Frosty Morning

We had a frosty morning and I have less furs to keep me warm~

It's okay.   I am a very happy girl☺    Temps will be climbing to 60 degrees F today but they won't stay around for long.   My paws are still crossed for a beautiful snowstorm SOON!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Rude Monday

What do you mean bouffant head?!

That is just plain RUDE!
I better find a hiding place FAST!   I suspect groomies will be coming soon.

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Early Spring

What do you mean an early spring?      I haven't had any fun in the fluffy wonderful snow yet!    
Take back what you predicted!   It's poor judgement on your part!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Nature Friday

We are joining Rosy and her family today for Nature Friday~

The stream very close to the end of our driveway.  The water is still running underneath the ice.

 Should I go for a skate on the ice?

 I decided that it would be a great idea☺

 Right before we got to the duckie pond, a lady stopped her car and dumped a bag of foodables over the fence for the duckies.  

 That's not boring bread!    She's giving them apple cores and all sorts of other yummy looking stuffs!

 Do you see it?   Over to the very far left behind the tree.

 It's a slide for the duckies!  What fun!

 Too bad this tree isn't on the OTHER side of the fence.  The duckies would have a neat spot to hide~

Happy February, everybuddy!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

A Snuffle Mat

Amazon just delivered an interesting new toy for me.   Mom was at Luke's blog and the Snuffle Mat is one of his favorite things to do to keep him busy when it's cold out so mom decided that I needed to have one too.     I have never had a Snuffle Mat before.

 She unrolled it and hid 6 treats underneath the woolly rolls for me to find.   I "think" I found them all.   I need to be sure~

Thank you for letting mom know about the Snuffle Mat, Luke!  What a SuperFun toy this is!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Mini-Monday

It's been cold here and mom decided that today would be a good popcorn and mini-series day.    She has been watching Call the Midwife and LOVES it!

 She's gotten into a lot of the PBS mini-series and is thoroughly enjoying them. Before Call the Midwife was Poldark and before Poldark was Mr Selfridge.  She loves them all!
 It's fine with me as long as there is popcorn once in awhile!

 Yes, please.   I'm up for another one, mom!

I just love popcorn!

It's been seven years since our sweet Maggie left for the Rainbow Bridge. We think about her all the time.
Maggie and her best friend, Mitch♥

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Nature Friday

We are joining Rosy and her daddy this week for Nature Friday.

These pictures were taken on Tuesday after our ice storm.   We were so happy to be able to get out and walk once again!

 There are icicles hanging all along this fence rail~

 The Weeping Cherry tree was so pretty all covered in ice crystals!

 We couldn't believe we saw a snowman.   It was brutally cold yesterday and there was more ice on the ground than snow.   The kids that built this snowman get high praise from us and he's a great looking snowman!

Yesterday we had lots of rain and winds and warm temps for this time of the year and our snow is all gone.
  
Mom didn't bring the camera on our walk with us this morning and guess who we saw.   The llama out for her walk - and her name is Carousel!     I got within 8 feets of her but was afraid to get closer. I kept sniffing the Aire from where I was but I wouldn't go near her.  She was so calm and her peep was so nice.   I hope we get to see her again soon.

Happy Friday, everybuddy!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Walkies on Tuesday

Mom decided at 11 am, when it warmed up to 17 degrees F, that we would go for our walk!  YAY!
It took FOREVER for her to get ready to head out the door.   She had to make sure that I had Musher's Secret on my paws and that she had her Stabilizers on.   
She decided to play it safe and go through the garage and out the back door to avoid the icy steps.
 I am one happy girl to be outside and going for my walk!

 You can't tell by any of these photos and it's really a shame but all of the ice covered bushes and trees look they were covered in diamonds and with the sun hitting them it was blinding and so sparkly and gorgeous!

 It smells like Christmas out here~

 We are 100% positive that this is the tree branch (what's left of it) and fell on the wires and caused us to lose our electricity.   A couple of hours before we lost our power, a fire engine went by the front of our house with his siren on and he stopped at the corner just a short ways down the street and we could see a backhoe moving to the scene.    
We feel so fortunate that we were only without power for 3 hours and it was at the beginning of the storm so the temps weren't that frigid yet.    One of mom's friends on facebook that lives in Bethany, CT,  about 20-25 minutes away from us, lost her power and she was without for 28 hours!   We can't imagine how cold it got inside her house.  Luckily, her electricity has been restored and they are warm and happy.

