Feb 2 Groundhogs

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?

Percy Bysshe Shelley

How did groundhog day start. I decided to find out.

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Ok forget that I stopped reading when Gobblers Knob was mentioned. Punxsutawney Phil’s story wouldn’t be told here today.

I used a different method, I checked the far-reaching weather forecasts. It all looked mostly mild for the next two months.

I hoped that was true, my firewood was non-exsistent. I had a big pile of snow on top of the last of my wood, and I was sure that was solid ice.

I wasn’t even sure my good Samaritan could move it with his big machine.

The alternative wasn’t pretty. Hand cutting logs out of the pile with the chainsaw one at a time. Not fun, not pretty, hard on chains, hard on this human.

I just swept my fireroom and restacked the wood wet and dry. I was left with a 100 pound pile of debris, roots , dirt and much worse.

I restacked the wet wood closer to the fire to help it dry out more.

4 feet across 12 inches deep at the center

All the available wood I have left

I would burn the debris when it was warmer, until then I am sure the cats will find many uses for that.

I went out for snow. The air was still cold enough to bite my lungs. I would wait awhile before running the gen.

I just cooked a full container of plant-based eggs. I have to admit, they tasted good. The proportions for the price, not worth it. It was 7$ CDN for a small plate of eggs. The equivalent of two to three eggs.

When they lower the price, they will put egg ranchers out of business.