~Framboise Manor~: snow bs!!

Saturday, March 21, 2015

snow bs!!

jambaloney here!

sorry it has been a while - i have been busy working on an IT project for a local company - AND clearing snow - here is tuesday after the storm

atv outta the shed - it helped a bit, but the snow was pretty packed...

here is the bend in the driveway...

and there is the road plus snowplow deposits - took 2 hours to shovel that out!!

hey ho - blizzard next day - truckdura (moved closer to the road) on wednesday!!!

atv helped some...

the rest was done by hand...

as far as i got...

back of the house...

front of the house....

dishwasher still in the basement - those bins are full of dirty dishes..

which get carried through this door!!! not optimal - we have a cunning plan for next winter!!!

i did more driveway yesterday and woke up today to finish the job - we are getting rain followed by a freeze - it HAS to be finished!!! truckdura

yesterday's handiwork!!!!

and what is left - see BIG new snowplow pile - the alps!!!

i tried using the atv yesterday but the snow is too deep and packed - i have to cut out one chunk at a time... i fell last sat and bruised my rib which didn't help - lift with the legs buddy, with the legs!!!

first pass - to the mountains then stopped for awesome kymber-lunch of everything salad!!!!

now tackling the mountains!!!

i thought it was 100 feet but started to suspect more.... so i got a 200 foot tape measure..

yep 166 feet to the truck from the bottom of the driveway!!!

almost done...

and done!! all with a crappy shovel - the rain will come pouring down there!!

and onto this road - i have to go to work monday and after the rain it will freeze so i trotted down to the low spot at the right...

and made a helping trench at the side so that the water won't pool and make a frozen lake!!

a couple of weeks back there was a new bird in the tree....

there is a BIG fat ruffed grouse eating the buds off the apple tree - been quite the winter!

hopefully the rain will clear the driveway and get rid of some snow - we are going to have seasonal temps soon - that will be a blessing!

happy spring everyone!!!

22 comments:

Gorges SmytheMarch 21, 2015 at 8:17 PM
Better eat the grouse before he eats all your apple buds! I don't envy you on the shoveling!
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Mike YukonMarch 21, 2015 at 9:09 PM
I'm with Gorges, it would already be in my stew pot! :-)

I'm really starting to wonder if you don't actually live at the North Pole!

I do have a remedy for the next two-three weeks. Pack up the truck and come on down we'll wait for the snow to melt. I do have a hot tub, I'm real close to the beach with lots of white stuff but we call it sand and I just heard my A/C turn on. (tuff maintaining 78f degrees!) He He!!
I have a room with your name on it!
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PioneerPreppyMarch 21, 2015 at 9:30 PM
Man that looks like a lot of work. But I would rather shovel all that snow than shear my sheep!!! :)

Seriously though that was some work you did there Jamby. Maybe that Grouse will hatch some eggs this year. If I know Kymber she is more than likely encouraging it to eat those Apple buds.
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M.E. MastersonMarch 21, 2015 at 11:40 PM
My back hurts from all that shoveling! I do not envy you.
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DaniMarch 22, 2015 at 2:29 AM
Wow!!
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WendyMarch 22, 2015 at 7:26 AM
And that's why our house is so close to the road. :( I hope that's the last of it for you. Dream of spring...
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DFWMarch 22, 2015 at 8:29 PM
I'm with Mike. You 2 can rotate between our houses.
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Toirdhealbheach BeucailMarch 22, 2015 at 11:03 PM
That's a lot of snow Jam. Good on you. I like anything that involves "a cunning plan".
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Sandy LivesayMarch 23, 2015 at 9:04 AM
Jambaloney,

It's time for the snow to go away up there! Then instead of shoveling snow, you'll be shoveling soil for the garden. Don't work to hard my friend, remember to take sometime out for yourselves.
Sending hugs and love to you, and Sweet Kymber
Your Friend,
Sandy
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Harry FlashmanMarch 23, 2015 at 10:16 AM
Wow. Your snow situation makes ours here in North Georgia look like a joke. I'd hate to have to drive there where you are driving. But you have it down pat, so it probably doesn't bother you as much as it would me.
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EdMarch 23, 2015 at 10:38 AM
I think I would hit the auctions next summer and find a used snowblower priced right and rebuild the thing before shoveling your driveway too many times! I'm impressed. My snowblower has adjustable skids on it so you can keep it above the rock for driveways like yours.
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kymber here and talking about jambaloney.

i've always called him my angel. my rock. my best half. the best part of what i have always wanted to become.

