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Current Castle Weather.

By The Armorer on December 22, 2007 | | Comments (12)

Thunder snow at Caste Argghhh!

Thunder snow.

Yep.

Thunder snow.

Winter officially began at 0008 this morning.

Can ya tell?

Kiki (l) and Gunner (r) like it, however.

Kiki and Gunner like it well enough... the horses, not so much.


The juniper wasn't so thrilled, either.

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By jim b on December 22, 2007 6:23 PM
You will especially enjoy looking back at this photo in July. Okay now everyone get out there and play bumper cars in the snow.
 
By NOTR on December 22, 2007 11:10 PM
Man that's ugly. Thought about it as I played golf today. Bit windy though, about three clubs worth.
 
By Justthisguy on December 23, 2007 1:16 AM
NOTR, as someone who lives in a county with about 150 golf curses and exactly one shootin' range, in Southern Florida, with all of the mosquitoes, and damnyankees, and other parasites, I am now wishing for some cold clean quiet snowed-upon landscape.
 
By Barb on December 23, 2007 10:26 AM
I'm envious, John - because up here it continues to fall as liquid, of course. Which I don't really mind, except I would love it to be white for Christmas. Umm, don't let BCR hear that, m'kay?
 
By HomefrontSix on December 23, 2007 11:48 AM
Heh. It's currently in the mid 70s at my house. Now's about the time I start really enjoying the fact that I live in Hawaii ;~) We used to get "thunder snow" in Alaska. That had to be one of the strangest things I had seen. Until I experienced ice fog. At least you have power!
 
By bad cat robot on December 23, 2007 4:00 PM
we got plenty of snow, Barb-lady. Don't you remember? Not *my* fault it was scheduled using Outlook and arrived early. [Oooooo! Double-snark! Tricksy is BCR!]
 
By steveegg on December 23, 2007 4:01 PM
Thundersnow is about the only thing I haven't had here in the land of cheese and beer this month. I've had ice storms, snow bowls, ice on top of snow, snow on top of ice, and now solid 30-40 mph winds all day.
 
By bad cat robot on December 23, 2007 6:17 PM
Ahem. This is the Emergency Gollum System. This system is activated when certain moat-dwellers can't use the pneumatic message tubes because of ice/giant rats/Unknown Clogging Objects. The following message has been sent:
could you tell everyone I miss them and a Merry Christmas for me? Thanks. Ry
This concludes the activation of the Emergency Gollum System.
 
By Ledger on December 23, 2007 8:54 PM
The horses don’t look pleased. Do you have a barn?
 
By Boquisucio on December 23, 2007 10:13 PM
There once was a time; a time before my forced exile into the land of cold, cold people in a cold landscape, in which Christmas was a time of shorts, beach and sun. Sigh - I miss it so
 
By John of Argghhh! on December 24, 2007 6:47 AM
Yes, Ledger, we do. But, believe it or not, the horses prefer being out. We can bring 'em in - and they'll happily get groomed and gnosh on some hay and grain - and want to go right back out. There is a stock shelter in both 40 acre parcels. They can go there to get out of the wind, but they prefer to get into the cedars and stand around close to each other and nibble on the grass under the snow. Gotta remember - they got along for a few thousands of years before we started kidnapping them and making them our slaves. /peta Yesterday SWWBO and I got in the Ranger and took three bales of hay out to them in the upper 40, where they were on top of the hill catching the sun. Last night we had a big round bale delivered and we stuck it in the pasture near the gate. That way they come to the gate every day and we can count noses and look 'em over, to see if anyone is looking distressed or having hoof problems.
 
By Alan Briley, RN on December 24, 2007 8:10 AM
Merry Christmas John, SWWBO, Laughing Wolf, and everyone at the Castle! You remain in my prayers, and I'll always have your back. Airborne, all the way! Alan Briley, RN
 
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