Busy Weekend - Part 2 Managing dusting

Oh dear, all the light a February Sunday morning can have brings all the dust so visible.

Busy weekend - Part 1 Checking the skis

Snow cubes

You've got snow!

On Friday I arrived at the cabin with the crew, as usual. The snow plower
tractor had made its visit the same day but on the paths around the cabin
I could see I had gotten 50 centimeters of snow during the week.

I analyzed the quality of snow...

To get inside to the cabin these cubes of snow were removed from the pathway
to the porch.

We made it to the porch...

The amount of the snow was significant, on the roofs too. This fact made my weekend
super busy. I could practically say goodbye to my daytime sleeping routines.

Chill out

Rare encounter - Part 2

On their little ski excursion the crew accidentally run into group of grouses (or wood grouses, I do not give much credit to their ornithological skill) spending their wintery day in their snow nests. The birds just bursted from the snow one by one. In the second pic you can see one of the round nests in the snow, the foot prints in the middle and three pairs of wing sweeps last of them being only a light touch by the wing tip feathers. The crew returned to the cabin the same path to make sure they did not disturb more birds staying warm in their snowy temporary lairs. 

PS Earlier on the same trip two lovely willow grouses allowed the crew observe their graceful sprint into air. The crew was very impressed by all this natural wonders they could see.

Rare encounter - Part 1

I made my short outing in Saturday morning no matter it was -25 C; first this kind of freezing weather made me cough but then I noticed that it is only the first sensation and I can manage it - hey, I am a Siberian cat and I have suitable genetic setup for the purpose. Once I decided to retrieve upstairs to my daily nap around noon the crew followed my example and took off for a small ski excursion in the neighborhood. They were surprised by the Sun reaching over the tree tops and how it made the snow covering the three tops sparkly against the deep blue sky. 

PS The captain snowshoed in first mate's KAR147 tracks for last two weekends and decided that it was time to get his own pair of KARs. They arrived for the weekend. Look at the pics how shallow is the track they leave in deep soft snow; the crew is excited.