Spring where art thou

Well the darn ground hogs are wrong ! Spring has not sprung at all, in fact we here in Saskatchewan (Canada) are being nailed with the worst winter storm on record.

The Trans Canada Highway between Moose Jaw and Regina (you can Google these locations) has been closed for the last 48 hours, and there is a Canadian Pacific Railway freight train stuck on the tracks near Belle Plaine (Google this as well) the heavy snow fall has brought the train to a dead stop, the snow is just too deep for the train to plow through.

Here is a few photos of our yard just to give you an idea on just how deep the snow is here in Saskatchewan.



This is the new shed that I built last summer, I wont be getting into it til around mid april by the looks of it.




This is the east corner of our back yard, the dog house is all but buried, that post sticking out is actually the chimney stack of an out door fire place that is about 6 feet tall, that blue tarp in the back ground is the roof of our camper, the snow is between 5 feet and 7 feet deep in spots back there.



This is my wife, son, and dog just in front of the car, the snow bank beside the car is well over 5 feet in height




This is our house, there is a coral fence buried under there , and a couple 5 foot diameter wagon wheels attached to the fence that are all but buried.



This is a street view, of what the entire village looks like



So I ask , Spring , Spring< where art thou Spring!? it would seem that spring has completely forsaken us this year, which seriously makes me question Global Warming, it sure isnt warm here! in fact it has been colder this winter than the last 5 winters put together.

I will have lots of flood pictures to post once this snow finally does melt, the whole village is going to be swamped as are all the fields and roads surrounding it.

Guess thats all for now, for those who actually have spring, truly enjoy it, & for those of you that are like us, still snow bound, stay warm.

Butch


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from far far out in left field again

Okay so umm Ive developed an unusual habit of watching the clothes get sloshed around by the agitator in the washing machine, so lets just back up a moment and say that I, Butch, blew up my wifes washing machine by accident *sigh* this happened almost a month ago, what happened was I got tinkering with the machine and thought hmmm I can increase the pump velocity thereby making it drain faster... so I did and it did, I had that piddly pump draining at around 20 gpm where as the stock drained around 5gpm , I was pleased with myself, it served no real purpose and didnt help the laundry chores go any faster, but still I was pleased with myself,

well things worked well for a few days, then ummm BANG! what happened next was simply EPIC!! the piddly little impeller inside the pump sheared off at such a high velocity that it not only blew apart the pump but also the hoses from the wash tub to the pump before embedding itself in the floor, okay THAT was pretty freakin AWESOME in my books, but my wife didnt see it that way! she was so mad at me she was speechless and just glared at me while the sparks flew and the water pooled at her feet.

Now fast forward to the present, I replaced her old washing machine, and it was old, at least 15 years old, so I bought a heavy duty C6 model, not brand new but a 4 year old with a ground up rebuild, it only cost me $100 and came with a 3 months parts warranty, my wifey is happy and that makes me a happy Butch as I can finally come out of the dog house.



as you can plainly see its a used washer, but dang it works great, its not that old just 4 years, and it can handle anything, as I discovered you can put a weeks worth of laundry for 3 people in one big load! I be liking it, and my wife has yet to use it because I have volunteered to become the laundry taker carer of person, and heres where it gets a bit weird, its the agitator, it doesnt just go back and forth like the old washer! this one is a 2 parter!! the bottom half goes back and forth while the top half goes in a jerky continual motion in 1 direction.... counter clockwise, and for some reason unbeknownst to me it fascinates me! to the point where it has become my personal obsession to stand there with the lid up and watch it as it sucks the clothes down under the water.



it is just a washing machine, but I am obsessed with watching that agitator for reasons I cant explain, my wife and kidlet think I have finally gone nuts! maybe theyre right and I have, but everyone has got very clean clothes and the laundry hamper is always empty!


well Im off to.... you guessed it, run a load of laundry

Butch


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