It’s always a question when we get that first snow fall. Where did you last see your snow shovel?
It’s probably been a while. And we didn’t have to make much use of them last year. But we may have snow on the way. Or… if a butterfly flaps it’s wings in India, we may not. The amount we may or may not get has been constantly changing over the past couple days. But we may see a bit of snow. But at the same time, don’t expect it to be here for Christmas.
But should we actually get snow, you probably need some way to move it.
I don’t know about you, but I tend to store things like snow shovels in my garage. It’s really not much of a garage. More of a large shed. Truth be told, it is probably more of an overgrown junk drawer. The type of place that holds most of the items I don’t happen to be using at the moment. There’s a lawnmower in there. A couple bicycles. Honestly, there is also a kitchen sink, but let’s not go there. There are also snow shovels.
The issue with this particular garage/ shed is that it has doors that open outward. Doors that open outward are great when you want to just toss in things you don’t need and quickly shut the door before they start to fall out. But they don’t work so well with a big pile of snow in front of them.
That’s why there are shovels. Plural. I can’t use more than one at a time, but it would not be the first time I forgot to retrieve the snow shovel before it snowed and had to go buy a new shovel so I could dig out the shovel. I want to try to cut down on the number of shovels in my life, or at least keep it to the same amount, so I have to remember to get the snow shovels out of the garage. Before it snows. After is too late.
Not that I couldn’t use a new snow shovel. I vaguely remember finding a piece of metal on the lawn last spring. It took me a while to figure out what it was, but I believe it was a little metal strip from the edge of the snow shovel. The part that allows you to move actual icey type residue, provided it’s not too hard. If it has had time to turn into actual ice, you will probably break the metal strip off your shovel. You may not notice the missing strip until you find it on your lawn once all the snow has melted, at which point you will wonder what it is and be thankful you didn’t run over it with the lawnmower.
So I intend to get the old snow shovels out and have them ready. Just in case. Getting a new snow shovel is not only wasteful, it can be dangerous if you lose that strip of metal.
