By the way, we did manage to get to the one and only (purportedly) Mac store in Ottawa yesterday to get a new power adapter. Yay!Late this afternoon, we took a little drive to the Chapman Mills Marketplace. I've been thinking of adding another cat perch, in an attempt--no doubt futile--to save the chairs, and to replace the one I ditched in Winnipeg. So when Darth was literally climbing the walls, that sealed the deal. Well, OK, really he was merely stretching tall and pawing at the patio windows, but nails on glass are about as annoying as nails on chalkboards. He appears to enjoy his new hideaway. I can't tell if Curli feels as attached to her new catnip-laced scratching board (another attempt--perhaps naively optimistic--to save the furniture).
And just for the record, more snow pictures. Why put us all through this misery? If this July is anything like last July, I'll be wishing for a snowbank to hurl myself into just to cool off. The next best thing to a snowbank will be revisiting these photos.
venturing to peer out an upstairs window
James estimates our snowbank now towers 5 ft. above his head. When I walked over to Loeb to buy the chips, I walked on the street, because there is no sidewalk to speak of: it's all blocked. Usually a smaller plow whips by to clear the sidewalk, and although one came by yesterday, it didn't make a pass today. Good luck if it tries tomorrow!
out & about
Strandherd (l) is a main road and gets plowed early on, but check out the traffic light (r): the crosswalk button's still clear, but how to get to it?
bus corridor (l) behind Strandherd Crossing &
parking lot near Rogers Video & Shoppers Drug Mart (r)
parking lot near Rogers Video & Shoppers Drug Mart (r)
I did see a sign of spring today while we four-wheeled our way to the strip mall: a guy was out snowblowing in shorts.
In shorts??
ReplyDeleteI love, love, LOVE that cats love small, dark places to squeeze into. I just want to kiss that little fat hind leg sticking out of that post!
We used one of those deterrent sprays to train our cats to keep from scratching the furniture. I forget which kind, but you spray it on the couch and leave it and the cats hate the smell. It worked really well. Derrick loves to (lovingly) torment Katy Mouser and then when she is all riled up, she runs to her cat tree and takes her pent up aggression out on the post. It's pretty funny.
WOW!!! What a pile of snow! Sure hope you can safely get to work Monday morning----may the SUN smile on you & melt all the snow. Mom D.
ReplyDeleteHeh heh, that's a signature Darth pose....curled up in some tight space, with one little rear foot kind of sticking out. Looks like he is enjoying his new little window perch/rug hole thingy.
ReplyDeleteBut everybody loves the cat pics! :)
ReplyDelete(think the stereotypical Italian crime boss Fat Tony from the Simpsons cartoon show when he says "But everybody loves the rat milk")
Wow!! That's some snow!! It's probably colder here, but you've got us beat with the amount of snow. At this rate, it will still be around in July and you can fulfill your wish of jumping into a snowbank.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for the gelatin update - I avoid jello and gummy things, but marshmallows?? Oh man! Next they're going to tell us chips are unhealthy (not organic ones of course!).
Hey l,
ReplyDeleteOttawa may have more a lot more snow than southern MB right now, but I'm guessing Ottawa's snow will be gone and melted a whole lot sooner than southern MB's snow.
We here in MB still have to get through April and May snowstorms, while Ottawa just has to get through to the beginning of April.
Plus, we have the everlasting coldsnaps and deepfreezes that seem to last forever here in southern MB.