How's the weather?

Spits of snow. Cold!

Snow here too! Real big flakes. And frozen, I need to defrost the bird baths. 

Very cold and not a cloud in the sky. For the time being.... snow will be coming tomorrow.

I followed the updates from friends there, the last storm 8 years ago at my house we had 3" and at the end of the road about a mile away it was 5+ feet. Lake effect snow is wild and I kinda miss it.

For the big windows always do a double-row of tape especially around the corners. I'd sometimes add some packing tape for good measure. I never had issues with moisture, but between that and heavy curtains it made a huge difference in warmth. There's also putty you can put in any gaps before the plastic. It's way too wet here for that and I am freezing, it's like our rental has no insulation at all. It is boiling in summer and frigid in the winter. So grateful for electric blankets and cats!

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So I've only done the one window in my bedroom, and it definitely makes a difference. I have a similarly sized window in the kitchen I'm thinking of doing as it's by the Aerogrow and hydroponic setup.  There's also a much larger one in the living room, plus a sliding door. I can do either the kitchen or the window in the living room, not enough for both, so I'll probably go for the kitchen although I'll have to take it down in the spring since I open that window quite often to get a breeze through the place.  For the slider, I have a large quilt that was made with tabs along one side to run a curtain rod through that I'm thinking of putting up. Not sure yet, will watch the bills and see how it's costing.

Question - we used the double-sided tape that came in the kit. We are renters. At some point it'll have to come down and we'll have to get the tape back off the window surround.  Did you have luck getting it removed easily? Or is this going to be one of those "get a bottle of turpentine and a scraper" events?

Question - we used the double-sided tape that came in the kit. We are renters. At some point it'll have to come down and we'll have to get the tape back off the window surround.  Did you have luck getting it removed easily? Or is this going to be one of those "get a bottle of turpentine and a scraper" events?

Goo Gone works really well for getting off sticky mess.

-8C and clear skies
Brrrrr

Six inches of snow yesterday into today. Very pretty! Roads were already cleared by the time I had to go to work, so it was like driving in a Christmas Card scene (without the donkeys and angels, and a lot more buses). 

So I've only done the one window in my bedroom, and it definitely makes a difference. I have a similarly sized window in the kitchen I'm thinking of doing as it's by the Aerogrow and hydroponic setup.  There's also a much larger one in the living room, plus a sliding door. I can do either the kitchen or the window in the living room, not enough for both, so I'll probably go for the kitchen although I'll have to take it down in the spring since I open that window quite often to get a breeze through the place.  For the slider, I have a large quilt that was made with tabs along one side to run a curtain rod through that I'm thinking of putting up. Not sure yet, will watch the bills and see how it's costing.

Question - we used the double-sided tape that came in the kit. We are renters. At some point it'll have to come down and we'll have to get the tape back off the window surround.  Did you have luck getting it removed easily? Or is this going to be one of those "get a bottle of turpentine and a scraper" events?

Usually found it peeled off easily in the spring but it depends on the kit/quality of the paint. A hairdryer can help loosen the glue if it's still sticky when removing.

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Heavy snow

Minus 6 right now, I don't actually remember it being this cold here before. My rhododendrons are all droopy! I googled and it says they should recover, I hope so!

It is going downhill in a kinda epic way right now. We've got mixed (sleet, freezing rain) and to the west is a rather impressive band of snow. They're saying we're going to get anything from 5 inches to a foot and a half by dinnertime tomorrow.  I have to go out in about an hour and collect the daughter from her work. She's told them she has to leave early and they're ok with it - I am NOT going to be out driving at 10pm after it's been freezing rain for four hours.

Should be one of the last nights she has to work. Good remote job has contacted her (finally, after three interviews) to ask for her list of references. Fingers are crossed, this could be "the big one"....

Minus 6 right now, I don't actually remember it being this cold here before. My rhododendrons are all droopy! I googled and it says they should recover, I hope so!

 Did they make it? Or is it too soon?

Did they make it? Or is it too soon?

Yesterday, the two which were looking the worst had perked right up.  . Some of the others which didn't look as bad, are still a bit droopy so not quite sure about them yet.
Next week it's supposed to be much less cold. 

Snow! 

A tropical -4C this morning. Had a week of snow off and on now. Supposed to go up 9C on Monday and that will feel like summer after all these mega cold temps we've had all week!