Anyone still burning??

70's yesterday,30's now,up here,just lit stove.As I grew up in MD sinkholes do not suprise me,common.Also people do not understand the more they pave over the more problems it creates,too long to get into here.But did watch friends canoe through railroad tunnel when potomac river flooded(point of rocks),didn't get rescued untill miles downriver,cost them a pretty penny!

Officially done with burning for the season!

Last of the snow left the yard on 5/5, no more wood in the staging area on the porch, wood box is out of the house.

Doesn't mean I won't still have the occasional fire, but burning to keep from freezing to death is no longer necessary.

My last fire was to knock the chill off May 1st. I dont think I have ever before
had a fire in the stove in May.

Hopefully my last fire was on the 5th to warm up the house in the morning. I set up the splitter and I'm starting to refill the racks with wood for the 2016/2017 winter.

HELL NO!
Not even thinking of it until Oct/Nov!!
Good riddens for this year!

The yard is now almost completely snow free! Overnight temps are still a bit cool, but will probably pull the fire on ...Sunday?
Next, after the ground dries, is bug season. Getting a jump on as much yard work as possible.

In the high 70s now. 59 tonight. Just squirted the kids with the garden hose in the yard. Close to 80 tomorrow. Only thing burning here is the charcoal grill.

Toughening it out today ... first day with no fire ... but I do have a blanket thrown over me and my wife just headed to the bedroom to get under a blanket.

Yes, believe it or not it's spring even up here.

firefighterjake said:

Toughening it out today ... first day with no fire ... but I do have a blanket thrown over me and my wife just headed to the bedroom to get under a blanket.

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Now thats a good reason as any to stop burning.

And I'm back to burning ...

BrotherBart said:

Snow leaves, tornadoes move in.

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As much as I whine about winter, I don't envy you folks that have to deal with that kind of angry weather. We had to make the trip to FL in hurricane season when my son was very young (no options - long story). We got there, took care of business, then left. Outside some people were strapping down outbuildings. Folks were lining up at the pumps (got into an argument with one lady, she was p$ssed that some "Canadian" had the nerve to be queued up in front of her). Interstate 95 was getting clogged . We headed west across to the gulf side, then up to Alabama - we had to go as far as Dothan for a hotel room (got the last room on the strip - a sea of Florida plates, hotels were sold out everywhere). Some folks were saying this was an annual thing. Not sure it that's really true, but I would much rather go out and clean the driveway, toss a log on the fire, than deal with that again.

WiscWoody said:

Lake Superior freezing this winter

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On that note, here's a pic from the last weekend in April. Still ice everywhere last weekend (May 3) but I didn't have my phone with me - there was some open water along the shore (enough for the pup to get in and get her feet wet) and the rest was dark grey and looked like it was ready to let go. Very punky but still holding on as far as I could see, facing south towards Michigan. Ice on the lake in May is a first for me, and the folks I know along the shore (they've been there for decades) also have never seen it iced up this late into the Spring.

We don't get the tornadoes like they do in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas but we do get some bad storms and killer tornadoes at times. A few years ago I had to drop my house insurance so if the place gets wrecked I'll sell the lake lot and get a shack I spose...

The fat lady hasn't sang yet and the fire in the stove is feeling good on a cold night in the north!

BrotherBart said:

88 today. Had to hang one of the air conditioners.

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And we woke up to big fat snow flakes ... only hung around for about an hour and switched to rain. Enough already Snow, Snow go away, don't come back another day, Little D wants to play

There's frost on the roof this morning and fire in the stove!

Just got done firing up, myself.

28 degrees.inch new snow this morning,stove still running

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And nice and quiet up here.Raining down in bozeman and livingston,light snow up here today.I'll see if I can change my picture.

bob bare said:

And nice and quiet up here.Raining down in bozeman and livingston,light snow up here today.I'll see if I can change my picture.

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I'd love to live in the Rockies! Can you get a place for under $180k that's not too small or a trailer?

WiscWoody said:

I'd love to live in the Rockies! Can you get a place for under $180k that's not too small or a trailer?

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I am sure you can,but "the rockies" covers a lot of states and terrain.Up here only 16 miles from town,but plan on having a plow truck and a piece of equipment to move snow.Not so many years ago my neighbors(don't have many) and I snowmobiled in and out.As we say,we pay dearly to live up here.