Saturday, February 13, 2021

Guess What? More Snow!

I liked the reaction to the first snow removal time lapse video, so I did it again.  It had been snowing since the early morning hours, light and fluffy with it being so very cold out.  I went out to clear it a little after 2:30 this afternoon and the sun had come out nicely after the snow had passed.  Too bad that didn't warm more than my soul - it was only 1ºF (-17ºC) when the video was shot.  And sorry, the video's a little crooked, and I stopped recording before shoveling the front walk and stoop and cleaning off the car, so it's less than 75 seconds long.

We have a three day weekend due to President's Day on Monday and, while we'll have plenty of time for rest and relaxation, we do have a few things we want get done.  First off is to get a load over to Goodwill, and we need to order a new clothes washer as the bearings are going in ours.  Not unusual for bearings after almost 12 years, but the problem is they make it so to replace them is to replace most of the machine so it's just cheaper to buy a new one.  The repairman said it could last another year like this but it sounds dreadful and now is the time of year those things are cheapest.  Third, we want to get another quarter cow ordered.  It will be at least a month until it will be ready and our beef supply is practically down to nothing. 

The current forecast says salt won't melt ice until maybe Wednesday, and we might even get up to the freezing point in just over a week.  Shorts and t-shirt weather!  That's all for this weekend's weather report - other than one kind of funny thing to mention is that I had to buy ice yesterday.  Our ice maker is on the fritz and that repairman won't be out for over two weeks yet, but I thought it was just odd to be buying ice in the middle of such a cold spell like I was going on a picnic or something.

6 comments:

Scoakat said...

I forgot to mention, the title of the video is BW's lovely reaction to the last video - cut and pasted right from the comments! Why not?

If interested, you can change the speed in Youtube's settings. At speed .25 it's almost real time. Thanks for visiting!

Blue Witch said...

I spotted it... thanks for the accolade!

I just love your snow lawnmower. Could you send me one in the mail please?

Now, as I need all the help I can get with technique (or at least Mr BW does!), could you do clearing the car and porch footage another time, please? We haven't been touching the car... is it a bad idea to leave snow sitting on it (we can't go anywhere and we don't need to)? Hopefully we'll have a garage for it by next year.

Minus 17... brrrrrrrmmmmmm... it's been minus 8 C plus windchill here, and that is bad enough. What sort of inside temperatures inside do you get down to overnight? By day we're happy at about 18 C but we're clocking 6.8 C at night, and that's after we've put in a lot of new insulation.

Scoakat said...

I don't think it takes any special skill to clear walks or the car, just do what is comfortable and effective for you. We have an old plastic broom that we use to clear the back steps and the snow off the car. You can only see the top of the handle in the video, but it's leaning up on the bottom step. No sense clearing your car if you're not going to use it, but it may be good to make sure it starts and let the engine warm up every now and again.

I'm almost ashamed to admit how much we spoil ourselves with heating. The thermostat is set at 76ºF daytime and 72º at night, and that is always the actual temperature. So we pay a little more for gas, but it's a very small house and we like to be comfortable.

Blue Witch said...

Greta is after you for energy over-use! She says she hopes your home is well insulated if you're keeping it that hot!

I've watched the snow lawnmower several times now. I still can't work out how you manage to miss hitting the car.

Nic said...

A home recording acquaintance of mine just made this...seems apt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9LIFFTsCd4

Scoakat said...

Love it, Nic!

BW, maybe it's a reaction to our winters, the colder outside the warmer we keep it inside!

Also, that reminds me of following Greta and her dad's adventure sailing across the Atlantic with Youtubers Sailing La Vagabonde. I've followed their channel for years now and this series was a real good one. I think you'd like it, here's their 'Greta' playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVo4cAwfZKY&list=PLej_Gvr1c1MOX9H5y4QE2jo8F3C-3RFe0