How's the weather?

Thank you my norther buddy we be all the way up to 31.2F at 10:30 Friday Jan 7 2022

In my shop with small office under desk ceramic fan driven heater on my feet...dang dog Gus keeps trying to wedge under to get near it...love this Frenchie

Gus a male rescued by abusive owners, wife literally just took him from the home (he was posted on FB as free dog) without ever talking to the owner when she went to see the free dog---directly to our vet to be saved  (I have pictures but way too graphic to do much but infuriate folks) Needles to say he is older for the breed and we strictly manage his diet and drugs...this WX had poor Gus's arthritis hurting more than mine

A few years back Gus and Sapherie, a brindle Frenchie went in for nasal surgery and Sapherie died from the anesthesia. SO that summer Renie over compensated by buying two baby females from 2 different breeders. Thalia and Gaia now about 4 years old

In the mix is a Chihuahua female one eye pitched out at 60 on the hwy...following car took her to our local shelter....I was there and rushed her to my vet who saved her and now at 14 she is slated to out live us despite zero bladder control any more.

We also have a thrown away CorkScrew Boston female Addi (cork screws are a weird defect with over sized torso and 5 inch twisted tail) who is final stages probably crossing the bridge this year...I spend a lot of time daily with this deaf and half blind old girl just giving back all the love and companionship she gave us these last 13 years

the thee amigos..GUS, GAIA and Thalia



Sapherie was a breeder litter runt not show worthy so offered for lower cost. She and Gus both had genetic breathing problems from pushed in snout...Requires surgical repair, saddle she did not survive the surgery and is deeply missed...Especially because she was our special needs child with occasional seizures and got lost a lot
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This is ADDI our Corkscrew Boston deciding is she liked dads floor tile work....she did not, preferring every throw rug in the house


Younger Gus (Angus) still recovering and helping in the shop


Best buddies...Gus actually herded Sapherie when ever she was lost outside


Post cranium surgery every one of our family helped me regain cognitive skills lost to the stroke


Addi vulturing , for some reason she preferred over my shoulder to in my lap


Miss Kitty named for Gun Smoke Saloon owner..... very distinct character both the lady and this half blind no tooth ChiHuaHua


Sahperie and Addi

The surgeon upon hearing the story of my hair promised to preserve my long mane...In fact he cut the entry hole after carefully cutting away the "plug" to be later grafted back on and it took 84 hours with out blood circulation...Amazing Doctor who literally saved my life...TWICE in 18 months..as each clot lodged in an operable area of my brain.

Couple of weeks ago we got a bit of snow You can see the house if you look closely



From the upstairs window:



Then some light rain for a day, melted some, then froze again => slippery

Fortunately there’s still some snow left, as the days are still short and snow makes everything seem brighter.

Sunny and dry but a bit cold here in Snowdonia ,Wales, UK thankfully.

Good frost this morning

Working on car, problematic central locking system gone beserk, drivers door off tomorrow so I can get to the door loom, need good weather...would rather be flying, even for an hour...dam car.

Same thing here The snow is a change from the extreme cold

I know the news has been "flooded" (pun intended) with Ukraine news, but have the Aussie floods managed to get onto your news?  Massive areas have been hit.  Rainfall totals like never seen before.  Nowhere near us fortunately, but we're on a hill anyway and would be safe.  New housing developments have recently been approved around here on flood prone land.  I wish local governmend had enough sense to ask the question why no-one had built on certain areas of land over the past 200 years of white history. Maybe they should have asked a few of the older locals.

We too have had a couple more days this week of crazy weather. Not so much snow, but the winds made for zero visibility, less than 50 feet for long distances, and many closed highways yet again, and all were ones I need to use to get to work. So back roads home on Tuesday followed by the same this morning on the way in. And to top it off, we are expected to get another shot of this again tomorrow afternoon into the evening and overnight.

Oldenginerod wrote:I know the news has been "flooded" (pun intended) with Ukraine news, but have the Aussie floods managed to get onto your news?  Massive areas have been hit.  Rainfall totals like never seen before.  Nowhere near us fortunately, but we're on a hill anyway and would be safe.  New housing developments have recently been approved around here on flood prone land.  I wish local governmend had enough sense to ask the question why no-one had built on certain areas of land over the past 200 years of white history. Maybe they should have asked a few of the older locals.

Yes Rod, our local weather channel has played something pretty much every morning about teh floods currently happening in Australia. I see this every morning when I watch the weather before heading to work.

There was something on the internet yesterday about someone rescuing a Duck Billed Platypus washed up on a bridge.   [/quote]

Platypus live in burrows alongside waterways, so I'd imagine they'd have to evacuate like the other locals.  They can't breathe under water any better than I can, but are no-doubt better at holding their breath for longer.
We lost millions of critters in the fires a couple of years back.  I guess Platypus and other river creatures are doing it pretty tough at the moment.

rsv1cox wrote:
Poisonous aren't they?  Some sort of a spike on their belly.

Males have a venomous spur on their back legs I believe.