Susan has declared it. Winter is over.

The snowblower is drained, oil changed, lubed, and stored in the shed. The
push lawnmower is now in the garage, started to make sure it's ready.

The sled I use for hauling wood and the roof rake are stored with the
blower.

The drive is re-graded into a water-shedding crown for the rain tonight,
rather than the flat, don't-slip-off-the-edge version we use in winter.

How does she know winter's over? The smell of freshly spread manure as the
neighbor prepares his barley field.

You've jinxed it now. It's just like planting tomatoes. The last killing
frost happens the day after you plant tomatoes. Be prepared for that last
late snow fall.


"George" George@least wrote in message
...
Susan has declared it. Winter is over.

The snowblower is drained, oil changed, lubed, and stored in the shed.
The
push lawnmower is now in the garage, started to make sure it's ready.

The sled I use for hauling wood and the roof rake are stored with the
blower.

The drive is re-graded into a water-shedding crown for the rain tonight,
rather than the flat, don't-slip-off-the-edge version we use in winter.

How does she know winter's over? The smell of freshly spread manure as
the
neighbor prepares his barley field.

our last snow is usually just about the time the apple tree blossoms
open. I saw the first tree with blossoms on my way home today so it
can't be far off maybe in a couple weeks.

George wrote:
Susan has declared it. Winter is over.

The snowblower is drained, oil changed, lubed, and stored in the shed. The
push lawnmower is now in the garage, started to make sure it's ready.

The sled I use for hauling wood and the roof rake are stored with the
blower.

The drive is re-graded into a water-shedding crown for the rain tonight,
rather than the flat, don't-slip-off-the-edge version we use in winter.

How does she know winter's over? The smell of freshly spread manure as the
neighbor prepares his barley field.

Looks like down here in S. Texas we will officially have no winter,
hence no season changes.

It was 99 degrees (officially) last Friday, and it has been in the
upper 80s and low 90s here for a while.

One good thing though, my tomatoes are already about 24" tall with a
lot of little BB sized tomatoes coming on.

Robert

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:39:55 -0400, "George" George@least wrote:

What's a snow blower?? Sounds like a coke addict.. *g*

66 degrees and light rain here in Central CA this morning....

Heading to Baja tomorrow and it's been in the mid 80's and down to mid 50's at
night... YES!!

How does she know winter's over? The smell of freshly spread manure as the
neighbor prepares his barley field.

hmm....

I had a friend that was a plumber... He used to say "It may smell like **** to
you, but it's my bread and butter"..

I'll stick to my wife's methods... the smell of lemon blossoms in the yard and
all the stores having sales.. *lol*


Mac

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