First Snowfall of the Season at My American Home!

[Meengla]

Just like my grape vines in the backyard. I pruned them every year to produce good yield. All are eaten by raccoons that religiously come to my backyard every year around the time when it begins to ripe. They are less picky than I am and still enjoy unripe grapes. In the end, I get nothing left every year.

Critters are persistent and smart, aren't they?? They wait until the right time to go for the fruit! But so far they have not touched the pomegranates--yes, I have eaten about 3 pomegranates in the last two years. Maybe they are confused by the exotic species--pomegranates are not supposed to grow here--too cold. Or the thick skin hiding the fruit fragrance.

The carolina’s are still my preferred spot but the mrs hated the humidity so have to settle for the mountains. At least snow doesn’t stick around here like the menace it is to the northern states.

Where are you, approximately? Humidity sucks but only lasts 8-10 weeks of suffocating weather.

The wife actually shoveled last time as I was away.

I specifically told the kids to keep an eye on her.

But my old snowblower has seen better days with me being lazy about draining the gasoline and tuneups. Solved the lawnmower issue by getting a battery operated one (which rocks BTW) and I kind of look at the gas snowblower with contempt.

May have to get a battery operated one too.

Invest in Kobalt 80 V battery powered tools. I have their pole saw, chain saw, leaf blower and weed eater. They even have a self-propelled push mower but our yard/property is too big for that so a trusted 13 year old Craftsman riding mower does the job.

 

[SQ8]

Critters are persistent and smart, aren't they?? They wait until the right time to go for the fruit! But so far they have not touched the pomegranates--yes, I have eaten about 3 pomegranates in the last two years. Maybe they are confused by the exotic species--pomegranates are not supposed to grow here--too cold. Or the thick skin hiding the fruit fragrance.



Where are you, approximately? Humidity sucks but only lasts 8-10 weeks of suffocating weather.



Invest in Kobalt 80 V battery powered tools. I have their pole saw, chain saw, leaf blower and weed eater. They even have a self-propelled push mower but our yard/property is too big for that so a trusted 13 year old Craftsman riding mower does the job.

Living the small city life in Boulder

 

[Meengla]

Living the small city life in Boulder

Went in that area in mid 90s as part of a crazy solo trip out west in a real beat up old Toyota. Boulder was much smaller then. If I recall, it was a 'college town' then. Now it is too big for me as are most cities over 5,000.-10,000.

 

[SQ8]

Went in that area in mid 90s as part of a crazy solo trip out west in a real beat up old Toyota. Boulder was much smaller then. If I recall, it was a 'college town' then. Now it is too big for me as are most cities over 5,000.-10,000.

Its gotten fairly crowded and the recent fire demonstrated why. But the access to the mountains with DEN APt barely a 60 minute drive makes it a decent spot. It is expensive and the living costs some 25% higher to many southern spots.

 

[Meengla]

Its gotten fairly crowded and the recent fire demonstrated why. But the access to the mountains with DEN APt barely a 60 minute drive makes it a decent spot. It is expensive and the living costs some 25% higher to many southern spots.

Believe me, in the 1990s, I was looking to make some college town my home and Boulder, along with Wolfville (Nova Scotia), Eugene/Corvallis (Oregon) were on my list, if memory serves me right. But settled for the rural South.
City life has never attracted me much even though a part of me misses city life.

 

[SQ8]

Believe me, in the 1990s, I was looking to make some college town my home and Boulder, along with Wolfville (Nova Scotia), Eugene/Corvallis (Oregon) were on my list, if memory serves me right. But settled for the rural South.
City life has never attracted me much even though a part of me misses city life.

I actually liked the big city life when on my own - but not with family. On your own you can manage between the madness and crime to enjoy that aura of hustle in a place like Chicago, NY(although I can’t stand the smell of it) or Miami.. but with family the priorities change

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Invest in Kobalt 80 V battery powered tools. I have their pole saw, chain saw, leaf blower and weed eater. They even have a self-propelled push mower but our yard/property is too big for that so a trusted 13 year old Craftsman riding mower does the job.

Kobalt has some but their reviews say it sucks in the wet stuff...which is exactly when you want to use the snowblower instead of a shovel.

Critters are persistent and smart, aren't they?? They wait until the right time to go for the fruit! But so far they have not touched the pomegranates--yes, I have eaten about 3 pomegranates in the last two years. Maybe they are confused by the exotic species--pomegranates are not supposed to grow here--too cold. Or the thick skin hiding the fruit fragrance.

Just got a crazy owl somewhere in the trees that is SUPER LOUD with the
"Who cooks for YOU"

Sound is bouncing off everything...no wonder they put owls in spooky movies. If it wasn't bouncing off everything it probably wouldn't be too bad.

 

[Meengla]

Kobalt has some but their reviews say it sucks in the wet stuff...which is exactly when you want to use the snowblower instead of a shovel.

