The winter of 2019 is definitely one for the books. We've been through snow, rain, crazy temperatures swings, a winter thunderstorm, the polar vortex...and now another ice storm has hit the Chicago area. As temperatures hovered around freezing, the precipitation has rotated between rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow. Aside from the treacherous driving and … Continue reading This Crazy Winter
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Winter Has Arrived ❄️❄️
My husband had a running weather joke all summer, "Enjoy it now, it'll be snowing in 3 months". We'd all roll our eyes. Well, he really wasn't all that far off. We had the 5th biggest November snowfall last night, and it was a very messy storm. Thankfully, my college kids had left Saturday to … Continue reading Winter Has Arrived ❄️❄️
Enough of February 2015
February is finally done and it was quite a month for much of the country. It finished here in Chicago as tied with 1875 for the coldest February ever, with an average temperature of 14.6°F, and the third snowiest with just under 27 inches. I hope March will not be anywhere near as record breaking. I … Continue reading Enough of February 2015
Problem Areas
Everyone has problem areas in their yard. This week, I'm going to show some of ours and some of the solutions we've finally come up with. First was an area off the corner of the house. When we first moved in, the landscaper designed the space to have 3 large Austrian Pines in the corner … Continue reading Problem Areas