Hi Rick: Can't help you with snowblower repair. I spent 2 hours shoveling out the driveway Fri. night and 5 1/2 hours yesterday and am done except for a few minor things. My shovel and I did a hell of a job. Will be ready to watch the Md. Terps kick some Tarheel butt at 2 PM and then settl in for the Super Bowl with 5 lbs. of chicken wings I will make. I sure could use a few pints of WICKED WINTER WEIZENBIER to wash them down! 



Be careful out there everybody and stay safe. Hoping and praying for some snow days off from work so I can maybe explore some back roads of Md. 



Jim Green 

Gaithersburg, MD 

Work in moderation, BIRD IN EXCESS!!! 



  





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Sussman" <> 
To:  
Sent: Saturday, February 6, 2010 3:19:56 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Blizzard notes from Woodbine 

Hi all, 
 The snow finally seems to be tapering off here. We have probably 28-30 inches on the ground (and the deck, the driveway, the roof, the porch...), but it's hard to get an exact measurment. I ran the snow blower this morning up and down the long drive and our immediate driveway just to get a handle on things, then ran it across the deck, where we had very high drifting snow. I ran it until it finally gave out, the blades no longer turning. Hope it will work again tomorrow, but don't expect it to, so I don't know how we'll deal with all the snow then. 

Anyway, as with Jeff, we have hordes of birds at all the feeders, and many just feeding on the back deck where I scattered lots of mixed handfuls of seed (black oil, white millet, peanuts shelled and whole). This seems to be where the majority of the bird activity is right now, and things have really picked up since around 2 PM. I didn't bother to count, just watching and enjoying the show. I may have the only open running water for miles, as my fountain, though nearly covered with snow, is still running! Nothing really unusual, but fun to watch never-the-less. 

Haven't seen the adult Coop that made a low pass through the yard yesterday. Hope it's bothering somebody else's birds today. I spent the late morning brewing up a homemade micro-brew that I've dubbed "Wicked Winter Weizenbier, a Storm of the Century Classic" That should take some of the chill off the cold winter nights ahead! 


Stay warm, 

Rick Sussman 
Woodbine,MD