Square Dog Friday is always a gud gud gud day.
But on New Years Eve a storm zoomed in from California.
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nooooooooooooooooooooooo
badbadbadbad bad storm
on woe is thehamish so bad
bad bad storm
cold bad storm all day
oh woe
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so cold windy wet lots of cold wet stuff fallin' from sky
coldcoldcold cold
we spent lots of the day like this
thehamish is cold
thehamish is cold
then lots of more badbadbad bad stuff hapned
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night time came with lots of cold white stuff
in the morning lots of white stuff all over
cold white stuff
snow
arggggggh !
but not warmin'
nice tall lady who feed us said scotties we know this stuff
we from scotland it is in our soul
not knowin' what that means but sure i don't got it
not knowin' what that means but sure i don't got it
not understandin'
Watson and thehamish from california we know surfin'
and beaches not cold wet stuff
woe is thehamish
woe
woe is thehamish
woe
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Oh My Goodness !
Oh My Goodness !
This awful freezing weather should not be happening right now.
Tucson's winter starts late January
and ending in middle February.
But this hard freeze cold snap weather is now happening every few years.
I don't think my small citrus grove
can handle much more of this type of weather.
The last time this happened, several years ago the freeze destroyed
over half of my trees.
Even though I have covered and wrapped the trees on New Year Eve,
I am not sure they will make it through this weather.
Most of them are over 50 years old.
New Years Eve evening will be down to about 20 degrees.
I just don't understand this at all.
Most of them are over 50 years old.
New Years Eve evening will be down to about 20 degrees.
I just don't understand this at all.
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Not sure what will happen to what is left of my citrus trees.
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And just because I can here is your pretty for the start of the weekend.
Walkers Chocolate Shortbread and Mini Scottie cookies.
They are very good.
But I can only eat them when The Square Ones are not watching me.
It is very hard to bite off their tiny heads when 4 reproachful eyes
are looking at you eating the cookies.
scotty. . . parsnip
music. . .Someone Like You, Adele
I think that may be the first time I've seen snow in one of your posts.
ReplyDeleteThere is always snow on the mountains around Tucson in the winter.
Deletebut it is usually warm in the valley. 60 to 70 most day 32 to 45 at night.
A few days of colder weather with rain and snow in the mountains.
then a few days of sun.
But the last 7 years it is all scrambled !
Oh my goodness Parsnip! They're returning to their weather roots! You must be in shock though....I hope your heating's up to it. Keep safe my friend and your Scottie friends too. xx
ReplyDeleteyeah.... they are not so happy about that.
DeleteI have a comforter folded with another fluffy blanket on that.
Both Square Ones have been burrowing into this and cuddling up together.
Sorry about your tree. Pictures were very nice to see, with the snow. Cookies looked yummy.
ReplyDeleteThe first time was so heartbreaking. The last two times have been not so bad. I am trying to save them but it has been about 5 years now.
DeleteI will have to have the tree surgeon in again this spring and make some hard choices.
How much does a tree surgeon run these days? Yikes, if it's high.
DeleteSnow in Tucson? Poor old square ones.
ReplyDeleteWe too have a tin of shortbread with scotties all over the tin. Thought of you.
Cookies very gud !
DeleteMust never eat them when they can see me.
Hopefully the coverings helped the trees out.
ReplyDeleteThird night of hard freeze .
DeleteIt is not looking gud !
Oh,oh,oh! You have more snow right now that we do up here in New Hampshire! What a topsy turvey winter we've had so far. I do hope those wonderful fruit trees survive the cold snap. X
ReplyDeleteIt is all gone where I live.
DeleteBack up in the mountains where it belongs.
Oh no, bad weather, too cold! The first photo expresses how you feel perfectly :-) It's been rainy but warm here lately. Trees are getting some green leaves and birds are around. I hope your trees survive the cold!
ReplyDeleteThose shortbreads are so cute! And (whisper) yummy and I love to eat from head to toe :-) They had Christmas version, which got shapes of trees and stars and such. Of course I got a box!
Happy Square Dog Friday and have a great weekend xoxo
Poor Square Gud Dugs.
DeleteThey are both old and not so happy about the freezing weather. They both do not like the rain.
I hope the citrus trees and the Square Ones can endure the cold beauty of snow!
ReplyDeleteThe tree I worry about I watered them really deep and covered them with a lamp inside.
DeleteWho knows. The very old gud dugs are very spoiled and are just fine !
Ugh! Poor doggies! So unused to the snow!
ReplyDeletewell the last few winters we have had very unusual bad freezes. so I think they will get use to it.
DeleteI saw on the evening news that it was snowing there. I told William I suspected the Square Ones weren't happy about it!
ReplyDeleteIt SNOWED. But it is gone now. Back up to the mountains. It is the hard freeze that is the worst.
DeleteThey are really ok with it. they don't like the rain.But snow it is ok.
The weather patterns have really been turned onto their heads, haven't they? I hope your trees survive. Did you try spraying water on them? I know that sounds weird, but that's how they get their citrus trees through cold snaps in Florida. The ice that covers the trees after being sprayed serves as an insulation.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! (Um, would it be too much trouble to provide your little square ones with an indoor potty so they don't have to go outside...? I'm sure they'd appreciate it. HA!)
My Square Ones are so spoiled..... but indoor potty ummmm a big no.
ReplyDeleteI have a small side yard that is fairly inclosed and away from the west winds.
So they are fairly OK out there But let me tell you it is out then back in FAST !
Poor citrus. Brave dogs and time to eat more cookies next to the fireplace!!! We have tons of snow. Very unusual. I think the storm picked our house this year!
ReplyDeleteI wince for your trees, and hope, hope, hope they can survive.
ReplyDeleteThat's a cracker of a photo of Hamish in the storm!
Happy new year to all three of you, and may the snow be gone by tomorrow.
Oh so sorry to read some of your trees did not make it due to the cold weather.
ReplyDeleteBut good you made some captures of your garden with the pool. Now I can see the landscape with the moutains. Stunning serounding you live in. Wow.