Saturday, February 28, 2009

Bird watching

from my window....the cardianls are especially beautiful...Mocha sits for hours by the window and watches them....

Die Voegel haben sich heute besonders haeufig Futter geholt.....Mocha sitzt stundenlang auf ihrem Posten am Fenster und beobachtet das emsige Treiben....Die Kardinalvoegelmaennchen sind auffaellig rot , dagegen wirken die Weibchen, mit ihren roten Schnaebeln, viel unscheinbarer.



It's snowing today


It has been snowing since 11 am this morning. It's almost 8 pm now. Everything is covered with a beautiful white blanket. Mocha loves to sit and watch.
Es schneit schon seit 11 h, inzwischen ist es dunkel und es schneit immer noch.

Friday, February 27, 2009

TGIF

Relaxing this evening after a hard week. Glad it's over. Anticipating some more ice and sleet later tonight followed by snow tomorrow. Yesterday the temperature was spring like, 70+.
Kaffee und Kuchen zur Entspannung nach einer stressigen Woche. Schoen.
Das Wetter spielt wieder mal verrueckt....gestern hatten wir das schoenste Fruehlingswetter, ueber 20 C ...heute nacht solls schneien. Bin gespannt, wie's morgen aussieht.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

At Minnie's

This was one week after the big winterstorm..... all the snow and ice was gone and it was relatively warm outside...just right for taking pictures. I did a little photo shoot of Minnie outside.
Eine Woche nach dem grossen Eis und Schneesturm war es schon wieder waermer, gerade richtig zum fotografieren.

Some of our storm damage

This is what our backyard looks like right now.
So sieht der Pool jetzt aus.

Storm damage cont.

Power line torn from the house...
Die Stromleitung ist abgerissen ....


Tree limbs on the roof....
Viele Aeste sind geknickt oder abgebrochen....

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

I can fit in every box

Da pass ich doch rein....

Monday, February 23, 2009

Dinner invitation




at a friend's last night. ..good food and good company...perfect to recuperate from an almost 24 hour work day....
Einladung bei einer Freundin gestern abend...genau richtig um mich von einem fast 24 stuendigen Arbeitstag zu erholen.....


Wednesday, February 18, 2009

President Obama declares Missouri counties federal disasters

This is directly from the KFVS12 website.

By: Heartland News & AP
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) Twenty Missouri counties will be eligible for public assistance now that the state has been issued a major disaster declaration.
The declaration, announced Tuesday, was the result of a severe ice storm Jan. 26-27 in southern Missouri.

The affected counties include Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Howell, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, Stone, Taney and Wayne.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A request by Gov. Jay Nixon for a major disaster declaration for parts of southern Missouri hit by last month's winter storms was granted today by President Barack Obama. The declaration paves the way for counties and local entities affected by the storms to seek millions of dollars in federal funds for disaster-related costs.

The President's declaration will assist 20 counties in recovering from the damage caused by this major storm. Those counties are Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Howell, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon, Ozark, Pemiscot, Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, Stone, Taney, and Wayne.

On Jan. 30, President Obama granted Missouri an emergency disaster declaration in response to Gov. Nixon's request, allowing the state to receive federal assistance to pay its costs related to the storm. Today's declaration of a major disaster by the President entitles counties and local entities to receive this same federal assistance.

Assessments by the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) and its federal counterpart, FEMA, for damages sustained by counties, municipalities, electric cooperatives and municipal utilities have been determined to be in excess of $193 million.

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Happy Birthday !!!

I'm wishing you the kind of day
where you do what you like,
know that you are liked....
all the while feeling like
life is very, very good.




Wednesday, February 04, 2009

Clean Up is under way

Aufraeumungsaktion auf unserer Strasse.


Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Winter wonderland

Forest View last thursday....
Unsere Strasse letzten Donnerstag....



Monday, February 02, 2009

Winter in PB



Email update from KFVS12....
Good afternoon. Here's the latest power outage numbers in the Heartland. In southeast Missouri, 30,000 are still in the dark. About 45,000 are still without power in western Kentucky. Only 2000 are still without power in southern Illinois.



More Ice and Snow pictures


The roof...



Mocha

saw a chance to get outside....


Diana, a coworker just brought me home in her pickup. It was quite an adventure driving across the ice covered parking lot of Ozark Fitness.

Ice and Snow




Minnie is going to her nephew's house because she had no electricity for several days. ( He picked her up from my house ..... her hill was impassable and there were power lines in her street)
Minnie hat keinen Strom und wird deshalb von ihrem Neffen bei mir abgeholt. Ihre Strasse ist nicht befahrbar wegen gerissener Stromleitungen.

More Ice and Snow