Remote Parking

You know how you notice something while you are driving, then forget about it until you see it again? After harvest season (even I can't believe I'm using that phrase!), I noticed a number of vehicles suddenly being parked in the middle of fields. Boats, cars, RVs, a few farm vehicles. What's up with that?

After near record breaking snows this winter, I have come to a couple of possibilities:
1. These people knew we were going to get so much snow that we would run out of places to put it. So they moved their "extra" vehicles out to the fields so they could pile more snow on the driveway.

2. They moved these vehicles out of the garage so they could park their big @&* snow remover in the garage.

Eight more inches of snow. No place to put it.
Let me know if you know why people are parking in the fields.

Dolly the Weather Dog

One of the compromises in living in the country is the limited access to cable and internet providers. We have DSL now, and it annoys me that the weather channel doesn’t show our local forecast on the “8’s”. Instead, you get a handful of selected cities, none of which are anywhere near us. We are nothing if not resourceful. We have delegated weather reporting to “Dolly the Weather Dog.”

Each morning, I send her out and she comes back with local conditions. If she is wet, we know that it is raining. If she is covered in snow, I look out to see how deep her footprints are. Today’s forecast reported 3 inches of snow and light precipitation. She looks forward to her treat for accurate reporting.

I will say that she is 100 per cent accurate on the current weather and there is no 15 minute delay like the weather channel has. So there are some benefits to living in the country.