WINTER WONDERLAND

[NorthernWinos]

Hope you have some groceries on hand...we know you have plenty of wine to get you through...Sit tight.....GOOD LUCK out there.

 

[Waldo]

Sounds like you are in for a rough ride appleman....I can't imagine what a snowstorm like that would do to Arkansas. We get over 1 inch here and it it paralyzes everything.

 

[JWMINNESOTA]

We get an inch here and say"it just might snow dont ya know you betcha"

 

[NorthernWinos]

Today is a Blanc de Blanc day...whitefrom white...we are having blowing mist and it is collecting one everything...not ice, not snow...just crystals....white and grey is the mood...even th sky is white...

 

[jobe05]

I get the chills just looking at those picks........Burrrrrrr.................

I hope everyone in the path of this storm can stay safe and warm.

 

[grapeman]

That looks like weather from the old saying "Winter Fog Freezes a Hog" You get a fog out of ice vapors that crystalizes on everything. Beautiful pictures NW. I wish I had your camera!


The nasty stuff is almost here. Just got back from a meeting of our local grape grower's association - LCGGA. It's 5 deg outside. Still prdicting about 20 inches of snow or so and keep talking about blizzard conditions with 45 mph winds on top of the snow.

 

[NorthernWinos]

I don't have a very good camera...a cheap FUJI that came with a free memory card and a free charging dock and a free printer...all for about $199.00 several years ago....I am well pleased with it, tho it is showing signs of wear...it has only 4MPX and a 3X zoom....The photos of the frost on the trees were taken through the window pane.


I want a camera with a good zoom to get photos of birds and little animals from afar....thinking of a Kodak that has a 50X zoom...Our neighbor has one and can take photos of our house and us from the road..

Hope your weatherman is wrong...but the radar is about covering NY state...Good Luck!!!Edited by: Northern Winos

 

[grapeman]

You always talk about your cheap camera- I would love to see the pictures you could take if you had a really good one. You would have to start selling photos!

 

[NorthernWinos]

Ahh...shucks...

If I could only photograph the things I see in my mind....Isn't that the way for everyone....the minds eye?????


Hunker down Appleman...let the storm blow over...relax...have a glass of wine....Work hard when the storm passes. Hope it's warm and cozy inside your home.Edited by: Northern Winos

 

[jobe05]

I use to have a FUJI camera. It was a 2 megapixel but never took a bad picture. I "thought" that if I had a better camera I could take better pictures, not true at all! I loved the FUJI, after all, the people who make film should know what it takes to make a good camera. Well....... I guess thats not true....... I know have a Kodak 5 Mega pixel and hate it!.. It takes ok pics on auto mode but if I take other pics like sports, night time, close ups etc......... they all come out very blurry.

 

[scotty]

Fuli finepix 4700---old but great




PS--- 34 degrees tonibht on the central florida gulf coast

 

[grapeman]

Round one has passed of the snowstorm- without much wind. Only 10 inches so far. I just got done plowing it with the tractor- it's cold at 12 degrees and you would think it would be fluffy, but it is still very heavy dense snow. We have had about an hour and a half of light snow when I plowed follwed by a downpour of sleet- boy it stings the face. It's beginning to change back to snow now. Supposed to be heavy snow from now to 6PM and then Thundersnow-from 3-4 inches per hour along with thunder and lightning until 8 PM then going back to just Heavy snow until 2AM, then snow until daulight when it will cut back to light snow. The wind is supposed to pick up to 30 mph soon and continue all night.


The tractor drags snow when I get off from where it has been plowed and it has 20 inches of clearance. I drove around some by the woods to make some paths for the deer to travel in the snow easier. I don't want them to all die off this winter, I enjoy venison.....

 

[swillologist]

That sure is nice of you to make a track through the vineyard for them appleman. They can help you with your pruning.

Those rascals are not showing up here now. I still have a couple of tags to fill. They seem to know that some how. The neighbor is hunt also and he sorta cuts them off before they get here. But that is alright as long as someone is thinning them down.

 

[grapeman]

I need to get them out in the open somehow. They just lay under the pine trees all day in their beds. The snowmobile trails help some too this time of year. I figure if they help me prune, I won't need to work as hard this late winter/spring.

 

[NorthernWinos]

Appleman....sounds like you are getting pounded with lots odd snow and sleet...It always amazes me when we get Thunder-Snow...it just doesn't seem right...There is a saying about Thunder on the Ice...but I can't recall it.


Things are prettier when the sun is out....

 

[jobe05]

Wow.... Those would have been wonderful pictures for the Polar Express Label.........Burrr.....................

 

[grapeman]

Super pics NW. Yes we are starting to get pounded the last hour. It's upt to about 2 inches an hour now. Winds up to about 20 mph now and visibility down to about 100 yards. We are going into the worst of it now. It got almost dark about 45 minutes ago and is still that way even though it normally doesn't get dark for almost another hour. Cindy and Joe(oldest son)may be late going to work in the morning. I will need to wait to plow again until it gets light enough to see without any rear lighting on the tractor. Another 10 inches to go-maybe.

 

[masta]

We lucked out down on the coast...a few inches of snow and sleet overnight and rain on and off all day.

 

[grapeman]

I'm waiting to start digging out until daylight. Hopefully that is soon because that will take a while. I was pretty close with the amount of snow I predicted- 18 inches so far. It looks like it's over now except for flurries and little squalls. The wind is still blowing and believe it or not- our school looks like it is still going to be open. We got the most snow of any spot in our area and all the other schools are closed-over 200 listed. The boys aren't happy. Cindy just called the school to check. The woman told her that school was still open. The busses can't get out of the parking lot yet because they are stuck so classes will be late. Cindy has said she isn't sending them- the roads are just too dangerous and the temps are below zero if the bus gets stuck.

 

[swillologist]

It was our turn NW.

This is what we woke up to this morning.

A lot better then what appleman had. It was foggy here last night. It lift or settled during the night. Everything is white as far as you can see.Edited by: swillologist