Well... this weekend is shot

No snow yet . . . but wicked cold temps.

I spent the day snowmobiling . . . didn't set any records for mileage (a little over 116 or so miles) . . . but I had a great time riding with my brother-in-law, explored some new trails we have never been on and got back safe and sound with no injuries or broken parts.

-30 deg C here this weekend. Dunno what the windchill is going to add -hopefully its calm. I hope to be out at my place with the stove rockin'.....

Might go for a drive with top down.

begreen said:

You don't want to know. We are experiencing early May temps. I am furiously trying to get garden beds prepped and yes, this weekend I will be mowing.

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fossil said:

Might go for a drive with top down.

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Inconceivable !!

I'll be loading up firewood to last the next few days. Samantha Augerie & Rich Hoffman say a warm up after this Arctic Blast. I'll believe it when it melts !!

Damn, I'm tired

Already frigid temps here, snowstorm coming; another kick in the pants. Have not seen any grass in weeks. We are frozen solid.

You obviously haven't my kids ... they don't suffer in silence

Sorry - responded to wrong thread But in response - my kids are grown and still complaining here as we have -29F to look forward to tonight. Wishing winter would get gone ...

You're not alone in the misery ... they actually have an overlay called misery index!
http://earth.nullschool.net/#curren...y=misery_index/orthographic=-85.88,34.68,1104

I don't mind splitting in the cold, my problem is I can't get to it to split it. Need some melt going on.

-11 without the wind here this morning. Today will be occupied by digging out the second half of my wood supply and getting it in the basement. The rest of the weekend will be taken up moving existing snow to make room for the new snow.

I was in southern OH last week. Not a flake of snow on the ground. I couldn't stop thinking about how much real work (cutting, splitting, and stacking) I could get done there. Oh well, the winter battle goes on...

begreen said:

This weather sounds like something from Game of Thrones, north of the Wall. I sincerely hope it warms up back east soon. I would be going bonkers and booking a flight south if I still lived there.

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Two days ago my wife and I started house hunting for a winter place much further south. Enough is enough.

Snow removed from the roof with the shallow pitch. Wood boxes full, auxiliary wheelbarrows full of wood in their stand-by positions. I will clean the ashes and the cats. later this morning when they've fully cooled down. Litter box is cleaned. It's cold here (zero/thereabouts) and I'll wait a little bit before heading out on my regular "forced march". The newer of the two snow blowers took a dump last weekend (smoke, sparks, and a grinding noise!) so we're praying to the snow blower god to grant us another successful clearing...

If we don't lose the power I will spent tomorrow making a window seat cushion and recovering a series of vinyl cushions for a small fishing boat. It will be a good day to hang out in my shop.

begreen said:

This weather sounds like something from Game of Thrones, north of the Wall. I sincerely hope it warms up back east soon. I would be going bonkers and booking a flight south if I still lived there.

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"Winter is coming" . . . Uh, never mind . . . it's here.

-12 this morning at my house . . . buddy said it was -18 at his place.

I went out for a snowmobile ride . . . did another 60+ mile ride . . . not a huge ride, but a decent one for half a day.

What am I doing? raking, shoveling and blowing snow. Same thing Ive done 2-4 hours every other day the last 3 weeks.

jharkin said:

What am I doing? raking, shoveling and blowing snow. Same thing Ive done 2-4 hours every other day the last 3 weeks.

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The pleasures of homeownership, right? Sometimes I am asking myself if I own the house or the house owns me...

There was a lot of similar industry on my road when I was out on the forced march this morning, Jeremy! so you're in good company.

I've watched the progress of the front move north along the coast. There was starlight and a hazy crescent moon at 5:15 when I was out with the dog. I set out on the forced march at 9-9:30 with a high overcast and a glowing sun. I watched the blue sky vanish to the northeast, the settling overcast move north, and the winds begin to freshen from the east. The overcast is lowering now and there is very fine snow (like mist) overcreeping the area.

I am going to go kite skiing!

It's now snowing steadily and the snow has a decided north-south slant to it. The texture is still quite fine and the wind has yet to pick up.