I realize what I have become ....

When I was a young boy growing up through my teen years in New Jersey we had snow days. Days where school was canceled and it brought joy. Not necessarily due to the cancellation of school but mainly due to the opportunity to earn $$!
You see, when it snowed that much, I would head out and go up the street going door to door. Knocking and asking people if they needed their walks or driveways shoveled. It was a great opportunity to earn some cash and of course get some exercise!
After we had a recent storm I had a 4th grader, Julius, ask me if he could shovel. I agreed and paid him the grand sum of $10.
The next storm came and again Julius asked if he could shovel and when I asked him how much he said $15 because it was a big job.

After another storm hit this is what the deck and entrance recently looked like at the new apartment Holly and I are moving to.

I of course decided that I certainly could do this job!






After I had finished, caught my breath, and gone home .....I realized who I had become...
when the next storm comes I am hoping that Julius comes back and asks to shovel the snow for me.
He is worth every dollar$$!
:-)

More, Some More Problem .... SNOW

We have had a lot of snow and it just keeps on coming. It is great!!
Here is a rack on top of a 55 gallon drum behind the house!












A few days later and the drum is gone!








Our outside freezers are almost buried.









We now climb down into our house.

Musk Ox

Spring has come .... maybe ... not really

Musk Ox was not a Tier II hunt this year but a registration hunt.
So One day in February we went out after school to find a herd.






There they were - about 18 miles from the village. It was a cold wintry day with fading daylight.










But after a little bit of a wait the herd finally shifted enough for a shot. After the butchering, with plenty of help from Morgan, Butch, Adrian, and Terrance we headed home and were back at our houses by 7 pm.