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Cold winter walk
Cold windy day but fun to get out in it for a stroll.
Lots of deer sign.
Lots of deer sign.
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Man O man that looks cold enough to make me want to crawl back in bed.
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That looks like my neck of the woods! we have just had our first real snow of winter, I always get out early just to see what's been about...
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great photos
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Minds me of the walks we take around our place. . .
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Re: Cold winter walk
Pitchy,
Minus 2 when I did stalls yesterday AM, (made for easy pickin' at least), the walk to the upper pasture with my two girls was even colder, dang turkeys wouldn't move off the manure pile as we went by, had two deer gleaning the grain/hay by the gate and they didn't want to move either.
Funny, but the horses don't mind the deer coming in during cold weather, just sort of ignore them. In warm weather they will drive them off. They never like the turkeys, pin there ears and run at them, but let them have the manure pile to themselves. I find that those quiet, cold walks can be the best part of my day.
Minus 2 when I did stalls yesterday AM, (made for easy pickin' at least), the walk to the upper pasture with my two girls was even colder, dang turkeys wouldn't move off the manure pile as we went by, had two deer gleaning the grain/hay by the gate and they didn't want to move either.
Funny, but the horses don't mind the deer coming in during cold weather, just sort of ignore them. In warm weather they will drive them off. They never like the turkeys, pin there ears and run at them, but let them have the manure pile to themselves. I find that those quiet, cold walks can be the best part of my day.
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Thanks gents, they`er saying the coldest temps in four years coming the next few days.
Will keep ya posted, bet it don`t beat 96 though, -59 degrees actual temp.
Will keep ya posted, bet it don`t beat 96 though, -59 degrees actual temp.
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Re: Cold winter walk
Won't beat '76-'77 here. We had -42 at 5:00 am Jan. 14-15 if I remember. Living in the old farm house down the road from here with my bride to be and a couple of black labs. Came home from working 2nd shift at IH in Portland, I couldn't chuck wood into the Home Comfort in the kitchen fast enough to thaw the kitchen sink out. The Heatrola in the living room got glowing red and barely took the chill off. Crawled in with that 22 yr old gal and still have her..... Ever read Jack London? Said if you spit at -40 it will crack and freeze before it hits the ground, it did, I'll never forget it!
They are sayin' highs in the teens, lows in the teens below for us this week, early spring! I love this global warming!!
They are sayin' highs in the teens, lows in the teens below for us this week, early spring! I love this global warming!!
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game keeper,
After a good snow; I would always do a scouting routine, checking for track.
Good to see the habit has not died.
After a good snow; I would always do a scouting routine, checking for track.
Good to see the habit has not died.
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Great photos, Pitchy. It is always nice to get into the bush. Even nicer if you have a thermos of hot tea or coffee along.
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Looking good pitchy!
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Beautiful woods, probably not too different than ADK in New York. Looks like spruce, fir, aspen, birch and couple other hardwoods mixed in. Any jack pine or white pine present?
Coldest I've experienced is minus 38 F. My warmest clothes weren't good enough. Eyelids try to freeze shut, and your drippy nose freezes. Strange sense of pride living in a rugged climate.
Coldest I've experienced is minus 38 F. My warmest clothes weren't good enough. Eyelids try to freeze shut, and your drippy nose freezes. Strange sense of pride living in a rugged climate.
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When I drove home from work tonight at 6:30 pm it was still 61 degrees out. I didn't even need a jacket. Quite the difference, is it not?
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My son sent this on Saturday taken from his front porch. Daffodils coming up and across the river the north facing fields and slopes are snow covered.
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Keep a eye out for our Snoopy dog heading north piller, he was lost down just East of Trinity.piller wrote:When I drove home from work tonight at 6:30 pm it was still 61 degrees out. I didn't even need a jacket. Quite the difference, is it not?
Thanks gents, -20 this morn and the coldest isn`t here yet.
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Re: Cold winter walk
+1KirkD wrote:Great photos, Pitchy. It is always nice to get into the bush. Even nicer if you have a thermos of hot tea or coffee along.
Pete
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Wow! Y'all make me cold just listening to you talk about those temperatures. Lenn, I enjoyed the photos. Looks like you are getting some of that snow you've been wanting.
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Is that you in that avatar Gene, pretty clean cutIronwood wrote:Wow! Y'all make me cold just listening to you talk about those temperatures. Lenn, I enjoyed the photos. Looks like you are getting some of that snow you've been wanting.
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Yep that's me. I had almost forgotten what I look like without the beard.
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...and a pretty woman like his (who took the pictures...?) is the icing on the cake...KirkD wrote:Great photos, Pitchy. It is always nice to get into the bush. Even nicer if you have a thermos of hot tea or coffee along.
