Cold Winter Days #1: I Think Punxsutawney Phil is a Genious!

Burrrrdhouses!

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

I just sent you a message thanking you for the weather, when indeed it was Phil that sent it, not my two fine Alberta LJ friends. Where is that pesky rodent when the shoveling must commence.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

We are scheduled to get 6-8” and the flowers bulbs are about 8” tall and with buds. The tulips are about 6” tall. So I guess they will be hiding for a while or we will have flowers through the snow.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

I don’t think the weather has really changed much from when I was a kid.
They used to shut the rink down if it was minus 10 °F.
We would put our skates on in the dark, climb over the boards and play until our toes froze.
Somtimes we had to scrape the rink and shovel it over the boards but we still played.
It was a 6 block walk to the rink and I often had to carry my little sister part of the way plus skates and sticks.
We had fun.
Dad didnt help . He had 2 jobs.
I miss spittin on the hot stove at the rink though.

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

BRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd houses.

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I think it might be the 1000 people thats the first thing Phil the groundhog sees that makes him go back in his den.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

you need to blog more! :)

so we’ll be seeing this finished creations as a project soon?

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Never did figure out this ground hog thing. He sees his shadow- 6 more weeks of winter. He doesn’t see his shadow- a month and a half till it warms up. ??? Go figure.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

Now that is a great backyard hockey rink! You are blessed to have such a nice one in such a big backyard.

Glad to hear your surviving a real winter, Mot.

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

you got it right, Tim. Unfortunately they all saw their shadows so it is 6 more weeks of winter. Oh if only spring was just 6 weeks away… sigh

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Hey guys…yep, Buurrrrrrrrd Houses!

Tom, we have room for a bigger rink on that pond, but that seems to be about the threshold that I feel like shoveling. It’s a pretty tricky calculation. I start with my snowblower in about the middle of the width. Then I go in a counterclockwise rectangle for 30 minutes with the blower going in 6th gear. That’s the size of rink you get.

Thanks for the comments, and yes Debbie, the finished houses will be in part 2!

Cheers!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

And here I was, complaining that we haven’t had a real winter this year, it has snowed only once and it didn’t even stuck. Spring is almost here and there are still 5 weeks more to go to the sakura, the cherry blossoming.

Go figure.

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://www.japanese-woodworking-tools.com/ · http://twitter.com/japanesetools

Friday -37 with a -52 windchill…I had to zip up the parka. If it gets any colder than that I’ll have to look for my hat and gloves ;-) LOL!

-- ...it's rennovation time!!!

Mark.. that’s funny

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Hi Tom;

That’s quite a back yard!

My son would kill for a rink like that!

Glad to see you remember where the light switch to the shop is.

Looks like a fun project.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

Well we got about 8” last night. The snow was wet in the beginning and then drier as the night wore on.

It really is bending over the Holly trees and a few Pines as they have leaves on the trees.

The shop made it through alright, just don’t try driving down the driveway to the shop.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Nice snowstorm, Karson!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

The ducks didn’t think it was all that great. They stayed hidden back by the woods all day.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †