Photos First Snow of Winter 2024-2025 Watertown, New York

 

Lake effect snow hits Watertown, NY on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. photo copyright Gary Walts

I snapped these photos in Watertown, NY, yesterday which was the day after Thanksgiving, also known as Black Friday. The weather services have been predicting as much as 5 to 6 feet of lake effect snow could hit parts of Oswego, Jefferson and Lewis counties. 

Lake effect snow hits Watertown, NY on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. photo copyright Gary Walts

Lake effect snow hits Watertown, NY on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. photo copyright Gary Walts

Lake effect snow hits Watertown, NY on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. photo copyright Gary Walts

Lake effect snow hits Watertown, NY on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. photo copyright Gary Walts

Lake effect snow hits Watertown, NY on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. photo copyright Gary Walts

Thanksgiving 2024: Turkey Prep and Soap Bubbles

 

Detail of soap bubbles in a coffee cup. Most fascinating. 

It is November 28, 2024, Thanksgiving Day. I thawed our 23 pound frozen turkey by immersing it in  water in cooler. Changing the water every 30 minutes. It worked well. It had already begun thaw in the refrigerator for about 3 days befor finishing it yesterday in the water bath. This morning I dried the bird, rubbed it with olive oil and sprinkled Bells Poultry seasoning all over it. I also put some carrots, onions, and celery chunks in the cavity. During clean up my eye caught the soap bubbles in a coffee cup. Fascinating. 

Soap Bubbles caught my eye during cleanup this morning.

Thawed the turkey in a water bath, changing it every 30 minutes. 

23 pound turkey for this years Thanksgiving dinner.

Halloween 2024 at Our House in Chaumont, NY

Our candy supply for 2024 Halloween Trick or Treaters

Halloween here in Chaumont, NY was exceptionally wrm and nice. A bit breezy and 72 degrees. That resulted in a record number of trick or treaters showing up at our door. We always hand out full size candy bars that we buy at Sam's Club. We had 140 candy bars and had 160 trick or treaters. When we got down to 20 bars grandson N and his girlfriend ran to the Dolar General and picked up a couple of mixed bag  small bars. Thast carried us through to the end. Most years we average 100 to 120 trick or treaters. 

Me enjoying a beer and the warm weather, all set for the Trick or Treaters.