Beautiful Day Across Ontario & Quebec...

[Koidaddy]

.... Who's doing a water change? Mine is running right now.

KD
:grin:

[carcha koi]

Nope, should be. Still a little too cold. :doh:

[Koidaddy]

Nope, should be. Still a little too cold. :doh:

Too cold for whom, you or the fish? :phfft:

[Jackie Ramo]

Pond is frozen over, no water change here. Rain tomorrow and a water change for the indoor pond and guppy tank.

[clm]

No water changes for me until March likely. Rain today, snow tonight and lots of snow on Friday. I so want winter to end. :tantrum:

Cindy

[Jackie Ramo]

Next time I take a winter vacation I am going to take it in February.... I need one now :yup:

[clm]

This is how the yard and pond have looked for way too long now. With the odd thaw in between. Hardly any snow right now, but by Saturday morning it should look like this again for a while. Unusual for me to have this much snow for a lot of the winter. We seem to just get a thaw to melt it all and then wham, we get hit again.

[Jackie Ramo]

It looks so lovely when you are inside looking. I'd call animal control about that bear in the yard :frisbee:

Do you have that snow now? All our snow melted yesterday and we only got the smallest of pixie dustings last night. We even have a big enough hole in the pond I can see the fish - all belly down, just the way I like them.

The wind otoh kept us awake. I made the mistage of looking out the window at the Siberian Elms twisting in the wind and then lay in bed waiting for the big one to land on the greenhouse :eek: :eek:

[Koidaddy]

Hmmm...

To me, open water = water change. Just think, sitting and breathing the same water for weeks on end... not good! I try and get out there no matter what. Even if it's to cold to pump water away I just slowly run the hose for a few hours and allow the water to overflow. Fish are alway smiling after and I sleep better at night! I know it's a hassle with the hose and all, but I think less trouble come Springtime.

KD


:yup:

[clm]

Both my pumps are in the pond. Can't get to them to do a water change. Between the rain and the snow, there is lots of new water being added all the time. :doh:
The pumps are each in one of the front corners of the pond oposite each waterfall, totally under ice. Even with the melting yesterday, still a good couple of inches of ice with a lot of water on top of it.
I've been scooping some out every week or two to test it, and there's been no problems.
Temperature was +7 when I got up at 4:00 this morning. +2 when I left for work at 5:45, -3 by the time I got to work at 6:30. Me thinks the pond will be looking like a skating rink again when I get home. At least with most of it frozen I get get all the crap that blows on to it with all these wild winds we're getting today.

Cindy

[Jackie Ramo]

Pond is frozen again now and the fish I assume have gone back to sleep.

I'm sure the light woke them up as the pond has been snow and ice covered for quite a while now. I did shovel a bit of snow off when it was very deep but they still would have been pretty dark. Even old GG was up and about looking this morning. No one came to the top to look at me though.

[Koidaddy]

02/04/08
Running another water change! Beautiful day here in Quebec. Tent air temp is a comfortable 9.2c and water sitting at a whopping 8.9c

Love my Koi Cafe!

KD
:yup:

Picture's just for fun!

[Jackie Ramo]

Why is everyone north of me warmer... I just Hate that!!!! Its only 1C here today....

[carcha koi]

Only 1c here as well. But going up to 10 c Tuesday

[Jackie Ramo]

Shorts weather :HAHA:

[Koidaddy]

Shorts weather :HAHA:


Send photos!!

:HAHA:

[Jackie Ramo]

Another 6 inches of snow last night... I hate winter

[clm]

Another 15 - 30cm expected this afternoon and evening. :tantrum:

Another really crappy drive to work only to look forward to an equally crappy drive home.


Cindy

[Peg]

We just got a skiff of snow here over night.

[Jackie Ramo]

Just in from walking the dogs. Sure is pretty if one doesn't have a) drive or B) shovel.

Had to go out and knock the snow off the evergreens this morning they were so weighted down they were touching the ground.

[clm]

Here's a pic of the pond from a few minutes ago. Still snowing like crazy here.

[Jackie Ramo]

Looks a lot like home Cindy and ice pellets, thunder. lightening winds... geesh, is it spring yet???

