Schoonover Farm Blog

So I had started watching the Olympics before the opening ceremonies with curling and weaving.  I loved the Snoop Dogg was there.

I had my Olympics all planned out.  Here are the Kraken I was watching out for in the games.

And here are some favorite events I had scheduled.

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There were some interruptions. There was the Super Bowl.  Unfortunately, I fell and hurt my back so weaving was out after that.  There was Valentine’s Day so we went out to a nice dinner.

So I knitted.  There was an Olympic connection, though, as many Olympians were knitted including Breezy Johnson.

I worked on President’s Day and then Tuesday we went to the cabin. Dad and Mo were at the cabin when we arrived, and my brother came the next day.

I picked up a pizza at Glondo’s on the way.  I didn’t realize it was a 12’s pizza. This was nice, but I suspect had less pepperoni than usual.  It was a great pizza though.

My back was still pretty messed up with work making it worse.  So Tom got the dog walking duties for the most part.

And I sat on the couch and watched the Olympics.  This is the USA-Sweden hockey game.  I was feeling for my Swedish relatives.

There were some storms blowing through with wind and snow.  This was one of the clouds that came through the valley.

We did bring Steve’s ashes with us.  We had a tribute to him, spreading some of his ashes at his favorite tree where he liked to lay and watch us and the road.

I continued to knit on my sheep tribute scarf.

My back gradually improved with rest, and I was able to take the dog on some walks.  Here is a frozen plant I thought looked interesting.  I was afraid of falling in the ice and snow so I was careful.

So the beagle spent a fair amount of time on the couch next to me.

Here was a morning view of the mountains.  I wish the motorhome wasn’t in the way.

We have had a cat hanging around our place at home.  Tom is calling him Fito.  When I was at work President’s Day, he was in the driveway.  Tom came around the corner and must have scared him.  He jumped the front gate and ran out into the road.  He was clipped by a car driving by and then ran into the neighbor’s property.  Tom was unable to find him, and the neighbor hadn’t seen him/her.  But they had seen him/her before and were calling her/him Molly.  But then while we were at the cabin one Friday afternoon she/he showed up on our pasture camera.  She/he seems to be walking OK so it was a relief.

 

Saturday morning there was beautiful sunrise.  Unfortunately we had to pack up and leave.

I woke up early yesterday (Sunday) morning and was able to watch the USA-Canada hockey game with Wally and a cup of coffee.

It was a great game. Like with most of the Olympics, it was sad anyone had to lose. But I am glad it was a close game and both teams played well.

I watched the closing ceremonies and then caught up with some more hockey, halfpipe and curling that I had missed.

And with that the Olympics were over.

 

P.S. I finished two books recently!  I finished the audiobook of a physical book I have owned for a while thanks to the Libby app.  It was the experiences and research of an anthropologist living with migrant farm workers in Mexico, California and Washington.  In Washington he was with them in my county, picking on fields near us and interacting with medical facilities I work at and collaborate with.  It was profoundly enlightening, and I have a whole new appreciation of the traumas involved with migrant farm work including those inflicted by the medical community.

And then I finished a physical book.  It was stories about sheep, which of course I loved.