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hotwine · 03-07-2003, 07:24 PM,

We usually see a portion of the migration, Georgie. We usually just catch the edge of it, but enough to see that it's underway. The robins have been here for a few weeks now, and when they move out, the Monarchs should appear.

Georgie · 03-07-2003, 08:23 PM,

Wow! that was post #100! If you're at all interested in the migrations and other signs of spring, you should check out a web site called Journey North. It is fascinating!

Georgie · 03-09-2003, 04:01 PM,

Ok, life is beautiful again. It's sunny, with a perfectly beautiful blue sky, and the thermometer on my deck says 62 degrees. Where the snow has melted I see my daffodils coming up. Boy did I need this! (Didn't we all?) [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/smile.gif[/img]

hotwine · 03-09-2003, 05:36 PM,

Alright, congrats, Georgie! You've got to keep the faith.

It actually got hot here today, at about 80F; worked up a pretty good sweat out back.

mrdutton · 03-09-2003, 08:30 PM,

Drew if your neighbors are serious about preventing the wanton destrucion of their mailboxes by baseball bats then follow this advice.

Frontgate and a few other catalogs like that sell a steel plate mailbox that is virtually indestructible. Set a steel post in concrete and bolt this mail box to the steel post.

Baseball bats will break, a few wrists will be strained, but the mailboxes will stand.

hotwine · 03-10-2003, 08:42 AM,

Mike's description kind of fits my mailbox... only instead of being bolted to the steel post, my mailbox base is welded to it. But I should caution that I've been told of a potential liability problem if someone were to run into my mailbox by accident, and do major damage to their vehicle (or themselves). I use a conventional sheet-metal mailbox that is still vulnerable to kids with baseball bats; it's the 4X4's being used as tanks that my configuration is designed to stop.

I'll email Drew with a suggested configuration for his neighbors' installations.

winoweenie · 03-10-2003, 02:20 PM,

It's really getting boring down here too. High 70s' all last week and now we have to contend with mid-80s' ALL this week. WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]

Auburnwine · 03-10-2003, 03:37 PM,

Tedious stuff here as well.

Pear and cherry trees are trying to blind me with their blossoms. Japanese magnolias are that disgusting pink color and those damned azaleas are starting to bud. I'll never be able to whack down all the hyacinths in my yard.

And with these lightly-dressed coeds marching past my window all day, who can get any work done? Ah, I keep remembering that these lovely, healthy girls are someone's daughters, and I bravely trudge back to my labors.

The choral cacophony is starting to grow in the pre-dawn hours. Last year, I saw about 15 indigo buntings in my parents' fig tree. Now THAT was a sight.

[This message has been edited by Auburnwine (edited 03-10-2003).]

Georgie · 03-19-2003, 06:54 PM,

Ok, I declare Colorado the new winner of the Worst Snow of 2003 contest! Geez Louise!

Drew · 03-30-2003, 05:14 PM,

A very cruel joke was played on us Marylanders this A.M. with serious snow activity. No accumulation, thank God, due to rain preceeding the event, but I thought I was gonna have to commit my significant other.

DRew

winedope1 · 03-30-2003, 08:07 PM,

sorry to hear that, Drew. At least it didn't stay! thank the Lord that we've been spared any more, although there's always that surprise storm in April...

Georgie · 03-30-2003, 09:54 PM,

I just got in a few minutes ago and it was snowing to beat the band. I wouldn't mind so much if I wasn't playing hooky from school tomorrow to attend the Mets' opening day game at Shea Stadium. We are going to freeze our brownies off.

hotwine · 03-31-2003, 10:26 AM,

Chamber of Commerce weather here now.... cellar temp in the morning, mid 70's in the afternoons, clear blue cloudless skies. Yee-haw!

Georgie · 03-31-2003, 07:55 PM,

Well, this was by far the longest, coldest most disappointing day I have ever experienced. Get me a glass of Port to warm me up! Ugh! Final score Cubs 15, Mets 2. Temperature all day in the wind and shade? About 35 degrees.

winedope1 · 03-31-2003, 08:29 PM,

You're not alone, Georgie. I woke up to snow, although it only flurried and very little stuck. I'm still voting that we ship some out to WW !!

Georgie · 03-31-2003, 08:34 PM,

I don't care where we send it. Just send it!

winoweenie · 04-01-2003, 07:48 AM,

I DO feel your pain Georgie. Just watched my beloved Snakes and Randy get clobbered by L.A. The heartburn I suffered from the derned hot dogs dint' make my evening any easier. WW [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/frown.gif[/img]

Georgie · 04-01-2003, 11:14 AM,

Well, as I always say, "It's easy to be a Yankees fan, but it takes real stamina to be Mets fan." Although I have to say, they played so terribly yesterday that we started cheering for the Cubs and laughing at the Mets' bumbling. It was that awful.

Drew · 04-01-2003, 02:25 PM,

And how bout them O's??? My wife attends every opening game with her girlfriends. 13 innings for this opener with snow to beat the band. We squeaked one out though but not after a delayed call from the ump when a fly ball got lost in the snow showers.

Drew

Georgie · 04-07-2003, 03:59 PM,

and just when we thought it was safe to put away the shovels! Ugh! 5 inches here!

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