BrianK Posted March 14 Author Report Share Posted March 14 2" of nuisance snow last night, 30*F. It won't last through tomorrow, the sun is wayyy too high in the sky and there's too much heat in it for the snow to stick around. The snow banks are melting and the frost in the ground is out. There's no runoff where I didn't plow (The melt water is soaking in) so we'll keep our bridges this year. Don't ask me why, but I just thought of a time decades ago when we had Rottweilers. I and one of our males went for a walk down the wood road. There was at least 4' of snow on the ground so if I or the dog went off of the packed trail we were in deep doo-doo. The dog stayed behind me in the path I made with the snowshoes. We went maybe 300 yards and there was a mama Moose with a yearling yarded up where they could walk in the paths they had packed down. We watched for a time and the dog was content to just stay in place and watch. Funny how memories like that come back. Don't know why but something about this snow or day triggered it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterrex Posted March 16 Report Share Posted March 16 72 deg Sunday. Thunder storms and tornados just blew through. Snow and cold this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted March 18 Report Share Posted March 18 On 3/14/2026 at 4:57 AM, Rsquared said: I blame all of the schmucks in the Capitol building just because. I got your back on that assessment, brother. All the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianK Posted April 2 Author Report Share Posted April 2 Typical Maine spring time weather. Why are the male weenie puffer forecasters on TV so surprised and feel the need to apologize? Don't like it? Get the hell out! The female forecasters have a bigger set of spheroids than the males. Our temps go up and down, it rains, it snows, then next day it can hit 60*F. Get over it. OK, off my soapbox. The ground is mostly thawed so even if we get snow I can't plow it away. Today I'll remove the plow from the truck. It might get into the low 40s today. Just right for a walk in the forest to shoot some pine (aka red) squirrels. Can't eat 'em unless you love the taste of turpentine, but the coyotes choke them down. I just need to get out and about. I'm tired of being house bound from the winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterrex Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 Glad it warming up for ya. We have rain forcast for most of the rest of the week. 83 deg yesterday about the same today. Last night's low was 52 deg. I've already had to mow the yard once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianK Posted April 3 Author Report Share Posted April 3 Thanks. Maine in the spring... We had a snow flurry last night sometime. I took the dog out for her last of the night bladder draining @0030 and there it was mixed into the rain on the ground and vehicles. 32*F then, 34* now. Still raining, just enough to make things miserable. The next few days aren't going to be great. Cold Arctic air and humid warm air from the ulf of America are duking it out over us. Happens every year twice a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 (edited) Its time to get the spreyer out and handel some weeds! Well the damn tip is always gummed up so I snapped that off and drilled out the primer of a 308 with a 3/32* bit and pushed it right on. Secure it with some elec. Tape and spray away. Edited April 5 by sketch Shits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed Eye Doc Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 We had 2 inches rain this morning as a cool front came through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armed Eye Doc Posted April 5 Report Share Posted April 5 55 minutes ago, sketch said: Its time to get the spreyer out and handel some weeds! Well the damn tip is always gummed up so I snapped that off and drilled out the primer of a 308 with a 3/32* bit and pushed it right on. Secure it with some elec. Tape and spray away. Ingenuity at its finest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunuckgaucho Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 Eyes itchy and sinuses a mess major pollen bloom on weekend. Haven't had it this bad in years, usually it ramps up slower and I adjust so it's not an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterrex Posted April 14 Report Share Posted April 14 16 minutes ago, Cunuckgaucho said: Eyes itchy and sinuses a mess major pollen bloom on weekend. Haven't had it this bad in years, usually it ramps up slower and I adjust so it's not an issue. But you moved. You have new pollen to get used to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianK Posted April 14 Author Report Share Posted April 14 Rain yesterday, rain on and off for the next few days. Maine is a well watered land. Lotsa lakes, streams and rivers and that water comes from somewhere. Water... The other day a friend came over for lunch and asked for a glass of water. She drilled a well decades ago and hit salt water that was trapped at a minimum 10s of thousands of years ago. She's 80 miles away from the sea. She tasted our water and told us "Your water tastes good.". Yup, we hit a great aquifer with a delivery rate too high for the well driller to accurately guess at. He just wrote 15gal/minute on the final well form. If I wanted to put in a suitable pump I could supply the entire mountain. So the rain? Yes, we might not want rainy days but they resupply our aquifers so suck it up. Right now we're in our rainy season. That'll change in a month or 2. Today light clouds and sunshine, 70*F in the sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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