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Category Archives: Weather
Dear Diary
After another round of shoveling today, this story came to mind. I don’t know who wrote it originally but I’ve had it “typed” on a piece of paper that someone gave me for years now. I have seen various versions … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Relocation, Weather
Tagged deer, deer season, Minnesota, shovel, shovelling, snow, snowplow, snowplow driver, white stuff
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The Deep Freeze
If you are in Minnesota right now or have been watching the news you have heard all about how we are heading into the deep freeze for a few days. I have to say that all the fuss about some … Continue reading
The Winter Blues
Here we are in Minnesota almost in mid-February, many of us are starting to suffer from the winter blues! I am not sure if the warm, snowless season has had any effect on the winter blues or not. On the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Relocation, Seasons, Weather
Tagged freezing, poll, shoveling, snow, winter blues
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10 Reasons to live in MN
Minnesota and the Twin Cities are beautiful to most people in the summer months but once fall hits people seem to find it less and less appealing and actually can become frightened in the winter. If you are from here … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Food, Neighborhoods, Outdoor Recreation, Relocation, Sports, Weather
Tagged Best Buy, california, central air conditioning, climate, Detroit, extreme heat, General Mills, groceries, Kowalski's, Minnesota, New York, performing arts, Seattle, skyway, sports, weather, work
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Caution – Thin Ice!
So far we are lucky in that we have had a very mild November and just a few light dustings of snow but starting last night the temperatures have dropped and it sounds like they are going to stay quite … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoor Recreation, Relocation, Weather
Tagged freeze, hypothermia, ice, lake, Minnesota, river, signs, snow, thin
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It’s Snow Time!
We may have had a 60 degree day with people in shorts yesterday on Thanksgiving but by late Saturday they are talking snow showers. Winter will come, that is a fact here in the Northland. As long as you are … Continue reading
Posted in Outdoor Recreation, Relocation, Weather
Tagged afton alps, buck hill, cross country skiing, downhill, duluth, ice skating, lutsen, rinks, skating, ski, skiing, snowmoblie, snowshoeing
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Cold Is A Relative Thing
This morning was cold outside – frosty with cold crispy air. Hard to believe it will soon be another 40 – 50 degrees colder and snowy! A friend of mine sent me the following words on Minnesotans and cold weather … Continue reading
Posted in Facts, Relocation, Weather
Tagged cold, degrees, frosty, Minnesota, weather, winter
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Start preparing for winter…
Hard to believe we are looking at frost tonight when we had 90 degrees just 2 days ago! Most of us don’t like the thought of winter at this time of year. We all know what we need to do … Continue reading
Want to strike up a conversation? Mention the weather!
Here we are in August in Minnesota not knowing what to do with ourselves in this extreme heat and humidity. Hard to believe that just 6 short months ago it was -20, a dew point around 10 and we had … Continue reading
