Joe got the battery in my car yesterday, and I got all the headlight and interior lights set where they are supposed to be. He also shoveled the drift out from in front of the little kitty entrance to the shed. He did go out to the mailbox on Friday through the drifts and just trucked along, so our road isn't as bad as it could be. We are doing just fine. I've gotten more purging of papers and files done. Hopefully I can get the clutter in the studio managed and looking neat again.
Today our writer's group, the Sublette Co. Artists Guild had a meeting scheduled over in Big Piney and they cancelled it. So that gets me out of feeling bad about not making it. I had about decided that for me it would have been more effort than it was worth to try and go, Although I should soon begin to get out and do more social things and get together with the friends. I don't remember ever having a meeting cancelled, but having meetings in winter is new this year. It's too bad all their planning is for nothing. It sounds like the roads and driving conditions are awful for people having to get around.
Yesterday wind started moving the snow around noon and half of the night. The stars came out for a while. It seems the wind isn't blowing here as bad as it is in many other places. I do believe that this constant overcast is keeping the snow depth at more of a maximum. Where other years the south slopes on all the hills around us have cleared off due to facing the sun, this winter every where is continually staying white. The paper says it snowed every day in January, and I wouldn't doubt every day so far in February....somewhere at least. I remember in years back how we so many winter days were pure sunshine.
Today overcast again but quite a bit warmer. It was 18 above in the middle of the night and that makes a huge difference in how it feels. By afternoon it was 36 degrees. Water is dripping off the eaves, and the snow is really settling down and can see more rock, less snow on the hills. I was happy to see my little Smokey kitty out in the sun today and then later saw Traveler.
