The Northeast Kingdom is looking forward to a two day snow storm beginning around 10:00 AM this morning and guess where my better half is right now? About 2 hours south of here attempting to take care of the usual quilt shop business that springs up around this time of the year (first sign that [...] Read more »
What you don’t see in the above photo is that the paths around the snow mound are the top of a solid base about a foot thick packed down by previous freezing rain and ice storms that came in between the many regular snow storms we’ve had so far this winter. It even held the [...] Read more »
Continue reading about Another Snow Storm. Think We’ve had Enough?
Vermont has it’s own “weather shield” that becomes active during bad storms so that folks can get out and about before the weather gets rough again. Don’t tell anyone…it’s a local secret. Read more »
Blessed be the fix-it shop that will take the time to work on a neighbor’s snow blower on a Saturday when there’s a snow storm due on Sunday. He didn’t even charge me for today’s labor which is good since we’re counting pennies right now. We’ll have to invite him over for dinner sometime soon.
I [...] Read more »
In light of my previous post I’ll just add that shortly after I published that post I bundled up and went out to the garage to fire up our old (newly rebuilt last year) snow blower and didn’t get one foot into the snow when I realized that the auger was not moving. Too make [...] Read more »
Seems like it’s been snowing since December rolled around and there’s a good reason to feel that way–it hasn’t. At least that’s the impression everyone around is getting here in Newport and the surrounding area. And today (and last night and the night before etc) doesn’t help any.
First it was snow showers that over [...] Read more »
Well here it is finally. The first snow of the winter and November has lived up to it’s reputation around these parts. Up here in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, we don’t pay much attention to any of the “official” dates of seasonal change. The official day of Spring for instance can be 10 below [...] Read more »
No two people are alike and many who have lived long enough in their respective lives don’t exactly cotton to the idea of change, especially when it comes to one of their favorite magazines. I’ve found this out after a few days of searching around for reactions to the new layout, style and content that [...] Read more »
Continue reading about Opinions on the New Yankee–A Bit More Bag Balm Needed?