In your case, being in MA, snow is a big factor. Not so much for me--some years nothing but a few flakes of snow. Other than snow concerns, the Kobalt tools should be good for leaf blowing, chainsaw, weed eating, pole saw, hedge trimming... I have such a peace of mind that after storms/snows, if the driveway is blocked from a fallen tree or a big branch then all I have to do is to insert a charged battery in a chainsaw and take care of the problem--and I have done that multiple times. No need to worry about gasoline old/missing or the horror of pulling on some starter cords endlessly.
It would be wonderful when there are truly useful battery powered riding mowers and roto-tillers. Those are the only two gasoline powered tools in my arsenal of yard work.

 

[Meengla]

After skipping two days--presumably because of the snow/cold-- raccoons were back tonight. There are basically two families of raccoons who come here: Two mamas and their 3 babies each. So total of 8. They come every day to our deck where they get to eat cat food and even hotdog wieners. To the babies, this is their first snowfall experience of life and they were curiously walking on the snow. Puzzled by the crunch of the hard packed snow and by losing their paws in soft piles of snow. But coyotes are starting to appear closer and closer to our house this year. Raccoons are super cautious about the coyotes and keep peering into the dark, deep woods for the danger. Coyotes are the apex predators here. Perhaps even coywolf are around.

This one eats grabs wieners off our hands using her paws and eats the wieners!

 

[Kamikaze Pilot]

snow

Does it snow even in deep South?

 

[Meengla]

Does it snow even in deep South?

You see the snow in the pics! Actually, it can snow as far south as northern Florida in places like Jacksonville and Tallahassee. And I am far northern than that.

To locate my location: Find the junction of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia and draw a 50-mile radius! You will notice lots of rural areas, hills over 4000 feet, and not large urban areas. And it may surprise y'all: The Southern Appalachians region is the least dangerous weather impacted in America! While other regions suffer from wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards, droughts and all sort of extreme weather on frequent basis, the Southern Appalachians are, in comparison, far better. At least that's what I saw in some online source which I don't recall where.

@ARMalik @Hamartia Antidote

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

After skipping two days--presumably because of the snow/cold-- raccoons were back tonight. There are basically two families of raccoons who come here: Two mamas and their 3 babies each. So total of 8. They come every day to our deck where they get to eat cat food and even hotdog wieners. To the babies, this is their first snowfall experience of life and they were curiously walking on the snow. Puzzled by the crunch of the hard packed snow and by losing their paws in soft piles of snow. But coyotes are starting to appear closer and closer to our house this year. Raccoons are super cautious about the coyotes and keep peering into the dark, deep woods for the danger. Coyotes are the apex predators here. Perhaps even coywolf are around.

This one eats grabs wieners off our hands using her paws and eats the wieners!


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Well I would expect seeing coyotes wouldn't be unusual where you live but up here in Massachusetts you can see them walking in cites..nevermind the suburbs or the woods. They range the entire state...even harassing the tourists on the Cape Cod beaches.

WTF..Hey wait that isn't a dog..and this is a city street.

Catching them walking around in broad daylight like this is very unusual. The ones i see have unusually longer legs (deep snow adaption maybe) and that is the quick tipoff it isn't a dog. Raccoons are everywhere.

 

[Goritoes]

Wow! Some Good Samaritans saved you!

heck yeah, there were some idiots with their trucks ignoring us as we were the only one stuck , if not for that nice white couple we would be stuck for hours, worse was that it was getting dark and started to snow again.

The carolina’s are still my preferred spot but the mrs hated the humidity so have to settle for the mountains. At least snow doesn’t stick around here like the menace it is to the northern states.

Bhai depends on which Carolina's, Honestly other than the weather I don't like anything about South Carolina... there are some nice cities such as Greenville, Irmo and Charleston, As for North Carolina I visited Charlotte recently, the neighborhood I was in looks great. But I heard that there are areas within Charlotte that are bad when it comes to drive by shootings. You are in Tennessee ?

 

[ARMalik]

You see the snow in the pics! Actually, it can snow as far south as northern Florida in places like Jacksonville and Tallahassee. And I am far northern than that.

To locate my location: Find the junction of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia and draw a 50-mile radius! You will notice lots of rural areas, hills over 4000 feet, and not large urban areas. And it may surprise y'all: The Southern Appalachians region is the least dangerous weather impacted in America! While other regions suffer from wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards, droughts and all sort of extreme weather on frequent basis, the Southern Appalachians are, in comparison, far better. At least that's what I saw in some online source which I don't recall where.

@ARMalik @Hamartia Antidote

Somewhere is Tennessee maybe .

 

[ziaulislam]

I went to buy halal food at Greenville on Sunday, took the wrong turn at Haywood mall and got my car Stuck in the snow for 3 hours... thank god some white guy and his wife saw me and my wife struggling with our car and they help us, if not we would have ended up calling 911. Just in case anyone wondering I have a 2015 infinity Q50 Hybrid, that rear wheel drive has no traction in snow at all.

You need to have AWD/4WD with winter tires at minimum to drive in any snow above 4 inches

Anything above that you may even need chains for your tires
Rare wheel drive are the worst cars for snow (for light vechiles)..i would prefer a front wheel drive for snow they have better traction