Winter isn’t done with Washington or North America. There is very cold air in northern Canada but it is moving eastward across Hudson Bay. Here on the Naneum Fan the highs are in the upper 30s and the lows just below freezing. It snows on and off, just enough to compensate for the sagging, so the amount on the ground stays about 10 inches. This past week brought about 5 inches that was cleaned off Friday \u2013 shown below.
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\nDeep snow, say two feet, is difficult for the tractor and blade-behind configuration. Then a front-end loader has to be used, and Allen’s is not enclosed as is the Ford tractor. While most folks on the Naneum Fan can go through 8 to 10 inches, visitors and delivery trucks cannot. <\/p>\n
I’ve kept the quail, doves, and song birds well supplied with seeds. The wood stove keeps consuming wood.
\nIt has been a slow week.<\/p>\n
There have been a large number of interesting images on the web. Here are three.
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In my case, it is the right hip and it just turned 80.<\/p>\n
Keeping Track
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John<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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