Been a little cold.

[Scott Danforth]

From my bud in Sturgeon Bay

This was yesterday when only 24" fell. Today total is 3' +

 

[aspeck]

We had a fair amount of rain yesterday, then the wind hit around 9:30 last night with downed trees and powerlines ... and the rain changed to snow. Only about 2 inches of snow before the wind really started blowing it around. Not sure how much we actually got and how much melted or blew away, but we went for 70 degrees to 22 degrees in about 7 hours. Schools were delayed this morning because of the icy roads and lost power. March really needs to take her meds!

 

[FLATHEAD]

That storm hit us last night. Was as nasty winds as I ever saw. Trees down everywhere. Power is not anticipated to be back till tomorrow. I lost two oak trees. The one uprooted and the roots broke out the edge of my driveway, the top hit the lid on my septic D box. Dodged a bullet there as it didn’t break it. The other oak was hung up and decided to drop the rest of the way while I was cutting the other.

 

[Jeff J]

I mixed a 60 pound of concrete about 2 weeks ago. It was upper 70s. I don’t know why but it never dried out. It rained 4 days after pouring and the piece cracked and broke. A few days later I cleaned it up and made new forms. While I was at it I crushed and scattered the wet chunks which now finally look dry.

Naturally I connected hose reel and used the hose for some of this work. Now I am sitting here wondering if I ruined a perfectly good metal hose cart during the last couple of nights when the temps dropped into the mid twenties because I didn’t drain it. The dog and chicken water sources were both frozen solid. Guess I will find out when I go to mix the new bag of concrete.

 

[Jeff J]

Got lucky. Hose reel not broke. 60 pound bag of concrete poured at noon today is already hard. The last batch looks like I just poured a bag on the ground without mixing in the water.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

Patio doors will be opened for the first time since last fall. An air exchanger can not do what opening the windows does on a spring morning.

 

[airshot]

From my bud in Sturgeon Bay

This was yesterday when only 24" fell. Today total is 3' +
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Look at the brite side....grill is exposed, so get those steaks ready !

 

[Jeff J]

Grill is on now. Had to run the AC the last 2 days. It was 26 a few days ago. It burned the leaves off the early trees. 90 today.

 

[FLATHEAD]

Took the plow off the ATV today and put in its resting place in the shed. Confident it won’t be needed moving forward
Take the alumacraft to its summer home at the reservoir Wednesday morning and get the Crestliner out of storage in the afternoon.
Things are looking up.

 

[airshot]

Took the plow off the ATV today and put in its resting place in the shed. Confident it won’t be needed moving forward
Take the alumacraft to its summer home at the reservoir Wednesday morning and get the Crestliner out of storage in the afternoon.
Things are looking up.

Looked by to do the same here. Weather made a turn last minute so not as nice as predicted. Getting antsy waiting to get summer toys ready !!

 

[Jeff J]

It’s been a little too warm the last couple of days but I got up in the middle of the night to turn on the furnace again last night. Was planning a trip to the dock this morning to pull 14 dipsticks and look at 2 maintenance issues (low power and a steering leak) but I am holding off until after lunch to let it warm up a little. It’s 2 weeks before the fleet becomes active.

 

[aspeck]

And yet a front blew through last night and snow flurries were in the air today … yo-yo weather for sure!

 

[DeepCMark58A]

Woke up to snow this morning at home, drove to work zero snow. Got home to 3" of snow supposed to continue all night. I am tired of winter go away.

 

[FLATHEAD]

Woke up to snow this morning at home, drove to work zero snow. Got home to 3" of snow supposed to continue all night. I am tired of winter go away.

I’d seriously be thinking of a move.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

I’d seriously be thinking of a move.

Grandkids is why we stay.

 

[FLATHEAD]

Grandkids is why we stay.

I can relate to that. I would move to a more southern state but my wife is having none of it. We are within 20 miles of all our grandkids and see them all the time. Honestly I’d miss them a whole bunch as well.

 

[airshot]

Grandkids is why we stay.

Grandkids are a big plus, but moving into 95-100 degree weather does not sound like fun either. As I get older, I hate the cold as does my body, but battling extreme heat is not much better. Here in Ohio, we had the worst winter in quite a few years, but it appears to be an early spring....hope..hope...hope...
Have family in many different states and each one has it's downfalls, so we need to choose our poison.

 

[DeepCMark58A]

I can relate to that. I would move to a more southern state but my wife is having none of it. We are within 20 miles of all our grandkids and see them all the time. Honestly I’d miss them a whole bunch as well.

Same situation, we moved closer to my daughter when the grandsons were born. We watch the boys at the drop of a hat and I wouldn't ever give up the sleep overs at the lake.

It is going to snow again tonight, but it has to be the last snow of the season , right?

 

[dingbat]

It is going to snow again tonight, but it has to be the last snow of the season , right?

Don’t know how you guys do it

Currently 70 degrees. The grass is green, daffodils are up and the forsythia and flowering trees are in bloom. The magnolia in the front yard bloomed yesterday.

Downside… lawn mowing season starts tomorrow. Then off to the beach later in the week for a couple of days of consumption and Drum fishing

 

[flashback]

Getting slammed with pollen around here, its so bad you don't dare open windows.