Winter weather...

[Rich Z]

Years ago before Connie and I moved down to Florida, we would pass through the Tallahassee area fairly often. On one of our trips we were heading back home and stopped at a roadside stand just above Tallahassee to buy some pecans. The old guy helped us load the bags into the bronco we had at the time and noticed the Maryland license plate. He seemed to hesitate and then wanted to know if he could ask us a question. Sure... He said "I see you are from up north, and something has always puzzled me about people who live up there. So tell me, just why in the hell would anyone live up there anyway?" So I thought about it for a moment, and told him "I guess it's because I was born and raised up there and just don't know any better." This seemed to satisfy him, so we continued on our journey back home.

But that did make an impression on me. And it wasn't too much later that we bought our property here, and moved on down.

Since that time, we have seen a few snow flakes here, but all total I doubt ALL of them would have been able to make a fist sized snow ball. And that is only if the sleet was collected too.

[mrr23]

it's been horrible in orlando. we've been sunned in all weekend. almost got a sunburn.

[Rich Z]

Yuch.... Forecast is calling for lows in the mid to upper 20s Thursday night thru Monday morning.

Guess we'll be breaking out the tarps again to cover plants. Some of them think it's spring time around here.

[vett boy]

Originally Posted by mrr23

it's been horrible in orlando. we've been sunned in all weekend. almost got a sunburn.

Ah but after snowing for 55 hours straight we're going to get sun with a light breeze bringing the wind chill to a minus 30 .Now to figure out which color shorts and tee .

Oh and this weekend is the Annual naked snowshoe races .

[mrr23]

Originally Posted by vett boy

Ah but after snowing for 55 hours straight we're going to get sun with a light breeze bringing the wind chill to a minus 30 .Now to figure out which color shorts and tee .

go with blue. it'll match your skin from the freezing wind.

[85vette]

Originally Posted by vett boy

Ah but after snowing for 55 hours straight we're going to get sun with a light breeze bringing the wind chill to a minus 30 .Now to figure out which color shorts and tee .

Oh and this weekend is the Annual naked snowshoe races .

No Polar Bear Club?

[Rich Z]

Originally Posted by 85vette

No Polar Bear Club?

There probably isn't any exposed water because of all the thick ice coverage....

[Rich Z]

Well, with a couple of nights between Thursday night and Monday morning forecast to be in the upper 20s here, I figured I'd better get a few pics of the trees flowering before the cold killed the blooms.

This one is a Japanese magnolia.


Pear tree.


Apple tree.

[mrr23]

real pretty

[Rich Z]

Man, I dunno... They are calling for a low of 27 degrees here tonight, but it's still nearly 60 degrees outside. Is it really going to plummet 30+ degrees before daylight?