Thursday, February 11, 2021

I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT

Snowing lightly under a heavy grey cloud cover as Pheebs and I rolled out the driveway heading for Bayfield.  Today is the second big arch lift for the new bridge on highway 21 spanning the Bayfield River.  Not to worry, I'm not going to inundate y'all with another whole bunch of bridge construction photos because it was basically the same procedure as the first arch.  Not much going on at the site yet so we rolled north up highway 21 and turned right onto a country road about three side-roads up.  At this point, it began snowing very heavily so we took our time and snapped a number of photos along the way.  With all its downsides, winter can sure be pretty when it wants to be.

 HEADING NORTH ALONG HIGHWAY 21
 HEADING EAST ALONG TOWER LINE ROAD
 IT WAS ABOUT HERE WHERE IT BEGAN SNOWING HEAVIER
 CROSSING PORTERS HILL LINE


Of course, I went and took way too many photos again so I'll try and catch them up over the next few days.  I should really try leaving my camera at home more often.  Ya right, as if I could ever do that eh.

 THE COUNTRY ROAD WE ARE TRAVELING ON IS STRAIGHT AHEAD....SOMEWHERE
 SPOTTED THESE HORSES IN A SNOWY BARNYARD 
 SAW THIS YOUNGER HORSE STANDING BY A BUNCH OF STRAW BALES
 HEY WAIT A MINUTE....ONE OF THOSE STRAW BALES JUST MOVED
 HOLY SHIFTY SHAPES OF WOOLY WIZIGANS BATMAN......'SHEEP'
 HAVING A BIG ROLL IN THE SNOW
 WAIT A MINUTE...I THINK THIS HAPPY HORSE IS MAKING SNOW ANGELS
 GETTING BACK UP ON ITS FEET
 A SNOWY COUNTRYSIDE
 A LONELY SUNFLOWER
Heading for home we circled back down around the bridge construction site and they had the arch standing upright in the parking lot.  I figured it wouldn't be long before they swung it over the bridge but I wasn't interested in sitting around waiting for a picture of that so Pheebs and I headed home.  You can see and read about today's lift HERE.  I did slip back to the site around 1 p.m. and the arch had already been moved into place and secured.

 BY TEN THIS MORNING THEY HAD THE ARCH LIFTED UP IN THE PARKING LOT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BAILEY BRIDGE
 BY 1 P.M. THEY HAD THE ARCH SWUNG OVER THE BRIDGE AND INSTALLED IN PLACE....YOU CAN NOW SEE WHERE THE NEW BRIDGE WILL BE
 THOSE WHITE STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS IN THE LEFT FOREGROUND WILL SOON BE LIFTED AND BOLTED INTO PLACE BETWEEN THE ARCHES
Home again I of course was right away on the end of my snow shovel.  I figure if this snow keeps up I am probably going to need an operation by the end of winter to surgically separate the snow shovel from my hands. 
 

 BACK IN OUR PARK
 'OH-OH' THE BIG TREE GOBBLING MONSTER IS ON THE LOOSE AGAIN AND IS BACK AMONG THE HOUSES
Surprisingly, the Sun dropped in by late morning and thankfully stayed for the rest of the day.  Invigorated by that I was soon outside and up-top of my tall ladder with a long rubber brush in hand pulling snow down off Scooter's roof.  It is about a foot and a half deep up there.  I will try to get a bit more off Friday, careful of course not to end up with a TV antenna and a couple of vent covers on the ground.  I have been known to do things like that:((

WITH THE WARMTH OF THE SUN UPON ME I DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO HAVE MY BIG WINTER COAT ON
 THE AMOUNT OF SNOW UP HERE ON THE RIG IS A BIT SCARY
 ONCE I WAS ABLE TO CLEAR A SMALL AREA OF GLASS THE SUN'S RAYS WERE ABLE TO START THE MELTING PROCESS
GROANER'S CORNER:(( Smith goes to see his supervisor in the front office. "Boss," he says, "we're doing some heavy house-cleaning at home tomorrow, and my wife needs me to help with the attic and the garage, moving and hauling stuff."  "We're short-handed, Smith" the boss replies. "I can't give you the day off."  "Thanks, boss," says Smith "I knew I could count on you!"

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- What do you see when the smog lifts in Los Angeles  U.C.L.A...

- Why did the tomato turn red?
It saw the salad dressing!

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A small boy was lost, so he went up to a policeman and said, "I've lost my dad!"
The policeman said, "What's he like?"
The little boy replied, "Chips and beer."

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9 comments:

  1. Oh geez. Be careful on that ladder!! You'll need to be able to keep making tours to take wonderfull snow photos. Today's were really nice. That horse must not be very old. Or else, it just got a wild impulse.

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  2. Gosh, you folks sure are getting the snow!

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  3. Beautiful Christmas Card Photos.
    The Bridge is coming along.
    Glad we haven't had that this year.
    Be Safe on your ladder and Enjoy the season.

    It's about time.

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  4. Looking forward to living in your neighborhood, if the building permit issue gets resolved.

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  5. So happy you didn't leave your camera home today!

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  6. Love that first photo! You guys sure have had some nasty weather--same thing is happening in Montana but with colder temps I'm thinking.

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  7. Your pics are incredible as always Al. Thank you so much for continuing to keep us all in vivid scenery. This lockdown is hard for so many people who 'need' to get out and about but are unable. I think I speak for everyone when I say Thank you for providing the daily 'holidays'..

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  8. The lonely sunflower could be a great children's story :-) Still loving the beautiful winter pics and purity of all that fresh snow. The red house is the snow is a favorite! That's a whole lot of heavy snow on that roof, hope the melting brought lots of it down.

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