{"id":28649,"date":"2023-11-04T10:04:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T17:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=28649"},"modified":"2023-11-04T18:55:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T01:55:28","slug":"nov-4-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2023\/11\/04\/nov-4-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 4 Snow Above"},"content":{"rendered":"

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dark outside. The snow clouds are thick. The furry things are fed. Even the outside feral cat who survives the coldest winters got a pile of food. I suspect there is still a feral cat in my garage. I thought I may have heard it this morning while I was retrieving 16 kg of cat food from the van.<\/p>\n

While I was out there, I did snap a few pics of my driveway. It may be the last of seeing it not covered in snow till May.<\/p>\n

I had some wood out there. I have some hope I can retrieve some before the snow. If my winter coveralls were dry, if my back holds out\u00a0 if my chest pains slow down, if my back pains lessen.<\/p>\n

Wow, I got discouraged typing that.\u00a0 Water for coffee is on the boil. Make that boiled, not really, but very hot. I am going to pour that over\u00a0 grounds,\u00a0 stir in powdered whole milk and enjoy that earned first cup of the day.<\/p>\n

I did look on Amazon for a stand for my drip coffee, they were all horribly expensive for what they were. So I do need to spend time in my shop with a\u00a0 hole saw and make one.<\/p>\n

After breakfast and vitamins, with coffee. Then I needed to get some work done. If nothing else, run the gen and top off my battery before the storm.<\/p>\n

With snow blowing around in high winds, there was no way my one-year-old temporary shelter would protect the gen.<\/p>\n

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\nWhatever I was going to do outside, it is too late. The snow has started. I ran up and started the gen. I didn’t even fill it. I had 3\/4 of a tank, it had to do. The wind would start soon. I think it will be enough to charge the battery. Sure could have used the second battery which has now arrived in GP. It will arrive here on Monday.<\/p>\n

The big snowstorm so far a thankful disappointment. It appears to be rain and snow mix. Maybe it will be better overnight. The battery is fully charged, the gen back inside. I am going to fire up the laptop after it charges a bit. Now is lunchtime.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The original from 1946.<\/p>\n