It's Starting...

..at work today i have to do the paperwork for hiring the first wave of seasonal employees...

That means it's time to wake up the parks from their long winter snooze, comb their hair, brush their teeth, put on their makeup and smile...for the busy season is just around the corner...!

The parks are open year round....but...the visitation will double or triple in the coming months...

and

it takes a lot of man/woman hours to keep them in tip-top shape for your enjoyment....

After all we're dealing with Mother Nature here and she can be a b--ch...!

..Hope is Forever..

Where are you...?

I think (maybe) she's looking for Mother Nature...

gonna give her a piece of your mind kitty..?

or maybe

she's looking for her friends the hummingbirds...

seems like they just left but they'll be back in a little over a month...

or maybe

she's looking up a Mom and Papa's house and thinking about the three cats that live up there...

Who knows.......she's a cat...

and why do cats do anything they do...?

..Hope is Forever..

Is it my imagination...?

...the sun is now coming up before i go to work...!!

Could Spring be for behind...?

The snow missed us last night....yahhhhhh

..Hope is Forever..

Question...?

This is how we spent our weekend...

What'da you do....?

..Hope is Forever..

Look Ma...!

No Cavities....!

Even the tooth take looked broken in Max's little mouth was just covered with crude...

Max gets tartar so bad they suggested having his teeth cleaned twice a year...

(Do they know how much this cost..?)

Misskitty is giving us the "I Dislike You" look 'cause she went along for the ride and ended up getting her rabies shot...

She was not a happy kitty...

Well....we're several hundred dollars poorer...

But

The fur babies have healthy teeth...

That's a Good Thing..

..Hope is Forever..

If They Only Knew....

Max and Mia are on their way to the Cute Vet for the annual cleaning of the teeth...

Ouch....

Max has one broken tooth (that we know of) and it must come out...

Another Ouch...

Not sure about Mia....she had no cavities last her...

Hope this year is the same...

They'll be home later this afternoon...a little woozy...

And in need of lots of TLC...

..Hope is Forever..

Now it's Raining....

How many days till Spring...?

..Hope is Forever..

It's Pretty...

..But..

It's starting to melt..

Guess we're moving into rock and mud slide season...

..Hope is Forever..

Stop Listening to Me....

Mother Nature...!!

Early in the month i was complaining that the ole girl had thrown just about everything at us this winter except an earthquake....

Well..

Friday night she tossed in a 4.1 quake south of us in South Carolina....

We felt the tremors way up here in the high country...

OK

I give up.....you win Mother Nature....!!

Misskitty and i will quit yakking about your handy work and just nap thru the rest of winter...

..Hope is Forever..

Look...look...

..the guys used the plows and made me my own snow bank....

What a surprise when i finally made it to work yesterday...

Gotta luv those male park people..

and

It's still snowing...!!

 

..Hope is Forever..

 

Dealing....

with 12" or more of snow...

Not much by some standards

but

for me it's more than enough...

Up to 40* today .. which means the snow will start to melt off...

Yeah..

Then rain and more snow tonight...

ugh

Rain...snow...freezing temps...equals

ICE

Double Yuck....

..Hope is Forever..

Got My Wish....

Yep..

8" and still falling...

Somewhere out there is a driveway and a road...

Hummmm...

I can see the tops of the snow sticks if i squint my eyes...

but

the road?

Why can't DOT put in snow sticks for me...?

Question of the day...

Time to ponder...

..Hope is Forever..

Waiting....waiting....waiting...

Well....

the guru's have changed the forecast...

8-12 inches..!

That's what they are predicting for today and into tonight...

as much or more than 2009 when the last "big" snow/ice storm blew thru...

Suppose to start the heavy snow around noon time....

The pic is late December 2009...

That was the year the generator ran for 55 hours..!

Ahhhhh

Fond memories...

Keep your fingers crossed for my little neck of the woods...

..Hope is Forever..

Be Careful.....

...the expert guru's are now saying this area should get 6-8 inches of snow Wednesday afternoon into Thursday morning...

I'm really really gonna need that little snow plow ...

This is Mt. Jefferson last week when we had all the frozen fog....

Can you say....."Frosty"

My office is about half-way up and the wood stove was keeping us nice and toasty...

Don't know who lives in the white house...

Looks fake....doesn't it...?

..Hope is Forever..

Another Week....

..of playing peek-a-boo with the snow...

Guru's are predicting snow at some point everyday..

but

less than an inch of accumulation...

Could we just have one day of heavy snow and get it out'a the way.....please..!

By the way....that's me in the lower right hand corner of this picture...

if you turn the pic around ... you'll see all those car tags are from Florida....

Brahahahahahahaha...!

..Hope is Forever..

Yesterday...

...this is how the frost covered mountain outside my office door looked like...

Winter has it's own beauty...

..Hope is Forever..

Ain't It Cute.....

I want one...!

Valentine's Day is next week...

Mother's Day is coming....

How 'bout my birthday....?

Christmas...?

Awwwww come on.....i really really want one...!

..Hope is Forever..

Freezing Fog equals.....

Trees with lace...

..Hope is Forever..

She's Playing With Us....

So far 2014 has produced....

 

wind storms....snow....ice....rain....sleet....drizzle....snizzle....sun....flood watches...

and now freezing fog...

We haven't had an earthquake yet...

but, the year is early ...

Come on Mother Nature....

Play Fair....!!!

..Hope is Forever..

W-H-A-T...!!

Rain..!!

Yep ....woke up this morning to pouring cats and dogs rain...

Frog croaking rain...!

Flood warning rain...!

Did it become Spring overnight...?

or

Is Mother Nature playing with us..?

..Hope is Forever..