Round Two

Day 120: The first flakes of Round Two have begun to fall, and there are at least two more storms moving in, the strongest scheduled to arrive on Tuesday. Temps got above freezing for a few hours today, and if I'd had half the brains of a rutabaga, I would have run down to the grocery store for milk while the roads were bare and wet. Hindsight is always so much clearer than foresight! But I was intent on finishing a tatting project and let the moment slip away. It may be June before I have another chance. The good news is that the forecast now shows warmer overnight lows for the most part, still below freezing but a vast improvement on temps in the teens. I'm digging in, 'cuz there's no hope of digging out!

The Future of NPS

Day 257 (bonus post): According to the folks at LEGO, the LEGO National Parks series wasn't "global" enough to put into production. I understand that logic, but I was unhappy because I really wanted one of those ranger mini-figures. Then I discovered that they were available as a limited edition, made from "repurposed LEGO parts" and not actually a LEGO product. I ordered two, and then set about finding a way to convert one of them into ME. I ordered a head with glasses and an additional Peter Capaldi wig (the only grey hair they had available), and from my small stockpile of spare parts, figured out a way that my avatar could hold her hat in her hand.

Of course I was duty-bound to insert her into my "Doctor Who" set, and within seconds of the time I submitted the photo to Facebook's "National Park Service LEGO Vignettes" page, the administrators contacted me with a resounding "Awesome!" and permission to post it to the page. I captioned it "The future of the National Park Service is in your hands."