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Posted on 01/02/2007 9:57:39 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Ok. I had to think about it, I had actually forgotten that we went to two different trail heads:)
Becky
Here is Miss Ruby at 5 months and about 35 pounds (she'll get weighed Wednesday at the vet.)
Definitely smaller and leaner than Blue - but no idea if she's going to stay that way for the next 3 months!
Your snow looks pretty. No snow here, but it's cold as heck and the wind is blowing hard. 17 degrees tonight - then add on wind chill for a 20 mph wind!
I know:), but I'm just a fanatical loon, about horses being controlled when they have halters on:)
About him moving better loose...well, I find it interesting that you find that interesting...I would think it would go without saying...I move better when I'm loose:) and not carrying something or constricted:)
Becky
Trust the Lab to be out in the snow having a ball! (at least he's easy to see.)
I can't wait to see my black Lab against a snow bank, but they're not always easy to come by here. It's sure going to be cold enough tonight for snow to stick though -- 17 degrees, coldest so far this winter.
Recognize it?
That's the road back out...
Posed :~)
Wow, I can't believe how that tree is tumbled over from the roots....amazing.
I don't know if I would have recognized it if you hadn't told me:), but I remember it now.
Looks like Gidget is having fun:)
Becky
The firs pull out of the ground more often than they break. Maybe if they could just prop it back up and water it real good ;~)
They have a sign at the entrance that says "woodcutting prohibited in camp areas" or something like that... I thought, they should cross out prohibited and wright in "encouraged" at least for this year till it's all cleaned up.
Gidget has a blast up there... We'll go again tomorrow - less gun club to make Homer crazy, less other people around in general.
Wow! That looks like a jump that my mare would respect.
When Hurricane Opal came through here, we lost a lot of trees. Two big ones fell in an "X" across a turn in the trail up at Kennesaw Mt. Park -- they sawed a hole through the middle and left the rest. If you timed it just right you could get a "bounce" in and out on the inside of the turn.
We jumped those poor trees to death! They finally crumbled into wood chips and sawdust, but we got 2-3 years jumping out of it first.
Heh... I'm thinking we might have a few like that up on the trails till they can get to ALL of them.
17 degrees is pretty cold for you - don't you all start losing a lot of plants at those temps?
I am amazed at how many trees you lost up there. It will take years to recover.
It's been no ordinary winter, that's for sure.
Isn't that the truth.
The guy who had our house before us really had some very strange ideas (we refer to him as "Mister Toad" for his grandiose taste but poor follow-through.) All his shade plants were planted in the sun, and the sun-loving plants in the shade. He had two pretty white Alexander gardenias in a spot along the east wall where they were in complete shade from the garage on the south ALL the time except a few weeks in high summer. Poor things weren't growing or blooming, they were just sitting and sulking at about 2 feet tall. I thought they were a dwarf variety. I moved them to a nice sunny spot flanking the steps on the south side of the deck . . . I've had to cut them back severely twice because they grew to over eight feet tall almost instantly! So it doesn't really matter even if they freeze right down to the ground . . . they'll be back.
That's really the only tender plant I grow. Everything else is cold hardy down to 0 . . . I have the old ironclad hybrid rhododendrons and some of their descendants like "Scintillation" . . . they are both cold- and heat- proof. The azaleas I have are George L. Tabers - you can't kill 'em. My daffs are up, though, and this cold snap may get them.
WRT Ruby -- I really don't know, because Shelley turned out to be a really strange Lab. She grew til about 10 months, stayed very skinny for a long time. I do notice that she's bulkier than Ruby, she's filled out in the chest and ribcage, but she's still an awfully skinny dog, even with her winter fat on.
Right now Ruby is a Skinny Thang . . .
I had azaleas and rhododendrons, both in Alabama and in NC. Really enjoyed them. I don't believe I ever had a gardenia though. Lots of roses, impatiens, and four o'clocks going wild in corners.
In that pic, Shelley is 5 years and 7 months old. She'll turn 6 on March 1. I have noticed that she is a little bulkier . . . but that may just be by comparison with Ruby.
I have noticed that Ruby is longer in the back and the legs than Shelley -- she can take a shot at my dinner plate!
My daffs are up
With all the mild weather and rain we had prior to this cold spell, mine were up also by the pasture fence. Poor things are in for a shock.
I think Blue is built more like Shelley. He seems shorter legged and backed.
All I can say, is just wow!
The woods are going to be a mess when we can really go for a ride and check it out. I'm looking forward to seeing it all.
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