Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
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Me too!!! Love the cold. No bugs. Can see your breath in the cold air. Hot drinks. Comfort foods to eat.
One thing I can do without and that is ice storms. Don't care for those. But otherwise I'm all for winter lol
One thing I can do without and that is ice storms. Don't care for those. But otherwise I'm all for winter lol
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I keep our vehicles good to -40, have seen this low in the Ohio Valley before. Continuing to load up on cords of wood to keep us warm. Buddy is bringing me a BIG dump truck load of wood from the Amish sawmill and I am doing an addition 2 cords per week.
Wife wants at least 25 cords ready for the first snow fall. Both propane tanks will be filled by the end of Sept. after the rush as I already have the price locked in. All I will need to do is get about 20 gallons of K1 for our Aladdin lamps.
Sam
Wife wants at least 25 cords ready for the first snow fall. Both propane tanks will be filled by the end of Sept. after the rush as I already have the price locked in. All I will need to do is get about 20 gallons of K1 for our Aladdin lamps.
Sam
Cold enough in November to kill the thrips. No significant snow until a week before Christmas, then just enough to maintain a foot or so on the ground until the Ides of March. I have spoken.
You can have it!
When it drops below 50°F, I go into hibernation in my cocoon.
Fortunately that only lasts for 2 months.
See you in the spring
I'd love to see a few heavy snows here this year and some good cold temps. Fall and winter are my favorite times of the year.
That's two out of the four, Bacpacker. Not bad.
When I was a kid I loved them all. Geezerdom has destroyed winter for me, starting in November. The Holidays bring on the melancholy; too many loved ones gone.
Spring is ok. Usually good fishing and time to get the garden going. Summer, other than the produce is just a stamina sapping period that has to be dealt with. Heat and humidity just wear me down anymore.
Spring, A time for seeds in the ground and love in the air...
Summer, a time for watering the plants and harvesting when not on the water in a boat.
Fall, a time to finish the harvesting, canning and drying and watch the sunset with your lover.
Winter, a time for a warm hearth and a warmer heart while the outside turns white and the inside turns red and green.
Love everyday, it may be the last one. Don't spend a lot of time planning for a future you may never see.
Summer, a time for watering the plants and harvesting when not on the water in a boat.
Fall, a time to finish the harvesting, canning and drying and watch the sunset with your lover.
Winter, a time for a warm hearth and a warmer heart while the outside turns white and the inside turns red and green.
Love everyday, it may be the last one. Don't spend a lot of time planning for a future you may never see.
I love to just go out in 6" of snow and track cottontails. Always get them to turn so I get to see them.
I call it practice . May need that skill someday.
And, it's fun.
Jim
I call it practice . May need that skill someday.
And, it's fun.
Jim
According to the FoxFire Books each night of fog I have in August is a day of snow in the coming winter. I've had 2, one night a heavy fog and 10 nights later a lite fog. Got them marked on my calendar... we'll see.
Y'all do realize "snow" is a four letter word and this is a family orientated forum?
Fall is definitely in the air. Cool temps at night and only 3 more days forecasted to be in the 80s then we go into the 70s.
Last year we got very little snow. I used my leaf blower to clear the sidewalk 2 times all winter and I didn't even think about getting my snowblower out of the barn. This year just might be different.
Snow I can deal with but freezing rain is something else altogether.
I hate that stuff.
Last year we got very little snow. I used my leaf blower to clear the sidewalk 2 times all winter and I didn't even think about getting my snowblower out of the barn. This year just might be different.
Snow I can deal with but freezing rain is something else altogether.
I hate that stuff.
Black crickets disappeared from my yard about 10 days ago... Usually there are plenty of crickets to catch for fishing in October, even late October this far south. Looks like winter is coming early this year.
You are correct!
The odds of me dying from a heart-attack from shoveling snow - 0%.
Every year I hear about thousands of Americans dying from that, I just scream:
"It will go away all by itself by July, I promise!"
Guess why 20-million retirees live in Florida?
Old folks shouldn't have to shovel snow!
I'll never get to build another snow-man in my lifetime, BFD.
I can live with that.
I prefer my heart-attack to be from too many sirloin steaks
Let it Snow, Let it Snow.
We haven't had a good snow (more than 4" Minimum) in way too long. And it usually melts by the next day.
I need SNOW. Thats one reason I want to move up in the mountains. At least it'll stick around a few days
We haven't had a good snow (more than 4" Minimum) in way too long. And it usually melts by the next day.
I need SNOW. Thats one reason I want to move up in the mountains. At least it'll stick around a few days
My normal response to shoveling snow. God put it there so who am I, a mear mortal to move it. I do clear the walkway to the carport so nobody slips and falls.
I do like the leaf blower idea
I wish it would snow...reminds me of Christmas.
Snow bending the cedars, Christmas lights reflecting off the white stuff, kids sledding down my hill.
Tractor and blade going down my driveway, so the family can get up the hill to open presents, and make snowcream.
Let it snow.
Haven't seen a snow flake in 2 years.
Jim
Snow bending the cedars, Christmas lights reflecting off the white stuff, kids sledding down my hill.
Tractor and blade going down my driveway, so the family can get up the hill to open presents, and make snowcream.
Let it snow.
Haven't seen a snow flake in 2 years.
Jim
Go to Louisville
It was chilly early this morning.
I went outside to put the Golf cart back in the shed ..
I looked everywhere for some snow...
NOTHING.
JIM
I went outside to put the Golf cart back in the shed ..
I looked everywhere for some snow...
NOTHING.
JIM
Well I will agree with the being rid of bugs part, but IMHO that is the only good part of Winter. Give me the Summer and the heat. I am a desert rat at heart.
I has gotten cooler here. Night time temps are in the 40's.
I has gotten cooler here. Night time temps are in the 40's.
