What Day Is It?

Having time off during the holidays is great, but I have been having trouble remembering what day of the week it is.

When I approached Crockett to put on his boots, be just collapsed on his side in defeat and let me go about my task. There was not one once of struggle; pure submission.  As much as he doesn't like the boots, he loves his walks. All the ice has melted and it is above zero today.  Perfect snowman making snow.

We ventured into the park for the first time since the ice storm.  No doubt it was magical a few days back with the ice on the branches glistening in the sunlight.  I just couldn't risk slipping and falling.  Today, the wet heavy sticky base gave both Crockett and I firm footing.  So much so that half way through, I took off his boots.  It was like I released him from prison.  He got his mojo back and bounced around for a few moments. Lovely to witness pure joy like that.

I have 3 groupings of photos from todays walk:
Crockett and Friends
A Robin who let me admire her and get so close I could see her fluffy white bottom.
The Desolation of Ice.  The damage to this grouping of trees is heartbreaking.

For a few seconds, I felt like a wildlife photographer in the Canadian wilderness!

Hodge Podge

Today has been a lazy day.  I had some work I wanted to do to avoid stress on Monday, so I made myself comfortable behind my desk, Lord Of The Rings in the DVD player and went to it.

I started at around 2pm and it's now just past 7pm.  I have just flipped over to side 2 of the Extended DVD of The Two Towers. I did what I needed to do & answered a few other e-mails. All is good.

Adam just brought me dinner so I am sitting here happy as a clam.


This is what I am now reading.  It is an easy read. I started on Wednesday & I'm already more than halfway finished.  It's interesting, funny, and well written. There's more football in it than I care about. I don't get the whole Football fanatic/tailgate thing. I wanted to see the film in the theater but now I can wait until it's released on DVD.

 
This is also a photo of a tree I took while waiting for the bus Thursday morning at 6am.  The snow was falling. It was pure white and made the tree sparkle like Edward Cullen.

I'm going to meet Mom for lunch tomorrow so I hope it doesn't snow too much tonight. I love how it looks, it's just difficult to be a pedestrian climbing over wet salty slush to get off the sidewalk & cross the street.