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I spent the weekend building stone steps up the embankment of the backyard. Our property has a large number of rocks everywhere and whenever I have done any digging, I inevitably hit a large stone somewhere. When I was digging the raised beds I ended up lining the outsides with stones from the beds instead of wood. I frequently had to resort to using a prybar to get the biggest ones out of the earth. So yesterday and today I took about 25 of the biggest flat stones and built a staircase. Hardest parts were when I would hit stones where I was trying to dig out to put the steps in. The other aggravating factor is that the lower part is very wet this time of year so the area I would dig would fill with water and muck. It was pretty fun yesterday with the COC day haowever. In terms of mulch, our town has a shed outside the transfer station. In the winter there is salted grit any resident can go and get. The other 4 months there is free mulch- mostly pine. I just go with about twenty containers and fill away. I did that a week or so ago on a day the dump was closed so it was quiet. It is a nice perk the town does.

Down to 39 here.

41 and light rain here.

BTV weighs in: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BTV&issuedby=BTV&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1 Their map is hardly bullish:

06Z Nam will be quite the wakeup delight for Powderfreak as it really moved its clown map totals north. First the 0Z And now the 06

As a member of the American Wx Forum Society of East Central Vermont Residents living at 1240' and having nowhere to go next week, I approve of this model run and say l-l-l-l-l-l-l-ll-l-ll-Lock It!

NAM only brings 8" here and I need 18.7 inches to get to 100"" on the season so clearly we must toss.

Up here I typically view the seasons as: Dec 1 to March 31- Winter April 1 to May 1 - Mud May 1 to July 1 - Spring July 1 to July 15 - Summer July 16 to July 31- Late Summer August 1 to August 31- Wait isn't this supposed to be summer why is that leaf red? Sept 1 to Nov 1- Fall Nov 1 to Dec 1 - Do everything outside you can before the snow sets in while rooting for snow and hoping it holds off until the snow tires get put on next Tuesday. There is of course some year to year variations.

Woke up to a fresh coating of snow here.

Fantastic photo!

Radar looks like it has backfilled over eastern and central NY.

Congratulations! Have fun but don't get frostbite on the bum! Meanwhile I have flurries for the nth straight day and a horny territorial robin who is attacking my downstairs window to protect its territory from its reflection. It has woken me up for way too early for the 4th day in a row by pecking at our windows.

pouring graupel all of a sudden

We have a few stray flakes in the air at the moment.

Also known as the 12Z Euro Winter 19-20 "What the 0Z giveth the 12Z taketh away"

We have two beam heights for E Vt: 1. Blocked by mountains and 2. Not blocked by mountains

TV reception looks a little fuzzy or it may be time to upgrade to a 2 pixel set.

Eyewall could finally be off the hook and no longer be the jinx.

squall just came through here and briefly whitened the ground but is slacking now.

Randolph once received 56 inches from a single storm. Nov. 22-23, 1943 https://dicce.sri.com/downloads/Additional_articles_webeites_interest/03_New_Hampshire_Climate_Overview.pdf Congrats, I hope the pool is heated. I think we know who is hosting the next NNE thread get together!

Much like the sun's seasonal movement away from the equator has gradually brought an to winter, the sun's rise over the hill to the east rapidly melted our new coating of snow. The meltwater dropping off the roof splashed off the front steps like so many NE snow enthusiasts tears splashed off there keyboards with each new model run this winter.

You should be happy that auto-correct left this alone or else you would be in the doghouse for awhile.

Went for a run around 6, got soaked then it switched to off/on pounding sleet. Fun.

Damage to property already! Will fEMA cover the green lawn furniture?