That and giving a girlfriend or wife an upright organ for Christmas...

So it is true that Santa comes only once a year?

 

So it is true that Santa comes only once a year?

OK, no more Oregon jokes.

 

Only one day of snow in the forecast for the coming week. Another month or so it should stay away til September.

 

Only one day of snow in the forecast for the coming week. Another month or so it should stay away til September.

Driving to Calgary in two weeks. Hope it stops snowing by then.

 

Driving to Calgary in two weeks. Hope it stops snowing by then.

Someone reported on bikeforums recently, they still have over a meter of snow on the ground. And that was well south of Calgary.

 

What the heck is going on in Minnesota?

Some AGW needed, I think!

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2018/04/14/minnesota-winter-weather-crash-report/

http://www.startribune.com/minnesotans-burrowed-in-for-weekend-snowstorm/479763683/

 

What the heck is going on in Minnesota?

Nice!

 

Nice!

Next weeks report, snow again. Woke up early morning Monday with 4" on the Car. Although not much on the ground, is this May flowers bring snow showers? Wait what? or is it April showers bring May flowers? Um, I'm confused.

Fun to ride the bike today. Until I encounter one rotten ("*itch) I know she seen me and "F-ing" cranked the wheel. All I could think was, I'm not your ex-husband, Bi*&%. Which I yelled through her open window as she left turn through the intersection, head down expecting an impact. Anger management issues I guess? I didn't lay it down but it came close.

Might be time to moth ball the bike till I can move to a less populated area one without crazy people, Um, maybe not. Statistics lately don't lie. Utah is high on the level of Cray, Cray.

kv

 

Record snowfall?

But snow was supposed to be a thing of memories!

 

Record snowfall?

But snow was supposed to be a thing of memories!

I was at the epic Cubs game at Wrigley on Saturday. The epic part came after most people had left because of 25mph winds at 35°F with a drizzly mist. We were frozen after the very long second inning and got up to walk around and warm up. We quickly discovered how chilled we really were. The adults in our group might have been able to tough out a little more but it was brutal for the grandkids so we gave up and left the stadium to go find lunch. Cubs were down 5-1.

By the time we sat down to eat just a block away from the stadium, they were down 10-2 I think. We were thankful we had left. Local restaurants were filling up fast with frozen fans bailing out just behind us.

Then came the eighth. The Cubs were down 10-5 with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. They proceeded to rally and score 9 runs on 3 hits, one only 35 feet long, to win 14-10.

Rain turned to snow later in the evening.

I don't know about any records being set, but this was not the April baseball experience I was expecting.

 

I hope summer comes on a weekend this year.

 

I was at the epic Cubs game at Wrigley on Saturday. The epic part came after most people had left because of 25mph winds at 35°F with a drizzly mist. We were frozen after the very long second inning and got up to walk around and warm up. We quickly discovered how chilled we really were. The adults in our group might have been able to tough out a little more but it was brutal for the grandkids so we gave up and left the stadium to go find lunch. Cubs were down 5-1.

By the time we sat down to eat just a block away from the stadium, they were down 10-2 I think. We were thankful we had left. Local restaurants were filling up fast with frozen fans bailing out just behind us.

Then came the eighth. The Cubs were down 10-5 with two outs in the bottom of the eighth. They proceeded to rally and score 9 runs on 3 hits, one only 35 feet long, to win 14-10.

Rain turned to snow later in the evening.

I don't know about any records being set, but this was not the April baseball experience I was expecting.

Never under estimate...

Seems more like the early part of a football season here in Cleveland much like in the Windy City. I had started wiring my garage and today in 30 degree weather I finished one of the outside lights. Connect a wire, go in house and warm up, connect another wire and repeat. All in all a 1 hour job takes 4 hours. This is getting old real fast.

Ron

 

Really windy here Tuesday. Bad day for a pickup owner.

https://media.9news.com/assets/KUSA...3536b-3f8d-4ac1-ba07-41dff09eb10e_360x203.jpg

 

Spring has sprung, with a vengeance. Dry season is over in a spectacular way.
Eleven consecutive days of rain, and the lawn is growing about an inch a day.
It's as if the grass has been waiting for some water since December.
Oh...wait...it has.
I predict wet shoes because I'm going to have to mow that soggy stuff before it gets too tall for the lawn mower.

 

Spring has sprung, with a vengeance. Dry season is over in a spectacular way.
Eleven consecutive days of rain, and the lawn is growing about an inch a day.
It's as if the grass has been waiting for some water since December.
Oh...wait...it has.
I predict wet shoes because I'm going to have to mow that soggy stuff before it gets too tall for the lawn mower.

While working with the concrete I poured adding driveway space, I invested in some rubber boots. Great investment, I discovered I don't worry about anything that will ruin my shoes, I feel like Farmer John while wearing them.

Rain this week off and on. The weeds in my backyard are 3 feet tall, I'm glad I removed the lawn in the front. I'll just till it and call it done until I can afford to replace it, sprinklers are in but I can't afford to water, just need lawn to give it curb appeal when I sell.

kv

 

While working with the concrete I poured adding driveway space, I invested in some rubber boots. Great investment, I discovered I don't worry about anything that will ruin my shoes, I feel like Farmer John while wearing them.

Rain this week off and on. The weeds in my backyard are 3 feet tall, I'm glad I removed the lawn in the front. I'll just till it and call it done until I can afford to replace it, sprinklers are in but I can't afford to water, just need lawn to give it curb appeal when I sell.

kv

The absolute perfect conditions here this morning for applying my touchup weed-n-feed. A cool morning at ~55°F and 100% humidity, so the grass is just soaked with dew. That makes the weed killer stick like mad. Forecast is for a couple days of 80+ and sun. This stimulates growth in the now-poisoned weeds. They don't stand a chance.

 

The absolute perfect conditions here this morning for applying my touchup weed-n-feed. A cool morning at ~55°F and 100% humidity, so the grass is just soaked with dew. That makes the weed killer stick like mad. Forecast is for a couple days of 80+ and sun. This stimulates growth in the now-poisoned weeds. They don't stand a chance.

Thanks man good to know.

kv

 

I invested in some rubber boots.

I don't really worry about the shoes. I wear them out at the bottom before working in the wet ruins the tops.
Really. The rain is usually pretty warm in Florida. Anything up to a medium sprinkle means nothing to us.
But a summer thunder-boomer dumps so fast that the lawn can be up to your ankles in 3 or 4 minutes.
The good part is that Florida is made of sand. Thirty minutes later and it's as if nothing happened.
Besides, my shoes will be dry enough by tomorrow morning.

 

And here comes Alberto:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/alberto-n...=clicksource_4380645_1_hero_headlines_bsq_hed​

I'm sure Florida's a fun place and has a lots of perks ... but hurricane season must be a huge pain...

 

I'm sure Florida's a fun place and has a lots of perks ... but hurricane season must be a huge pain...

What about a US state that sits on the top of a Volcano!.
The ghosts of Pompeii must be shaking a finger!
Max.