Try Harder Next Time – #1linerWeds

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Full moon over Great River Park. The park is closed.

Monday was cold – we enjoyed a high of 5°f (-15°c) which lasted for about 8 minutes before dropping back to 4 and then heading south of the zero. Tuesday started out above zero, but not by much.

Maddie was having a difficult time conducting “business” in the yard. Sunday’s storm ended by depositing a layer of ice over 6” of snow. The extreme cold that followed hardened that ice layer.

Note: After I clear the driveway and sidewalk, I snow blow some paths in the back yard. I make sure the Editor can get to her firewood, and I clear a path around the perimeter for Maddie. As I make Maddie’s path, I clear some “rest areas” for, well, you know.

Maddie likes to turn around a few times before doing stuff. I didn’t leave enough room for her to turn without stepping up on the ice. Also, there were a few places where she tried to get off the path, but I hadn’t cleared a spot. She stepped up onto the ice but slipped off. Frustrated, she looked up at me and seemed to say:

“You did a nice job on the path, but there aren’t enough rest areas and the rest areas that you did make aren’t big enough.”

Thinking about the origin of this blog’s name, I guess I should have posted a sign “Inadequate Facilities” on the rest areas.

I made them bigger when I got home last night. Again, I’ll skip the details, but Maddie seemed to approve.

This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. And, given the time of the year, it’s also part of Just-Jot-January. If you have a one-liner, I’d encourage you to join in on the fun. You can follow this link to participate and to see the one-liners from the other participants.

The park is closed, the river is starting to freeze and the city looks cold.

I left this bottle of water in my car on Monday.

Freezing rain happened here.

There’s a payloader back there, clearing the entrance to our office park.

Monday morning full moon.

This struck me as a bit of overkill – we only had 6″ of snow.

As you move south (to where I work) the storm brought more freezing rain than we had. We live 16 miles north of this parking lot.

Much better – all that took was a little shovel action.

This is an example of the rest areas I made – inadequate by Maddie’s standards.

The ice supports, Maddie, but not me.

Here’s a place where Maddie expected to find a rest area.

Crisscross contrails.

We’re starting to see slightly later sunsets.