S.O.S Rob Love: Shilo Manitoba

[rob love]

Thanks for the offer, but I'm not going anywhere. The base has stated "essential workers only" which isn't me. So I will head out to the shop, start the fire, and work from home maintaining my welding skills.

The snow is starting to accumulate a little, and it is wet heavy snow, so at some point we could conceivably lose power. Visibility is down a little...can't see the neighbors tractor at the far end of our yard, but at this point it is still nothing unusual.

Kind of a shame. We were at the point where the few piles of snow from the winter had just a few days of life left to most of them. There was even some green starting to show up here and there. But now it is white as far as one can see.

[Gordon Yeo]

Rob

This is Canada and it is still April so Mother Nature can still have Her fun with us. And green, in April, in Manitoba is high hopes, isn't it?

Stay safe and warm.

Gord

[rob love]

The wife and I were just admiring the green starting to come up on the grain field as we were driving by it a day or two ago. I have seen the odd year where the farmers were planting already, as opposed to the old somewhat safe rule that you waited for Victoria day. I fully expected to see the crocuses pop out of the ground any day now, but I guess they will wait another week or two.

I took a drive up the road just now to fuel up the truck. I now have to concede, it's a blizzard. Not too much snow aside from a few drifts (like the 2 foot one going into my quonset), but ice and snow covered road, and very limited visibility. The visibility is bad enough that you are unsure if it is safe to pull onto the highway, as there will still be dumb-asses driving at 90 despite the road and visibility conditions.


Attached is a current photo from the same spot I showed 4 posts up.

[Bruce MacMillan]

Originally Posted by rob love

I fully expected to see the crocuses pop out of the ground any day now, but I guess they will wait another week or two.

Mother Nature can really throw a curve. My tulips are already beginning to fade.

[rob love]

Well we not only have those flowers in full bloom, but also watermelon trees, potato bushes, and peanut shrubs. If you squint real hard in the attached (and most recent photo in the same spot as the previous two) you can just make them out.

[Jordan Baker]

And to think I almost fired up the lawnmower today to mow the lawn. It was about 20 Celsius out but then it rained. Maybe tomorrow.

[rob love]

Thanks for that tidbit of info Jordan. Makes me feel so much better that others also have weather problems.

The Robins came back to our area today. We had about 30 of them in our trees. They picked the wrong day to come back. A bunch hid out on our deck, including one who sat on one of the deckchair arms for hours. We put out a box of seeds, but it was the sparrows and chickadees that came for those. I think robins eat grubs and worms.....we are fresh out, and they will be waiting a few days for the ground to show up again.