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 01/22/2006 11:21:11 PM · #1
While most of our friends and neighbors are delighted with the 50 degree F temperatures in Massachusetts, my family is NOT.
I thought I'd dust off some snowy photos from last season to post here for all our fellow deprived skiers (and boarders, and sledders, and snowman makers...) to enjoy!


01/22/2006 11:23:29 PM · #2
those are some awesome shots!
01/22/2006 11:27:28 PM · #3
I'm with you! I love snow and so far it's been rain. 50 degrees is spring weather. Is there a snow dance?
 01/22/2006 11:28:53 PM · #4
Originally posted by meow:
Is there a snow dance?

Sure wish I knew one!
Hope springs eternal.
We're hoping to go skiing next weekend.
Wish us luck (and let me know if you DO find a snow dance!
 01/22/2006 11:30:31 PM · #5
Originally posted by meow:
I'm with you! I love snow and so far it's been rain. 50 degrees is spring weather. Is there a snow dance?


her is the U.P. we have the Heikki Lunta. It goes like this:

1. I REMEMBER BACK IN ë58 WHEN I WAS JUST A LAD
I WENT UP TO THE COPPER COUNTRY HUNTING WITH MY DAD
THE GROUND WAS BARE AND FROZEN SO WE COULDNíT TRACK NO DEER
SO MY OLD MAN GOT HIS KNAPSACK AND HE FILLED IT UP WITH BEER
HE SAID WE GOTTA TAKE A HIKE WAY OUT IN THE WOODS
THEREíS THIS GUY NAMED HEIKKI LUNTA HEíS CRAZY BUT HEíS GOOD
WEíLL LET HIM DRINK A COUPLE BEERS AND WHEN HE STARTS TO GLOW
HEíLL DO THE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE AND THEN JUST WATCH IT SNOW

CHORUS:
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE
MAKE IT SNOW, SNOW, SNOW HEIKKI LUNTA SNOW
DANCE, DANCE, DANCE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE

2. I REMEMBER IT WAS CHRISTMAS EVE 15 YEARS AGO
ALL THE KIDS WERE CRYING CAUSE THEY DIDNíT HAVE NO SNOW
ACCORDING TO THE WEATHERMAN THEY DIDNíT HAVE A CHANCE
BUT THE WEATHERMAN DONíT KNOW ABOUT THE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE
HEIKKI PUT HIS SNOWSHOES ON AND GRABBED A CAN OF BEER
HE PUT ON HIS GIANT PARTRIDGE WINGS AND ANTLERS FROM A DEER
THEN HE GRABBED A CEDAR BRANCH AND DANCED AROUND THE YARD
EVERYBODY SAID THEY NEVER SEEN IT SNOW SO HARD


3. I RECALL A TOURNAMENT OUT AT SUICIDE
ALL THE SNOW WAS MELTING AND WE COULDNíT GET A RIDE
ONE CRAZY FINN CAME DOWN THE HILL AND LANDED ON THE ROCKS
THEY SENT HIM BACK TO FINLAND IN A HOMEMADE CEDAR BOX
WE LOOKED FOR HEIKKI LUNTA BUT HE WAS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND
WE COULDNíT DO NO JUMPING WITH NO SNOW ON THE GROUND
IT WAS CARL PELLONPAA WHO FINALLY SAVED THE DAY
WE DID THE HEIKKI LUNTA DANCE I THINK IT SNOWED TILL MAY

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 01/22/2006 11:31:37 PM · #6
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
those are some awesome shots!

Thanks Linda - I found another snow lover:

;-)
 01/22/2006 11:32:59 PM · #7
Originally posted by ShutterPug:

her is the U.P. we have the Heikki Lunta. It goes like this:

1. I REMEMBER BACK IN ë58 WHEN I WAS JUST A LAD...


AWSOME! I'll try it!
 01/22/2006 11:33:12 PM · #8
What's that white stuff all over everything?
 01/22/2006 11:34:13 PM · #9
I'm another snow lover...and snowboarder. Looking out my window doesn't give me any motivation to hit the slopes. They are predicting snow tomorrow though.

Here are some snow shots from December 31, 2005 taken at the Mount Washington Hotel in NH.


