Category: The Homestead
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So This is Easter
Merry Christmas, er, I mean, Happy Easter everyone! And so it began… starting on Wednesday evening. On Tuesday, April 3, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (the “official” weather reporting location for Cleveland) reported a record high temperature of 80 degrees F. On Wednesday, temperatures fell throughout the day into the 30’s. By Wednesday evening, it was […]
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News from Casa Caban
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December Snow Storm!
On Friday afternoon and evening, December 2, we were hit with a big “Lake Effect” snow system which dumped 18 inches of snow on us. Lake Effect snows happen when cold water blows over the warm water of Lake Erie. We usually get a few big snowstorms each year, since we live in the “snow […]
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A Basket of Vegetables!
Jon, Darcy and Ashley sent us a wonderful basket of vegetables to start off the new year. It was a much more diverse output than what we get from our little “Caban Farm”. As you can see in the picture, there were baby carrots, baby radishes and small red potatoes. The basket also contained beets, […]
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Beached!
The following has happened to us a couple of times this winter. David would leave for work and the driveway would be clear of snow. Then it would snow throughout the day. As a result, David would come home to find 4-5 inches of snow in the driveway, plus mountains of snow from the little […]
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Snow? … or no snow?
How quickly the weather changes in Cleveland. Here’s a picture of the house on Christmas day (Saturday, 12/25/04): Here’s the house just 7 days later on January 1st, 2005: