When, after several huge snow dumps, the weather decides to turn dramatically and unseasonably warmer, it can only mean trouble. Three days of temps in the 40s and 50s have turned snow pack into something extraordinarily heavy and sticky. Parts of my drive are accumulating melt off, forming huge pond like areas, navigate able on foot only in my neoprene muck boots with yaktraks strapped on or perhaps by small boat. The roads are "greasy". I love that term. It refers to mud that’s nearly hub deep and pulls you off course, as you slip slide your way down the road, barely in control.
There have been fisher tracks around the house the past few weeks. The cats aren’t allowed out unaccompanied. So we walk, throw and chase snowballs, fill bird feeders and explore.
Rain is expected. If I was going to get into the woods and follow the tracks, it was now. I got all the cats indoors and strapped my smallest snow shoes onto my summer boots. I call this my
running shoe combo. It worked well in the areas that have been hit by
the sun, thus packed. One step off into the shaded areas puts that leg
crotch deep in the still soft snow. The tracks went in one side and out the other of this well used hollow log. it looks like a great home to me, but probably not, just a temporary shelter.
The snow is still so deep that I found myself standing in the middle of the main wood’s road, before I recognized it.
I could hear C shoveling the heavy snow from the shed roof. As a point of reference, I am standing so that I am looking down at the roof or across it. I’m not on any piles, just three or so feet up from "ground" level. The change in perspective is so much fun, like having stilts.
Then, back up the road.
Time spent with Sam. Knitting.
24 responses to “something new!!!”
You must be thrilled. And Chris is looking pretty pleased with himself there in the background.
I had to look at that second picture twice – at first I thought he was holding a remote control! LOL Now *that* would be doing it RIGHT. 🙂
YESSSS!!!!!! That is absolutely wonderful. It looks like it would be perfect!
THAT is amazing. I am very very impressed.
THAT is cool. And by prototype, I’m thinking that it may be available to eager winders at some point 🙂
That is awesome Judy! What a talented man C is too.
Way neat! Isn’t it good to have a crafty chap?
Wow, very impressive!
An excellent example of good ole Yankee ingenuity and a knack for woodworking. I’d say he’s a keeper!
Oh, I thought he had a remote too! I was going to say: now, that’s a man… not only automate it, make it a remote!
Looks cool…
And here is my inner speed-junkie:
how fast does it go?
🙂 Kate
The electric ball and skein winder beats a picot topped sock any day of the week! Kudoos to C on a job well done…”contriver
extraordinaire”!…
Tell me more……..
very cool!
Fantastic! Hats off to C! That certainly will speed things up a bit.
Very Cool. You should keep that man. He’s useful.
VERY neat! I hope that’s a beer C’s holding – he deserves it!
And it’s beautiful. Form and function = beauty.
congratulations on the new toy. If he makes another and wants to sell it, drop me an email, ok? I’d like to be on the list for one of those. (My shoulder is wearing out hand-cranking skeins.)
He is no mini-c;I can see that!!!
I want one! What a nice thing to have. I’m extremely jealous.
Oh wow, is that a counter I see on the skeinwinder? So it will automatically keep track of the yardage? That is super-cool. 🙂
Oh. My. Gracious. That is awesome! I knew I was stalling on buying a swift and winder for a reason.
wow wow wow
that is incredible… isn’t he just the cleverest thing?
Very, VERY cool.