Maybe...?

Look at this morning's sunrise...!!

It's gonna be in the mid 60"s today and there is NO snow in the five days forecast...

Maybe.....maybe...?

Spring is sticking around for a few days....

..Hope is Forever..

Up...up...and away....

The MaleChild is on his way to Buffalo, NY...

then on to the Canadian side of Niagara Falls  for a video game conference...

He's been playing the same game with the same people since he was in his teens and this was his big chance to meet some of them...

some are coming from as far away as Europe and New Zealand...

whew.....long flight for a video game...

..Hope is Forever..

What is it...?

It's a creepy..crawly..wheelbarrow..wagon..cart..buggy..

that has a motor...

When i asked the guys what it was..the answer was...

"Oh....we move stuff with it..."

OK

It's a stuff mover....!

I think it's another "big boy" toy...

we've got a lot of those up here at the mountain park..!

..Hope is Forever..

Snow...!!

Enough said...

..Hope is Forever..

See This...?

....this is what my park view looked like yesterday...

Now

Close your eyes and imagine it covered with snow...

1-3 inches...

that's today's view...

Maybe ..... we'll just skip Spring and move right into Summer....

Hummmmm..

..Hope is Forever..

Just When I Thought It was Over...

Just when I thought all the nastiness was behind us...

SNOW

Starting tonight into tomorrow...

AND

my internet at the house was not working this AM

I'm not sure which one i'm more upset over...

Well

I'll be positive-i'll believe the internet will be fixed when i get home

and

the snow will only be a dusting...

I'm ready for some butterflies...!!

..Hope is Forever..

Springgggggggg....!!!

Yep..!

Misskitty is watching the grass grow and listening to the birds sing...

It's finally here...

Spring

..Hope is Forever..

Bobsled teaming.....

Lead by the fearless Jamaican that lives in the Tom-Tom..

The ladies of the parks once again ventured down out of the mountains to a OA conference over at Haw River State Park.
Everything was going great and we were having great fun until we drove into the "Ice Storm from Hell" ..
The last 30 miles or so can be described by the picture above...
We got in the center lane...reduced speed way down....and let the rest of the world pass us by....

We made it....had a wonderful time.....learned lots of good stuff...and drove home to a sunshiny Carolina blue sky...!!
It's good to be home...!

Prayer request....please all of you out there in blogger land say a little prayer for the park lady that could not travel with us...she has been ill for the last two weeks and this morning i got word that she was admitted to the hospital...
Thanks

..Hope is Forever..

Yee Haw....

The Ladies of the Parks are on the move again...

It's a cold frosty morning here in the high county and we're heading east for another training session at Haw River State Park.

Pray for travel mercies......it's foggy....rainy....sleety...out there and according to the news/weather it's a little worst south of us....

Hummmmm

Mother Nature has really screwed things up...

Two....count'um....two days till Spring...

maybe the ice will melt by then...

..Hope is Forever..

what is going on...?

..there's rain..

..there's sleet..

..there's fog..

 

Hey...!...Mother Nature..!

I paid my dues last week.....i

I've got the receipt...!

Ohhhhh...Calgon take me away...

What?

No tubs in the house only showers...?!

Maybe i'll just mix up a bucket full and pour it over me...

..Hope is Forever..

Inventory Season....

Yep!

It's that time of the year again when absolutely everything must be accounted for....

Why can't the powers that be just take our word for it...

We're still here..

The buildings are still here...

The land is still here...

and we've got all our stuff...

"somewhere"

..Hope is Forever..

What Happened to Spring..?

And what did we do to tick ole' Mother Nature off this time...?

High today of 60 bright sunny degrees....

and then..

Low tonight of 18* with high wind rain and snow...

and then..

Tomorrow's high  32* with clear conditions

 and sun shine..

Mother Nature .....whatever evil cult you are trying to get us to join...

where do I pay my dues?

I'm tired of your raft...

 

..Hope is Forever..

Issues....

...we're having transportation issues...!

Last Thursday, after i had loaded the fur babies into my truck for a trip to the groomer...

I got about 1/2 mile from the house and my little truck started making a noise that sounded like a flock of birds were under the hood and they were not happy...

CityBoy was following me...so.. i pulled over and let him take a listen...

"Sounds like something is wrong (DUH)....follow me" he said...

And 

off we went to Big Dave the mechanic down the road...

"Hummmm...sounds  like your harmonica something-or-the-other is frozen and you probably need a new belt"...said Don/Darrell (not sure on which "D" he was)

Plus 

I didn't know my truck could play the harmonica....such a hidden talent...

Anyway

$306.00 later my truck was soundless once again..

And then...

CityBoy asked....."Could you look at my brakes?"

Guess where his car is today....

Yep....that's right

Don/Darrell at Big Dave's is a happy camper today...!!

..Hope is Forever..

You did what to the Clock..?

Feeling very dis-cum-bobble-lated this morning..

Can't seem to get the normal morning routine into gear...

Maybe

It's this time change...

Fur babies are still sleeping...they don't want to get up...

Hummmmm....

What a life..!!

..Hope is Forever..

Thankful Thursday...

Another beautiful sunrise..

Enjoy it today..

Tomorrow....rain...sleet...ice...

Ugh

..Hope is Forever..

15 days...

..and counting..!!

Come on Spring...!!

Come on Spring..!!

I don't care what that lousy groundhog saw....

Come on Spring..!!

..Hope is Forever..

How'd I Do that....?

Can you see it..?

No....not the nails i cut very short...

No...not the itchy dry skin...

I broke the tip of my ring finger on my right hand...

How you ask..?!

Well....i keep a towel on the sofa to catch all the dirt from the fur babies feet....

and in my haste to straighten up and settle down to watch the Oscars..

Seems i was a little too rough on tucking in the towel...

Yes....i broke it tucking in a towel...!

It doesn't hurt.....it didn't swell....i can move it...i can type with it...it's pretty much normal except it looks funny...

I have to wear a finger brace at night and use a nerf exerciser ball and maybe it will get back to where it should be and maybe not....

I think i need a big ole honking diamond ring to wear on that finger....

then i can tell people the weight is making it droop...

Sound good to me...

..Hope is Forever..

Got them all...but...one....

Since i was 16 years old and choose "In the Heat of the Night"..

it's been my personal tradition to watch the Oscars

(to matter how late they are on)

Having seen none of the 9 movies, i forged forward and tried to guess the contents of each envelope before it was read...

Nailed it.....except for Best Actress....

Sorry...but..

.. Meryl Streep can do no wrong and if she's in a film i vote for it...!!

And now for an encore...

 

it's out into the rain and fog....

Maybe work will be just as good...

..Hope is Forever..