Northern weather

[healey36]

...and the grass is a foot high...I know, stop yer whining...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

...and the grass is a foot high...I know, stop yer whining...

I've already mowed twice! Got a new 40v electric that's pretty neat.

[Tramp]

We still have a few tongues of snow. They are sticking out yellow and dirty. Guess what they are saying? It's a simple expression, used by many Americans for years before our right to communicate in straightforward terms was taken away by I wonder who.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Guess what they are saying?

Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow......

[Tramp]

Rufus, the issue here is not huskies. We ask the huskies to pee on our feet when they begin to freeze. And they are kind enough to accommodate.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rufus, the issue here is not huskies. We ask the huskies to pee on our feet when they begin to freeze. And they are kind enough to accommodate.

And, then on down to St. Alphonso's for some pancakes?

[robert.]

...and the grass is a foot high...I know, stop yer whining...

I've already mowed twice! Got a new 40v electric that's pretty neat.

i wish somebody would make a propane mower. i'm tired of screwing with bad gas. if i let the tractor sit for 10 days it wont start. the local repair guy claims the tanks are made from crappy plastic that releases raw material into the fuel. I think he's full of sheet. I ran a 1929 harley tank on the side of the tractor for 2 months and still had the problem. i went and placed a shot off valve in line to stop the gas flow.Now i stop the gas flow to run the carb dry. This helped a little. I only spend half an hour to prime the system to get it running. I may just buy 2 fainting goats to eat the grass

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I may just buy 2 fainting goats to eat the grass

And then you can make cheese...........

[MurphOnMillerAve]

We still have a few tongues of snow. They are sticking out yellow and dirty. Guess what they are saying? ...

The coyotes are here; watch your back?

[rogruth]

See next post.

[rogruth]

We are two miles from the northern side of Fort Stewart And go through it fairly often to visit daughter in Hinesville.
Coyotes and foxes are rather common anymore and I see them often anywhere in the area.I have seen a wolf only
twice in the fort area crossing the highway. No wolves have been reported in the cities and towns yet.

[healey36]

wow, wolves. really? I thought they were only out west where they'd been reintroduced... Dang, don't want to run into one of them...coyotes are bad enough...

Okay, I had to look into this and that would be the grey wolf that has been reintroduced...a bit of research yields the existence of the red wolf (Canis rufus/Canis lupus rufus) which ranges throughout the southeastern U.S. Apparently frequently confused with the coyote (and possibly a hybridized grey wolf/coyote line):



Perhaps Herr Firefly would like to comment...

Healey

[rogruth]

My observations of the locals.

The fox is relatively small.
The coyote is sneaky and usually active at night.
The wolf says "bring it

Soldiers that have spent manhy nights out on Ft. Stewart claim almost anything native to the area can be found there
and most can be scared off.The wild pigs do not scare easily.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Well, several such buggers - C.rufus or C.latrans or Mr. Coyote - are having a good ol' time of it gamboling around Manhattan, these past several days, which tells me they crossed a bridge (G. Washington?) to get there. Manhattan is an island after all. Last night, the news said a coyote attacked (their words) a police cruiser (I wonder what that means.) Also, one crossed in front of a news van for all to see, and one was seen walking around Lincoln Center no less (visiting for a drink in the fountains?) That's 72nd Street!!!

And in my unscientific opinion, these animals are just getting started. The warm months are just arriving, sort of; plus, these Canis latrans (?) will have plenty to eat: rats abound in NYC, often seen sunning themselves under low foliage; "Sheep's Meadow" will soon be awash with picnic-ers, etc. They are likely following the tree-line right down from Upstate NY.

I noticed that in all the reports, to date, about them in NJ, that they are fond of approaching men furtively from behind, and that when a woman faced one in her own yard but backed slowly away she made a mistake by doing so, that such a response encourages them to advance and get further aggressive. Good to know as I take my garbage out at night (carrying my trusty wasp-spray and axe handle [you reading this, Doc. Wayne] and plan my first trip to Brakehill Road in Upstate NY again this year.

Oh, and did I mention we have a large troop of wild turkeys gobbling and strutting their way every morning, now, through my yard (of course) on their way to I-have-no-idea-where, and back. Enjoyable to see.

Can the Black Bears be far behind? The deer sure aren't = I have a yard of logs and twigs standing where my shrubbery used to look good.
Murph

[healey36]

Apparently varmints are much more far-ranging than I realized...the most coyotes I've seen have been along I-84 between Scranton and the NYS Thruway (I-87)...it's pretty desolate through there, and I've seen quite a few run across the road.

Hey Murph, missed you at York today. Hope you are well and just taking a break... The pictures above are great...very Wallace Nutting-ish...

Healey