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| New Zealand school bus signals keeping kids safe! NV buses have stop signs, flashing lights and lots of markings. |
The leaves are starting to turn to gold on the cottonwood trees. What happened to summer? Yellow lights flash in school zones as a reminder to slow down to 15 mph. Orange buses trundle through the neighborhoods to pick up sleepy kids getting into the swing of classes.
Weather specialists are forecasting a wet, wet winter. The
discussion on snow vs. rain is still on the table as the experts decide whether
we will have stacks of snow by October or not until January, if at all.
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| Winter 2015 Will it rain.. |
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| or snow |
The fruitless mulberry tree out front holds its deep green
leaves the longest. A deep November frost usually freezes them all and drops
them to the ground overnight.
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| The first hard freeze of fall knocks the leaves off all at once. |
I’m preparing for a long, hard winter. I’ll have one stack
of wood near the house without being a fire hazard, and replenish it from the
stack against the far fence. The signs point to days of being snowbound without
power and cooking on the woodstove. I thrive on sunshine, so a mild winter is
okay with me.
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| This stack is close to the house so we don't have to venture far in the freezing temperatures. |
What is the winter forecast for your area? Is there anything
special you do so you’re ready to face it?
Oh gosh I surely hope that there is a mild winter in my area this year. The last few winters have been really brutal for us!
ReplyDeleteI have seen two different predictions. I am going with the one that says it is going to be a mild winter.
ReplyDeleteWinter in Wisconsin....COLD. It would be ok if we got a good amount of snow but I live on the border of Il and WI and lately it's just been cold and not enough snow.
ReplyDeleteI am in Florida so we don't have much of a winter. We don't really prepare at all. I have never seen snow.
ReplyDeleteI have dived into the winter forecast yet. I do hear buzz about how much the weather will be different this year. You blog post is actually a good reminder to prepare. I believe that in Texas we are expecting a lot of rain. Here we go ...
ReplyDeleteI am hoping for a mild winter. You just never know what nature will do.
ReplyDeleteThe leaves are already changing here too. It has been a very weird weather year for us. I hope we don't get a lot of snow this year!
ReplyDeleteWell you've piqued my curiosity to find out about our area (not that I can really do anything once I do find out!). It's still pretty hot here so hard to imaging winter will be here before we know it.
ReplyDeleteI'm so ready for fall. It's been so hot here in NC this summer!
ReplyDeleteThe changing of the seasons. Always something different.. which is why I like living where we do... sometimes snow, sometimes quite warm. Variety is nice.
ReplyDeleteNo snow for me this year. I'm finally home (Florida). Not how I intended, but I'm still here and I'm going to enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteWe are still pretty warm here in Florida. I'm looking forward to some fall weather.
ReplyDeleteWe usually have to change to snow tires and load up on rock salt. I can't wait to move to Florida and have Summer all year round, lol.
ReplyDeleteNot sure what they are predicting but living in Wisconsin we are ready for just about anything. We start getting winter ready in October.
ReplyDeleteLuckily I don't have to deal with snow in my area but I know that I hate winter stil. I can't stand the cold air or the frozen temps!
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