First snow.

[wh500special 2,184]

It was 80 F on Thursday.  Mid 30’s yesterday.  
 

Last night I checked the weather at bedtime and the skies were clear with a slight chance of flurries overnight. 
 

Woke up to an honest 6” on the ground here in southern Illinois.  Too deep for the dog to do her business without me first shoveling a spot.
 

The weather people usually do a good job, but they missed this one. 
 

Mom and Dad - 30 miles North as the crow flies - got nothing. 
 

I do like winter but I wasn’t ready for it.  Glad I put a blanket of mulch over the garlic  the other day.  
 

Steve 

Edited November 12, 2022 by wh500special

[Yossarian 208]

You can keep that on your side of the river.

[Achto 27,577]

Further North - No snow !! 

[ri702bill 8,324]

'tis the season.... seen it snow here before Halloween....  the neighbors look at me like I'm loosing it when it is 72 out, putting the snowblower on the 854 8 speed.... got to be ready...

[SylvanLakeWH 25,565]

 

 

[Snoopy11 5,714]

We got around 3 inches on higher elevations... 2 inches on the ground.

 

Not enough to plow, as the driveway thawed almost immediately... but enough to have some fun on the 800S... doughnuts in the snow... LOL 

 

'twas 80 degrees yesderday...

 

Don

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,318]

Still pickin up leaves here…so hoping the snow holds off for another 5 or 6 weeks at least

[TonyToro Jr. 1,430]

4 minutes ago, Sparky said:

Still pickin up leaves here…so hoping the snow holds off for another 5 or 6 weeks at least

Same here  sparky!  I’m not ready one bit

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,299]

It is 72 here , with wet leaves every where. Wonder when @squonk is coming to clean up my yard?

[wh500special 2,184]

I was assuming I had one more mowing left for the year, but the long range forecast is showing cold weather so I might be done.  I usually cut the grass one or two clicks lower on the mower to encourage fallen leaves to just be transient occupants of my yard but I didn’t do that yet.  
 

We had pretty mild fall temperatures so far but we’ve also had some days of incredible winds.  It was also quite dry this fall so the trees went straight from green to brown instead of exploding into their normal colors. Most of the trees lost their leaves due to this combination but there are some hangers on.  Even the oak trees are much more bare than usual. 
 

We’re apparently due for colder than normal weather for the next couple of weeks.   If I get the snow thrower ready I’m sure it will keep it from snowing again.  If it leave it in pieces, it almost guarantees I’ll need it. 
 

Worst of all, I think I missed the best of the fall fishing.  
 

Steve

[squonk 41,120]

21 minutes ago, elcamino/wheelhorse said:

It is 72 here , with wet leaves every where. Wonder when @squonk is coming to clean up my yard?

[elcamino/wheelhorse 9,299]

@squonk does that mean you will clean all the snow off the drive way and walks ?

[squonk 41,120]

Snow will be obsolete by then.

[Daddy Don 905]

We got snow here in Oklahoma City last night. About an inch. Already melted off. 

 

[Pullstart 62,897]

3 and 4 years ago, I had already plowed snow at customers’/family’s homes with my truck!

[8ntruck 7,006]

We got a couple of snow flurries this afternoon.  

[dclarke 4,032]

14 hours ago, wh500special said:

 

   If I get the snow thrower ready I’m sure it will keep it from snowing again.  If it leave it in pieces, it almost guarantees I’ll need it. 
 

 
 

Steve

Steve, i got my blower out and got it ready a few weeks ago and we didn't get any of that snow, proof there might be some validity to your theory. 

[JoeM 7,874]

19 hours ago, ri702bill said:

the neighbors look at me like I'm loosing it

my neighbors know i have already lost it! 

[RJ Hamner 1,007]

9 hours ago, JoeM said:

my neighbors know i have already lost it! 

It's not just your neighbors

[wh500special 2,184]

Today I took some measures to guarantee a warmup:

 

1. I cleaned the lawnmower, ran it out of gas, changed its oil, and put to bed.  

2.  I dumped the gas out of the weed eater, ran it dry,  and hung it in the garage.

3. I put the chute back on the snow thrower, gassed it up and gave it a test run in the snow from yesterday.  

 

While I was at it I also exercised the generator and shuffled things around in the garage so it can be accessed quickly if needed during one of our common ice storms we get every year. 
 

Hopefully these little gestures will be my hedge against wintertime calamities this season.  If nothing else it reinforced to my neighbors the notion that I own way too many things that have engines. 
 

Steve

[wh500special 2,184]

Dang it.  It didn’t work.  
 

Snowed again today. 
 

Steve

Edited November 15, 2022 by wh500special