Today's items of interest start with the letter "B". First, the board book:Last week, I finished up another class project: a board book in a cigar box. For this project, I used Bo Bunny's new Felicity line, along with a Cosmo Cricket cigar box, Bazzill's new paper flowers, and Bo Bunny's decorative brads. The board book (also a Bo Bunny product) is 6x6 and the box is 6.25x6.25, so it fits inside perfectly.
Next, the blizzard:
We're under a blizzard warning until midnight. Looking out my window, the snow is coming down fast, but there is not much wind to speak of yet. At 27 degrees, it's not even cold compared to the past few days. It certainly doesn't look like a blizzard to me, but I understand the winds are supposed to kick in this afternoon.
Dire weather warnings have been posted, suggesting we "gather provisions", such as blankets, food, and batteries, and prepare for extended periods without power. Gusty winds will cause icy power lines to "gallop" (seriously -- who has heard of this term?) and snap. The entire metro area is practically shut down for what (so far, anyway), looks to be a pretty average snowstorm. Don't get me wrong -- I totally appreciate the value of weather warnings. But I think that we sometimes over-dramatize the weather forecasts around here. Good grief, people...this is winter in the Midwest! What do you expect? :-)
And finally, the bell:
You may recall that I've been trying to teach Lily to ring a bell for her food. She has two options: a desk bell from Staples (she's not really liking that) and a cloth bag filled with jingle bells. Many people have been skeptical about Lily's ability to learn to ring a bell when she's hungry. But -- prepare to be amazed -- Lily has rung the bell on several occasions this week, completely on her own! She sort of wiggles the bag - "jingle, jingle" - with her paw! She doesn't do it every time, but she's learning! So take that, you skeptics! :-)
Updated at 1:15 pm: Our blizzard warning has been cancelled. It has been replaced with a "blowing snow advisory". That seems more appropriate for the conditions. :-) And middle school softball pitching has also been postponed. That seems like another good call!
9 comments:
Hope the blizzard is nothing to worry about, Lily is so smart of course she can pull that off and I seriously loled at Lilyware!!!!
We were hit with a tornado two weeks ago (see my blog for photos) and then last week had a winter storm come through our entire region. Several families are still without power from the ice. Hopefully your storm warnings will be just hype, until recently that's what I thought when I saw them too, now, not so certain.
Your comments about your kitty ringing the bell for her supper made me smile. We'd have animals ringing bells here all the time!
Lida-So far, the blizzard isn't really a blizzard, from what I've experienced. Just a bit of snow with some wind. No white-out conditions...yet, anyway! Thanks for your nice comments about Lily! :-)
Theresa-Thanks for stopping by. Gosh, I could not believe the devastation from the recent tornadoes. Then to be followed by an ice storm...wow. You have been through a lot in your area. I totally value early warning systems--We have a lot of tornado warnings around here, and it's ALWAYS better to be safe than sorry.
Glad to know there's no blizzard. I'm trying to even picture the snow - we've been upper 50s all weekend with the windows open.
Love the cigar box & book. So cute! Very pretty mix of papers & embellishments. tfs! :)
Go Lilly! Go Lilly! I knew she could do it!
Glad to see your warning was downgraded to an advisory...on the other hand, we had a forecast of snow "showers" today...and ended up with 6" of snow between 9am and 1pm! LOL! :)
Forgot to add - tag! You're "it" over on my blog :)
How cute!!!!!!! I can't imagine Sugar ringing a bell for food (I think he'd use his energy trying to figure out a way to stage a coup instead) and Nimue would be too scared. I missed the chance to be skeptical since I didn't see that post, but I wouldn't have been. Cats are way smart enough for that...just perhaps not willing.
Pretty board book. And great job to Lily for ringing the bell.
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