Please allow me to fill you with gut-wrenching terror…

Whooo! Scared yet? Graar!
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Yeah, I know. I can’t pull it off.

It’s one of those mornings here at the Secret Lair, with a featureless gray sky and lots of new snow. At time of picture I was just inside from snow-removal chores on the solar panels and under the Fortress of Attitude’s roof. One thing I hadn’t considered when I replaced the chickens’ tattered old cargo parachute with a nice new camo net last year is how much snow a camo net can hold. The weight damn near pulled down the front of the fence last time, so now I go into the chicken yard and beat the snow off the net before it gets too heavy. And after the first time I did that, I learned that one really should take extreme precautions to keep it from going down one’s neck and everywhere else. Plus the windchill on the Lair’s roof – well, the balaclava comes out once in a blue moon, but this morning before coffee it was definitely appropriate.

Hope you’re doing well. I’m still mostly doing without electricity, so I don’t promise to be back later today. Supposed to clear up and get colder tomorrow…

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5 Responses to Please allow me to fill you with gut-wrenching terror…

  1. Judy says:

    Um, okay, I frightened. Nah, (Waves) hi Joel!

    Damn, I’m glad I’m down in The Valley where 32 is low not the high on a good day.

  2. MamaLiberty says:

    Hmmm, not scared. But I’ll bet the chickens were. LOL With or without the face cover.

  3. Anonymous says:

    Dat lampshade be kickin’ !!

    Hope the weather calms down soon.

  4. M J R says:

    Nice pic Joel. Kinda scary in a bugs bunny sort of way.

    I hear you about the snow down the neck thing and I understand your discomfort. It took only one winter of using a snow blower before I learned that a pair of goggles and a thick scarf plus hooded sweatshirt were good things to use. Nothing wakes a guy up like a sudden wind change and a face full of snow.

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