What a change

[scrollerpete]

Yesterday I raked some leafs from my yard, it started to snow last nite and it quit about one hour ago. Mother Nature is not funny

[Wichman]

I've got a picture, yes I set it up, of a lawn mower about 25' into the yard full of snow.

The caption is "missed my 15 minute window".

Edited April 9 by Wichman
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[Dan]

Could be worse.

[barb.j.enders]

It was actually above zero this morning when I got up.  Rain today, so hopefully will take care of a lot of the snow.

Sorry Pete.  But you know it will go away in a day (or two).

[TAIrving]

It's 52F here at 8:00AM.  It is a beautiful, sunny day.  The pollen is thick and the weeds are growing, lots of yard work out there waiting for me.  

You can laugh at me later this year when it is too hot to go outside.  Our winters here are as short and mild as are your summers and our summers are as long and harsh as are your winters.  But this time of year is lovely.  

[barb.j.enders]

This is what we are getting now.  At least it should be gone this week.  Supposed to be double digits by Wednesday. 

[OCtoolguy]

I guess that's why we live where we live. Last snow in Huntington Beach, about 1950

[DrPete]

I'm complaining because the little bit of rain we got and now the sun's out the weeds grow faster than my lawn. I swear I pull a weed and 3 more take their place.

Going to be colder tomorrow, supposed to be ONLY 74 the weeds will be going crazy!

Only once I actually did what they say about S. California.

I drove up to Big Bear in the snow for a couple hours then down the mountain with the a/c running and had shorts on because it was ~100F in Garden Grove for the Strawberry Festival.

The rest of this place you can keep, gas is dropping to just above $4 at Sam's club. Only going to cost me $130 to fill up my truck. 

Good thing I'm retired and I walk out to the garage to make stuff.

[OCtoolguy]

13 hours ago, DrPete said:

I'm complaining because the little bit of rain we got and now the sun's out the weeds grow faster than my lawn. I swear I pull a weed and 3 more take their place.

Going to be colder tomorrow, supposed to be ONLY 74 the weeds will be going crazy!

Only once I actually did what they say about S. California.

I drove up to Big Bear in the snow for a couple hours then down the mountain with the a/c running and had shorts on because it was ~100F in Garden Grove for the Strawberry Festival.

The rest of this place you can keep, gas is dropping to just above $4 at Sam's club. Only going to cost me $130 to fill up my truck. 

Good thing I'm retired and I walk out to the garage to make stuff.

Where are you?

[DrPete]

Placentia, CA

[MarieC]

It is 72 degrees here and bright sunshine in the great North West. 

[OCtoolguy]

20 hours ago, DrPete said:

Placentia, CA

We used to live in Brea. Very nice up there but we appreciate the cooler weather where we are. I recall the brutal summers in Brea. One Memorial Day, it was 105 on our front porch. Another year, on Halloween, it was 102. Oh well, ya gotta live somewhere. Maybe we can meet someday.

 

[DrPete]

Sounds good, I retired last year from running an optical shop for a few years 1983 I started I think.

Moved some of the "stuff" from a 5,000 sq ft shop into my garage.

I have all the toys to make stuff and too many project like most of us.

I'm in the process of rebuilding a slider rocking chair my Dad built for us and some of the wood rotted and critters ate other parts. I've got all the pieces re-made from maple and oak, just need to put it back together.

I've been holding off trying to figure out a good design to hang the swing. My Dad used large lag screws and after every month I had to re tighten because they unscrew.

I have the idea of using a machine bolt from the outside with a blind hole and plug it and connect the swing to the bolt. I think it will work but that's where I'm at with that project.

And also I need to find a good way to finish it to protect it from the elements and critters.

Grand kids are off for spring break so we are going camping for a week, hopefully it isn't going to rain.

Thinking of projects to keep a 7 and 10 year old occupied that we can do in a travel trailer campsite.

 

[rjweb]

Texas can get real warm during the summer, but I like it, RJ