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#11 Casa Escarlata Robles Too

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Posted 13 March 2023 - 10:40 PM

HAPPY WIFE ,HAPPY LIFE. Some of the best words put together.

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Posted 14 March 2023 - 10:47 PM

Speaking of home(ward)bound.... currently on Buffalo NY ...on the last night of the long road trip. My house is in the current storm ..a Nor'easter...very heavy wet snow from the north atlantic hence the name has dumped 27" on top of the 16 I had and it is still snowing. The power lines went down 12 hours ago and the electric company sent a text to say plan on a multi-day event... My neighbor hopefully will clear most of the 850 ft dirt driveway to the house before I get there tomorrow evening. I had set a stove fire to be lit in emergencies before leaving so when we get there I will house will be in the 40's by then. I luckily put the front loader in the garage  (from the barn) before I left... good as there is a 6ft wall of old snow there. The price you pay for the audacity to go away and enjoy some sun. 


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#13 Casa Escarlata Robles Too

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Posted 14 March 2023 - 11:02 PM

Rob that's the price we pay for having fun.

Now it's back to the real world of snow/ice/mud.

It's a shame you didn't bring back some of that Baja sunshine.

Have a safe last drive.

Frank


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#14 ski3pin

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Posted 14 March 2023 - 11:08 PM

Speaking of home(ward)bound.... currently on Buffalo NY ...on the last night of the long road trip. My house is in the current storm ..a Nor'easter...very heavy wet snow from the north atlantic hence the name has dumped 27" on top of the 16 I had and it is still snowing. The power lines went down 12 hours ago and the electric company sent a text to say plan on a multi-day event... My neighbor hopefully will clear most of the 850 ft dirt driveway to the house before I get there tomorrow evening. I had set a stove fire to be lit in emergencies before leaving so when we get there I will house will be in the 40's by then. I luckily put the front loader in the garage  (from the barn) before I left... good as there is a 6ft wall of old snow there. The price you pay for the audacity to go away and enjoy some sun. 

 

 

But it is sure worth it, isn't it? :)
 


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Posted 14 March 2023 - 11:27 PM

Hooo-daddy yea... I smile at my friend's semi-hidden glee that though they have suffered ... I'm getting a piece of it too! HA!

And Frank we brought back a lot of Baja  shells to carry us through. I left a tall bottle of Irish on the table with a few shot glasses in case I did not return folks could toast to a good time... The  bottle awaits me as a welcome back alive toast... Slainte 


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Posted 15 March 2023 - 12:57 AM

Happy homecoming. You could just turn around and go out again for a month or two. The white stuff should be gone by then.


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#17 Casa Escarlata Robles Too

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Posted 15 March 2023 - 11:40 PM

Always nice to come home to a bottle of good Irish single malt.

Salute.

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#18 ski3pin

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Posted 16 March 2023 - 02:39 AM

Our blog story ended with the NOAA forecast that the storms were turning warm with high snow levels - "Atmospheric River" of moisture. It started raining on March 9th. Today was mostly sunny, a much appreciated break. Since it began raining on the 9th, we received 10.5 inches of rain.


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Posted 16 March 2023 - 05:50 AM

Wow, 10.5" of rain in five days!  We're a bit lower elevation, but got a similar drenching rain.  It was fun watching the snowpack melt off the roofs over the last few days.  The orchard and garden are still under a foot or more of snow.  I use sorel boots to walk the property.

 

I was pleasantly surprised at 5:30am when I looked out at the moon and stars this morning.  Scorpio was poking his head over the horizon.  What a great sunny day it was to melt off more snow!  I cleared a stubborn 18" of snow off the front deck, escorting icebergs off the deck with my shovel without actually lifting them.  It's great to see the driveways and decks again in the sunshine.  I even excavated our garden beds carefully where we put in snap peas that were poking out green shoots before Snowmaggedon hit.  Another day of warmth and they will start getting some sunshine to wake them up.  


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Posted 09 April 2023 - 03:28 AM

Where is this?  I live at the base of the Sierra Nevada, in Bishop, and it has been quite a winter!  


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