The photo shows what our picket fence looked like after yesterday’s snowfall. My winters contain a lot of “down time”. Most days, I don’t do a lot of physical work. We do, usually, walk the trail twice a day, but I don’t get a lot of other exercise.
When people learn that I shovel my 75m (245ft) driveway, they always say, “Why don’t you get a snowblower?” My reply is, “but it is the only exercise I get in the winter.” So I do look forward to the snowfalls we get.
The problem arises when we get a big snow fall. Yesterday, I woke up to 8-12 inches (20-30 cm) of new snow, depending on where you dig. I knew I had a big job of shoveling in front of me, as soon as I got all the usual morning stuff out of the way; breakfast, our walk, painting and the blog.
Yesterday, the walk around the trail meant snowshoeing. The snow was really light and fluffy, and breaking trail with the snowshoes, meant that I was carrying extra weight on each foot, and was sinking about 8 inches with each step I took. By the time we got back from our “walk”, I was knackered. I somehow managed to call up enough energy to walk upstairs and paint my morning square on my current painting.
Once that was done, I had to face shoveling the driveway. I had just done that the day before, clearing 4-5 inches of snow. It was a whole lot harder yesterday. Not only was there a lot more snow to move with each shovelful, I had to move it higher and further up the piles that line the driveway, to get it out of the way.
I did manage to get most of the driveway cleared yesterday, and have just the “turn around” spot to clear today. We aren’t supposed to get any more snow for a while, so hopefully, I will be able to rest up a bit before it all happens again.
he photo shows what our picket fence looked like after yesterday’s snowfall. My winters contain a lot of “down time”. Most days, I don’t do a lot of physical work. We do, usually, walk the trail twice a day, but I don’t get a lot of other exercise.
When people learn that I shovel my 75m (245ft) driveway, they always say, “Why don’t you get a snowblower?” My reply is, “but it is the only exercise I get in the winter.” So I do look forward to the snowfalls we get.
The problem arises when we get a big snow fall. Yesterday, I woke up to 8-12 inches (20-30 cm) of new snow, depending on where you dig. I knew I had a big job of shoveling in front of me, as soon as I got all the usual morning stuff out of the way; breakfast, our walk, painting and the blog.
Yesterday, the walk around the trail meant snowshoeing. The snow was really light and fluffy, and breaking trail with the snowshoes, meant that I was carrying extra weight on each foot, and was sinking about 8 inches with each step I took. By the time we got back from our “walk”, I was knackered. I somehow managed to call up enough energy to walk upstairs and paint my morning square on my current painting.
Once that was done, I had to face shoveling the driveway. I had just done that the day before, clearing 4-5 inches of snow. It was a whole lot harder yesterday. Not only was there a lot more snow to move with each shovelful, I had to move it higher and further up the piles that line the driveway, to get it out of the way.
I did manage to get most of the driveway cleared yesterday, and have just the “turn around” spot to clear today. We aren’t supposed to get any more snow for a while, so hopefully, I will be able to rest up a bit before it all happens again.
To see what my paintings look like go to: www.davidmarchant.ca
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