Wide-Eyed Wednesday

I know, I know, not a Vizsla!

BUT this shot of the lovely Shaula was submitted to

the Tri-State Weimaraner Rescue Photo Contest in 2008 and received

2nd place in the "candid" category by Judge William Wegman

(just knowing my photo was seen by William Wegman was an amazing thrill)

Wordless Wednesday

 

 

 

 

Polar Vortex? Frost Quakes?

Ice storms and Polar Vortexes and Frost Quakes? Oh, My!!!!!

"The Abominable Snowvizsla here with
Wednesday's Wacky Weather Report"

These branches provided a fun play fort until the Polar Vortex plunged us into the deep freeze.

During the power outage we went shopping to warm up. Here I am checking out the sleeping bags.

Since we didn't purchase a sleeping bag, I continued to camp out under a ton of blankets.

Thankfully, there were a few days of warmer temps that melted the ice off of the trees and power lines before we were plunged into the deep freeze known as the Polar Vortex! While trapped in the Polar Vortex, we were immensely grateful to have power and heat. With temps in the -20s and windchills in the range of -30 to -40 (risk of frostbite within 5 minutes) , I had to wear booties just to go outside for a minute or two. (Any longer than a couple of minutes and I would have needed my heavy-duty coat rather than my lumberjack shirt.) 

"Do I really have to wear these things in public?"

The arctic temps have been causing the phenomenon known as Frost Quakes - sudden, loud booms!

Here's a one minute explanation of a Polar Vortex courtesy of CNN and a brief explanation of Frost Quakes ("cryoseisms") with a cool photo of a steaming Lake Ontario courtesy of the Daily Mail UK.

The Ice Storm Cometh

Spot the Vizsla

A couple of days after the ice storm, it snowed.

Considering the extent of the damage caused by last weekend's ice storm, we were very lucky that only one of our trees toppled under the weight of the ice. Although there are hundreds of damaged trees in the immediate neighbourhood, only a few hydro lines were downed so we were without power for only 27 hours. We were very grateful to have heat in the house before the temperature plummeted to -10 and creating the potential for burst pipes (twice the worry when you have radiators). 

It is estimated that 20% of the city's tree canopy sustained damage and 40% of the power lines (enough to cross Canada twice) were affected by the storm. 

We send a HUGE and HEARTFELT THANK YOU to all of the Ontario HYDRO WORKERS and to those who traveled from other provinces and the U.S. for working round-the-clock throughout the week of Christmas in sub-zero treacherous conditions to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people.
 

Saturday's Smile

Happy First Day of Winter!

Greatly enjoying last week's super 6" snowfall!

(Today, I'm slip-sliding around in the slush caused by

the recent rain and above-freezing temps.)

 
This year, it actually looks like winter on the first day of winter!  Last year, there was no snow in sight 2012 so we had to create our own "snow" for our Christmas Greeting 2012.  The year before, there was a light dusting of snow 2011 followed by a heat wave 2011.

30 Months of Age

 WOW!  30 Months Old Already!

30 Days

30 Months

30 Days

30 Weeks

30 Months

  

3 Months

30 Months

SPOT THE VIZSLA

Snow Day!

Drove out to the country on Saturday and was thrilled beyond belief to discover
SNOW!
I appear to be the only one happy about the collective inaccuracies of the prognosticating groundhogs!

ALL SMILES!

Wednesday's Whirlwind

Highlights from a play date with Uncle Lloyd (littermate to Uncle Tyro).

Wednesday's Work

Oh, no! The teeter is stuck in the snow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think that should do it

Here goes!

Success!!

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