Stuck Between An Axe And A Snuggie Place

As promised, my area of the country received half a foot of snow yesterday. At least I think it was half a foot of snow. We had very strong winds and that caused some fairly intense snow drifts, so I'm not sure what was regular snow and what was drifted snow.

This morning I ventured outside to have a look around. Most of the time I was walking through snow up to my knees. Well … perhaps walking isn't the best term to use when describing my trek through the snow. It was more of a waddle. A slightly drunken looking, very uncoordinated waddle. I'm sure it was extremely attractive.

(No. Probably not.)

On my trek around the yard, I noticed something askew in the row of pines between my yard and the road. I saw something a bit out of the ordinary. Something just, well … off.

See if you notice.

I quote the great Jim Lovell when I say "Houston, we have a problem."

It seems as though I am the proud new owner of a rare tree called the Leaning Pine, formerly a standard white pine. The tree had been leaning a little bit for a few days, but this heavy snow made it lean over even farther.

Now it looks to be at a forty-five degree angle to the ground.

How this tree is not completely flat on the ground is beyond me. I mean really, this is ridiculous.

Looks like I will be to breaking out my trusty axe later this afternoon. I will chop down the tree and cut it into firewood. Yep. Gonna whip out my axe and get to work. Heh heh. Looking forward to it. Can't think of a better way to spend a wintery afternoon than with my axe.

Oh, who am I kidding? I'm staying inside with some hot cocoa and my Wonder Woman Snuggie. When it comes to being stuck between an axe and a Snuggie place, I'll take the Snuggie every time.


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