Snowy Scene in Upstate NY

[Kent in Upstate NY]

Heading down to feed.

[Lumpy Idle]

winter wonderland. beautiful.

[yogidozer]

you are lucky to have horses!

[oldbike54]

 Like a postcard 

 Dusty

[fotoguzzi]

Beautiful Kent!

[Pop]

Yes, yes very scenic, but please PLEASE keep it up there.
Pop

[Ncdan]

you are lucky to have horses!

I have four Dozer, you want one :)

[yogidozer]

I have four Dozer, you want one :)

Love to! I grew up around farms. I used to clean the stalls when I was a kid, just to be close to the horses.

[pebra]

Great photo, look at that sky!

But  -  no ski tracks?

[yogidozer]

Great photo, look at that sky!

But  -  no ski tracks?

horses can ski? 

[pebra]

horses can ski? 

Haven't seen any, even around here, but the reindeer sure can! 

[kingoffleece]

They got over 3 feet just south of me Christmas day and it has not stopped yet!
Lake Effect snow in full force.

[Guzzistajohn]

Nice shot, we got about an inch of the white stuff the other day. That’s plenty for the year as far as I’m concerned!

[Sheepdog]

Beautiful, pastoral photo, Kent. I spent a bit of time upstate...really a special place in autumn and winter.

[yogidozer]

For those who love upstate NY, nature, and the Adirondacks, this is a good read, first in a series. True story, sadly the author has passed away. Title and author didn't show. Woodswoman, by Anne LaBastille

[Dilliw]

If I would have stayed it would have been my first White Christmas, but I was smart enough to head back to SC instead.  I haven't worn a coat since Thursday night!

I'll be on the plane back tomorrow though. This will be my one and only cold winter :)

[yogidozer]

If I would have stayed it would have been my first White Christmas, but I was smart enough to head back to SC instead.  I haven't worn a coat since Thursday night!

I'll be on the plane back tomorrow though. This will be my one and only cold winter :)

Winter/cold weather is the best hiking weather. Less ticks/insects. The cooler air seems more oxygen rich, you can go further and faster. Coffee tastes better too.

[kingoffleece]

All very true.  Did a lot of winter climbing and camping years ago while in collage in the NE.

[Tom]

Winter time is better for mucking stables.    Doesn't smell as bad.    

[Dilliw]

Winter time is better for mucking stables.    Doesn't smell as bad.   

And not many flies either :)

[Tom]

Hate them.    

[yogidozer]

Winter time is better for mucking stables.    Doesn't smell as bad.   

Maybe because I was exposed to it as a young age, the smell doesn't bother me in the least. car exhaust, cigarettes will have me barfing chunks though

[Tom]

Beats a piggery or a chicken farm.     Given those options.  I'd pick a stable too. 

[yogidozer]

don't forget goats....and don't turn your back on them either!

[Tom]

Never had the experience.     We have loads of wild ones here in Kona.  I'd like to grab a couple of kids to do the lawn work.    There is a company that'll rent you a goat.  $50 fee.  Goat on a rope.    http://www.goatdozers.com/

[stonelover]

Spent many of my younger years in Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Waterloo, NY.. Saw much lake effect snow and am glad to be south of it now.  Cold has me using the battery tender for the next few days & that's enough winter for me.  Very pretty though.

[Kent in Upstate NY]

Winter time is better for mucking stables.    Doesn't smell as bad.   

Except when the snow is so deep to prevent operation of the manure spreader. It is amazing how much poop two horses can produce.

[Tom]

Y'ep.   

[hidn45]

Recorded 53" of the crap in 30 hours at the Erie Airport.  About 1/3 of what we got all last winter.

Spent 6+ hours on 2 different tractors & 4 hours with a shovel yesterday, just to get 1 of the cars out to the road.

8 more inches in the driveway this morning.

Pretty?  Yeah, I guess....  Great pic, though....

[JJ]

I was born and raised in upstate New York, (northern Dutchess County), and lived there for >21 years.    
It is a beautiful place, especially the Catskills / Adirondack mountains, if you don't mind 6+ months of winter...

As a young man, my motivation to move "south and west" was to be able ride a motorcycle all year round.  So, I spend many years working and living in Texas, northern California, Oregon, (a little wet there...) and finally, Arizona, (The Phoenix area), and now, northern Arizona.  There are four (4) seasons up here in Yavapai / Coconino counties, and riding here is not too shabby either... :1: