A Little Bit of Snow Day -

I guess the winter slow-down is in full effect here.

That whole "There's nothing you can do about it so why don't you just relax?" kind of suggestion has popped up more than once.

You know me!  I can't relax - relaxing is a waste of time.  I'll relax when this life is done and over - and not before then.  Not while there are things to DO.

As to The Hubster - He knew my "things to do" were going to include the need to go down this drive, and to get back up it again when we were done - which gave him ample opportunity to plow the drive, even with the small amount of snow that had fallen the night before.

There he goes down to that hairpin turn - and below that - the steepest bit of all.

There he goes!

You can barely see him behind those trees - and from there the drive continues downward toward the gate the the road.

The reason for the plowing - even with this amount of snow?  Snow compacted by vehicle tires quickly becomes ice hard and then the getting back UP the drive becomes a problem.

Remember my years of having to park the van at the bottom of the drive to be chauffeured up by Razr to get back to the house? All of these things were pre-tractor.

And pre-Subaru - which is preforming wonderfully.

Lola, all "tucky-feeted" and basking in the sunny spot while all of this photo taking was going on.

It was a quick trip, really - I needed to get the mail, retrieve some packages that had been delivered to the front door at the Inn (UPS can't make it up our drive so we have everything delivered there - easy.) fill some outgoing orders, drop those off at USPS and also take care of this miss:

I should have done this by video - but didn't think of it fast enough.

Tula comes running from her little heated house as soon as she hears me call her name.

The snow wasn't nearly as bad down at the inn as it is higher up the mountain where we live.

We have a routine - she comes running....

Flops over and squirms in happiness showing her warm belly -

Does a couple of roll-overs - 

chirps and meows -

And shows  me to her empty food bowls for a refill, purring loudly all the way.  Silly girl! 

We made a repeat trip in the evening to pick up yet another package that was delivered later in the day as we didn't want it sitting on the doorstep overnight.

She was disappointed when I gave her a small handful of treats instead of completely refilling her food bowl. LOL!

This morning we'll repeat - that rolling over belly while making biscuit paws is just too cute.

What else can one do on a slow-down snow day?

Yes, the deck is still covered beyond my window but will be melting today. We are expecting 49 by 2pm! YAY!

That also means that the finishing of the terraced steps will also recommence.  

Finishing side 1 of round 2!

My hoop where I left it last night, about to turn the corner.

What to watch!

The man who Invented Christmas on Prime.  LOVED IT!

In 1843, a struggling writer named Charles Dickens was under pressure to produce a new book in time for Christmas just six weeks away. He had success four years earlier with “Oliver Twist” but his subsequent efforts had not been well received. He decides to write and self-publish a new book, “A Christmas Carol.” 

Drawing on observations from the streets of London - watching a wealthy man’s funeral that no one attended - and being visited during the writing by his own eccentric father, plus drawing on remembrances of his own childhood of poverty, factory work, and debtor’s prison, in six harried weeks Dickens writes the story that has come to define the spirit of Christmas. 

But is this film historically accurate? 

Actor Dan Stevens (Charles Dickens) said, “Frankly, whether it’s historically accurate I’m not that concerned about. I was interested in that moment of the creative process, watching a great man struggle – to me, that's dramatically and comedically interesting.” 

We really loved it - that's all I can say.

Today while things melt I'll be making my way back to the QPO Studio (And Tallulah Tula Lou) for another round of desk duty.  Friday's  Indigo Way  Part Five is up on deck - I need to work out any step out photos I didn't take while the quilt was in progress, write it all up and get the PDF made.

Tomorrow is for proof reading - so today is the day it gets written in earnest.

How about you?  Christmas Eve is drawing nigh!  What family traditions do you have for Christmas Eve?

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

In the midst of the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, this year I am focusing on gratitude.

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How about you?

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Enjoy your Wednesday, Everyone!