1970's Photos. When they were young!

When Christmas comes and the kids fade out. The desired effect!

 Trolling for big fish!  Yeah, I know, somehow a summer picture crept in.

 Did you ever notice that the snow was always deeper when you were a kid?

 Why I was in shape back then!  An old saying carved in a mantel place "He who cuts his own wood is twice warmed"!

 Our old dog Pal, the best babysitter in town! He was a herder and kept kids out of harms way.

 Sledding was always popular around the Christmas holidays!

 For all you folks out there in blog land, have a GOOD day, and remember that most days are gooder than others.

It's been a rough couple of weeks! Frigid cold followed by above zero temperatures and foggy days. It was not good for taking pictures or being outside at all. I did get a bunch of carving done, hunkered down in my man Cave with the heater on full. I got lots done on the Northern Shoveler carving, and I may been able to post some progression shots later in the week.  I did get the dogs out for walks a couple of times just to burn off some of their extra energy, but again it was in the fog and cold. I am starting to dislike winter a lot! We have a freezing rain warning in effect and it has been raining and freezing so that most things are now ice covered. Hopefully, it will switch to snow so that we can get around by morning. We have a work party scheduled at the Church tomorrow to install a second level floor above the foyer. It's a big job with 40 foot beams and very long floor joists. At least the work is inside. let's hope we can get there!

Don't You Wish You Were Here?

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A period of very cold wind chills is expected. Very cold temperatures combined with light winds will create extreme cold conditions that will persist until late this morning.

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Wear appropriate clothing. - Always wear clothing appropriate for the weather. Synthetic and wool fabrics provide better insulation. Some synthetic fabrics are designed to keep perspiration away from your body which keep you dry and further reduce your risk. - Dress in layers with a wind resistant outer layer. You can remove layers if you get too warm (before you start sweating) or add a layer if you get cold. - Wear warm socks, gloves, a hat and scarf in cold weather. Be sure to cover your nose to protect it. - If you get wet, change into dry clothing as soon as possible. You lose heat faster when you're wet. Extreme cold warnings are issued when very cold temperatures or wind chill creates an elevated risk to health such as frost bite and hypothermia. Environment Canada meteorologists will update alerts as required. Please continue to monitor your local media or Weatheradio for further updates. If you would like to report severe weather, you can call 1-800-239-0484 or send an email to storm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports to #ABStorm.

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Sun Jan 4 8:05 AM

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Wyoming Hits -26°F in Arctic Blast; 3 Feet of Snow in Michigan's Upper Peninsula - A bitter cold blast of Arctic air more typical of late December is plunging south over the Midwest, and will immerse most of the eastern two-thirds of the country in December-like cold for much of the coming week. Casper, Wyoming bottomed out Wednesday morning at a numbing -26°F, their coldest November temperature since weather records began in 1937. Casper's previous November record cold temperature was -21°F, set on Nov. 23, 1985.
Laramie, Wyoming hit -22°F Wednesday morning, a record low for the date, and Yellowstone hit -20°F. The storm brought very strong winds with it, with several mountaintop locations recording wind gusts in excess of 80 mph earlier this week: 81 mph at Pikes Peak, Colorado, and 84 mph at Snowbasin, Utah. According to the Wednesday morning NOAA Storm Summary, a whopping three feet of snow (36.1") fell at Ishpeming in Michigan's Upper Peninsula over the past three days, and numerous locations in Michigan received more than 20" of snow, including Marquette (20") and Negaunee (32.5".)
Snow amounts in North Central Minnesota were as high as 16.5", and northern Wisconsin got a peak of 26" at Gile. The storm and associated intense cold is being triggered by an usually extreme jet stream pattern, featuring a sharp ridge of high pressure over Alaska and a deep trough of low pressure diving to the south over the Central United States. This extreme jet stream pattern is due, in part, to the influence of Super Typhoon Nuri, which caused a ripple effect on the jet stream after the typhoon became one of the most powerful extratropical storms ever recorded in the waters to the west of Alaska last Saturday. 

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I don't live in Wyoming or Michigan,or Utah  but I just have to say "Welcome to my world". It can be brutal and leads to hibernation. :-}

One of My All Time Favorites!, Or Why Running on Snowshoes is Difficult.

I was browsing through some old photos the other day and came across this one. Confidence is a great thing when you are a competitive person like my Grand daughter, but sometimes the confidence is over taken by a certain lack of skill. Running is easy if you keep your weight back. If not, then the toe of the shoe can dig in with this result. Not the toe down hole. She will probably try to get even with me for posting this, but I can't resist. Besides, I posted it about two years ago.