Hey SheFly, do you like living in snow like that? I would love to live in wintry weather and shovel snow looking like your pictures!
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Hey SheFly, do you like living in snow like that? I would love to live in wintry weather and shovel snow looking like your pictures!
Early winter - yes. Early spring (almost) - no ;) .
This is actually my vacation house, so I kind of get the best of both worlds. Still have to shovel though, so anytime you want to come and help, let me know :D. Oh, and it snowed another foot the day after I took these photos.
The town has had about 140" of snow this winter. My neighbors had come from shoveling their roof a 4th time last weekend :eek:. Locals are just as sick of it, and there really is nowhere left to put any of it. The fear now is flooding...
SheFly
I used to live in Ipswich, work in Gloucester. My old boss, who lives in Newbury (I think....where's Gov. Dummer Academy?) says he hasn't seen his front lawn since Thanksgiving!! :eek: Looks like the winters of '94-95 again.Quote:
Originally Posted by SheFly
I saw my first sign of spring today! A groundhog! I looked out my window and there he was, running around the yard and then digging into some exposed dirt near a tree. If the groundhogs are coming out of hibernation, I can, too (soon).
I was also quite warm yesterday and rained so some of the snow melted. But then it froze. It made me pretty annoyed trying to open the barn door today. I relieved my anger on the ice with a pick, though.
Most certainly not spring here.
http://weather.wcco.com/US/MN/Minneapolis.html
High of 15 tomorrow. 9 is possible on Friday.
It's wild to me that folks in Canada can see crocuses right now. But I guess a coast nearby will do wonders...
The Japanese Current keeps us above freezing most of the winter, here.
I can now report that squirrels seem to prefer blue snow crocuses. Those little oinkers have spent the last week digging up my new snow crocuses, eating the bulbs, and spitting out the stems, leaves and buds. I can still see some yellow ones, but have not seen one blue one bloom yet. Wonder what "blue" tastes like...
hmmm.
Wonder what "squirrel' tastes like :eek:
Don't make offers you can't hold up to 'cause I will so get my bike and roller blades and a plane ticket and make my way to you with my L.L.Bean snow fort builder/snowball making kit and hunt you down for shoveling in exchange for room, possibly board.Quote:
Originally Posted by SheFly
Rather tasty, similar to rabbit. Need recipies? I like mine sauteed with a light gravey. Or in a gumbo. :p:D:pQuote:
Originally Posted by zencentury
Just let me know when to expect you, and I'll try to arrange for a dumping of the stuff before you arrive. I wouldn't bring the bike or blades yet though - nowhere up north to use them. Got skis? A toboggan? :D Oh - I'll provide the shovel...Quote:
Originally Posted by Meg McKilty
SheFly
I do not own, but I could get skis at a good price on SteepandCheap.com right now. I own a rubbermaid sled from forever ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by SheFly
I own a couple of snow hats and thermal mittens. A jacket or two. Oh, and long-johns. Sound adequate enough?
dum-di-dum, I saw snowdrops on my ride Sunday :)
Nothing else though. Which is sensible considering it's still below freezing most of the time. Snow is long since gone. We're stuck with glazed ice and I wouldn't even go into why winter isn't winter here any longer :(
But I AM seriously considering taking my road bike out for a whirl on Sunday. Pleeeeeease, let it be above freezing and no ice for a few days now, weather gods and goddesses and all your little helpers.... I don't need high temps, I got the cold-weather gear, but I do need a clear road!
My son is getting married next weekend. A destination wedding. While it is beautiful and in bloom here, they supposedly got 10 inches of snow Monday and I don't know HOW MUCH last night.
We were hoping for beautiful weather. :(
well - one of the most picturesque and romantic weddings I ever went to was in Tromsø (way, way up north) in February. Cold, windy, and it snowed - and it was beautiful. The air was thick with swirling snowflakes. Up there they say that it's lucky for a bride to get snow in her hair :)
They got a lot, probably up to 8 inches. But it's forecast to be in the 60s all next week and it will all be gone, except perhaps the plow piles and the north faces of buildings.Quote:
Originally Posted by sandra
We're 70 miles from there due west, and we got nothing at all. Not even a raindrop. Thirty miles to the southeast--schools are closed.
Thorncrown Chapel would be lovely with a little snow in the woods! If there's any left.
I hope you have beautiful weather, too.
Karen
Here's the first sign of spring for us. It's warm enough that Toby is sleeping in the bathroom to cool off. :p
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/i...s/P1010451.jpg
Bump.
I have pictures now, ha-HA!
No pictures...but...
The magnolias in front of my office are starting to bloom.
Forsythia (don't know if I spelled that right) are blooming.
A few early cherry trees are starting to bloom.
And the daffodils and crocuses (crocii?) are out.
And, the best sign of spring? DH is starting to get antsy and spend more evenings sitting in the furnace room, looking at his bike, and stressing that the N2 group ride is already getting way too fast for him. :cool:
The weather forecast for today says snow, the temperature is sub-zero and I encountered snowflakes on my way home from yesterday's ride...
I rode in the snow on Saturday. It snowed here yesterday, and rumor has it we are in for another big dumping on Monday. At this point, I am only dreaming of spring...
SheFly
SheFly:
Let's start a society for those stuck in snow prone areas. The Society for Cold Feet Riders or something like that?
First day of Spring is TODAY!! Even if you don't yet have flowers where you are, the days will be longer than the nights starting tomorrow! Flowers to follow.
Of course, not for our southern hemisphere sisters, but y'all have just had a great summer, right?
To the tune of White Christmas - sorry Bing!)
I'm dreaming of a warm springtime,
Just like the ones I used to know.
With sunshine glowing
And flowers growing
And ne-er the threat of any snow
I'm dreaming of a warm springtime,
With every pedal stroke inside,
Soon, the trainer I will hide
And hope for my spring rides to be outside!
:D:D:D
Here is a springtime pic from our desert ride on Tuesday. The flowers were so plentiful and vibrant, that it was very hard to concentrate on riding.
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1206025745
Brenda
Happy Spring to all!
Spring always creeps in here early. Then a frost will hit and ruin things. But this year it's been good. And normally when my plum tree's bloom a rain comes and knocks off the flowers, not this year! We are going to have so many plums this summer!
Oh and my cats are shedding like crazy! clumps of fur everywhere I look. And my long hair is hacking a lot. Time to pull out the tube of petromalt! Ahhh spring!
Happy First Day of Spring!
That photo makes me miss AZ. I loved AZ in the spring time.
OK... someone tell the snow to go away, it's spring time. Good news is we are gaining 5m 46s a day. Bad news because of daylight savings the difference is the sun is still out when I'm ready to go to bed and not in the morning. :( I want to commute to work in the daylight!