Beautiful and wonderfully sunny day here in Iowa! Even got all the way up to a balmy 15 F!!!! But to be honest, with minimal wind it was a nice day to be out. I cleaned up our driveway from the light 8-10 inch dusting of snow and then grabbed the camera as Neighbor Al blew out his drive.
But a small gust of wind and oh boy, the ground weather can go from nice and sunny to BLIZZARD really quick. I suppose 30HP of blower helps.
Ya, there is a tractor and Neighbor Al hiding in all that.
But the Puppies love this weather and stayed out to play with us as we cleaned up the snow.
DanNehmer wrote:
Beautiful and wonderfully sunny day here in Iowa! Even got all the way up to a balmy 15 F!!!! But to be honest, with minimal wind it was a nice day to be out. I cleaned up our driveway from the light 8-10 inch dusting of snow and then grabbed the camera as Neighbor Al blew out his drive.
All have a good weekend and stay warm,
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Dan, your photos remind me why I live in Texas. Your Puppies look like they are having a lot of fun in the snow. Of course I write this next to my warm fireplace and a good book nearby. Stay warm my friend.
DanNehmer wrote:
Beautiful and wonderfully sunny day here in Iowa! Even got all the way up to a balmy 15 F!!!! But to be honest, with minimal wind it was a nice day to be out. I cleaned up our driveway from the light 8-10 inch dusting of snow and then grabbed the camera as Neighbor Al blew out his drive.
All have a good weekend and stay warm,
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Dan, that snow storm is coming our way but we will get only several inches. It's 12 degrees here this morning, in a few hours the wind will be blowing at 25 MPH. I am staying inside except taking the dog out.
DanNehmer wrote:
Beautiful and wonderfully sunny day here in Iowa! Even got all the way up to a balmy 15 F!!!! But to be honest, with minimal wind it was a nice day to be out. I cleaned up our driveway from the light 8-10 inch dusting of snow and then grabbed the camera as Neighbor Al blew out his drive.
All have a good weekend and stay warm,
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Darn Dan, I didn't have this in Ft Dodge when I shovelled snow in the 1950's!
Dogs love snow. Mine jumped to catch the flakes and my lightweight loved walking on any crust that formed!
I have a snow blower but is is a walk behind and at my age, it is getting hard..
Glad to see the Iowa I grew up in!
Dan2
JWilsonphoto wrote:
Thanks Ray! I spent the afternoon with the kids up at the ranch and it presented numerous opportunities to capture their activities..............
I love animals, especially cattle, horses and my children-dogs, ...Just great Jim!!!! And the bovine is fine also@!
RD
Darn Dan, I didn't have this in Ft Dodge when I shovelled snow in the 1950's!
Dogs love snow. Mine jumped to catch the flakes and my lightweight loved walking on any crust that formed!
I have a snow blower but is is a walk behind and at my age, it is getting hard..
Glad to see the Iowa I grew up in!
Dan2
Hey Dan,
I too have a large 2 stage walk behind blower. It works well but I am a young, fairly fit 58 yr old. No doubt some of the fitness and good health comes from the early years when dad would hand you the shovel and tell you the drive needs shoveling. He had a snowblower but "kid you're too young for that!" Then as all kids I thought it was unfair and him being tough; in retrospect him being tough then has put me in a much better place now.
Neighbor Al is 78 ish, and doing really well but a walk-behind blower wouldn't work for him or his back anymore. Al and Diane have a beautiful home, large yard, etc; and it's the tractor, other toys that provide much needed assists for them to stay there. I help out when needed, but so far it's mostly been the fun stuff like building a beehive or some maintenance stuff or shoveling off the porch while he plows the drive. Once in a while it's the quick run to Menards for them like when the water in the basement sump is 4 inches from being on the floor and shouldn't............... Of course that's at 8pm and you aren't calling a plumber; at least I am helpful in that regard.
Keep your head down and stay warm the next couple days with this new storm. I must say snow storms don't seem to bottle us up as much in the midwest, my simple opinion is we have 1/20th the people and that makes a big difference; don't think we have anymore snowplows per mile that you folks out east, just less people to clog up the roads when weather goes south.
