Social Media Travels

Snowy April Day in Vermont

My travels on social media overall, have been interesting in many ways. 

There appears to be pockets, like when the wind blows a bunch of leaves into a corner, of folks who have a passion of some sort, positive and negative. Finding a regular person with no particular agenda or self image issues, is not easy. I found, I think (so far) two or three folks that are interesting to read. 

The websites seem to have a problem with figuring out how to group members. X aka Twitter has a good spread of different folks. Instagram, on a rarely used account, must think my ID means I'm a dude so that on Explore, shows way too many photos of young women in bikinis. (I deleted that account.) YouTube and Facebook also lump folks into categories that may not reflect who the person is.

I have found more older folks postings. That is a nice change. 

For humor, Tops are the Deer Blind Dad Jokes, (USA) and Mike and Joelle (New Zealand).

Do you have a favorite humor channel?

Snow On the Ground Sunday

There is more than half a foot of snow in the yard today from yesterday's snow storm. The sun is very bright this morning. Sun + Snow = Wear Sunglasses

Going outdoors, I feel like I should be on a mountain top wthe skis while sipping a hot chocolate. Looking up, the sun is reflecting off my sunglasses. I don't ski, but a bird seems to have tried out the small slope near my deck.

The snowfall was steady, not the kind you sit to watch when daydreaming. It was out there. I was in here. We were good. Sadly, I wanted a warm milk with a glug or two of Kahlua. Woe was me, I didn't stop to buy milk on Friday morning. What liquid dairy was left, went into my coffee. Priorities.

What the Weather Brings

Canda Geese
Early to mid March 2020

Canda Geese at Dead Creek Field
On or about 7 March 2020

 

Late March 2020

Week before last when I saw Canda Geese at Dead Creek Wildlife Refuge, I thought they are early. Given the way the weather has been this year 2024, warm to cold and back again, I return to see if there's a larger flock or just the small one. I saw no geese at all the next week. That doesn't mean they aren't there. A small flock arriving early might be their way of doing things.

Looking at more March 2020 pictures, I see a snowy one taken around the 23rd of March 2020. Aha, a reminder there can be a lot of snow late in March. 

Frost, Sleet & a Bit of Snow

Last night the ambient temperature dipped. 

In the morning, there was a thin layer of frost to clean off the car windows before I left for the out and about errands, get windshield wipers and a vehicle inspection. Nearer noon, I had to prepare for an hour's drive to pick up a lovely desk chair found on Craigslist.

Side note...windshield wipers are expensive!

Yesterday and last night I had to relax as well as be careful what I ate. I need to make sure nothing is going to give me issues with cramps and such because that triggers an anxiety attack. Anxiety will trigger cramps. I also don't wear any cologne or turn on the car radio lest they also trigger an anxiety surge. I don't take anti anxiety medication if I am driving. I suffer through it. That is why I prepare so carefully days before.

On the road home, I feel good. Rest a short while before leaving again, check the map again,  pack up and off I go. The weather forecast is a possible wintery mix. It was sleeting lightly when I got in the car.

The scenery is outstanding, open fields, cattle, cows, rolls of hay, bare branches, green grasses, old houses, newer houses. I'm happy and amazed how much of Vermont is undeveloped. About 20 minutes into the ride, the sleet stops. Clear skies, good dry road. And more road. Near Orwell, asphalt is being put down on the northbound lane. There were 2 stop stations when I went through. Made it a little late, but got the chair and head back home. Fair Haven is a cute town.

On the trip back, the asphalt area is one stop, and mere minutes waiting.  

Why did it feel like such a long drive there, and a really short drive home?
I have no clue.

As I enter Addison, Vermont, I see a huge cloud over and below Snake Mountain like a white fluffy blanket. It was gorgeous. No photographs because there was no safe turn off.

I stop at the grocery store to get something for dinner.  I get out of the car and it is light snowing. Salmon or beef? I got both. I can make stew tomorrow. Looking for tarter sauce because I like dill with fish, I found none. Instead I got dill relish.

It is nearly 4 PM EDT. I'm exhausted.

How was your day?

Life Can Get Better

 16 March 2023

Only One Month Ago

Today

A For Sure

 Blue Jay Tracks in the Snow

Winter Is Back

The lines in the dusting of snow from last night are created, I believe, by a wing trailing an unbroken line in the snow when a bird lands or flies away.

Imagine what a fun floor it would be painted, stenciled or stamped with bird tracks. 

A home with imagination a person doesn't need explained is human nature indoors. Dream of the room first or create it from something you discover shares your aesthetic wave length, both methods breath from our nesting instincts.

 

Snow

Memories from 73+ years ago:

Snow was edible

Fills up inside boots

Freezes to mittens

Falls off trees

Has pretty frost shapes

2023:

Snow is not edible

Pull pant hems over boots

Freezes to gloves

Fills unzipped purse

Has pretty designs

❄️

Walking outdoors that day

was a nah. Snow is

intimdating to drive through,

no matter how deep. 

Who Is Who?

Bird tracks can be as much fun to see as the birds themselves.

 

There are sparrows, nuthatches, juncos, mourning doves, starlings, chickadees, cardinals and blue jays that stop by. Surprising to me, at times, they get along and feed together, with space between them though.

Reflection Monday February 2020

 Ambition, goals, objectives

One late January 2020 day, 

I set off to take photographs of the Adirondack Mountains covered in snow. 

There is snow, but in the lower elevations, not as deep as I hoped. 

Not all is lost...good coffee, pleasant people, beautiful scenery.

On the way home, as I'm getting closer to

the Addison Four Corners Store, that has homemade donuts

on Monday, Wednesday and Friday,

I realize, it is Wednesday.

 Snowy peaks in the higher elevations of the Green Mountains of Vermont