http://www.sparkledesign.net/Fidget/2007/01/17/hans-brinker-or-the-frozen-pool/ I'm not happy unless my hands are busy Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:42:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://www.sparkledesign.net/Fidget/2007/01/17/hans-brinker-or-the-frozen-pool/#comment-817 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:34:39 +0000 http://www.sparkledesign.net/Fidget/2007/01/17/hans-brinker-or-the-frozen-pool/#comment-817 [...] First, a little background information: It’s been really, really cold here for a few weeks - temps in the low 20’s at night and dry, clear, bitingly cold days. I’m always watching our pool, we have a direct view of it out front, hoping it will first of all freeze completely over and then it will snow right on top, making a smooth, pretty white pool instead of the ugly green swamp full of dead leaves that we get to look at 8 months out of the year. This is the closest we’ve gotten so far: [...] […] First, a little background information: It’s been really, really cold here for a few weeks - temps in the low 20’s at night and dry, clear, bitingly cold days. I’m always watching our pool, we have a direct view of it out front, hoping it will first of all freeze completely over and then it will snow right on top, making a smooth, pretty white pool instead of the ugly green swamp full of dead leaves that we get to look at 8 months out of the year. This is the closest we’ve gotten so far: […]

]]> http://www.sparkledesign.net/Fidget/2007/01/17/hans-brinker-or-the-frozen-pool/#comment-218 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:38:03 +0000 http://www.sparkledesign.net/Fidget/2007/01/17/hans-brinker-or-the-frozen-pool/#comment-218 [...] A few weeks ago, from our bedroom window, we observed an ambitious raccoon climbing in the cherry tree. I was very surprised when I saw a large blurry animal (I was not wearing my glasses) and, since it was way too big to be a squirrel, my first impulse was that it was a cat. Nope… I could vaguely discern a very stripy tail and BN, with his superior vision, confirmed that yes, it was indeed a raccoon. Maybe it was that extreme-sports raccoon that braved the frozen pool this winter. It’s crazy how high that little guy climbed, since he was above our second floor window! I didn’t even know raccoons could climb trees. And it was full daylight. [...] […] A few weeks ago, from our bedroom window, we observed an ambitious raccoon climbing in the cherry tree. I was very surprised when I saw a large blurry animal (I was not wearing my glasses) and, since it was way too big to be a squirrel, my first impulse was that it was a cat. Nope… I could vaguely discern a very stripy tail and BN, with his superior vision, confirmed that yes, it was indeed a raccoon. Maybe it was that extreme-sports raccoon that braved the frozen pool this winter. It’s crazy how high that little guy climbed, since he was above our second floor window! I didn’t even know raccoons could climb trees. And it was full daylight. […]

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