We woke this morning to a foot of fresh powdery snow, our first big dump of the year. First priority was to clear a path to the vehicles and then remove the snow that accumulated on the solar panels. Even an inch of snow reduces the panels efficiency by 95%. It was a pretty nice day, no wind and above freezing, so the exercise felt good. Earlier this morning before light I had heard the fellow show up to plow our road. Later on in the morning Chemin Maxime was done and of course we had to go down and shovel after he left a pile alongside our entranceway! Lots of birds around this morning as well at the feeders and except for their calls silence was the order of the day. Winter is here for sure. gws
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| Pine Grosbeak |
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| a feeder by the deck |
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| Squiggles the squirrel burrowing in the snow for sunflower seeds |
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| cleaning the solar panels |
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| Squiggles keeping an eye on me |
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| Woodrow the woodpecker |
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| Marie the snow shoveller |
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| So ya wanna live on the mountain, eh? |
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| Snowplow on Maxime |
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| cleaning up at the foot of the driveway |
