We interrupt our previously scheduled post for this important winter weather report! This might fall under the category of “be careful what you wish for”. We wanted snow and boy, oh boy, have we gotten it!
Remember I told you about our recent foot of snow on Monday and Cricket’s excitement about it? We got one day off from snow, and then it started again on Wednesday. By Thursday morning we had another 8 inches of fresh fluffy snow on the ground!
For some reason, this time Cricket wasn’t as excited. I’m not sure if the fresh snow has just become old hat already, or if she is just so tired from playing in it all week, she had no energy left! However, by the time I got a few things done on Thursday morning and was ready to head outside, she was happy to go! I couldn’t wait to share some of these photos with you; the snow was so beautiful, and I could just take photos of the dogs having fun in it all day. I really had a hard time narrowing down which ones to share. I wanted to show the sheer volume of snow along with the beauty, and of course, all the fun Luke and Cricket had in it!
We have to limit Cricket’s play time so she doesn’t overdo though, and I also had to put my camera away because the snow was still coming down some and also the wind was blowing it out of the trees in big gusts and I didn’t want my camera getting too wet! I’ll tell you what too – it gets tiring out there trudging through all that snow!
There has been one thing about the snow we do not like. It is a thief, and keeps stealing all the balls! Much of Cricket and Luke’s play time is spent trying to locate the balls once they’ve fallen into that deep snow and disappeared. I try to remember where I threw it, and often I have to help them find it. We’ve lost a few, and I even had to put in an amazon order so we have something to play with until they reappear in the spring. Once the snow gets packed down some more we’ll start losing them less, if we have any left to lose by then!
They are pretty good at finding them, but even now Cricket’s favorite white ball is among the missing (no surprise there)! I would have thought that Luke’s nose was better than Cricket’s, because he is so much more motivated for nose works and is always searching balls out in the house. I think it just has to do with motivation though, because Cricket is way better than he is at finding them in the snow. Nothing motivates her like a ball.
That’s another reason we have to limit play time. Cricket spends a lot of time with her head in the snow and I have to be careful she doesn’t freeze her eye balls like she did once in the past! She keeps her eyes open under the snow we think, and a couple times her eyes were squinty all evening and we figured out that’s what it was from. We’ve started doing two separate play sessions on the days that we can.
This weekend the Dadz and I will be headed out to make fresh snowshoe trails, since last weekend’s got buried. It’s going to be a perfect weekend for it – a little warmer, and sunny too. I can’t wait to see how beautiful it will look in the woods with the sun shining (we never saw it last weekend).
We are getting the winter we wished for in our new home, but the snow can probably slow down any time now – we seem to have plenty!
We know some of you are jealous of all of our snow, but some are just as happy without it. Where do you stand on the issue – would you like us to send some of this your way? 🙂
Personally, I like the snow. But when we get THAT much, it’s way to hard for my guys. There is nowhere for them to potty. LOL Delilah took me up to the woods and truthfully, the walking was WAY too hard!
It looks like Cricket and Luke really do enjoy the snow, and I’m glad you have that new home with all that land for exploring.
Slogging through the snow is definitely tough going when there’s that much! I get tired quickly too (snowshoes do help though). It actually amazes me that it doesn’t slow Cricket down any. She just plows through and keeps going.
OMDoodle!!!!!! That’s a lot of snow. When I saw those gorgeous photo’s all I could think about was that fantastic stove you have in your family room. I’m sure you guys were real toasty. Do your dogs sleep well after a snow romp? Mine always did.
We have definitely been spending a lot of time sitting in front of that stove! It is SO cozy, and one of the things I really love about winter.
Yes, the snow definitely wears them out and they sleep so much better. Luke is far less restless and whiny in the evenings when he’s had a good romp in the snow!
Wow you sure got it. Nothing like that here. It was 65 degrees today! I did not wear a coat even.
Oh yes, please. We need snow in the worst way! ❄️
Things are going downhill here….the snow is melting quickly this week. It’s supposed to stay warm right through Saturday, so we might not have much left by then. It’s been such a crazy winter! Hope you at least get some snow before it’s over!
