First things first...I must send a big thank you!! to
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pzband moonphased, for the lovely & thoughtful gifts they sent me this week. pzbsent a very cute card (yay for kitty humor!) and the softest red scarf that she made with her own hands...too sweet, my dear. :-) Today I came home from my trek with Kiba to find a package from
moonphased, with a lovely card, some CDs (which I still haven't listened to...though I recognize the kanji and I'm sure they're the "Okami" soundtrack!), and a BOOK! An Okami book! Full of the most beautiful art! I can't read a word of it but who cares because it's so pretty and shiny and I think the fact that it's Japanese makes it EVEN NEATER. There are no words (well, except for the ones I just...nevermind).So! As I mentioned earlier there was a big snowfall to the south of the city. I loaded the Keebinator into the funwagon this morning and off we went in search of snow.
The city did NOT get a single flake. Nuthin'. I even had to stop to take a quick picture from the Erie Basin Marina in downtown Buffalo, because it was a little unbelievable that the local news was reporting snowy Armageddon to the south, and yet the city looked like this:
Looking north.
BUT, just turn around and this is what you see.
Looking south. 0__0
That's what a fat band of lake snow looks like from about ten miles away. Kinda scary.
By the way, while I'm on the topic, you kind of have to wonder about the sanity (or at least the wisdom) of a person who will intentionally drive into a fat band of lake snow. Hmm.
So in no time at all (about ten miles in fact), things looked like this:
See how there's no one but me on Old Lake Shore Road? That's 'cause there was sort of a DRIVING BAN in Angola today. Heh. I don't know what all the fuss was for...the road was wet but mostly clear (there was some blowing and drifting in spots, but no big deal). And it was SO pretty...
...I couldn't resist snapping a picture of this adorable covered bridge.
So, we got to the park...
Evangola State Park.
...And it wasn't bad at all. The snow band was breaking up and drifting even further south, and the snow wasn't so deep...nothing like the 2 feet that were in Dunkirk, about 20 miles down the road. There were even some sunny breaks in the clouds.
Well, "you-know-who" could hardly wait to get out of the car. Kiba freaking LOVES snow.
This is the last picture I took of him where he was sort of standing still because his leash was still on (though he had pranced around me so much I was dizzy from spinning around to get this shot). Once I took off the leash...well...
I have decided that I'm just going to put all the "running" pictures in here, so you can sort of see what happens when Kiba runs amok. It's pretty funny.
Finally...after a mile or so he's starting to slow down a little...
Yeah, when his tongue is hanging out like that, you're looking at a happy dog.
Meanwhile I'm freezing my ASS off. It was windy as hell. After about a mile I was SO ready to go back to the car, but not Kiba. So we kept going. Saw some pretty snow-covered stuff...
...where I promptly lost my dog. He heard a bunny in there or something and he was GONE for a while. Came back with a face full of snow and a big happy grin. No bunny. He likes to chase stuff but I think he just wants to play with it. He's an utterly uselessly domesticated goofball of a dog.
We went to my favorite spot, a cliff that overlooks Lake Erie.
The wind was really whipping up the waves. I really can't tell you how cold I was, standing there. Kiba didn't mind though...
And then, just to be contrary he decided to scramble down the face of the cliff...just to see how much trouble he'd get into.
Yeah I yelled at him, but does he look concerned?
No he does not, the brat. He ran back up like a mountain goat. No big thing. *sigh* My old Australian Shepherds never did crap like this to me. Kiba's going to give me heart failure one of these days.
So that was my morning. Now I'm back here (STILL freezing...I think I got a little chilled in spite of the down jacket and the stupid-looking hat I was wearing), and I'm all out of energy!The city did NOT get a single flake. Nuthin'. I even had to stop to take a quick picture from the Erie Basin Marina in downtown Buffalo, because it was a little unbelievable that the local news was reporting snowy Armageddon to the south, and yet the city looked like this:
Looking north.BUT, just turn around and this is what you see.
Looking south. 0__0That's what a fat band of lake snow looks like from about ten miles away. Kinda scary.
By the way, while I'm on the topic, you kind of have to wonder about the sanity (or at least the wisdom) of a person who will intentionally drive into a fat band of lake snow. Hmm.
So in no time at all (about ten miles in fact), things looked like this:
See how there's no one but me on Old Lake Shore Road? That's 'cause there was sort of a DRIVING BAN in Angola today. Heh. I don't know what all the fuss was for...the road was wet but mostly clear (there was some blowing and drifting in spots, but no big deal). And it was SO pretty...
...I couldn't resist snapping a picture of this adorable covered bridge.
So, we got to the park...
Evangola State Park....And it wasn't bad at all. The snow band was breaking up and drifting even further south, and the snow wasn't so deep...nothing like the 2 feet that were in Dunkirk, about 20 miles down the road. There were even some sunny breaks in the clouds.
Well, "you-know-who" could hardly wait to get out of the car. Kiba freaking LOVES snow.
This is the last picture I took of him where he was sort of standing still because his leash was still on (though he had pranced around me so much I was dizzy from spinning around to get this shot). Once I took off the leash...well...
I have decided that I'm just going to put all the "running" pictures in here, so you can sort of see what happens when Kiba runs amok. It's pretty funny.
Finally...after a mile or so he's starting to slow down a little...
Yeah, when his tongue is hanging out like that, you're looking at a happy dog.
Meanwhile I'm freezing my ASS off. It was windy as hell. After about a mile I was SO ready to go back to the car, but not Kiba. So we kept going. Saw some pretty snow-covered stuff...
...where I promptly lost my dog. He heard a bunny in there or something and he was GONE for a while. Came back with a face full of snow and a big happy grin. No bunny. He likes to chase stuff but I think he just wants to play with it. He's an utterly uselessly domesticated goofball of a dog.
We went to my favorite spot, a cliff that overlooks Lake Erie.
The wind was really whipping up the waves. I really can't tell you how cold I was, standing there. Kiba didn't mind though...
And then, just to be contrary he decided to scramble down the face of the cliff...just to see how much trouble he'd get into.
Yeah I yelled at him, but does he look concerned?
No he does not, the brat. He ran back up like a mountain goat. No big thing. *sigh* My old Australian Shepherds never did crap like this to me. Kiba's going to give me heart failure one of these days.
So's Kiba, by the way. He came home and crashed out under the kitchen table. Oh, to be a spoiled Brat-Prince of a dog.
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Kiba is a hoot in snow! :-) He gets the goofiest, happy look on his face and he just scampers around.
I saw that covered bridge and immediately thought of you, btw, because I know you like covered bridges! :-D It's just a little thing and it's part of the Seaway bike/hiking trail...it's actually a little footbridge. Cute, eh?
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I don't think I could have kept myself from running to the bridge and exploring it. It would have been so cool in the snow! I think it's an adorable little bridge. One that needs to be thoroughly explored. *nods*