tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post4180156338677669064..comments2023-10-31T15:39:09.651+01:00Comments on box elder: Stores: more snowbound musings.Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-43481427994214582532010-01-17T11:39:40.060+01:002010-01-17T11:39:40.060+01:00Lovely to see you here, Clive!Lovely to see you here, Clive!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-5617223711116854492010-01-17T10:57:18.525+01:002010-01-17T10:57:18.525+01:00I too have had to learn how to keep a well-stocked...I too have had to learn how to keep a well-stocked larder in order to survive the snow now we live at the end of a lane (it stops at us) and a steep drive that between them have the capacity to cut us off in bad weather. This, our third winter here, has been the fiercest so far in terms of the weather cutting us off, though we could walk through the woods to the nearest shop a couple of miles away if we had to, so this pioneering sensation is only really a game of 'let's pretend'. However when the snow is really thick and bundles us up, it feels quite isolated.<br /><br />Loved your account of being snowed in Lucy. I shall return to read more.Clive Hicks-Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573698513351018726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-76071593031579419302010-01-13T16:54:58.187+01:002010-01-13T16:54:58.187+01:00Thanks people. With a rise in temperature and rai...Thanks people. With a rise in temperature and rain, it is thawing now, but the small roads are still so thickly iced we haven't risked them yet, a day or so more should do it.<br /><br />Tom tells me that there was a reaction against chains on wheels, that they were considered to be for wimps, then for a while we didn't get the winters that needed them. The commercial vehicles don't hesitate to use them though.<br /><br />Nimble - that's funny about ceiling/sealing wax. Though I do really know it is 'sealing', when I was a child and heard the words in the song, I didn't know what they meant, and thought it was something to do with ceilings. The error has by now lodged firmly in my head and I would probably make the same mistake again... ;~)<br /><br />No, I wouldn't read the War volume again, but might well read the Peace one! I wonder what their comparitive lengths would be...Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-24559948497380981082010-01-13T15:28:47.217+01:002010-01-13T15:28:47.217+01:00How wonderful to find yourself with adequate store...How wonderful to find yourself with adequate stores plus the 'for a rainy day' treats. I agree that you should put things off and wait for the roads to be better even if it's hard to wait. <br /><br />I enjoy your wordsmithing, for example your use of 'the last parings'. The W&P suggestion is intriguing. Would you ever read the war volume again? I don't think I would.<br /><br />Hope your stores of ceiling wax (or sealing wax) are holding out...Nimblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16426446791363667887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-51827870207786601112010-01-13T13:41:45.095+01:002010-01-13T13:41:45.095+01:00Chains are the answer, providing someone else puts...Chains are the answer, providing someone else puts them on. Good to have the right set anyway for a real emergency.<br /><br />But don't forget Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (ie, not the film) where, in a vain attempt to be macho, Mitty attaches chains incompletely, they come loose and wrap themselves round the half-shafts. That's bad enough; even worse is having to endure the sneer of the lad from the garage called in to rectify all this.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-6851403734514580492010-01-11T11:30:19.118+01:002010-01-11T11:30:19.118+01:00Don't worry - be happy! Breaks to routine have...Don't worry - be happy! Breaks to routine have to be good. And things that make us view the world differently... and rummage in our cupboards (real and metaphorical...)Fire Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518190677399410354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-10965128165683780712010-01-11T00:06:17.092+01:002010-01-11T00:06:17.092+01:00How fantastic that Sunday sherry has become an eve...How fantastic that Sunday sherry has become an everyday event, as least for a little while. And the mushrooms sound delicious. Today I used up all the apples that were kicking around my fridge looking a little sad, and I made the most wonderful apple crumble using bits and pieces like the last of the oats and walnuts and pieces of dried apricot. Good times.<br /><br />Things seem to be thawing out here - I hope it's brightening up for you as well. I think we will all appreciate the spring that much more this year.PurestGreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860331983741242940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-14826419285844782142010-01-11T00:00:43.794+01:002010-01-11T00:00:43.794+01:00Grand post Lucy. Store cupboards, snow and War and...Grand post Lucy. Store cupboards, snow and War and Peace. You always take me on such interesting journeys.<br /><br />We too have huge amounts of roof insulation, but to protect us from the heat of summer. It has alos reduced our power bills!herhimnbrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182397064631016552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-51831555320532186962010-01-10T19:51:08.505+01:002010-01-10T19:51:08.505+01:00Love the imagery, Lucy - verbal and visual. It alm...Love the imagery, Lucy - verbal and visual. It almost makes me miss the snow.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-19475771796304584412010-01-10T18:14:52.180+01:002010-01-10T18:14:52.180+01:00Reminded me of snowed-in days of my childhood in N...Reminded me of snowed-in days of my childhood in North Dakota only about 50 miles south of Canada.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37070024.post-88229894402193527942010-01-10T17:48:51.661+01:002010-01-10T17:48:51.661+01:00Sounds like heaven to me, snugged in and with noth...Sounds like heaven to me, snugged in and with nothing so pressing it can't wait until the thaw. <br /><br />Good for you about the roof, makes quite a difference.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.com