That was a lot of snow! I am glad you got these photos of Luke and Cricket enjoying their snow day!
It might be one of their last ones, so I’m glad too! The snow is melting quickly here…..
I love how much these guys love the snow! Shermie also loved it and then when it turned to muddy slush I think he was over it. Frozen eyeballs! Ok – that sounds horrible and would happen to Sherm too. These are great pics -you got a lot of snow!!
It’s going to be warm all week, so we’re probably going to be in the slush again pretty soon too. Then it will get cold again, and we’ll back to ice and indoor games! These guys are hoping we get more snow, and who knows, maybe we will? It’s been a pretty up and down winter around here.
Wow, look at all your snow! Did you cuties ever find that ball? We got about 13 inches here last week, but with temps in the 60s today, it’s all melting really fast.
Our temps have been above freezing about every day now, so ours is melting quickly now too. All of the balls are magically reappearing in the yard! 🙂
Now that’s the kind of magic we love! 🙂
It does look pretty, but I’m kind of glad the snow has been minimal here this year. Hope you find all your lost balls soon!
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I have a feeling we’re going to be overloaded with balls once spring gets here and they all re-appear! 🙂
wowzers that’s a whole lot of snow!!! I love the pictures of Luke and Cricket with her ball.
The snow is beautiful. I’m glad we don’t have snow but I’m getting tired of our windy rain (and losing power).
Poor Cricket, getting snow-burn on her eyes!
Losing power is no fun! We’ve been lucky these snow storms were off the lighter fluffier variety. The real heavy, wet stuff often leads to power outages too.
Hi, and great to meet you. Oh my word! Everywhere but UK seems to have deep snow! Whilst I’d love to have my peep home for a few days because of being snowed in, I really wouldnt like to have that much white stuff to contend with… totally ruins my mousing expeditions! Purrs, ERin
Thanks for coming by, Erin! Yes, I can see where white stuff might put a damper on the mousing. Though when we had a smaller amount of snow, I saw little mouse prints all over the yard, so they were still out there! Now they probably have to tunnel underneath the snow, and that’s probably somewhere you definitely don’t want to go!
Hello,
Oliver here from The Tribe of Five. We’ve had our own deluge of white stuff. It’s been quite amewsing watching the humans push the metal=handled thing with the scoop around the driveway, on the upstairs deck, on the downstairs deck. We have some nice big windows so we can watch and stay nice and snug inside. I did do a little purrrusal of the upstairs deck. That white stuff is cold and when you come back inside it makes your paws all wet, not so sure about that. Maybe if the humans buy us some stylish jackets like you guys we’ll give the great snowy outdoors another try.
Your Friend,
Oliver
Hi Oliver!
Maybe you would want some boots as well to venture out into the white stuff? That way your paws would stay warm and dry.
Pushing the metal handled thing around is not a fun part of the snow; that’s the part we humans could do without! It’s much more fun to watch that from the warm, dry indoors. 🙂
Wow. That is A LOT of snow!!!! And the pictures are beautiful. I love the pictures of Cricket … she can barely keep her head above the snow … and she seems to not lose much enthusiasm either! It always makes me happy to see our furbabies enjoy being themselves 🙂
ps – Thank you for linking up to the Showcase!
It takes a lot to discourage Cricket’s enthusiasm!
I’m happy to link up to the showcase – I’m sorry I missed it the last couple of times.
Wow! That’s some snow! Beautiful pictures. Rudy and Rosie are sooooo jealous. Me, not so much. That is a whole lot of snow! Maybe you should have been more specific when you were wishing for snow and clarified you wanted just a little now and a bit more later 🙂
Maybe it should not be “be careful what you wish for” but “be more specific about what you wish for”, right? 🙂
Holy snowman! Look at all that deep snow. Zoomies time
Lily & Edward
Cricket is amazing! That’s such deep snow but she’s doing great. She really froze her eyeballs before? I cannot imagine that! Luke does look cozy in his coat!
Such gorgeous photos of your snowy world. I do love fresh snow, and we have not had enough. You are very welcome to send some our way!
