Tag Archive | "snow"
Non-Stick Spray for Shoveling
We finally got some snow in Upstate New York! The Mohawk Valley got about 4 inches over the weekend (just a spit o’ snow– I grew up in the Snow Belt between Lake Ontario and Lake Oneida; four inches is like a dusting there). The snow was wet and heavy, though, and still needed to [...]
Continue reading...No More Chances
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Well. I guess we’re not getting our January Thaw. Here’s hoping for an early spring. Usually we get a reprieve of winter’s gloom and cold about the last week of January. No such thing this year. It was a freezing cold January, up until the bitter end. We got up to a whopping 12 degrees [...]
Continue reading...It Just Keeps Coming
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Snow. And rain. Yesterday we had ice and rain. Then about dinnertime, the air was filled with little icy round pellets, very fine but crusty. They made a hissing noise as they plopped from the sky onto the crusty snow on the ground. This morning I looked out my window and saw that the little [...]
Continue reading...Snowy Days and Wednesdays
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
We had a freaky, surprise snowstorm this morning (the third consecutive storm on a Wednesday). It was unexpected (well, that just means we didn’t know it was coming until forecasters started chattering about it on Monday). Usually we have a good four to five days before we know a “big one” is on the way. [...]
Continue reading...The Mystique of Lake Effect
Monday, December 22, 2008
Weird. It’s WEIRD, people. Lake effect is that weird weather pattern that swoops down from the Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario) onto the unsuspecting citizens of Upstate New York. About 15 minutes after I posted this post with this photo– showing ZERO visibility during heavy snow squalls with vicious winds… This appeared out my window. [...]
Continue reading...Visibility: ZERO
Monday, December 22, 2008
Snow, snow, snow. After a fast of snow for November and early December, it’s come strong and sudden. Winter storm alerts are popping up everywhere. Last Wednesday we were hit (5 inches+), then Sunday (5+), and now, today (6-8 iches expected). And guess what? We’ve got more up and coming for Wednesday (sleet! yuk!) and [...]
Continue reading...We Are Getting Slammed
Friday, December 19, 2008
Snow! After nothing for months, it hits with full force this week. We’d already been pummeled by a snowstorm last Sunday (and the Sunday before that). That gave us about 5 inches, but it most of it melted away by Tuesday. Today, starting about noon, this whopper hit. And this is just the beginning of [...]
Continue reading...What a Difference a Day Makes!
Friday, December 12, 2008
Well, you asked for it! More snow photos. I know you people in the South just love to look at these photos. As for us in the North, well…. it’s still really nice. Until Februrary; then it gets pretty old. So what a difference a day makes! This I took yesterday, just as the lake [...]
Continue reading...Frosty Morning
Thursday, December 11, 2008
I drove out to the country this morning. We have managed to maintain our mere 1/2 inch of snow over the weekend, but everything went back to brown and muddy after Tuesday’s (relatively) warm rains. But today, as I chugged up into the higher hills, wispy swirls of snow greeted me. It was pretty. The [...]
Continue reading...I’m Rebecca
:) I’m a married mom of four teenage children. We live in Upstate New York. We bought an old 1855 home and acre property, over 10 years ago. We've been in the slow, agonizing process of living in the home while (trying) to renovate it. When I'm not renovating, I'm a freelance writer and blogger.
We've learned to dig a French drain, plant huge flower and vegetable gardens, wire a circuit panel, install furnace ducting, understand the enigmatic complexities of the plumbing system, and more. It's been *quite* the adventure.
You can read more about us here, read up on the history of the home, and read about what we've renovated so far. Thanks for visiting!
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Monday, December 28, 2009
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