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2350/2246536609_3fea1c892a_b.jpg

[Peg]

Well so much for our skiff of snow. We now have had over a foot in less then 4 hours. All winter the snow & wind has come from the West. To- day it's all from the east.
KD is that your way of thanking me for the book :lol: :frisbee:

[carcha koi]

Ya just a great day, over a foot of snow and the City is on strike. You know little things like :censored: snow plowes. It has been a great night at work, by the looks of it, it will be a lot longer :banghead: :doh:

[Jackie Ramo]

I can't believe we got so much snow, again!! Just a couple from the back door, snow is too deep for the dogs.

Course it has drifted deep across the driveway but I need a coffee before shovelling

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2324/2247850295_3955161b54_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309/2247850191_ce9d73385a_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2105/2247850359_7cfe05e4ed_b.jpg

[Koidaddy]

:phfft: ::phfft: :phfft: :phfft: :phfft: :phfft: :phfft: :phfft: :phfft: :phfft:

[Peg]

KD, Me :HAHA: at you.

Jackie, don't feel so bad, we now have more snow then you.

[Rembrandt]

At the risk of getting snowballs thrown at me, ....those pictures are FANTASTIC!!!! :yup:

Remmy

[Jackie Ramo]

REM, if you don't have to go out in it and you don't have to shovel it - its pretty enough. Its fresh so it sparkles in today's sunlight but since they are now saying it will snow for the next 5 days... I want to move where there are palm trees.

Peg, I'm not sure you have more than us. its over my knees and we got ice and freezing rain as well which squishes it.

[Peg]

I don't know about all of you, but we are getting hit again. Had to drive Amber to work this morning and there are white outs all over the place and it's blowing like crazy. Hope I can't get to work tonight :lol:

[Jackie Ramo]

We are having mostly sunshine scattered with flurries driven by cold cold winds.

On the upside the sun has some strength to it as even in -9C temps the snow on the parking lots was melting in the sun. Hurry up srping!!! I can hardly wait.

Lee Valley Tools garden catalogue arrived on Friday, spring must be coming :lol:

[carcha koi]

Ya, -20c with wind chill and scattered flurries. :crybaby: Just a few more months :tantrum:

[Jackie Ramo]

Wash your mouth out with soap, a few more WEEKS is all we are looking at, if it is months I won't make it. :crybaby:

[clm]

Wash your mouth out with soap, a few more WEEKS is all we are looking at, if it is months I won't make it. :crybaby:


Me either :banghead: It's sooooo cold and windy today. I can take the cold, but don't throw wind chills at me too. :crybaby:
I cooked all day today, I chopped and cooked and chopped some more. Hubby spent all day practically chopping too, only he was chopping ice outside. All that melting yesterday and the freezing last night created an iceberg flowing down the driveway. :doh:

Cindy

[Peg]

The wind has let up here a bit, but it's a snow day for the kids on Monday again. They had everything closed from Tobermory to Fergus and from tobermory to Orangeville. That's HUGH !!! That wind is some cold.

[Jackie Ramo]

The dogs are restless because they haven't been out. Its too cold for them but they don't understand that. After a block and a half Skipper wants home again after two blocks so does Buddy. I don't want to go out in the first place!!! :tantrum:

Did you make anything good with all that cooking Cindy?

[Terri]

Yesterday was bitter cold - sunny but that wind ! Saturday evening it rained a bit so all the fluffy snow we got turned into crunchy ice over night.

Kids were waiting in the house this morning for their bus, keeping an eye out through the kitchen window... not the regular bus driver today as the bus just slowed down a little in front of our house then kept going seeing no kids outside. Called our neighbor up the street to have him come back - lucky I did as they were also waiting inside for the buses arrival.

[carcha koi]

Last night was just great :crybaby: Got another 13-15cm of snow. Hate to say it but winter is here for a while yet.

[Koidaddy]

Last night was just great :crybaby: Got another 13-15cm of snow. Hate to say it but winter is here for a while yet.

... you're a half empty glass kinda guy! :frisbee: :phfft:

[carcha koi]

No empty :flamer:

[Koidaddy]

No empty :flamer:
:flyswat: :fishie:

[Jackie Ramo]

My glass just has ice cubes in it and they are mostly melted.... where is that single malt???

[clm]

The dogs are restless because they haven't been out. Its too cold for them but they don't understand that. After a block and a half Skipper wants home again after two blocks so does Buddy. I don't want to go out in the first place!!! :tantrum:

Did you make anything good with all that cooking Cindy?