Your snow photos were so great too, and I can’t believe you lost all you had. We’re getting warm weather here now too, so I’m not sure how long ours is going to last now.
I know, it was weird with Cricket’s eyes. We couldn’t figure out why she was squinting so much, and then we figured it out. I thought we were going to end up at the vet’s with her, but luckily it cleared up OK without that.
Wow, that’s a lot of snow! We’re glad the dogs are happy. 🙂
So jealous! It’s going to be 60 degrees here today! Love Dolly
That seems crazy! isn’t Chicago known for more snowy winters?
I know that I always say this, but I cannot fathom that much snow! If you added all of the snow that I’ve experienced in my lifetime, it would not be near this much! That is beautiful and I had to laugh at Cricket with only her head sticking out!
Another foot and we’d lose her out there for sure! LOL
We are always thrilled to not have snow here. If we ever had that much snow everything would be closed for at least 6 months!
It takes a lot of snow to close things down around here! Of course, people would probably be better off if they did stay home a lot of the time though when it’s a big storm – that’s what I do! 🙂
That is so much snow! If you’re not careful, it looks like Cricket could get lost in the snow! Barley and Rye are very jealous–we’ve had some snow, but only a couple days where it was enough to lose toys and then get to search for them. I wouldn’t mind getting another snow day where I could stay home and play, too.
It’s only February, so hopefully you’ll get that snow day yet!
I read a story somewhere about a beagle getting buried in the snow and its beagle sibling finding it, so I’ve been keeping a close eye on Cricket when she goes outside! I caught her on the other side of the huge snowbank yesterday, and I thought she was stuck, but she got herself out of there!
OMD! I haven’t seen that much snow since before I left Long Island – the winter of ’93, I believe – when we got one storm on top of another and another and another. I’d love to have one BIG snow storm that drops about 3-4 feet, lasts about two days, and then melts away. One of those per year would suit me just fine.
I love the “I got it!” photo, too. The facial expressions are just too cute! I can’t wait for the pix from this coming weekend! They should be gorgeous!!
I got out with Luke yesterday, and the hubby and I got out with both dogs today. But it turned so warm this week that all the snow had melted out of the trees, so though it was still pretty, it wasn’t spectacular like I thought it would be!
Yes please, send it on over! We had a couple snowfalls this winter, one that was significant, but it’s almost gone now. We’re hoping for at least one more good deep snow!
We got hardly any snow last winter, and I think what we did get didn’t last long. It just doesn’t seem like winter without it, does it?
I love that “I got it” picture, just the looks on their faces. ???? We had a ton of snow last week, we are supposed to have temps in the 40s and 50s for the next week. Usually we love the snow, but since we have moved, there’s no fence in the yard and it’s not as much fun on the long line.
Oh, I know what you mean, Edie. I don’t know what we’d do without our fenced in yard; it makes life so much easier. We are getting that same weather now, and the snow is already melting fast!
I think in that photo Luke was in shock that Cricket had found the ball so quickly! LOL
You know we are so jealous of your snow! We will have 60 degrees here and then the 50’s for the next days. It is awful and depressing. The worst is everyone thinks it is so wonderful. We sure miss winter and hope it comes back and smacks us hard in March and April. Enjoy the snow for us!
I know what you mean, everyone around here is complaining about the snow too. We’re getting those warm temperatures now, and even though it’s nice to be out in them (and even let some fresh air in the house today), the snow is already melting way too fast. 🙁
omd omd what a view from your window… that is like living in alaska :o) I’m glad we have nearly springlike temperatures and the mama said we will send it your way, even when we get rain (she needs a whitewasher for the gardenwork lol)
We seemed to have received the springlike temperatures you sent already! That was fast service! 🙂
OMD! That’s a lot of snow! I’m pretty impressed with Cricket’s ability to get around in it. Ruby likes snow, but when it is deeper than her legs, not so much. Very impressive that Cricket can find the ball buried in the snow.
Cricket refuses to let anything slow her down, especially when it comes to her ball!