I guess summer is gone.

[TerryT]

The view from my shop at 6:30a.m. this morning. The parking lot is looking more like a skating rink.

Also one of our koi ponds. This 50x12 by 6 foot deep pond usually has 17, 20 to 28 inch koi thrashing about the surface trying to be first to get fed. I guess it's too cold this morning.

[Deolman]

I think you are correct - summer is gone. There is 8" of the white stuff outside to prove it. I am done carving until spring comes because I cannot afford to heat my shop.

[TerryT]

I hope you made hay while the sun shined! LOL. Fall and Winter is my favorite time to be in my shop and also when I have the most time for it. During the holiday season we have people coming in to pick up orders or look at our stuff and place orders for Christmas, etc. We do craft shows for a few weeks to generate interest and folks start showing up about now.

[Bigtyme]

Ahh...one of my favorite times of the year. I just checked with some folks back home and we have a dusting in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I am heading up there tomorrow to take part in our whitetail deer season which opens on the 15th. I am sure I will see plenty before the season is over.... My Dad always said "You can dress for cold, but you can't dress for hot."

[badbert]

I think you are correct - summer is gone. There is 8" of the white stuff outside to prove it. I am done carving until spring comes because I cannot afford to heat my shop.

I can relate to the heat costs! I have a room under my porch It used to be the coal room. It is like a bomb shelter. 8' wide and 20' long. LOML just finished setting up my winter workshop in there. Bonus is, the "Bucky" can barely be heard in there!

[pkunk]

It was -1° F here this AM and the shop was a balmy 45°. I decided not to fight it and came back to the house

[TerryT]

It was -1° F here this AM and the shop was a balmy 45°. I decided not to fight it and came back to the house

Oh man, that is cold! I'm hoping to not see that kind of temp all winter.

[pkunk]

Oh man, that is cold! I'm hoping to not see that kind of temp all winter.

I blame Al Gore for his global warming crap.

[cestout]

Well here in So Cal it has been getting down to the low 40s at night. I seldom gets below 50 in my shop. Finishing is my only real propblem - that and finding wood (Not as abundant or cheap as back east).
Clint

[TerryT]

Ahh...one of my favorite times of the year. I just checked with some folks back home and we have a dusting in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I am heading up there tomorrow to take part in our whitetail deer season which opens on the 15th. I am sure I will see plenty before the season is over.... My Dad always said "You can dress for cold, but you can't dress for hot."

John,
Your dad was right! Oppressive heat is hard to deal with for me. I'll take cooler weather, Bailey's in my coffee and a warm fire.