I made a huge batch of spaghetti sauce and a nice big pot of stew. Oh, and a lemon pie.
Another 10 - 15 cm of snow again tomorrow. :censored:
Drive to work should be fine, the drive home will be crap and then where to put all the new snow. :doh:

My 2 dogs are loving all this snow and cold. I'm going to be hating all the mud that this produces when it all finally melts. It is going to melt eventually I hope. :HAHA:

Cindy

[Jackie Ramo]

You were cooking up a storm!!! whens dinner?? :frisbee:

Gage, my grandson, and I made pizza last night. He spent the rest of the evening bragging about his cooking "I am cooking Moma, I am making Pizza Big G, I am cooking pizza!!" Gran, the old bag, didn't get a lick of credit

The good news is the peach trees and pine trees in Florida are blooming, its got to come sometime.

[carcha koi]

-27c just a great day, maybe KD wants to do a ice change. :flaming:

[Koidaddy]

-27c just a great day, maybe KD wants to do a ice change. :flaming:

Ice change sounds perfect... right to the top of my glass!

:censored: :lol:

[Jackie Ramo]

Just in from shovelling.... :censored: :flamer: !grrrr and I'm all out of lime vodka, life isn't fair :crybaby:

[Peg]

If your up to a drive, we have some here :phfft:

[Koidaddy]

Just in from shovelling.... :censored: :flamer: !grrrr and I'm all out of lime vodka, life isn't fair :crybaby:

Never tried lime vodka... Can you taste the difference?

KD

:4eyes:

[marla]

Been afraid to show my face here, Jackie is always accusing me of sending bad weather :frisbee: . We are in a warm up here(-16*C), snowed today so beware Jackie, but tommorrow is suppose to be sunny and the warmest it's been in quite some time highs of -7*C I'm so excited!!!!! :smile:

[Jackie Ramo]

Gosh Marla, it sounds just like here. Today we have snow, snow and wind, plus more snow... did you send this???? I bet you did!!! :HAHA:

[Jackie Ramo]

Never tried lime vodka... Can you taste the difference?

KD

:4eyes:


Oh yes, and if you don't believe me, ask Peg :yup:

[marla]

Gosh Marla, it sounds just like here. Today we have snow, snow and wind, plus more snow... did you send this???? I bet you did!!! :HAHA:
http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/bigs/a115.gif

[clm]

Well, winter this year is making up for every mild winter we've ever had. :doh: The snow piles just keep getting higher, and another storm to come Sunday night into Monday.
Maybe I should hook the pups up to a sled and take the sled into work. :HAHA:

Cindy

[Jackie Ramo]

Take a picture Cindy!!!! :LOLsm: I bet you'd make good time into work.

Can barely find the pond this morning, snow is over my dogs heads again.

[carcha koi]

Another 10-15 here :doh:

[Peg]

Didn't get alot of snow over night, but it's cold. I don't care, THE SUN IS OUT :grin: .

[Koidaddy]

Another 10-15 here :doh:


Ditto!
KD
:censored:

[clm]

Just realized, it's that new Family Day holiday here in Ontario on Monday, it can snow as much as it likes Sunday night, I don't care. :phfft:

It'll hold off until Monday night now, you watch. :HAHA:

[Jackie Ramo]

The news said Toronto has received 70 cm of snow so far this month which is a record for the MONTH, last record was 66.5 cm in 1950 (not sure if that date is right but it was a long time ago.

Our driveway is more of a tunnel than anything else. The evergreens are taking a real beating and I doubt most of them will recover :flamer: :censored: !grrrr :crybaby:

[marla]

I think you beat us I'd say we have gotten about 67cm so far this month. That means you must be making your own besides what I send your way :yup: I think we are something like 195cm for the season so far. More coming tommorrow.

[Jackie Ramo]

Yeah, we are getting lake affect snow. Smith's partner lives in a suburb north of the city and she has like 20 cm all month. Normal winters they have lots more than we do.

We expect some but not much today, the next hit is Sunday night or Monday. This is making me very grumpy :help:

[Peg]

BAM, Dumped on again. Ok Marla you've had your fun, you can stop sending the snow now :HAHA: We got another foot and a half last night, the real slippery kind. SOMEONE PLEASE TELL SPRING IS COMMING SOON.

