the rink/flooded frozen lawn

I went in and did some editing today, I had deleted some pics from this post when I was using Photobucket, forgot I used them here. oops! I went in today April4, 2009 and tried to make it look right. :)



the most middle at the bottom of the patio steps, I tried to make an ice path off to the right part but silly mild winter isn't cooperating, I'm going to get 3 days of +C temps so either that will melt out the bumps or evaporate my ice, maybe if I water it over night it will refreeze? I'll just experiment this is my first year trying this.


The smoothest end to the right of the patio

the middle and off to the left, a bit grassy
<----- this is where I was skating lastnight from that line (where the wood used to be when we had sides pre-january crazy melt season)

and this was last nights blah blah
Last night my rink was more frozen so at 821pm all boys in bed, and dh lazying arround, I took off for the ice. I was only out there for 15minutes, my socks weren't in my skates right so my feet hurt, but I was alone to think and just skate. I could hear the sound of my blades on the ice and it's just a great feeling, I'm getting more stablized out there, I've been out 5 times in the last 2wks, but being out there alone with your thoughts, the sounds of the scraping ice and the trees in the wind, it's these days I really really enjoy living "out in the woods". I'm not that far from town and my neighbours are a 2minute walk from door to door if that but it feels quieter, homier and safer than all the other homes we've owned.

February, and snow finally we have snow

Most of our winter has been small snows and easy melts, so our attempt at a rink this year was not going well until last week, we were about to give up when I noticed that the water that was susposed to have frozen on the tarp was to the side and it was getting thick, cue the skates! I've been skating in my backyard for hte last week. The end of last week I moved off the tarp and lookie lookie under the tarp ICE! well, more for skating nooooooooo just bumps lots and lots of icy bumps so my new plan is evening it out, and 430 yesterday the snow came but it wasn't he snow I was expecting, it was light and fluffy so easy to shovel. I shoved for 1hour this morning and got it cleared. I'll see how my backyard olympic skating competition goes tonight when I flood it all again, hopefully the snow banks might keep so of the water on the ice until it freezes again. YAY!! real winter is here, and I for the first February in my life I'm not bummed about it still being winter? odd? maybe?

donuts

I'm craving a donut.... maybe if I just write it out the craving will go away?