Yes, my Dad would have none of that motorized stuff in Illinois....."that's what I have son's for!" Problem was, my older brother was Houdini when it came to getting out of work and my younger brother wasn't very mechanically inclined, sooooo that left the middle child. I agree with you, wouldn't change a thing as its prepared me for life. God has blessed me with James III and the first words out of his mouth when he hits the door are, "Papa, let's go do some work!", my kind of guy!!
I'm remodeling a powder room and so wish that I had your woodworking skills and machinery. Been searching for a 30" vanity and it's a challenge. The real cabinet crafters are a year out and there's no way that I'm settling for a Lowe's version. I've been YouTubing tutorials on making cabinetry.......we shall see.
I was laughing so hard that I could barely stand at one point. I was helping Halle in one pasture and one of the mini-ponies snuck up behind me and ripped one of my back pockets off my jeans as another came from the other side and purposefully began stepping on my right foot. I moved to another pasture to shoot the mini-cows and one of those snuck around and tried to give me a horn as I sat in the grass, it was as if it was field day on the "greenhorn".
Darn Dan, I didn't have this in Ft Dodge when I shovelled snow in the 1950's!
Dogs love snow. Mine jumped to catch the flakes and my lightweight loved walking on any crust that formed!
I have a snow blower but is is a walk behind and at my age, it is getting hard..
Glad to see the Iowa I grew up in!
Dan2
Hey Dan,
I too have a large 2 stage walk behind blower. It works well but I am a young, fairly fit 58 yr old. No doubt some of the fitness and good health comes from the early years when dad would hand you the shovel and tell you the drive needs shoveling. He had a snowblower but "kid you're too young for that!" Then as all kids I thought it was unfair and him being tough; in retrospect him being tough then has put me in a much better place now.
Neighbor Al is 78 ish, and doing really well but a walk-behind blower wouldn't work for him or his back anymore. Al and Diane have a beautiful home, large yard, etc; and it's the tractor, other toys that provide much needed assists for them to stay there. I help out when needed, but so far it's mostly been the fun stuff like building a beehive or some maintenance stuff or shoveling off the porch while he plows the drive. Once in a while it's the quick run to Menards for them like when the water in the basement sump is 4 inches from being on the floor and shouldn't............... Of course that's at 8pm and you aren't calling a plumber; at least I am helpful in that regard.
Keep your head down and stay warm the next couple days with this new storm. I must say snow storms don't seem to bottle us up as much in the midwest, my simple opinion is we have 1/20th the people and that makes a big difference; don't think we have anymore snowplows per mile that you folks out east, just less people to clog up the roads when weather goes south.
Take care,
Dan
Darn, I never saw a motorized snow removal gadget at 10 yrs old(1957 and before). The 1st sign of snow was shovel dad's car out, sidewalks then I was free to make some pocket money shovelling others walks/alleys(in Ft Dodge, blocks were cut in half by an alley and garage) I did pretty good and it was fun yet tiring.
There was no "school cancelled because of snow crap". I had to walk 1/2 mile(true) and "with no shoes"!!!!(-False)
A "right of passage" so to speak.
I rarely saw an old guy doing this..it was kids.
The gud olde daze!
Dan
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I was laughing so hard that I could barely stand at one point. I was helping Halle in one pasture and one of the mini-ponies snuck up behind me and ripped one of my back pockets off my jeans as another came from the other side and purposefully began stepping on my right foot. I moved to another pasture to shoot the mini-cows and one of those snuck around and tried to give me a horn as I sat in the grass, it was as if it was field day on the "greenhorn".
JWilsonphoto wrote:
I was laughing so hard that I could barely stand at one point. I was helping Halle in one pasture and one of the mini-ponies snuck up behind me and ripped one of my back pockets off my jeans as another came from the other side and purposefully began stepping on my right foot. I moved to another pasture to shoot the mini-cows and one of those snuck around and tried to give me a horn as I sat in the grass, it was as if it was field day on the "greenhorn".
