A bench at the Pioneer Cemetery near Hope, Idaho.
I wonder how many households of late have pulled out the bag balm, Super Glue and band aids.
"Crack time" has been upon us, and it's painful.
In fact, at times lately it has even hurt to at times for some of my fingers to tap on the computer keys.
Add to that the extreme, piercing pain of fingers trying to urge waist flaps to come together and to zip jeans or even to put on gloves.
Or, try inadvertently bumping your cracked thumb on any hard surface.
And, then how about walking around the house with heels squealing cuz they hurt so bad from cracks that have suddenly appeared from out of nowhere.
Cold weather, dry air and skin blow-outs go hand in sore hand, and, in my experiences, only a blob of udder balm seems to help those heels heal.
During these frigid days, hands hurt and, often, at the same time, so do the feet.
On any given cold, dry day, with the blink of an eye you can look down and see your finger bleeding where a crack has popped open and erupted with an explosion of blood.
It hasn't seemed to matter through this cold spell that I've kept the pot on the wood stove filled with water almost 24-7 for the past week.
Hate to think of how bad the cracked, painful and flakey skin would be if I hadn't done that.
My band-aid supply has almost run out cuz I can't find the bottle of Super Glue which I usually keep on hand whenever dry air causes my fingers to crack and bleed.
The only problem with wrapping band aids around the ends of your fingers is that they don't fit well and don't stay stuck in place for very long.
Seems like, in no time, one end of band aid is flapping in the air, threatening to lure the rest of the strip along with it.
At other times, the whole strip will just plain slip off the finger, especially whenever we take off our gloves. How many used band aids are hiding in the finger tips of winter gloves?
Often, I'll try to solve the loose band-aid problem by getting another strip to hold the original in place.
All in all, it's frustrating work tending to bloody, sore fingertips and cracked feet.
Hopefully, the last painful episode will end soon as the temperature rises and when we'll definitely face a different challenge to our bodies.
"Lot of shoveling," I've heard the weather forecasters predict a time or two this week as they tell us to expect abundant snow, starting tonight.
I guess that means we can put away the Super Glue, bag balm and band aids and pull out the Ibuprofin, Voltaren, Sore No More and heating pads.
Always important for our body health to have a good supply to meet the individual needs of upcoming weather patterns.
In the meantime, on a cold, cold but mostly sunny afternoon, I took the dogs on a road trip to the Hope area, which I learned yesterday is "between Faith and Charity." 😍 😉
I took a back road through the Oden farm country and later turned off on the Trestle Creek Road.
"Stay here. I'll be back soon," I told Bridie and Foster, knowing that I wanted them to stay warm in the car.
So, I left them and quickly made my way over to the creek in the same spot that so many people stop to see the beautiful Kokanee spawning in the fall.
No red and green fish to be seen yesterday.
Just a whole lot of shades of white and green where ice and snow have created some amazing scenes in the creek.
Ice, like snow, can create very artistic and beautiful handiwork as it grows and spreads across surfaces, especially wherever there's normally water flowing.
I thoroughly enjoyed the few minutes snapping pictures of the creek, and the rest of the drive wasn't bad either.
Hope you enjoy the photos, especially that neat mural alongside the old highway through Hope. There's a really neat community story behind the mural, as you'll see in the Sandpoint Reader link below.
Speaking of neat, geocaching made the front page of today's Bonner County Daily Bee.
In its next meeting, Sandpoint City Council hopes to allow and set up a policy for geocaches in the municipal parks.
Bill and I think that's pretty neat because our daughter Annie is a "geocaching queen" of sorts.
Annie has worked for Groundspeak, Inc. in Seattle for a number of years, and she has logged 20,000-plus caches all around the world since she began participating in the sport.
Groundspeak, Inc. manages the geocaching.com website, along with a myriad of other items related to the sport, which provides a wonderful opportunity for young and old alike.
If you want to learn more about and maybe even give it a try, check out the link below.
Guess that's all this morning, except that Willie's Bulldogs are playing again tonight at Les Rogers Gym.
Tip off against Timberlake is at 7 p.m. They are fun to watch, and opportunities for watching home games are winding down.
GO, Bulldogs!!!
🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
Happy Tuesday.
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