01/22/2006 11:34:30 PM · #10
I almost forgot what it looked like. I've been in Miami too long.
 01/22/2006 11:34:46 PM · #11
About as close I could come to doing those shots would be to go TP someone's trees. Been years since I've seen snow.
 01/22/2006 11:36:01 PM · #12
Originally posted by emorgan49:
What's that white stuff all over everything?

Hi Ellen!
Are you enjoying the weather... or not? I'm sure the African kids are happier with it less cold!
 01/22/2006 11:39:37 PM · #13
Originally posted by printer4u:

Here are some snow shots from December 31, 2005 taken at the Mount Washington Hotel in NH.


Looks like a fabulous place (they ought to pay you for advertising) Good photos that make me want to GO there NOW.

Nice pics - I especially like the red sleigh.
edit to add the picture...

Message edited by author 2006-01-22 23:40:54.
 01/22/2006 11:46:54 PM · #14
Mount Washington is awesome. I was lucky enough to visit this last summer. I saw 2 bear and a moose in one day! Unfortunatly I messed up in taking the pictures..twas a bummer...wonderful shots of Mt. Washington!
 01/22/2006 11:49:47 PM · #15
I live in a snow area, but it's been a mild winter. Here are a couple of shots from this year, plus a favorite from 2 years ago.



Becky
 01/23/2006 07:29:05 AM · #16
THE SNOW DANCE WORKED! It is snowing in Massachusetts. Thanks Linda!
 01/23/2006 07:39:27 AM · #17
Ahhhh, that white crud is falling again and Mt. Wachusette is all a-glow AGAIN! What did you do Ray? AHHHHHH! Cant shoot in this mess! Ahhhhh!

;) Just teasing. Enough to get the best-buds snowmobile going would be good for the camera.....
 01/23/2006 07:46:48 AM · #18
What do you know???? The snow chant actually worked! I'll be damned.
 01/23/2006 08:23:39 AM · #19
supposed to snow some today and some tomorrow - but not much expected.
weather has been whacky this winter...

i imagine we will pay for the mild weather in february & march.
 01/23/2006 08:46:45 AM · #20
Could you send some of that snow over to the UK please?

Moscow is currently -20 Degrees C, though the weather pattern means it is sinking south and coming nowhere near me :-(

I've just bought a new car - Jaguar X-Type, with 4wd and need to try it out!!!
 01/23/2006 09:13:48 AM · #21
Happy to hear the Heikki Lunta worked for you. Any one else here wanting snow - just do the Heikki Lunta dance and you'll soon be white.
 01/23/2006 10:07:05 AM · #22
It started snowing here in Southern NH at daybreak. Already have 4" on the ground. Expecting 7-10".
 01/23/2006 10:26:14 AM · #23
ShutterPug, have you studied the roots of this song? This Heikki Lunta may have well been an actual person.
Heikki is a Finnish male first name. And 'lunta' is genitive form of Finnish 'lumi' i.e. snow (e.g. 'valkoinen lumi' -> 'white snow'; 'paljon lunta' ->'lots of snow')
And remember the prononciation: 'Hey-kee 'Loon-dah.
But then, perhaps it was 'Heitti lunta' ('he/she/it threw snow') instead?

Message edited by author 2006-01-23 10:27:35.
 01/23/2006 10:38:24 AM · #24
OK, enough with the dancing! I have 7 inches outside already. Stop stop, I'll never get out of my driveway! I have to drive to Peterborough today! Crimeny it was only supposed to be 3 inches!

***goes off grumbling about wierd snow people***
 01/23/2006 10:43:26 AM · #25
Originally posted by Didymus:
ShutterPug, have you studied the roots of this song? This Heikki Lunta may have well been an actual person.
Heikki is a Finnish male first name. And 'lunta' is genitive form of Finnish 'lumi' i.e. snow (e.g. 'valkoinen lumi' -> 'white snow'; 'paljon lunta' ->'lots of snow')
And remember the prononciation: 'Hey-kee 'Loon-dah.
But then, perhaps it was 'Heitti lunta' ('he/she/it threw snow') instead?


Lot's of Finns lived in the area that Shutterpug is in. They were bigtime miners back in the day. Most of my wife's family hails from up that way.
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