On 08/02/2013 3:59 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> ImStillMags wrote:
>> Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>
>>> First flakes at 10 AM:
>> http://i45.tinypic.com/2znoeqc.jpg
>>> I'm ready:
>> http://i50.tinypic.com/4usxau.jpg
>> http://i49.tinypic.com/291ye5x.jpg
>>
>> Nice Kubota. Reliable and sturdy.
>
> After ten years still like new.
>


I saw a guy around the corner with a John Deere lawn tractor and snow
blower attachment. I thought it looked pretty nifty but had the same
thought my wife did... what do you do with that expensive blower
accessory when your old JD dies and it is not compatible.


I don't know quite what to think about this storm. I kept hearing
conflicting reports about how it was going to affect us here in the
Niagara Peninsula. Some reports talked about the snow that was going to
hit southern Ontario and that Niagara would get more. Then they were
talking about how most of it was going to hit the north shore of Lake
Ontario and Niagara would would be spared the worst of it.


I woke up this morning around 7 am and was surprised to see no new snow.
I dozed off for a while and when I looked out the window at 8 am I was
surprised to see a couple inches of fresh snow. I headed out around
9:30 to do the shopping and when I got home I shovelled the sidewalk and
got the snow blower out for the the driveway. By the time I put the
snowblower away the sidewalk had another inch or two of snow. I
shovelled it again after lunch. My neighbour went by twice with his big
tractor mounted snow blower (our shared driveway is an unopened road
allowance. The snow was falling harder in the afternoon and was blowing
and drifting. I went out and did it all again.

The worst part of this is that we were supposed to go out for dinner
tonight. It is my SiL's birthday... 60th . Her daughter flew up from
California, and she brought her boyfriend. He is born and raised in
southern California and picked the worst day of the year. They went in
to Toronto last night to meet some of her old friends for dinner. They
weren't able to get away until 4 pm, so dinner party plans have been
table until tomorrow night.


On the plus side.... my dog loves the snow. When I took him out for his
run today he went bananas. So far, we have more than a foot of snow. Now
it is windy so there is a lot of drifting.