Yikes! Winter has arrived with a fury after our lovely mild autumn. We've had several winter storms in the last 2 weeks. My DH's hometown (25 miles SW of us) got socked with 4 feet of snow just a week ago. We got about a foot or so. Temps have dropped rapidly, and we'll probably be back in the teens tomorrow with ice, wind, and more snow.
The only problem with our mild November is that we were lulled into forgetting Mother Nature's fickle personality. DH did not put up his Christmas lights Thanksgiving weekend when it was 50+ degrees. No, he finally got to it this weekend in the wind and 20 degree weather. Nothing says Christmas like "Griswalding" your home in a blizzard.
And somehow we neglected to empty and winterize the rain barrel. Not good. How did it freeze so quickly? Too late now. Not only was it frozen solid, but the bottom had already cracked open. There will be no saving this rain barrel. How sad. We'll thaw it out, cut off the top, and try to turn it into a "ball barrel" to hold kickball, footballs, basketballs, etc. in the garage.
On a more exciting note.... the long awaited greenhouse is due to arrive tomorrow. It was shipped from the factory in Vancouver, Canada a week ago, and we've been tracking it's journey across Canada on the internet. What an amazing time we live in; to be able to see where the truck was each evening was fascinating. Once it crossed into the U.S. it continued on to NY City. "No," I wanted to shout! "We're only 50 miles from the Canadian border; we're 10 hours from NY City. You're just going to have to turn around and come back to western NY." But the shipping companies have their own way of doing things. I believe the greenhouse was transferred to a more local trucking company in NY City, and back it came to Buffalo, NY. We got a call on Saturday asking us to have 2 or 3 strong men here on Monday between 2 and 4 pm to help off-load the greenhouse. It will be packed on 6 pallets. It will have to go into the garage until I get it stained and the weather moderates. More on this tomorrow. What an exciting Christmas present!
"Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful..."
Yikes! Winter has arrived with a fury after our lovely mild autumn. We've had several winter storms in the last 2 weeks. My DH's hometown (25 miles SW of us) got socked with 4 feet of snow just a week ago. We got about a foot or so. Temps have dropped rapidly, and we'll probably be back in the teens tomorrow with ice, wind, and more snow. 
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