Pickles by Brian Crane for December 07, 2020

Is Roscoe laughing at Earl in that final panel?

I MUCH prefer living where the precipitation usually carries itself away, even if sometimes that means some flooding.

Love snow as long as it is white and fluffy and the roads are clear.

know of any place where lawn mowing and snow shoveling are both unnecessary?

Most of Arizona

Had to jinx it, didn’t you.

Much more tolerant of snow now that I am retired and don’t have to get out in to go to work. Lawn care I hire out to stimulate the economy.

I’d rather mow the yard than shovel snow any old day. Once the lawn is mowed, the job is done. But you shovel the snow and the snowplow comes by and it fills in the driveway (and sometimes throws snow back on the sidewalk) and you have to shovel out again. And this time, it’s hard packed snow that got pushed into the driveway.

I don’t mow my lawn very often – not like a neighbor who mows once a week. I do it more like every 3 weeks, if that.

Living in a house has its benefits but also his outside chores.

not to mention raking leaves.

Earl a little bit of work will not hurt you ! Get er done ;-)

That doesn’t look like much of a break to me.

That time of the year, I’m afraid!

There are breaks, and then there are breaks. Earl has trouble getting either one.

It’s always something.

Earl spoke too soon…Opal was just waiting with the shovel …

there is just no escape.

The snow is freezing the wet leaves to the sidewalk.

I still love mowing the lawn.

Spring is best – no grass, no leaves, no snow. (Though I do pride myself on having the driest ice-free sidewalk in the neighborhood).

Women are exceptionally cruel creatures. No surprise Calvin doesn’t like them (especially Susie)…

What a great day this is ! , And Brian has redeemed himself . The precious Roscoe is in all four panels . Is that a smile in the fourth panel ? Just great images in the script today , keep it up , please . Thank you Brian .

We don’t have a lawn and rarely get any snow, but I’ve probably put a ton of oak leaves and branches in the Mixed Organics bin so far this Fall.

Will someone PLEASE get rid of her…!!??

Isn’t he too old?

The snow doesn’t need shoveling. She needs it shoveled.

My dad died at 61 from a coronary shoveling heavy snow. Use a snowblower!!

For some odd reason my wife really enjoys shoveling snow. I’m good with that lol

I hate the years with an early snow that needs shoveling followed by a warm up that leads to having to mow again. Insult added to injury.

I wish, I can hardly wait to try my new 3-Stage souped up snow thrower-blower. It’s supposed to throw my snow across the street onto my neighbor’s yard.

Earl be careful on shoveling at your age. Where I live at we had our first time of snow last week, where I live little over inch and next day disappeared, further west varied from 4" to 7" next day or 2 days gone, ground still warm.

I am sure Earl does very little exertion for anything other than demanding his meals.

yes, in the desert.

The desert.

Earl should be old enough to play the age card on this one. You shouldn’t shovel snow if you are over 40.

I don’t have to worry about either anymore. We moved into an apartment and those jobs are done by the management.

In Ca. My dad had a ground cover for a lawn. No mowing or no snow there.

I feel the same way Earl…I HATE mowing and always have. And the older I get, the more it takes out of me to do it. That’s a plus about winter, plus we rarely get snow here.