[Jackie Ramo]

Only a trace here fortunately. I feel for you Peg. I think if we got a foot of snow they'd have to close the city. Looks like Sunday's forecast has changed to rain :yup:

[carcha koi]

Ya, rain for you southern people. We will get the white :censored: The kids took our dog for a walk and he got stuck in the snow. :HAHA: He is a sheppard/collie aka Brock. Don't know where we are going to pile any more. The city is still on strike, no plows or not many. Roads are soooo slippery :bump: :bump: :oops: :flamer:

[Jackie Ramo]

The locals must be pretty easy going. Here they start marching on city hall if the side streets aren't cleared in 5 minutes after the last flake lands

[carcha koi]

I don't think most of the people here know where city hall is. :banghead:

[Jackie Ramo]

Then they get what they deserve!!!

Lots of sparkle on the snow this morning.... wish that sun would melt it.

[carcha koi]

Snow coming 10-15cm then again on Friday. We must need more summer pics. :banghead:

[Jackie Ramo]

Was in Omemee yesterday and they barely have any snow, Newcastle has barely any. We still have shoulder high mounds

[marla]

We got a dusting of about 5-7 cm problem was the blowing/drifting made for fun driving this morning. More coming on Thurs. Then they say rain for the weekend, that will really make a mess.

[Terri]

Toronto was an absolute mess today around the airport - wet white stuff every where !! Newcastle has been getting it's fair share of snow too over the past week but with the mild temperatures coming and going one day it's a pretty winter scene the next it's a swamp with melt water!

[Jackie Ramo]

I drove past Newcastle and there was barely any snow. You can barely see my house!!! Hardly any snow here today, nothing on the roads.

[Jackie Ramo]

Now I know for sure that winter is mocking me. This is the waterfall this morning, no we didn't do it, it just appeared. Actually can't even get to there to do it.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/2299534357_345dcf39f8.jpg

[marla]

http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/bigs/c025.gif http://www.cosgan.de/images/more/bigs/c024.gif Oh boy, Jackie what did you do wrong????? Hate to see what spring brings, if winter is laughing at you :smile: !rofl

[carcha koi]

Only you Jackie :HAHA: :HAHA: Atleast something has a smile. -25c here today. When the h..l is :censored: winter over :banghead:

[Koidaddy]

I've just decided to stay drunk until the nice weather arrives.
:cheers2U:

[marla]

Only you Jackie :HAHA: :HAHA: Atleast something has a smile. -25c here today. When the h..l is :censored: winter over :banghead:
Around here we say May 10th. Due to the fact that in 1990 we got 14" of snow on that day, by the following day though it was gone.

[Terri]

http://backyardpuddle.com/forum/images/smilies/23_29_132.gifthat is odd, scary, and too funny Jackie

can't wait for this winter to be over myself.... about 4 weeks worth was all I could really handle - I can feel the mental slip starting :banghead:

[Rembrandt]

Hey all, just getting caught up on the latest posts....
Banana tree already putting out new leaves here, dogwoods and redbuds blooming.
Rose bush going nuts! Pine trees beginning to polinate, flowers starting to pop up new growths. Birds doing their things and nests popping up everywhere. I think our winter is past. You people have my sympathy. :crybaby:
It looks pretty in the pictures but I think I would get tired of it real quick. I know Cinn couldn't handle it. Cold weather does a number on her.
I also feel for the fish.
I wish everyone a great weekend and catch you soon.

Remmy

[carcha koi]

Not nice to tease us.

[Jackie Ramo]

I say we all go and stay and Rem and Cinn's place!!!

Truly that waterfall scared me, hidden in today's snow now... poop!!! Bring on global warming, how bad can it be???

[blondhairboi]

:lol: snow is smiling while you are :banghead: I feel for ya :alright:

[carcha koi]

Long range forecast 11 out of 14 days calling for snow. Just f.... great :banghead:

[Jackie Ramo]

Sun is shining here but the melt has iced over and footing is slippery to say the least. Snow tomorrow... Cinn, send warmth!!

[Koidaddy]

Snowstorm tomorrow (20+cm) and more scheduled for weekend! :flamer: :flamer:

[Jackie Ramo]

Its getting boring all this snow. The city has run out of salt... more shipped in but we haven't used all the salt in years.

[marla]

Some municipalities around here have run out of salt also. Was nice and warm Sun, but alas this is Wisconsin and it didn't last, cold, and snow possible, but mostly light snow sounds like not much in the way of accumulation, thank goodness.

