Keiichi seems to have finally integrated into the household as evidenced by the lack of pummeling that normally occurs. He likes roughhousing with Ignatius--who seems to put up with it pretty well. Ælfgifu has taken over the middle tier of the tower because K-1 likes settling in there and blocks her from getting up to the top of the tower. Josie ( Read more... )

Apparently, we experienced an earthquake on Friday. Kiera got a little upset just before we felt any effects--she stood in the foyer and started crying. A few moments later, we heard stuff rattling in the curio cabinet, and my sweetie claims she felt the tremor. I didn't really notice other than the noise. My sweetie frantically searched the ( Read more... )

OK. I like the look of this landscape better than what it was two weeks ago. My sweetie and I took a stroll down the street so we could admire the artistry of winter and check that nothing had fallen down with the snow and ice that hit us. The sleet packed everything down to about 3 inches, so our hoped for fluffy powered snow is a sandwich of ( Read more... )

Snow continues to blanket Ealdercote. The temperature dropped significantly, and now the roads are coated with snow (with a layer of black ice underneath, no doubt). I still end up telecommuting, and my sweetie has an "administrative leave" day thanks to her job being closed for the day. Working from home is very challenging. I know I am far ( Read more... )

Big, fat, wet flakes of beautiful white snow adorn Ealdercote, and more is on the way. The kitties are running rampant because the landscape changed colors overnight. There are still patches of bare ground but others have about 2 inches of snow piling up. The weird cycle of hot and cold has left the ground confused from a thermal mass standpoint ( Read more... )

Saturday was "running day" at the museum, plus we had a Visitation by a tour group of one of the NMRA divisions. Three of us spent the whole morning repairing rolling stock and locomotives, returning them to service. Then we had to clean the workbench. The people who have been using it over the last few months don't believe in putting anything ( Read more... )

Snow reached us at noon on Tuesday, so I drove home right after lunch. Considering it was starting to accumulate by the time I arrived home, I suspect Atlanta had already had significantly more than we did. Apparently, a LOT of people didn't think about the consequences of waiting until a significant accumulation had occurred before releasing ( Read more... )

OK. I got snow. That has fulfilled my need for seeing actual winter weather--although I might be more appreciative if it coated things a little more thoroughly and hadn't already mostly melted already ( Read more... )

If it is going to be this cold, I want snow. Not ice. SNOW. Even if it only lasts a day or two, I want the winter experience of the fluffy white stuff blowing around, making things look like a blank canvas, ready for painting into a riot of spring colors.

grumbleI just hope that our plants haven't frozen to death in the last few days. I moved ( Read more... )

I haven't been this cold since 1987.

I don't mind the cold, in general, but last night was actually painful. It was about 20 degrees when I tried to re-inflate my wife's tires, and frustration mounted as I managed to damage two of the electric tire pumps. The cold made the hoses and plastic brittle. I am most displeased ( Read more... )