 That a beautiful day even though it's cold and nothing is melting.   The wind is not whipping today, which makes it feel almost balmy!

Don't post that picture, mom.  It makes my hiney look HUGE!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Bitter Cold

We lost our electricity yesterday for 3 hours.  By 5:30 pm it was back on and mom and I were doing happy dances but not long after the dancing stopped, mom and I both had fingers and paws crossed tightly that we wouldn't lose it again.  So far - so good.    It's minus 3 degrees F here with minus 15 and minus 20 degree wind chills.   brrrrrrrrrr

When the sun appeared, mom couldn't wait to go outside and take pictures of all of the ice covered EVERYTHING!
This is the first time she's wearing her Stabilicers and she couldn't wait to see if she slipped on the ice.  BTW, she is not wearing winter shoes.   The Stabilicers run small and she should have bought the size larger for her winter shoes. 

 The pictures don't do it justice but it looks like a crystal palace with the sun shining through the ice covered branches.    It's just beautiful! 
She happened to spot a man walking his Golden Retriever and all mom could do was stand there with her mouth open.   She couldn't believe what she was seeing.   She wouldn't even consider taking me out on the road today.   Not only is it too cold but there is a safety factor with traffic and slick roads and downed trees.   Hopefully, the dog had boots on.   He wasn't wearing a coat.

 The wind has been fierce and the bark on this tree is covered in shiny ice.    The branches on the tree right outside our kitchen window are ice covered and they are scraping the aluminum siding on the house and every time the wind blows, it sounds like someone scraping their fingernails on a blackboard☺

 This is the first time she's been in the front yard since the storm.

 On a scale of one to ten, how did she like the Stabilicers?   She gives them a TEN!   She never slipped once and she was walking on ice covered driveway and ice crusted snow.   But she still took me out through the garage and out the back door.   She knew that I would slip on the stairs and we can't have that.  

 No walkies for me today but I will be playing with my interactive toys~

And gnawing on my stuffed bone~

Stay warm and safe everybuddy!

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Our Ice Storm

Last night, when mom and I went out do last minute peepee's at 9pm, the snow was just beginning to twinkle down.    We went out this morning at 3am, and it was raining and my beautiful snow was already mushy. 

Now it's almost noon and the rain has taken a break - long enough for us to check out the yard. 
My sissy's boyfriend was here about an hour ago and he plowed our driveway.   Bless him 87 times over!
It's still very icy and very slick and mom decided that there was no way she was heading down the steps with me.

 So we went through the garage and out the back door and past our poor icy Rosemary.

 The Dogwood tree is weeping and covered in ice.

 The Bittersweet berries~

 And the Holly berries~

 This is just wet snow.

 Wet snow is not fun snow.   You can't see from this angle, but 3 long-needle Pine tree branches have already cracked and fallen to the ground and we are hoping that no more fall.

 It's starting to rain again and we need to get ourselves inside, mom!

 Right now, our temps are 30 degrees F.     In a few hours, the temps will drop like a rocket and the wind will pick up and it's possible more branches will fall.     We are praying they don't fall on power lines and we lose our electricity.    There is no generator here. 

Tomorrow, will be an icy cold bitter day and mom says no walkies for either one of us.

 There are many of us on the east coast experiencing this nasty storm.     Stay safe and warm, everybuddy! 

Love ya lots♥
Molly - reporting from icy Connecticut

Scarcely Any Snow on Saturday

Love ya lots♥
Molly

Nature Friday

We are joining Arty today for Nature Friday~

The Christmas cactus was mom's Christmas gift from my sissy last year.   It had buds on it but the buds fell off and it never bloomed.    Surprisingly, mom has kept it alive for an entire year and the plant is rewarding her with beautiful flowers!

  There is more than one bud on the plant but this is the only open blossom at the moment.

  Mom bought this cyclamen at the grocery store.   It was on sale and she figured that it would add some cheer to the winter days ahead~

Today would have been gram's 87th birthday.   Great-gram and gram had Dachshunds and Irish Setters always.  Those breeds were the favorites with both of them.  Mom doesn't know the Doxie's name but the Irish Setter is Lady.

Happy Friday, everybuddy~

Love ya lots♥
Molly