Ironwood wrote:Yep that's me. I had almost forgotten what I look like without the beard.
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The pic is on his Avatar bro.
10 below so figured we better have a fire, just came in.
Just not the same without the Snoop dog.
10 below so figured we better have a fire, just came in.
Just not the same without the Snoop dog.
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I was looking at those pictures and that fire sure looked good. But even I, way over here in Canada, still felt the empty space left by Snoop dog. We have an empty spot like that right now too. Come spring, we're planning to get a pup; maybe a Newfoundland.Pitchy wrote: 10 below so figured we better have a fire, just came in.
Just not the same without the Snoop dog.
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I will keep an eye out. If I happen to see him, I'll do all I can to help him get home safely.Pitchy wrote:Keep a eye out for our Snoopy dog heading north piller, he was lost down just East of Trinity.piller wrote:When I drove home from work tonight at 6:30 pm it was still 61 degrees out. I didn't even need a jacket. Quite the difference, is it not?
Thanks gents, -20 this morn and the coldest isn`t here yet.
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Thanks Piller.
Kirk, if we get another dog someday we were thinking about a Newfoundland also.
Kirk, if we get another dog someday we were thinking about a Newfoundland also.
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Pitchy,
At least you have a good wood pile. Stay warm. Some days that is all you need to do to make it a positive day.
At least you have a good wood pile. Stay warm. Some days that is all you need to do to make it a positive day.
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Thanks Hobie, yep trying to stay busy, the worse thing i ever did was leave Snoopy in TX.
Ya all are a great help.
Ya all are a great help.
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Great pictures...Pitchy wrote:The pic is on his Avatar bro.
10 below so figured we better have a fire, just came in.
Just not the same without the Snoop dog.
If it wasn't for the modern clothes you would almost say you look like a mountain man of yesteryear.
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Pitch, like Kirk D. said, seeing you in the pics without ole Snoop leaves sadness in me for the both of you... and I still keep hopen you will get a call saying that the Snoop is found.
And as for the cold Pitch, if I remember right, for at least three days it didn't come up to -40...That cold, makes a guy wonder why he's in this blasted cold country...Specially when trying to clean barn and the manure freezes to the spreader... Not fun,
And as for the cold Pitch, if I remember right, for at least three days it didn't come up to -40...That cold, makes a guy wonder why he's in this blasted cold country...Specially when trying to clean barn and the manure freezes to the spreader... Not fun,
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Thanks Smokenrust.
-28 degrees here this morn.
-28 degrees here this morn.
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Re: Cold winter walk
Pitch, keep that homefire burning. A Minnesota pal once told me that it can get so cold that a guy's pee can freeze before it hits the snow!
It's been in the teens and 20s at night here for the last couple of weeks -- a long cold spell for this part of Oregon, and we are on our 9th day with only a trickle of water from the well. I don't know where the pipe runs so can't figure where it is frozen. We'd be completely out of luck with anything approaching your temps!
Real nice 76, by the way.
It's been in the teens and 20s at night here for the last couple of weeks -- a long cold spell for this part of Oregon, and we are on our 9th day with only a trickle of water from the well. I don't know where the pipe runs so can't figure where it is frozen. We'd be completely out of luck with anything approaching your temps!
Real nice 76, by the way.
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Hope those pipes thaw before they break Bill, when i was a kid a water pipe under ground used to freeze and they would hook a welder to it and warm it up to thaw it out.
The 76 is a Chaparral 45-60, neat gun from a time the west was still wild.
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Yep, just not right without snoop dog. Still praying
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Re: Cold winter walk
Got six more inches of snow last night, enough to get the snowshoes out so went for a walk.
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Fantastic pics Pitchy. I like that long coat you have on!
You both look relaxed which is good
Nath.
You both look relaxed which is good
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Nice pictures Pitchy, all our snow is gone now, up to +14 Celcius today but dropping to -7 Celcius tonight with flurries
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Forgot to say, I just love that hat, looks toasty warm
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Thanks Nath.Borregos wrote:Nice pictures Pitchy, all our snow is gone now, up to +14 Celcius today but dropping to -7 Celcius tonight with flurries
Yep those hats are warm, almost to warm sometimes.
How can there not be snow north of MN.
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Pitchy, we are quite aways south of you here in southern Ontario! Lots of rain today
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Had to get the map out.
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Great pictures! Took my little boy out to play in the snow last night as he was getting cabin fever. He asked why is the new snow so soft but the old snow underneath is so hard. I laughed and explained the soft snow we used for snowball fights almost melted and then froze into ice( hard snow ). He got the drift!