddling with her blankie.

Cuddling with here blankie.  She was snuggling it a lot that day.

Another close up shot of her.  She really didn’t want to have her picture taken.  She wanted to sleep.

Relaxing half on the couch, half on the ottoman.  She loves relaxing like that.

This is Chance’s Christmas card.  It was sent to some of her online doggie friends.

Here she is, really comfortable.  She actually sleeps like this.

Relaxing on her couch, snuggling with her blankie. 

I made a photo Christmas card of Marty & myself.  This is the result.

That’s all the pictures, for this time.  Now, about our weather.  It’s been quite cold here since just after Christmas.  We’ve hit the –40C mark a few times.  We’ve gotten quite the amount of snowfall.  Snow has to be cleaned at least once a week.  Hopefully, not much more will be acquired, but that’s likely not going to happen.   The weather is once again going to turn cold.  Let’s hope that it doesn’t stay so cold for too long.  That’s all the news there is for now.  Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

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.