So, here's what I did today for a while, which took me away from DU

[MineralMan]

Note: This video is from 2004/5. It is, however, representative of my life in Minnesota since then. I was just 60 years old in that video. I'm 73 now. Uffda!

Everyone keep warm and safe, please, if you live in the upper Midwest.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Sure as heck beats shoveliing.

What,no Tee Shirt and Shorts.

[FakeNoose]

2. In Pittsburgh it's 60 degrees and raining

We've been having springlike weather since last weekend. Ice and snow melted and now we're looking muddy brown, but nobody is complaining. Enjoy your snow while you have it.

[Delmette2.0]

3. I finally bought a snow blower last year.

My son loves it and I love him for having so much fun with it.

LOL

[MineralMan]

6. Good son!

Toys are great!

[Delmette2.0]

8. A big YES to both.

[malaise]

4. Better you than me

Can't handle the cold

[MineralMan]

7. Hmm.. I never thought I could, either.

Turns out that I can, I guess.

[ooky]

5. 79 degrees here in Eastern NC today.

[struggle4progress]

9. It reminds me of that old saying, "You can blow your nose, and you can blow your snow,

but don't blow your snow out of your nose"

It goes something like that, anyway, I'm pretty sure ...

[MineralMan]

10. LOL!

[LakeSuperiorView]

11. About an hour and 5 driveways today.

Have to go back out and deal with the stuff that has fallen since about 1:30. Wish it were a little colder as this stuff is thinking about being wet snow. Nice to have a snowblower with a clean carburetor.

[MineralMan]

13. It was a little heavier snow

Than the last one, but not too bad. It carried easily across the driveway, so I didn't have to redo anything. I spray my chute with silicone spray before each use. That has made a big difference in the throw distance.

[LakeSuperiorView]

15. I saw a You Tube video about adding a chunk of rubber to the 2nd stage impeller blades

Supposed to help wipe out the snow with each rotation. Sounds good, but seems like a lot of work.

I take back my wish for colder - went out to deal with the afternoon snow and it was colder. Wet gloves didn't help any, but the snow flew farther just now. Some of it back in my face - Braille snow blowing is not for the weak of heart... Just have to remember to shut down the blower and use it as a plow when the only direction you can use is into the wind.

[stonecutter357]

12. WOW!

[Blue_Tires]

14. uffda?

[Hekate]

16. Better you than me! I'm watching green spears sprouting, heralding many flowers to come...

Our new big yard came with a gardener who pronounced the prior owner's landscaping "boring!" Between the drought, his bad attitude, and the fact he let the irrigation system die, I had no idea that the bare corners had bulbs beneath the dirt. So I bought some bulbs at the nursery and had the new gardener (who completely redid the irrigation system) plunk them in -- to my joy, about 10 times as many are coming up as were put in. Last week my SIL thinned out a patch of purple iris and gifted me a couple of bags full of the result, so those are now in the ground.

The rains have finally covered our fire-blackened hills with brilliant green, which will last until about mid-June, when they will get all crispy, but not black.

I don't know when your crocus and such start coming up, but I have read they come up through the snow, which is very neat. Stay warm, my friend