Cabin fever, part IV

[wraithfodder]

Not that there were other parts, but I see one more flake of that wretched white stuff, I'll scream. SNOW SNOW SNOW. Of course, now it's sleeting. Hopefully won't take out the power as it's gonna be cold, but then it will warm up to rain, maybe fog, then back to sleet and snow. And Spring is just around the corner, so they say....

So my winter is shovel snow, climb ladder, clear ice from gutters, put out extortion cube of suet to keep woodpecker from banging up the house, only to have fat squirrel suck it dry. ARGH! I shall have to make a DIY squirrel guard to keep that rodent from sucking dry the food block that keeps the bird from drilling holes in the house.

Mediawest*Con programming has begun, so there's new work. Wow, less than three months away! Maybe the snow will have melted by then... ;)

TV-wise, have not seen anything I'm too excited about, except the second season of Broadchurch with David Tenant starts this week (ack, gotta find out WHEN) so shall watch that. Alas, Longmire season 3 is on Netflix, so I guess I'll get the DVD down the road.

Almost done with audiobook of latest Pendergast audiobook (Blue Labyrinth) by Douglas Preston/Lincoln Child and alas, sat too long on my butt and now I'm 4th in line to get the next C.J. Box book (Endangered) out of library, so opted for audiobook version instead.

Am getting a little excited for Avengers: Age of Ultron, which I just discovered debuts a few weeks before MediaWest*con, so hoping that movie will be at the theater out there and we can go see it in a group on the new IMAX screen I think should be done by then.

Alas, no pets yet. I keep visiting a local cat shelter and just pet the cats, which the folks there don't mind as they want the cats to be socialized. It's a free-roaming shelter. They had a huge six-toed cat which got adopted. A real gentle giant. And there's this young cat that like to hop in my lap and chew my jacket (which fortunately already had holes so no big deal). One day...

Meanwhile, did you see the flying weasel picture? A real hoot, and it's real!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/safariandwildlifeholidays/11446267/Incredible-photo-captures-weasel-riding-on-the-back-of-a-flying-woodpecker.html

Comments

[penfold-x.livejournal.com]

Broadchurch starts tomorrow, I think.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yup, I'm watching it right now :)

[timespirt.livejournal.com]

I'm in your boat with the snow. I am so done with this stuff. We have the same weather report through Thursday as you. I'm starting to think Spring will never get here.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, more snow tonight and tomorrow, but then, maybe,MAYBE, SPring will creep in. I can't wait. I want warm temps!

[timespirt.livejournal.com]

I want spring. I hate this weather. It's raining now but the sleet and snow will be right behind it. Hunker down!

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

The second Broadchurch season was awesome! Very gripping. I had no idea how they would continue after season 1 ended, but they found a way and it makes you look at everything with different eyes. Stay away from spoilers though! Let's talk once you have seen it.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Cool. SO far it's working well. Is that you and David in your icon? Neat!

[dieastra.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's David! The picture happened in 2011 at the stage door where we saw him in "Much ado about nothing". Here is my entry with more pictures from that day: http://dieastra.livejournal.com/29928.html

But I also have an official picture from a convention: http://dieastra.livejournal.com/53625.html

Our faces are too much apart to make a proper icon from that one ;)

Broadchurch is turning everything upside down this season!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Still have to watch the second episode, hopefully tomorrow!

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Heh, while you've come to despise snow, I've come to despise the lack of snow. It's the only thing I like about winter, but as soon as we get some it's gone the next day. But, really, I can't complain because I'm more than happy to give up the snow for spring. Warmth!

Dang it I wished you lived where I was. I've been fostering a hefty sweet-heart of a cat (not fat, just a bit big) who's having some trouble getting adopted. She's very cuddly and a major lap-cat, but she's also incredibly shy around strangers and needs a home that's quiet and with no other pets. We'd adopt her but she and my other cats really don't get along (her and Roxy keep trying to kill each other).

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Right now still holding off on new cat. Maybe I should wait just a few more years, then become the crazy cat lady on the block! ;) You get one, but can't stop....

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

You and your kitty will find each other one day.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yup, one day!