Friday, November 13, 2009

Photoessay #891 - Winter


Check out the picture of I-90 at Denny Creek at 10 this morning. They actually closed the pass several hours before this photoDennis passed that way several hours around noontime. Conditions did improve. The choice was between a poor mileage 4 wheel drive without chains. Or the Prius with chains. They went with the Prius and got over the Cascades fine. Expected to be in Pullman within the hour. Snowing there, apparently the streets are slushy.

But it can snow here, which throws the whole city into crisis. Last year, we had a 13 day 'snow event'. I hear the word and I immediately do panic shopping at the grocery store. Last year, every time it snowed, which was often, I was driven to make a pineapple upside down cake. Not this year, trying to stay away from that stuff. They talked snow yesterday so I headed over to Thriftway. They don't plow our neighborhood and since we're at the end of the court, it can get pretty inpassable.

Naomi said she didn't have tickets for the football game so not sure what they will do. Actually I hope they go to Moscow and get her a winter coat. She refused to engage on that before she left.

Teddy chewing up Ilana's lime green octopos puppet to shreds. Been to the dog park so he got to wrestle. Puppy Tony now (male german shepherd) now bigger than he is and plays rough. Teddy can take it; other dogs not so much. But even Teddy got tired of it and went to play with gentler dogs. Yesterday, some big labs were running around playing rough. I was rather surprised but Teddy decided to not participate and, instead, played a gentle ball game with a corgi. The owner would throw the ball, Teddy would get it, then he would put it down so the Corgi could see it but look like he would grab it away. After a few minutes, Teddy would abandon the ball and the Corgi would pick it up, give it to his owner and they would do it all over again.

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