PORCH PONDERINGS

Lots of Snow - at last!

Snow and lots of it! Finally, a decent amount of snow on the ground. And no, we're not talking feet here. We're talking inches. Perhaps 3? But for this part of Montana that is a nice storm. Winter storm warning til 11:00 PM tomorrow.

The ski areas west of here got dumped on. So, Big Sky south of Bozeman got feet of snow. They are rejoicing. But then, if you have to make millions of dollars in three months, I guess you get a bit giddy when it snows a bunch. Then you pray people can drive to you.

I spent a fun few hours today with the county commissioners. I was trying to gather some information for the newspaper. I got a few tidbits, but mainly just had a good time talking to the shepherds of the county. They have a lot going on right now. Lots of projects, lots of moving parts. But we mainly talked about history, books, anything but what they usually deal with. It was a day they have blocked out for a public meeting. No one was begging for their attention, so we just chatted.

I just got through with a big knitting project. I had ordered some knitting kits last year right before I fell and broke my hand. That broke my heart to see that yarn sitting around. So about two months ago, I started one of the projects and finally finished it last night. It was a bugger. It's not perfect, but good enough. A vest in a complicated pattern that I worked on each night, a few rows at a time. It was probably good exercise for a hand that was all crippled up, and still gives me fits. So now on to the next, easier project.

It's going to be a long winter, so I need to keep busy. Writing, reading, knitting, talking to friends.