Good morning!!!!

[RoyJackson]

Forgot to add this to my post this morning...

We got about an inch of powdery snow on Friday, so I tried the EGO snow blower yesterday and it did great. This little snow blower is strictly for areas I can't get with the tractor and is something my stepdaughter could handle easily. For that purpose, it succeeded admirably. I expect it'll handle accumulations up to 8 or 9 inches...but would work best if we hit the walks at 5" or so.

Since they were on sale, I picked up a couple EGO inverters:
Portable Power Inverter - Nexus Escape by EGO POWER+

Tried both out yesterday...one charging a cell while powering a lamp, the other powering a laptop. Both worked well and will be a nice power source for some applications. I have 4 EGO batteries of various amperages (2.5, 5.0 and two 7.5). We had a power outage od about 20 hours a week back. My wife was going nuts without her cell phone...the 2.5 Amp battery will keep her phone going (as well as a lamp) for several hours. My stepdaughter needed her laptop powered up to do homework, so the 5.0 amp/hour battery should keep her happy.
I'm sure I'll find other uses for the batteries which set idle during the winter months (the 2.5 and 5.0 batteries are used for a string trimmer, chainsaw and leaf blower during the Spring, Summer and Fall seasons).

 

[CWB Wyo]

It's 6° this morning, yesterday was in the mid 30's and partly cloudy with a little wind. Doesn't look like it's going to change much over the next few days. The next chance of snow looks to be Wednesday.

Didn't much yesterday and don't have any plans for today.

Hope everyone enjoys their Sunday.
CWB.

 

[Thomas]

Buppies
27 snowing pretty good 3in on the ground and rising not sure what I will do but hopefully it involves something outside.
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Once again you hit the nail on the head,asking about this coming weekend for us up here have plans to film wildlife.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 46F @ 6:30AM. Partly cloudy. High near 50F. Winds light and variable.

Welcome o2b! Hope you like snow!:welcome:

The family only went to the extra "trouble" to cut a fresh tree once during my childhood, but with the hike to the trees and being able to wander around looking at lots of them, and then using the little saw to bring one down, it was an experience of a lifetime I still cherish. What a wonderful Christmas gift to give your grandson, Eric!

Began yesterday wrangling the Philips Hue "smart" lights back into the fold which meant starting over and re-entering information for the ten lights and lamps. Then reconfiguring the three Tap switches and one Dimmer switch. Someone at Apple needs to come up with a way to back up the settings in the Home app so they can be restored en masse instead of poked and scanned in one at a time!

Then I got out the fifteen gallon sprayer and mounted it on the Kubota side-by-side and covered the spaces around the house with Gordon's Barrier mix of glyphosate and pre-emergent. I only had one 2.5 gallon jug and didn't quite finish, but I'll pick up more in town on Monday and finish up after it dries out later next week. With the late start, I still had time to drag a few of the downed trees down to the place I've been using for wood storage and cutting. The first was the remains of a good sized oak, with a trunk about 15" and lots of branches. Once I got it turned around and pointed in the right direction, I rigged the chain off the box blade to lift the butt end of the trunk enough to clear and was able to skid it the rest of the way down the driveway. Took all the traction the tractor had to finish the initial turn, and locking the rear diff, too, but once going straight it was easy going. The driveway is clear now, but I think I'll try to get the rest of the downed trees to the wood lot today to take advantage of the relatively dry ground. A light rain is due in tonight, and it may not make a difference, but with the steep ground I'd rather not find out otherwise.

It was dusk when I finished, but I was in the mood for a little Bourbon and music on the back porch. But the AppleTV that streams the music was acting up, another victim of the recent power outage. There's no TV out in the garage, so I swapped it out for the one in the bedroom and once it was reminded of the WiFi password it went back to work. Much of this new fangled technology is wonderful when it works, but it's no where near as robust as the good ol' Bell System. But even that isn't impervious; I was told last week by an AT&T rep that ll the telephone transmission lines in the area had burned and it might not be until next January before the land line is working again. I didn't think of it at the time, but now I wonder if they shouldn't string glass fiber instead of copper wire and bring this neck of the woods out of the Stone Age with respect to Internet connectivity. But that idea is probably not even being considered...

It's time to take the touring motorcycle out of moth balls, and I should have used yesterday's 60F high to give it a bath. Today won't be nearly as warm, so that task won't be as pleasant, but it's always nice to get reacquainted with an old friend. If the weather cooperates, I'll spend the Christmas break tooling around southern California, putting in an appearance east of San Diego at a Rendezvous of the Airheads Club.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend!

 

[toppop52]

Up to 36, showers early, steady rain in the afternoon. No snow here, thank goodness. Buppies, wngsprd and all you guys getting snow, be careful but enjoy.
Picked up groceries, had breakfast, going to visit mom and keeping m6 6 year old grandson today so Santa can do some shopping.
Have a good day all, prayers and best wishes.

 

[Buppies]

Thomas I’ll have to check on it but I do know warm air is coming Janurary looks rough right now

 

[Looking4new]

You guys in the sunny south try to stay warm and NO snow shoveling.

 

[PJSprog]

18°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 38° today.

Did a whole bunch of nothing on my day off on Friday. Piddled around the house mostly. Her birthday present arrived (birthday isn't until next weekend, but ...), so I got that assembled for her. She wanted a new plant stand for the SE corner of the sunroom. Spent most of Saturday morning running errands for The Wife, then afternoon and evening in my studio. More time in the studio is the only thing on the agenda for today.



We have several varieties of hot sauces in our fridge, and Cholula is one of them. We like both the original and the chili lime. Wife's favorite is called Happy Dogs, and is made by a local St. Louis guy (husband of her old piano teacher). My favorite is Frank's Red Hot original.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

Gettin' more like Texas?:laughing: Yesterday, our temperature ranged from 48 to 70, clear and sunny; very nice Saturday. We didn't stop at any of them, but saw Garage Sales everywhere. Yesterday, the weather forecasters said a cold front was coming; 40% chance of rain today. This morning when I got up they had taken the rain out of the forecast, said it was 41 degrees going for a high today of 44. And now it's 39 and they're forecasting a high of 47.:laughing:

4 snow storm here so far and they didn't predict even one of them. Nobody else can be wrong that many times and keep their job other than the weather man.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .4 inches rain, still coming down.

Looks like a football watching day.

Ed, hurry back. Will miss your posts.

Prayers for all

Be safe
Have a great day