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- Freddy
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the flowers bloom?
Here are two photos, taken from the same spot. One is last July, the other this morning. Any guesses when today's pic will again look like last July's?
We've never had the trellis disappear!
Yesterday was a first for me. I've never, ever seen four inches of snow fall in 15 minutes, but that's exactly what happened yesterday, and that's what finished burying the trellis. They had predicted "chance of flurries". We got flurries around noon, not even enough to make the ground white. Then around 4:30 it got so, so dark and suddenly it was snow so hard you couldn't see across the street. It was all over in 15 minutes & we had just over 4 inches of heavy, wet fresh snow. It stayed dark for half an hour, then went back "to normal". What a wild ride this winter has been.
Here are two photos, taken from the same spot. One is last July, the other this morning. Any guesses when today's pic will again look like last July's?
We've never had the trellis disappear!
Yesterday was a first for me. I've never, ever seen four inches of snow fall in 15 minutes, but that's exactly what happened yesterday, and that's what finished burying the trellis. They had predicted "chance of flurries". We got flurries around noon, not even enough to make the ground white. Then around 4:30 it got so, so dark and suddenly it was snow so hard you couldn't see across the street. It was all over in 15 minutes & we had just over 4 inches of heavy, wet fresh snow. It stayed dark for half an hour, then went back "to normal". What a wild ride this winter has been.
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- Rick 386
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And that little snow shower created quite a mess out there on the "Orrington Hill" road didn't it ???
I thought that by now the snow plow truck drivers would have learned how to drive in it !!
Rick
I thought that by now the snow plow truck drivers would have learned how to drive in it !!
Rick
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Stop taking all my snow!!!!!
I have an arctic cat and a Polaris that have been begging for snow all winter...
I have an arctic cat and a Polaris that have been begging for snow all winter...
- AA130FIREMAN
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For all you know, the flowers may be as beautiful under all the snow as they were last july, you will just have to shovel or you may never know !!!Freddy wrote:the flowers bloom?
Here are two photos, taken from the same spot. One is last July, the other this morning. Any guesses when today's pic will again look like last July's?
- freetown fred
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The heck with the trellis--how do you think them little birdies,wanting to take a bath, feel ?
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freetown fred wrote:The heck with the trellis--how do you think them little birdies,wanting to take a bath, feel ? ---pretty sun spots
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Take a bath Heck, they can't even get out of the housefreetown fred wrote:The heck with the trellis--how do you think them little birdies,wanting to take a bath, feel ?
- tsb
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These have been up and blooming for the last two weeks.
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C'mon fellas
Freddy's in need of support here
Freddy... my hens are going into full production because the days are getting longer
I've got a stack of new seed catalogues!
The Maple trees are tapped.
My local feed store has plenty of chicks for sale
These are all very good signs that spring is just around the corner.
Freddy's in need of support here
Freddy... my hens are going into full production because the days are getting longer
I've got a stack of new seed catalogues!
The Maple trees are tapped.
My local feed store has plenty of chicks for sale
These are all very good signs that spring is just around the corner.
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We got the same snow squall an hour and a half earlier. Not as much snow as you got, but a lot of wind, and it brought down the roof of the local ice arena with a mighty whumph. Four hours later and there would have been youth hockey leagues and lots of parents in the arena.Freddy wrote:I've never, ever seen four inches of snow fall in 15 minutes, but that's exactly what happened yesterday, and that's what finished burying the trellis.
- NWBuilder
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Well if your place is anything like mine I would say end of June early July. Under the right conditions on the shady side of my stone wall I can have snow that late. Good for keeping a beer or two cold while I work outside!