[Jackie Ramo]

We have about 2 inches now and the bulk of the storm to come. Ice pellets at present judging by what Buddy is bringing in on his coat. I'm not going out to check. Saturday they say we will have a blizzard.... :crybaby: we need an icicle smiley.

[carcha koi]

Ya, well the city is still on strike, only management doing snow removal soooooo things here are not good. Looks like yet another snow day for the kids.

[Jackie Ramo]

Well the roads are mostly closed here, everything is mostly closed if not because of snow then because of accidents. Hubby was supposed to be in Barrie today, looks like he will be here underfoot today instead.

[carcha koi]

Isn't this storm just FANTASTIC. I hate winter

[Jackie Ramo]

Me To!!! but at least here the city isn't on strike, although to listen to people whine and moan you'd think they were.

[Ian]

My favorite part is the 25 hours of commuting to work in five days this week. That is more time in the Van than I usually get to sleep in my own bed.

[Jackie Ramo]

The only good news so far is we didn't get half the snow they called for overnight just a couple of inches although the main storm is this afternoon. At least we don't have 15 cm to shovel right now.

[Koidaddy]

Nice and sunny here - I can "taste" Spring in the air!
:smile:

[carcha koi]

Thats the Vodka :lol: , overcast here with another dusting of snow

[Jackie Ramo]

Same here Chris. KD lay off the vodka before noon, spring isn't in the air, it isn't even off the ground. :HAHA:

[Koidaddy]

Same here Chris. KD lay off the vodka before noon, spring isn't in the air, it isn't even off the ground. :HAHA:

:HAHA: I stopped wearing a watch months ago............

[salmanq]

edited by Admin - reason - poster is a troll :soapbox:
(http://www.somethingdirectory.com)

[Jackie Ramo]

That is why I don't like bridges over ponds, trolls live under them :HAHA:

[carcha koi]

:dunno:

[flywheel]

There is a gal I work with who is not very nice and some co-workers have nicknamed her "troll" but I don't think she visits any koi forums.

Tammi was that you? :lol:

[carcha koi]

More snow tonight and more on the way for the end of the week. Drove to North Bay on Sunday. They have hardly any snow, cold as all get out but atleast you could see the ground. When will this winter be over?

[Jackie Ramo]

We were up in Omemee on Sunday and I was surprised at how little snow they had. There are places here in the city where the snow has disappeared, usually near the highways but the backyard is still deep.

The depth of snow around the pond makes it hard to do a water change

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2374/2361255620_41377a059d_b.jpg

[marla]

Since our 36cm snowfall last Fri. the temps have been fairly warm and nice and sunny, a lot of snow has melted and yesterday the main pond was clear of ice. Depending on how this next front goes through we are looking at snow/rain mix starting tonight and then tommorrow, I'm hoping it is less then the 16cm they are saying we might get.

[Jackie Ramo]

Sunny here now but even so I don't see a lot of melting, actually the patio and walkways are dry... :crybaby:

[rutledge]

Well finally, 90% of my pond is free from ice and can see them moving.
lots of winter algae in there.
Looks like it may be a nice weekend, so may get a water change done.
What Temps would you start to put back your filters.

Ian

[Jackie Ramo]

Netting out the algae is the first priority with a water change if you can do one. Since the filters have been off I'd wait until night temps stay above freezing, some wait longer.

[carcha koi]

Saw my first Robin of the year. Spring must be coming. Poor things, there is still 2 ft of snow in town.

[marla]

Have had robins here for sometime now, I don't know what they are eating with the snow on the ground, got another maybe 7cms that stuck, most of it has been melting as it came down.

Here is what I saw sitting on the deck railing looking over the pond, not sure I think it is a Coopers Hawk, it didn't even mind that I was only maybe 6 feet away (but inside at the door) took quite a few pics, most were not good, then tapped lightly on the window and he left. /Better not come back for fish dinner http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/boese/a045.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v729/grandmavis/coopershawk.jpg

[Jackie Ramo]

The robins overwinter here but one rarely sees them, they stay down by the creek. Now and again I will see them at the pond. Thought I saw a Cedar WaxWing yesterday but it flew off with a couple of other birds before I got a good look.

The bulbs are poking out through the snow, they know what time of year it is.

[carcha koi]

Raining pretty good now. Hopefully that will get rid of most of the remaining snow.