TBT: Today, pictures of snowy events... We don't always get snow in Winter, but sometimes frequent and deep. The Mews have reacted to it differently over the years.
The snowblower has been wonderful. I hadn't drained the old gas out last Spring, so I was worried it wouldn't run. I even delayed trying to start it for 3 days after the snow stopped falling (well, there wasn't anywhere I needed to go). If it hadn't started, I was thinking 2 hours of shoveling snow, so I was putting it off.
But yesterday I got up and prepared to clear the driveway. I was out of fresh fruit and tomatoes. And for me, that is a day without sunshine. But the weather was still nasty. Gusts to 30 mph, chill effect in single digits. So, I got up and took a shower, put on my thermal stuff, ate a bowl of bean with bacon soup, fed The Mews, put on my heaviest hooded coat and gloves, and pulled the snowblower away from the garage wall, and reviewed the instructions.
I have a bamboo stick I use to measure the gas level. Nothing there (I think I wisely drained all the old gas last year). So I filled it up. The snowblower has both a pull rope and an electric starting system.
Old picture (old car in the garage), but the snowblower hasn't changed, so it's good.
There are choke adjustments, speed adjustments, etc. I set them as per the instructions.
I'm no fool, I use the electric plug-in cord. Started right up without hesitation. YAY! So off into the driveway I went. Took 45 minutes, but took little effort on my part. The snowblower is self-propelled and even has 2 reserve speeds. I love my snow-blower!
Even with the snowblower it was a bit brutal outside. Swirling winds kept sending snow from the output chute back in my face from both directions. But guiding a self-propelled snowblower for 45 minutes by just walking behind it is not like physically shoveling snow for 2 hours!
Now I just need to shovel a path on the deck so The Mews can get to the edge and watch the birds at the feeder.
Past pictures of The Mews and snow...
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