Dog fishing

I see fish down there


Caught 2 perch


And one whitefish


Sunny and 37 degrees F.
Fresh fish for dinner.

She's "Dead Sexy"

WARNING!

This blog post contains bike porn.

She's ready to ride.
I'll be spending the next couple months with her on the trainer or sleeping with her.
Specs:
Leopard M1SL carbon frame.
SRAM RED groupo.
SRAM S40 carbon clincher wheels.
FIZIK Arione saddle
Ritchey Seat post.

And...

Drum Roll Please...

She weighs in at...

15.8 pounds.

Cast your eyes upon this goddess of the pave`.

Snow storm

The contractors called off work today because of a snowstorm. Good, no noise from heavy equipment droning and banging. Just the wind. A welcome silence.

I went out after lunch to see what I could see and was reminded why I love being out in it. It's beautiful. Even in the cold wind and snow. The winter blanket that gives mother nature her sleep is so peaceful. I felt warm all afternoon.

I took up weaving...

It's dark at 5 o'clock so rather than plop my ars on the couch for a marathon channel surfing session, I found something to occupy a few hours spread out over a week...or so.

I found a snowshoe making kit to build my own snowshoes.
Yeah, I know what you may be thinking..."this guy has a bad case of cabin feaver."

The frames come pre-assembled and the rest was up to me.
I dumped out all the parts, read through the instructions a couple times and got started.
First I sanded down the frames to a nice smooth finish.



Then got started with weaving the toe section first. My first try was a flop. I was half way through the weave and the pattern looked like a pile of spaghetti noodles. So I un-wove (is that a word?) and started over...3 times. Finally got it.



Then wove the tail sections. Only had to un-weave and re-start once.



Then came the center sections. Oh yeah, 3 un-weaves and re-starts later, I finally got it.


4 coats of varnish later and bindings attached.
Now I'm wishing for more snow.
Go away El Nino, I want a big dump.

Skiing with Dog

I finally got a Sunday off to ski in daylight. Most of my outings recently have been after work, in the dark, with a head lamp and the occasional glowing eyes of deer off in the woods.


Self timer shots rarely turn out very good. Fogged lens.


"I hear something up around that curve"

Minus 30 degrees

That's right. It was -30 degrees F this morning. Add a little wind and we get a windchill of -59 F.
The high temperature today will be -10 F
Hey, at least I've got that snow I wished for.


Dawning of a very cold day.