#NoPoles

-20 fun times. I had a propane heat system in my house. It started having issues end of 2023. October 2024, it died. Needed a sensor replaced that wouldn't be available until March or April. I ended up using my small pellet stove for heat for the late fall, but then had the propane system replaced with an automated pellet system from Maine Energy Systems. Best decision ever! Highly recommend the system!

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I dont ski anymore. After my ACL surgery- recovery was hard. I am a person with few friends and moved away from friends and family qhen I moved to Bretton Woods. I had very little support post surgery. It was hard to get around the first 8 weeks. I was always in pain. I declined the opioid prescription and relied on Advil. I live on a hill so I couldn't leave my house on crutches unless I had someone help me due to the uneven ground and also we still had snow and ice (surgery was beginning of March). Couldn't do stairs for 3 months so I had to sleep on my couch in the tv room. Leg was in a full length brace 24/7 and I had to sleep on my back with my leg propped up on an incline. I'm a stomach sleeper so between that and the pain, I slept 45mins at a time. I had to go back to work full time after a week- that was a big mistake. The stress of surgery and anesthesia caused my immune system to short circuit. I now have an auto immune disorder called Mast cell activation syndrome. My body is pretty much a permanent dumpster fire.

Currently temp is-15

Any of the Hickory nuts from Nashville survive?

I opened the door to let the dog out and got smacked in the face by a blast of cold air...way colder than I was anticipating. That was about an hour ago and we were already at 19 degrees. The minute the sunset, temps plummeted

Mt Washington reported 4 inches this morning. It's a miserable rain snow mix in Bretton Woods. Temps stuck in the upper 30s. Happy beginning of summer!

Next 10 days have lots of rain chances and then 50s for highs- right through memorial day weekend

And as of yesterday, the hatch has occurred. Bring on the black fly swarms

Temp has already dropped 21 degrees off the high today. 58 to 37. And dropping...

Guess that means the hatch will happen shortly. I had my first humming bird today at my feeder. Showed up yesterday, but I only got my feeder out today

Omg, if this wind would go away, today would have been perfect. Definitely dry, cold season airmass. Temp got up to 58 but it's chilly. Low temp overnight is 30-31 degrees. I'm super excited for tomorrow through Wednesday! I assume the black flies should be hatching shortly, but no swarms yet, so yay for that!

Been 3-4 days stuck at 48 degrees. Completely murky with intervals of rain or heavier showers. Usually take the dog for walkies after work but haven't been able to. The dog is getting pissed. Maybe I can get him a walkie late this afternoon or evening?

15 degrees. Sping is awesome

Around 8 inches of cement. Did a number on my back and the snowblower. Complete over achiever here. Forecast had 3-5 mixing with sleet and zr. Glades are open at Bretton Woods. Fantastic end of season ski day

Around 8 inches of cement. Did a number on my back and the snowblower. Complete over achiever here. Forecast had 3-5 mixing with sleet and zr. Glade are open at Bretton Woods. Fantastic end of season ski day

It was ripping. I peeked out at 5am and it was snowing at least 2 inch per hour. I estimated off of my deck railing. There could have been 4 inches at that point and then if snowed at that intensity for another hour or 2... It was probably one of the heaviest snowfall rates of the entire season. Now we are just off an on light snow

3 inches and counting

3 inches and counting

Truth be told, I'd rather be tracking the 70 degree temps, than be under a winter storm watch. I've shifted from cold season into warm season mode.

The real heavy stuff is to the south and east if Bretton Woods. Bartlett to Conway have 4 inches and counting. Maybe half inch here. We get heavy bursts of snow but they are short-lived and then it goes back to light snow

It's targeting has palm trees

Do you a fall-out shelter for your chickens?

My brain switches so easily into spring mode, that I absolutely abhor these normal swings back to winter. Once we hit 50 degrees, I never want to go backwards.

Mud season in full force here...the dog is muddy and wet. I had to pull a dukes of hazard maneuver to get into my driveway. Perfect ice fishing weather. Some ding ding thought they were going to drive their pick-up onto the ice to pull out their Bob house. Front tires went right through the ice. He was lucky he was able to reverse out of his dumb idea. Got my first sunburn of the season yesterday out on the ice. Bonus- got to watch a pair of bald eagles making a nest. Caught a few rainbows. Now I have the the window open in my bedroom. Super windy, though. Scattered power outages with branches and a few trees down