Good morning!!!!

[PJSprog]

30°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 50° today. Looks like sunny and near 60° for the weekend.

Fantastic piece of art from your daughter, Kyle. Your pride is definitely justified.

Wife went to the new Tractor Supply store in Carlyle, IL yesterday to pick up the new chicken coop, and came home with 5 chicks as well. We'd talked about getting Buff Orpingtons, but one of the guys at the store talked her into Wyandottes instead, under the premise that they are a little hardier in winter. She couldn't remember whether they are blue laced or silver laced. Guess we'll find out when they feather up. We'll get the coop up this weekend, but the chicks will stay in for the next couple of weeks. Right now, they are in a wire-wrapped dog kennel in the sunroom.



Good luck to our east coasters today. Stay safe over there.

 

[PJSprog]

Ontario is a long way to go to get a good deal, don't you think?

Funny you should mention that. We've been driving Kias for awhile. Well, my Wife has anyway. She's on her fourth one, and talking about trading it for something smaller and more fuel efficient. She's kind of waffling between the Soul, the Sportage, and the newer Niro. I like my Soul, but would prefer something just slightly larger. I really like the Rondo, but they don't sell that model in the US anymore. They do, however, still sell them in Canada. I've actually thought about seeing if my local dealer can import one, or maybe even fly to Detroit myself and go over and buy one in Windsor.

Not sure how that works with buying a car in Canada and bringing it back across the border. I'm sure there's some manner of fee or tax involved. Has anyone here ever done that?

 

[lostcreekranch]

30°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 50° today. Looks like sunny and near 60° for the weekend.

Fantastic piece of art from your daughter, Kyle. Your pride is definitely justified.

Wife went to the new Tractor Supply store in Carlyle, IL yesterday to pick up the new chicken coop, and came home with 5 chicks as well. We'd talked about getting Buff Orpingtons, but one of the guys at the store talked her into Wyandottes instead, under the premise that they are a little hardier in winter. She couldn't remember whether they are blue laced or silver laced. Guess we'll find out when they feather up. We'll get the coop up this weekend, but the chicks will stay in for the next couple of weeks. Right now, they are in a wire-wrapped dog kennel in the sunroom.

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Good luck to our east coasters today. Stay safe over there.

Saw this and thought there might be some helpful tips for raising your new flock PJ.

6 steps for starting a flock | Living the Country Life

 

[CWB Wyo]

The wind made it warmer overnight 25*, yesterday was in the high 30's. Today is going to be partly cloudy and a chance of snow showers this afternoon. With the high in the 30's. The wind is blowing pretty good now 15-20 mph.

Don't have any plans for today. I'm sure I'll find something to keep me busy.

Everyone in the path of the storms stay safe.
CWB.

 

[PJSprog]

Thanks, Rick. Good info. I'd found a web page that had an excerpt from a book about top egg breads, and we initially selected based on that. We wanted larger birds that produce fewer eggs (about 200/year) and are not aggressive. That page also recommended a couple of books on raising chickens, which The Wife ordered from Amazon. As with most things she does, she's already diving right in, and I expect she'll be a veritable fount of chicken knowledge in no time.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good morning everyone.

The wind woke me up ~3:00AM and it was snowing. It's still snowing now. ~5" of heavy, sticky snow has fallen so far. Temperature is hovering ~32ｺF. I may not see any rain or it may have fallen earlier this AM with this storm. I have water stored in the event we lose power. Wind has calmed down some, but should intensify when the low pressure energy over PA completely transfers to a developing coastal off the DelMar(?) coast low which will bomb as it tracks towards the 40N/70W benchmark. I have now clue as to how much snow will fall with this storm. Wind is picking up and the snow is intensifying.

Freedomlives- Awesome pictures of your family. Thank you for sharing.

Kyle- I hate labels like "autistic" which can becomes "one's destiny" in life. It is apparent that your daughter will create her own destiny; not limited by a label. Thanks for sharing.

My + thoughts, prayers, and wishes for all.

It should be an interesting day for a few of us.

Have a good one everyone.

 

[ronjhall]

Roads were passable on the way to PT. But not for a Subaru. Did not get a picture of it stuck on side of road. Maybe I got threw because it had already cut a path until it got stuck.
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[Thomas]

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It did think about that couple times instead left 45 mins earlier took my time...did spin once.

Hope your ride home has plenty of traction and few vehicles to contend with....good ole sugar snow.

 

[jbrumberg]

For a while some sleet was mixing in with the snow. Winds are increasing, but the snow is really sticking to my pet dogwood. The temperature is hovering ~ 32F. My anemometer is frozen. The tarp blew off the rider mower. I have no clue where it is yet.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .93 inches rain

Headed to town for breakfast and errands.

Be safe
Have a great day