A change in the weather....Sunny 38º

• Looking like a very nice day, sun shining on Barton Heights this morning...I have to admit, I thought the snowstorm last week was beautiful, but I really hope that we are done with the snow this spring.

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                                                                    Front walk today.

I checked the garden yesterday, garlic looks like it loved the snow and is about 6" tall and waiting for a side dressing of composted manure...I think that will be a good job to do tomorrow...I have acupuncture today and a follow up Dr. appointment, about UTI and thyroid meds...And my mile walk around the track at Joseph Charter Schoo...Hugs to All, OWAV:)

This years first bouquet...39º cloudy

 Sun shining yesterday, I walked through the flower beds and snipped off the daffodils, that lay on the ground, after being bent over from the foot of snow on Thursday night...In the house, in water, it doesn't take them long to revive, finish their bloom and make my first daffodil bouquet of the year...They always brighten my day.

Yesterday morning was spent working on insurance claims, it seems to be a monthly ritual, me on the phone with them and a different "associate" every time. (I wish Blue Cross could get it right!) I'm lucky to have massage and acupuncture paid for, but they make it difficult, thinking I will give up.

Next I went grocery shopping and then to the lab for another blood draw...I did my usual "hot water glove" trick, that makes it simple...One poke and i'm out of there.

Rusty had been working on his house today, tearing out more boards, so he can put in insulation and sheet rock...We had dinner, played a game of cards and called it a day...Hugs to All...OWAV:)

lovely Daffies

Big Fish, the musical...Maybe sunshine today...32º

A new musical, Big Fish, was playing at the Elgin Opera House...Pam and I were on the road early, not to be late, and never knowing how the roads would be in the canyon...It was an easy drive and we waited for the rest of our group to show up from La Grande and Walla Walla.

Pam and I have been going to see shows at the Opera House since 2008, when we saw "The Sound Of Music." According to their website they have done 55 shows and we have seen most of them, taking daughters, granddaughter and a large group of friends over the years to many different shows and we have seen some of them twice!..It is always amazing entertainment, not often found near our county.

The show, as usual, was well done, featuring all the talent from the surrounding area...I love the singing, dancing and the sets...This show featured different backdrops, instead of "sets", they projected the scenery to the stage from a projector behind us?..I don't know how else to describe it...And the sets were few and very simple...I'm wondering if this will be the way of musicals of the future?..Another great production, this was the first weekend, so tickets are available for upcoming shows...Don't miss out buy your tickets now!..Hugs to All...OWAV:)

                                                                

Looks like a dreary day...31º snowing lightly

 It is hard to beat the feeling of a snow covered world, quiet, still, bright, luminous, surreal...That is what I woke up to yesterday...As the day warmed up, Rusty and I shoveled snow (knowing that if we left it, it would melt) but the urge to shovel is there...It is a satisfying feeling for me!..I like the deck cleared off, the paths shoveled, then watching the snow as it melts down to about half of what is started out...It was a good day.

This morning, looking out at a bleak landscape of half melted snow, thinking about the daffodils, tucked underneath, waiting for their chance to bloom...I'm hoping for the sun to break through, melt the remaining snow, where the grass will be even greener than before and spring will return...It will, I have to have patience.

On with my day, an afternoon of fun awaits...Pam and I will meet friends at the Elgin Opera House for the matinee performance of "Big Fish," a new musical, that is, from what I read, a fantasy about their lives and father/son relationship...I go for the music and dancing...Hugs to All...OWAV:)

Shoveled front walk

The deck, snow piled 

around the trees.

The Weather People finally got it right...At least 12" of snow overnight.

 They have been warning us for the last week that a huge winter/spring storm was headed our way...Most days they predicted 4 to 5 inches...We usually got an inch at the most.

I was up at 2:30AM this morning because it seemed so light outside...I thought it was about 5AM...But no it was the reflection of the roughly 12" of snow everywhere...I took photos and stepped outside to measure the closest, largest pile of snow...Quickly back inside, I stoked the fire, turned my electric mattress cover on high and snuggled back into my warm bed...Sleep didn't happen, so at 3:30 I was up drinking coffee and doing the morning puzzles and watching the snow continue to fall...I've always enjoyed watching a beautiful storm...Not so much in April as Christmas Eve.

Rusty will be here soon, wondering why i'm not out shoveling snow...He says it with a grin, and I say, "Oh no problem, it will melt soon." And so it goes, another day on Barton Heights...Hugs to All...OWAV:)

This is quite a

balancing act.

Snow still falling.

No view this morning...34º

Totally fogged in this morning, gloomy and dark...But good news that last night's 4.5 inches of snow did not happen but looking ahead they are predicting Friday snowfall of 5.7 inches...I can only assume that this is happening in the higher elevations of Joseph...The daffodils are budded and would love to bloom, but they are hunkered down, waiting for spring to really show up!

I had a wonderful massage yesterday, 90 minutes flies by and I was wiped out for the rest of the day...I chopped/diced veggies and Rusty fixed stir fry for dinner...We played a couple of games of 5 Crowns and called it a day.

I haven't walked for 3 days now, so must get back to the track today, rain or shine!..Hugs to All...OWAV:)

This was our weather one year ago...

Road Trip...light rain...45º

 My internet is down this morning so no puzzles for me to do…Rusty and I had a good trip to Lewiston/Clarkston yesterday…First stop was Home Depot where he loaded his van with sheetrock and insulation for his house, plus we made a Costco stop for things I need in my house…We had  very good hamburgers at “Zany Grays” in Lewiston…The flowering  plum trees are in full bloom there and some flowers, and everywhere it is green…Love Lewiston in spring, not so much in the summer, as it get  beastly hot there. We made a stop at Winco for fresh veggies and bulk food…Back home before 4pm, unloaded van and sat on the deck to drink a glass of wine and soak up the sun, as rain/snow is in the forecast ...Hugs to All...OWAV:)

The photos are out of sequence.

top of Rattlesnake Grade

Wallowa Mountains as

we are almost home.

Round top barn

near Anatone

Blooming trees in 

Clarkston.