February and the false spring.

Every February for as long as I can remember has had a mid month thaw that brought a load of rain with it, which would, in some cases, take the snow right back to the underlying grass and nearly clear the entire road from curb to curb. And just as quickly the temperatures would drop precipitously and then we’d get a massive dumping of snow followed by a lengthy cold snap that would potentially last through until the first weeks of April. This year it seems the rainy thaw has turned up late! But I see a bunch of snow and cold coming our way so I’m not fooled by this false spring. Just because it was 7°C and sunny yesterday I didn’t get carried away believing what I was seeing & feeling. I did not let the pilot light of hope catch fire. That way lies madness. Ha.

We aren’t out of the woods yet. Even by March 21st we’ll still be in the thick of it. But there have been cases where I’ve gotten a sun burn sitting outdoors enjoying the early April weather (way back in 2002 that is). But I’ve been out and about in flurries and cold snaps around April 10th, so not out of the woods by any means for a good long time.

Pushing the snow back away from the house every couple of days is about as much as I can do to try to stop our basement flooding. Besides having towels at the ready, and keeping my wet/dry shop vac & mops handy. Dehumidifiers at my beck and call too for the late stages of a clean up. That’s about all we can do.

I went through the eaves troughs twice this fall to clean them out, and to flush the down spouts. I did another clean up when I put our Christmas lights up on the house, but I didn’t pull more than ten leaves out as it was pretty bare. Now the ice dams however, those I can’t seem to stop from happening. Then the water just pours off the entire house and pools wherever it pleases. I could try to have a heated line wired in to prevent that, but of the two properties I know that utilize such a thing, it has not yet worked for a whole winter without breaking down, or not being strong enough to contend with those prolonged dips into the mi us twenty five to thirty range, and then the ice build up gets ahead of the heated line, and they are stuck with massive icicles, and pooling water just the same as I am. Weather, man it’s difficult to deal with let alone beat.

Here we are on Tuesday! Lovely Tuesday, last one for the month of February of 2025. Two months into the year, and Christmas is a distant memory. Four months left of the school year, birthdays starting all over again. Tax time is on the horizon. A whole new year really feels new once Spring starts to feel like it’s within striking distance. Still a tad too early for the spring cleaning bug to hit, but a chance to open a window around here will be much appreciated. The Honeywell air purifier has gone a long way to keeping the air in here less stale during these long winter months. Glad to have it!  Especially now with a dog around, keeping the “wet dog” smell to a minimum around here is “pretty – pretty” awesome. (A touch of Larry David for you Curb fans out there).

I need to eat and get to work on a Retail POS campaign. Food for thoughts. Ciao Bella.