Balalaika time...

Days like today make me want to watch "Doctor Zhivago" and practice the balalaika...

The view outside our patio door onto our deck.   

 

The back yard (covered patio from first photo)

(from under eave security camera) 

 

View of the street through the front door. 

 

Side entrance view before...  

 

Side entrance view during... 

(another under eave security camera shot;

door has snow 1/2 way up) 

 

 

Side view of house before...

 

 

Side view of house during...

 

It's been a good morning for a pot of tea (not my usual coffee).  Power went out (so far) for all of about 15 seconds.  Just enough to reset every clock in the house.  Local meteorologists are saying this won't begin to subside until early afternoon and the wind won't let up until tonight.  

 

We certainly have a good 16" of snow on top of what we had from last weeks storm.  

 

But we're in.  Safe.  

 

Nesting upward,

Rade 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monday

 Blizzard Day in Rhode Island.

 And some "High Brow" entertainment to keep us sane...

 

Sunday Morning Sip

Sunday... Sunday... Sunday... coffee...

Not big enough... 

 

Ah yup. 

Well... I am an asshole, just not that kind of asshole. 

Between the disapproving look from my eyes,

the tense clench of my jaw and my 

near imperceptibly mumbling "Holy fuck!" under my breath,

I'm finding hiding my thoughts in public is nearly impossible. 

 

I do not want to know the amount of money

that fucker grifted since landing his fat ass

back in office. 

Winter ends soon. 

 

I have my "Morning when you first pee" pill.

Then the "Morning before you eat" pills.

Then the "Take after dinner" pills

Then the "Take before bedtime" pills.

The "getting old" shit if for the birds. 

I have entered the phase of calling everyone

"Sweetie", "Dearie" and "Hon." 

Thank you, Wiley. 

 

But "Are you fucking kidding me?" is taken. 

Ah-yup.  

And left him some fur! 

Applies to so many things. 

 

 

 Some food for thought.

 

My husband and I watched the Netflix series 

"Living to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones" by Dan Buettner.

A lot of this YouTube video jibes with that series.

Just good advice on taking care of yourself, your life and your community.  

I certainly don't plan to live to 100, but if I can 

make these last decades on Earth a bit... healthier... 

comfortable, functional... I'll take it.  

 

 

 

 

 

UPDATE: Tiverton Town Alert - BLIZZARD WARNING

Forecasting 18-24" of snow and high winds starting tomorrow late afternoon / early evening through all day Monday. 

Be careful!

 

To the townies who follow my blog, the following alert has been issued from the DPW: 

Trash & Recycling Delay

Trash and recycling will be delayed one day the week of February 23rd due to the pending winter storm.

Yup... we're gonna get hit.  6-12" of "heart attack" snow.  Yeah.   

Saturday Morning Sip

I hope it's a happy Saturday out there!

Grab a mug, pull up a chair and let's enjoy.

 

 

My deck of Tarot cards won't come out 

of the box at this point. 

They're like "No fucking way!" 

Ah-yup! 

I never thought, in all my life, I would be looking

back on the George Bush era and go,

"Ya know... I kinda miss you." 

And cleared the chakras!   

Tapping the button just does not cut it. 

Not when there is hot chocolate involved. 

Thank you, Wiley! 

Our nightly doom-scroll. 

Jason in snow. 

Image from his Meili vodka website.

LOVE Jason. 

LOVE LOVE LOVE him!

LOVE vodka.

But Meili vodka... is shit. Bought TWO bottles because 

you cannot buy just one to see if you like it. 

You cannot sip it.  

It makes a terrible martini.

Perhaps I'll use it as a carburetor cleaner on the mower?

But I still love Jason.

 

 

Let's end the day with a little meditation. 

 

Courtesy of Yo-Yo Ma. 

 

 

 

 

 

  

"...and have a Tariffic day!"

Trump got his winkie whacked by SCOTUS!  

The chief justice and 2 Trump appointees ruled against the president’s tariffs 

AP News:  Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the court’s majority opinion, joined by Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, two of Trump’s three Supreme Court picks. The three liberal justices were also part of the majority.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s other appointee, wrote the main dissent, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.

 

Oh, those poor, poor catsup bottles... 

 

 

Your Daily Meme... and MEN!!!

 

Thank you, Wiley.

 

Dancers in flight.

 

 

 

 

Your Daily Meme