Northern weather

[Rufus T. Firefly]

61 degrees here at Noon, heading higher this afternoon. Balmy.

Good day to rake those leaves and a little lawn work before tomorrow's light rain

No rain for several days and few leaves. I do not miss the northern fall and winter.

Maybe I'll get there eventually, but for now I need to have a change of seasons for things to be "right". If cold and rainy enough, maybe a little fire in the fireplace Saturday with a cold beverage and a decent game to watch.

[healey36]

Raked leaves again today. The maples, crabapples, and red oak are now leafless. The willow oak and the pin oaks still retain quite a few. The willow oak is usually bare by now, but it's death-by-a-thousand cuts with the pin oaks - those retain some portion of their leaves until spring, or just before. I may just chop up any that drop now with the mower...the hell with it.

Last leaf pick-up by the city is December 8th, so only one more round. Done.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Raked again today, too.

Red oaks out back still have most of their leaves......as does the hickory. Might be the last raking; weather will determine that for me.

I have enough wooded area that I just rake it into there and let the rain cement it into place....until I have leave mulch next year,

[rex desilets]

Good day to rake those leaves and a little lawn work before tomorrow's light rain

No rain for several days and few leaves. I do not miss the northern fall and winter.

Maybe I'll get there eventually, but for now I need to have a change of seasons for things to be "right". If cold and rainy enough, maybe a little fire in the fireplace Saturday with a cold beverage and a decent game to watch.

Ohio State-Michigan, then

[Rufus T. Firefly]

No rain for several days and few leaves. I do not miss the northern fall and winter.

Maybe I'll get there eventually, but for now I need to have a change of seasons for things to be "right". If cold and rainy enough, maybe a little fire in the fireplace Saturday with a cold beverage and a decent game to watch.

Ohio State-Michigan, then

Possibly. One can hope. If not, then Alabama-Auburn.

[rex desilets]

[robert.]

Neighbor blew all his leaves in front of my mother's house. He's such a jacka$$. Every year he does it. Dumb a$$ fails to realize. When the first snow comes. They get plowed up onto his yard Some neighbors deserve a 10 foot high fence.

[robert.]

hyping up an ever changing mess. Rain,sleet,snow,sleet snow. Possibly 0-10 inches when it's done

[Rufus T. Firefly]

hyping up an ever changing mess. Rain,sleet,snow,sleet snow. Possibly 0-10 inches when it's done

So what did you get up in Bucks?

[robert.]

We got a 33 degree fast moving sleet storm. It moved more towards the coast. Damp wet sleet on Sunday. Then it stalled somewhere. Now it will provide a wrap around action. We may see up to 7 inches by 6 am Tuesday.
I'm thinking about driving to a friends place to hunt a Christmas tree. He is removing an overgrown tree farm. All his trees are free this year. You dig it out or cut it down. It's free.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

We got a 33 degree fast moving sleet storm. It moved more towards the coast. Damp wet sleet on Sunday. Then it stalled somewhere. Now it will provide a wrap around action. We may see up to 7 inches by 6 am Tuesday.

Lovely....

I'm thinking about driving to a friends place to hunt a Christmas tree. He is removing an overgrown tree farm. All his trees are free this year. You dig it out or cut it down. It's free.

Just remember, even if it's free, you can always buy it cheaper.

[healey36]

A billion years ago, when I was young and dinosaurs still roamed the earth, a friend of The Old Man invited us over to get a tree out of an old nursery on his property. When we got there we realized the trees were 20-30 foot Norway spruce. Could have been the scene from Christmas Vacation. Nothing says Christmas better than taking down a 25-foot tree, than lopping off the top seven or eight feet for the living room.

The boy is hung up here in Maryland, as most of today's flights back to Albany, NY, are cancelled for the next 24 hours. Earliest available flight he has found is Wednesday AM. I'm not complaining...like having him around for a couple extra days.

[robert.]

A big whiff for the weather people.

[healey36]

Supposed to get a dusting this afternoon, probably just enough to throw the evening commuters into chaos. None for me, thanks - done with that. Went out and split some firewood this morning, maybe start a fire later. Been sick the last several days with some sort of upper-respiratory crud. Knocked the hell out of the Johnny Walker Black for curative purposes. Still sick, but I don't remember much of it...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

If we get anything that resembles accumulation I may light off the fireplace just the enjoyment of it all to read by and enjoy a beverage by this evening.