SNOW SCENE FROM OUR FRONT DOOR
NEIGHBORHOOD SNOW SCULPTURE - NOT IN MY YARD!!Hello friends. We survived the snowstorm and I enjoyed staying at home for an extra day. The 7 inches of snow that fell at our house was fluffy and light, never weighing down trees and power lines. Rick had filled several containers with water for drinking and flushing, but all amenities stayed in fine working order. Phone, TV and computer continued to work, so there was little to complain about.
Brown beans, fried potatoes and cornbread kicked off the first day’s menu. After that, leftovers and sandwiches took us through a couple of days until I fried white bass for a Sunday night snack.
There was a good crowd at Sandy Church Sunday morning as most roads were clear and Neal had cleaned off the parking lot. Sunday dinner at Bill and Mary Lou’s was served up, as usual, with fruit of the land and trees. I guess that squirrels could be considered fruit of the trees. There was a big mess of fried squirrel, squirrel gravy and mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, green beans, fluffy hot rolls and strawberry-rhubarb cobbler.
Monday morning I went to Combs Floor Covering to get a piece of vinyl for the log house bathroom and got a good fishing report from Norm. He has been putting a few Walleye in the freezer and that report may be just enough to give Rick Crum fishing fever.
In last week’s column, I had mentioned visiting with Rick Thomas at Spokane. Norm told me that he used to play fast pitch softball with the Thomas brothers and several others from Spokane. He mentioned the Pryor boys, Hosea and some other Bilyeu boys, also his cousins, the Combs boys from Spokane and probably others whose names I do not remember.
Neal was pleased with the piece of vinyl I brought back for the bathroom, so I was soon on my way to the office and he was tearing up Justin and Kasie’s bathroom. Kasie said it would be just like camping for the next few days as bathroom facilities will be outside.
I saw Ken Puchta helping Justin load some freshly cut firewood this morning, but when I came home tonight, it appeared they had been playing in the snow. There was a finely sculpted and molded snowgirl standing in Ken’s driveway, not far from County Line road. It was quite a shock and will be interesting to watch her melt away as tomorrow’s sun heats things up.
Kathy Bilyeu Idell sent me pictures of her daffodils peaking through the snow and that reminded me to watch for the first Trout Lilies of spring. There used to be a big patch of them out by our dog pen, so I will watch for them after the snow melts. Bye for now.
Brown beans, fried potatoes and cornbread kicked off the first day’s menu. After that, leftovers and sandwiches took us through a couple of days until I fried white bass for a Sunday night snack.
There was a good crowd at Sandy Church Sunday morning as most roads were clear and Neal had cleaned off the parking lot. Sunday dinner at Bill and Mary Lou’s was served up, as usual, with fruit of the land and trees. I guess that squirrels could be considered fruit of the trees. There was a big mess of fried squirrel, squirrel gravy and mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, green beans, fluffy hot rolls and strawberry-rhubarb cobbler.
Monday morning I went to Combs Floor Covering to get a piece of vinyl for the log house bathroom and got a good fishing report from Norm. He has been putting a few Walleye in the freezer and that report may be just enough to give Rick Crum fishing fever.
In last week’s column, I had mentioned visiting with Rick Thomas at Spokane. Norm told me that he used to play fast pitch softball with the Thomas brothers and several others from Spokane. He mentioned the Pryor boys, Hosea and some other Bilyeu boys, also his cousins, the Combs boys from Spokane and probably others whose names I do not remember.
Neal was pleased with the piece of vinyl I brought back for the bathroom, so I was soon on my way to the office and he was tearing up Justin and Kasie’s bathroom. Kasie said it would be just like camping for the next few days as bathroom facilities will be outside.
I saw Ken Puchta helping Justin load some freshly cut firewood this morning, but when I came home tonight, it appeared they had been playing in the snow. There was a finely sculpted and molded snowgirl standing in Ken’s driveway, not far from County Line road. It was quite a shock and will be interesting to watch her melt away as tomorrow’s sun heats things up.
Kathy Bilyeu Idell sent me pictures of her daffodils peaking through the snow and that reminded me to watch for the first Trout Lilies of spring. There used to be a big patch of them out by our dog pen, so I will watch for them after the snow melts. Bye for now.
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