he has a soul as big as the biggest mountain, he is strong, he is in incredible physical condition, he is 51 and yet most people think he is under 40. he is humble and modest, charming, gorgeous and will help anyone with anything at anytime. he never grumbles and only every now and again complains or is a tiny bit cranky (nothing that a hug can't fix!). he can cut both sides out of 70 tires in minutes, build raised beds from scrap wood that he drags out of the forest, weedwhack 800ft of our road down to the river, and haul more wheelbarrows of dirt, mulch, rocks and seaweed than is probably medically-advised. he's learned how to braid, make bread and no one makes better rice - not even the chinese. he supports my every, crazy endevour. he went 44 years without a driver's license and got his license after being trained by my crazily-wonderful french canadian friend in 2 weeks. she never stopped talking the whole time. in french.

he has biked everywhere his entire life, at one job he biked 24km EACH WAY. that's to and from! 24km to work AND 24km from work! oh and just accidentally has an honours degree in philosophy.

i believe that he is Our Lord's most beautiful and perfect creation. but i might be biased. he can very accurately shoot a ben pearson cougar re-curve from both the left and right. and his aim is dead on.

he is bow-legged and only 5'7", but has the most incredible eyes. and a tiny mole on his upper lip. he writes the most romantic "insta-poems". he tells me he loves me several times a day. he calls me "babe" and "honey". and he means it.
he loves hot sauce and spicey things like cayenne and banana peppers, he buys (or now picks) me flowers, he left a lucrative, high-paying IT job and his family to follow me here to this remote little island. he builds me shelves and washes all of our laundry with me by hand.

oh and he was baptized Anglican. and was an alter boy. sheesh. somehow, through my intervention, i am turning him into a pagan-christian-fundamentalist-confuscian. look, even i can't figure that out!

the name jambaloney is a nickname that i gave him over 10 years ago. he still uses it. he can be reached at "jambaloney@gmail.com". he loves comments or emails. and he loves me.

if i were given the opportunity to wish one thing for the world - i would wish that every woman on the planet had a jambaloney. i know that i could save the world this way. i have friends who have asked me to clone him. i am trying. believe me, i am trying. one day i will perfect the science involved, and when that happens, i promise all of you a jambaloney.

i love him more than...breathing, lobster, boiled dinner, fresh bread out of the oven, bugging out, singing back up for Madonna (ok...i made that one up!), fresh sheets on the bed, a glass of red wine after a long day, sunflower seeds, lavender, growing my own potatoes, T.S. Eliot, dancing, my babies (who are really just cranky old cats!) and the Bible.

i love him more than i love Framboise Manor. and i really love Framboise Manor.

About kymber

(this pic might seem odd. trust me, it's not. 20 yrs ago kymber went shopping with a girlfriend from the military and bought this dress. then she hooked up with that girlfriend recently. they caught up through email and one day kymberz friend mentioned that specific dress. kymber said she still had it (kymber still has her prom gown for crying out loud!). the friend did not believe it. so we had to take a pic of kymber wearing the 20yr old dress for her friend. kymber always likes to add accessories...and well, we had the bunny ears laying around. ya know, cuz everyone always has pink bunny ears laying around. ok, that's it...i am out of here! jambaloney)

what can i say about kymber?? A LOT!! most of it will have to wait for blog entries ‘cuz i just don’t have enough space here to do her justice…

so i’ll have to do my best… first and foremost, kymber is my partner and i will love her forever. she is the best partner anyone could ever have, i am one lucky guy!! she is 46, she is sweet as can be, smart as a whip, super cute, exceptionally feminine, strong as an ox, honest, kind, empathetic, wise, an amazing dancer, a master wit in speaking and writing….i could go on..i will!

at 5’ 1’’ she packs a wallop – a true force of nature - she is a master gardener and chef and spent 10 years in the Canadian Military – she has done 2 tours of Alert (the north bloody-cold pole). she is a UN-certified Korean linguist and spoils our 2 cats rotten. she also spent 12yrs working in the federal government, as a communications analyst at SolGen (now PSEPC) and Fintrac. she loves nature in the true sense of the phrase..the wildflowers, insects and birds here at framboise manor keep her entranced and captivated for hours.

anyone who is her friend knows that she will stop at nothing to help and heal, dedication and loyalty are an integral part of who she is and she is dead serious about anything she puts her mind to. yet she maintains the most delicate touch and a smile on her face always, never afraid to live and love no matter where and when.

she is the most genuine human being i have ever met! and she has encouraged me to embark on the most crazy and exciting adventure i could imagine… thank you babe - i sooo love you!!!

(and she can be reached at kymberzmail@gmail.com)