Over the past two years Minnesota winters have been… “weird”. Between seasons with so much snow that we lost massive amounts of trees from heavy snow, to two years in a row with almost no snow on the ground. It’s been troubling to say the least. I believe what science is telling us about our […]
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For years I’ve had a big, heavy, gas powered, 2-stage snowblower. It’s a beast of a machine, and I really don’t like it that much. Every year when I go to start it the first time it takes forever. I do all the stuff I’m supposed to at the end of the season, like use […]
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Sure enough, 2020 is being itself again. We’re getting record setting snow on October 20th here in Minnesota. It’s amazing and wild to see 6 inches of wet fluffy flakes while there are still some leaves on the trees. In fact, it was that dichotomy that got me to grab my camera and take some […]
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I decided I wanted to go for a bit of a longer walk for coffee the other day, and so I set out early, wearing my puffy jacket for the first time this fall. The air was crisp and cool, and the sky to the west looked somewhat foreboding. I wasn’t too concerned and proceeded […]
Read moreSo far this winter, the Twin Cities are down 18 inches of snow that we should have gotten. It’s made for a very dry year so far, and it’s probably going to have big consequences later in the year. Thankfully, today we’re getting a bit more of the white stuff, although only a couple inches. […]
Read moreAfter a few days of really heavy posts, I’m going to keep it light today. I had a meeting on a higher level floor in downtown Saint Paul, and it happened to be gently snowing. Instead of a picture I decided to take a nice little video of the snow falling over the new Treasure […]
Read moreFriday night I was out late marking the trail with friends, for a fun run on Saturday. As we finished up the evening we headed to 10K Brewing in Anoka, and on our way it started to snow. We had a couple beers and then I called it a night. As I left I looked […]
Read moreLooks like Minnesota is getting one last big winter storm of the year this year. A couple days ago I was riding with my moon roof open. Today, it’s snowing. Thankfully, it is looking like the metro area will be spared much of the snow, but down south they’re getting seriously hammered. It was truly […]
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When the snow finally stopped, there was 9 inches of fresh powder on the ground. Despite the headache and hassle of trying to get around in it, a blanket of snow is very beautiful. The day after the blizzard the weather turned sunny, and since we’re already in February, with the sun higher in the […]
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Tuesday night we experienced a good old fashioned Minnesota blizzard with 6-8 inches of snow and tons of blowing and drifting. I made it home from work, thanks to the train which doesn’t care that much about snow. I finished blowing the driveway and then noticed some cool snow patterns on the window of my […]
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We’re in the middle of our first snowstorm of the year. I decided to take the train into work today, despite the fact that it takes about 75 minutes. My reason being that, the train takes 75 minutes in rain, sun, or snow. I spent 75 lovely minutes reading my book while most of my co-workers […]
Read moreHere in Minnesota it’s typical to get wet spring snow in March, and sometimes even in April. This year has been tremendously dry, so we’ve been looking forward to anything that might help with that as Spring dawns. Last night we finally got a bit of moisture, and although southern Minnesota got much more, we […]
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