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Spring Things
Being as we’re up here in the Frozen North (Zone 3, on a good day), we’re a little behind the times when it comes to Spring. Saranac Lake (“town”) is slow enough, and we’re even behind them over here in … Continue reading
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Monday to Tuesday
It’s already on it’s way to melting. 70F by Saturday. In indoors news, I felt worse Wednesday than when I fell on Tuesday. Muscles and all. A little queasy. Jammed finger. My super-sweet friend brought me a big container of … Continue reading
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Starting ‘Em Early in the Adirondacks
It snowed this morning. A little. I don’t mind. It was melted and gone by afternoon, and I still went outside to do early Spring things. I shoveled some extra crushed stone I had sitting around into the wheelbarrow and … Continue reading
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The Big Melt
Well, friends, I do fear for the fate of the half-built Saranac Lake Ice Palace. TourPro suggested they cover it with giant tarps. I don’t think that’s such a bad idea. For all I know, they have. Haven’t been into … Continue reading
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Shovel the Hovel
You might expect that I’d write a post about the trials of shoveling out from the snow storm we just had here in the Adirondacks. Not so. Truth is, I love shoveling snow. Now, now. Before we get into the … Continue reading
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Froze Hose
16F last night and we RV dwellers are still alive. And showered. True, living in the Northern Adirondacks (where it will get much colder than 16F) it’s hardly a major achievement. But it’s a nice mile-marker all the same. Our … Continue reading
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Back in Action
And, here I am, friends. I’m totally back into the swing of my little Adirondack charms-of-the-country world. That’s how it feels this morning anyway – the first snow outside is gorgeous, I tromped over through the blanketed evergreens to visit … Continue reading
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What’s That Strange Icy Sensation?
Oh. It’s ice. I suppose the timing was not terrible, but … we ran out of propane at about 5:15 this morning, 31F outside. Suffice it to say, I got out of bed a little early. Mercifully, I had decided … Continue reading
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Rainy Daze
There’s such a whirlwind of outdoor tasks at hand on nice days, I hardly know what to do with myself in the rain. I’m finding that in the Adirondacks, even a slow drip like this seems to put one in … Continue reading
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