8/Feb/20 I looked outside and I don't see the fox

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Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

So now that Tonya and the Big Guy know that Fox will go after rats and mice, they are more determined to keep the Fox in this area.

Now, the Big Guy only wants to put any stuff that they feed to the Sea Gulls, well, he only wants to throw it outside when he knows that it's dark out.  That way, the Fox will get it and not the birds.  What ever the Fox doesn't get, the Sea Gulls will get the next morning.

I can see him looking outside, every so often, to see if he can see the Fox.

Last night, when the Big Guy went to bed, he was sure that there was freezing rain that had covered the trees, the power lines and his car.

He was also concerned about his back and front steps.  He thought, with the temp going down to -6 today, there was no way the ice was going to be gone.

But, when he got up this morning and was looking at his car...  he couldn't see any ice on his car.  Or on the power lines, or the trees.  The wind is blustering...  but no ice.

That's when he noticed the temperature.  It's +3.  So all the freezing rain... that was covering everything before they went to bed.  It melted.

Now, the snow that's on the ground.  Well, this is the stuff that creates avalanches in other parts of the country.  If you were to look outside right now, the top layer of snow, it is quite saturated with water.  Once the temperature dips below freezing, that top layer of snow, well, it's going to be ice.  Then, it's supposed to snow in the next few days.  Not a lot.  Only 5 cm one day and 5 cm the next.

But this snow is going to be sitting on top of this layer of ice.

If we lived in a mountainous part of the country, we would be ready for an avalanche.  That layer of snow would slip off the ice and slide down the mountain.  That is a lot of weight.  It feeds off itself, until it finally comes to a rest at the bottom of the mountain.

The only avalanche the Big Guy has ever seen, is what you see on TV.

Yup, Mother Nature can be very unforgiving if your in the way of an avalanche.

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7/Feb/20 I am smell old farts off this cushion

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Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Tonya and the Big Guy will often throw stuff outside for the sea gulls.  But there are other animals that will come for a visit.  Prime example, is this fox.

Every so often, I will be outside and I will be "loosing my shit".

It's because this fox will show up, and will be scavenging anything that the birds and sea gulls didn't get.

Like the other day.  Tonya and the Big Guy, had some chicken wings.  When they were done, they threw the chicken wing bones outside.  Not at night though, during the day.  The crows and sea gulls had a feed.

But, there has been other times, they put the chicken wing bones out, at night.  That is when the fox has shown up to eat.

Since I don't like sharing my yard, i get really upset when the fox shows up.

BUT...  I also haven't seen any cats in the area.

I wonder, if the lack of cats, but the addition of the fox has anything to do with this...  I just had the Big Guy look it up.  Nope.  Foxes will NOT attack cats.  They are only slightly bigger than cats to start with.  But they will go after rats and mice.

So, the rats that have been living out of the green bin, your on notice.  There is a fox in town and it's hungry.

I'm sure the other "elephant in the room" today, is going to be the freezing rain and the high winds that are in the forecast.  We are expecting quite a bit of rain today.  Then, this afternoon and this evening, high winds.  So, if there is going to be any trees that have significant ice built up on it, they will be taking out power lines.   That is going to be annoying.  Of course the Big Guy is hoping they don't loose power.  I guess they will see what happens.

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6/Feb/20 you are disturbing my nap time

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Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

So, there are parts of Nova Scotia that is going to be getting some freezing rain.  This isn't as pleasant as you would think.  Yes, it does look nice on the trees and what not.  But only in moderation.  Where there is a lot of freezing rain, it is not so nice.

Freezing rain will break the limbs off of trees.  It will also take down power lines.  Not to mention, it also creates a very slippery surface to drive on.

The Big Guy was telling me a story.  They used to keep the green bin at the back door.  Then, they would just open the back door, step out on the back deck, and empty their stuff that they would have to put in the green bin.

Well, it was freezing rain.  The Big Guy stepped out on the back deck and slipped.  If it wouldn't have been for the railing, he would have slipped right off the deck and onto the ground.  As he laid there, getting wet from the rain, he was hoping that he didn't injure his knee.  He didn't.  But for a slip second, he thought he did.  It was mostly his ego that got bruised that night.  Since no one seen him fall, it would have been a while before Tonya would have gone looking for him.

Did you see the Sourdough Bread recipe that the Big Guy posted on Facebook?  Of course I got to try some.  Tonya gave me a piece of the bread and told me to chew it.

I swallowed it whole.

TA DA...  like magic...  it disappeared!

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5/Feb/20 someone messed up my paint job

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Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The fur on my mussel, isn't what they call, symmetrical.  Tonya says, this is my character.

She has been looking at a lot of other Bernese Mountain Dogs on Facebook, turns out, none of them are really perfect either.  The only perfect ones, seem to be either as a drawing, or the pictures are taken by a professional photographer.

Last week, or was it the week before?  Time is sort of fluid for me, as I really can't tell time that well.

Anyways...

The Big Guy got me some new food, along with this "bully stick".  Well it lasted 3 days.

This time, Tonya bought me a second bully stick, and it lasted about 6 hours.

She also paid about 3 times as much as the one the Big Guy bought.

I think, next time, she will be sending in the Big Guy to get it.

This Bully Stick, it's made from cow's intestine.  It's been cleaned, and dried.  The one the Big Guy bought, wasn't stuffed.  The one that Tonya bought, it was stuffed with some yummy treat.  I guess that's why I chewed it up so fast.

I just wanted the middle of the tootsie roll.  No licks, all chew.  Only some of you will get this.

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