I suspect I might be hankering for the woodburning stove I left behind back East. After a few days of milder temperatures, the weather forecast called for rain and snow showers yesterday evening. Well by the time we went to bed we already had about 3 inches of wet snow per pictures. Just got up (2am) to let the dog out and we have another 2 or 3 and no power.
There’ll be a few downed limbs tomorrow, I bet.
Still no power but some lucky folk escaped apparently. Oh for a news station that over hyped this snowfall…
The photos are beautiful! Thanks for posting them.
Not for nuthin’ but I ran our last house mostly on a wood stove in the basement one year, and it significantly degraded the air quality around the house. It was an experiment, and I did not repeat it except when the power went out (all electric neighborhood) and there was no other way to heat the house.
After the fact I googled whether a wood stove does degrade the air quality and found that it does; I noticed it because I am on the verge of COPD (not quite there yet) and notice any change in particulate matter in the air. Mrs. Goofy is not so vulnerable, but even she remarked on a couple of occasions that her breathing was strained.
It wasn’t just inside the house. Even if all the particulate smoke goes up the chimney, it remains around the exterior until some good healthy winds blow it elsewhere; it did not help that the house was shielded by trees on all four sides.
In our current house we have two propane fireplaces and a propane stove, so in the event of power failures (same neighborhood) we rely on that instead.
Stunning pics, but my condolences on the outage.
I hope you don’t mind a personal question for your daughter. Was wondering what tends to be an appreciated token of appreciation to a vets office, for many years of taking care of a fur baby. Sorry for the OT, but you are the best person I know to ask.
IP
Thanks for the reminder: when buying a home pay more attention to the construction and utilities than to cosmetics (e.g. the countertops in the kitchen).
Yikes!
Wendy
Whatabout this one. Lovely to look at when a) you have power and b) there’s nowhere to go . Unfortunately, husband has a full morning of procedures that can’t be shifted at this late stage. So, photo #1 is a view to enjoy (facing West and the Rockies
#2 is the front of the house facing East and up our driveway…after I got my Outback onto the road, finally. Took a good unnecessary 10 minutes thanks to the nanny features that had the RAB system kicking in just on the point of me breaking through the wall of snow the plough left.
Mountain living has is challenges
Your house and your view is gorgeous!!!
We’re in Golden, Colorado. Halfway up North Table Mountain and the back of the house looking west towards the Front Range. It is lovely, no doubt about it…but this morning was a bit too challenging for my tastes.
Is that anywhere near Gold Lake or Golden Lake, CO? I was there for a week in the summer of 1987 on a corporate team building trip. I enjoyed that trip quite a bit as I recall!
I don’t think you can go wrong with Starbucks gift certificates. However, I’ll text her right now to ask.
Truthfully, the way that some folk have begun to act over the last couple of years and the initial novelty of a hospital that was there for them 24/7 wore off any show of appreciation would go down a treat. Even a nice note of thanks has become so unusual my daughter actually remarks on it.
We have a few artisan store in town…one of which sells handmade soaps and toiletries (that they make themselves)…I’ve just gifted a bunch of these to a couple of the internal medicine vets, techs and front desk staff (so they didn’t feel left out) My dog has just had a bout of pancreatitis and I got a bit of preferential treatment…rightly so as the dog is my daughter’s and she just doesn’t like to many children or other dogs around her for too long (there’s one of each at the daughter’s)
Here she is looking cute …but she’s a Basenji through and through
Edit…and I was right first time. I just texted and got a near immediate response…a nice review on social media. The only problem with actual gifts is that they need to be for everyone…which is fine if it’s a small practice and you can be sure you haven’t forgotten anyone. My daughter’s hospital is big so, even though I limited the goodies to the folk I knew took care of Rose, the rest (about 90% of daughter’s staff) couldn’t rightly feel miffed.
Quite the expressive face!
We have seen so many vets and vet techs over the years, so hoping for something communal.
TIA,
IP
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The only problem with actual gifts is that they need to be for everyone…which is fine if it’s a small practice and you can be sure you haven’t forgotten anyone.
Heh. The edit feature can make replies problematic.
I think we will just go with flowers, a card and a platter of cookies, as well as a review. They have been particularly patient with us this week.
RIP my little fur baby
11/26/2005-12/29/22
IP,
really missing the Pet Lovers board right now
Excellent choice. I was always happy with gifts such as this when I had the practice. Everyone got to share.
Condolences on losing the pupper. Always hard to say goodbye and get used to not having them around.
According to Google, Gold Lake resort is about 15 miles west of Boulder…which itself is about 15 or so miles due north of here. So yes, pretty close although I’d never heard of it.
There are lots of “Golds” of some sort around these parts because of the mining back in Days of Yore. Golde, though, is named after Thomas Golden…a miner from Georgia who supposedly was one of the first prospectors to find gold here.
I remember that the place was absolutely beautiful. Stunning actually since I had lived in a big city my entire life up to then. One activity was a “trust lean” … you had a harness connected to a cable behind you, and on a cliff edge (3000 ft drop they told us), you would lean over as far as you dared while your team mates held the cable keeping you from falling. This was the 80s, so yeah.
Update: The problem was so minor that the service tech and I were able to sort it out on a phone call at no charge. They were so swamped, they were glad to get out of a house call. One of the air returns is high on the wall in our bedroom. When the heat pump is running. it is taking warm air out of the room so for the past 7 years I have covered it up in the winter. This year with the extended period of sub zero temps the heat pump was running more and for longer times and that reduced air flow created a problem. Resetting the system and uncovering the air return solved the problem. I went ahead and cut a return closer to the floor too. That way the room has a winter and a summer return.
I just saw this thread and I am sad I missed out on the adventure.
We ended up traveling during the worst of the cold, but that was on I-10 and it was in the 20’s with not rain or snow.
Today, New Years day, the air conditioner is running in my condo here in the redneck riviera. It is so foggy I cannot the 100 yard fishing pier sticking out into the bay.
Cheers
Qazulight
Also across all of south Florida, the fog is thick. Very unusual!
A friend made a very astute comment … he said that we had all 4 seasons last week. And it’s true, started at the weekend with winter, then a day or two of crisp cool autumn, then a beautiful spring day, and then back to summer (85+humid).
