Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda, you'll come waltzing Matilda with me
attaboy Don

done all my visits, heading home tomorrow. Battery about to expire
all good

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 47F this morning, overcast, calm wind. Overcast all day, wind was less gusty and a tad slower then yesterday, and high temp was 59F. Forecast for high winds and rain for next 2 days. Last men's meeting for the year this morning, trip to Gainesville for errands and choir caroling, bike ride finished the day.
Drew, safe trip home.
prayers for all

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I want more snow. The 2' we have right now is not nearly enough. We have 'some' coming on Friday.

I want more snow also. Just not here.

 

[RoyJackson]

2018-12-13, 0318

Minus 1 here...brrrrrrr! High today will be around 25 or so...

 

[Eric Salop]

For a second or two I was thinking we have same temperature as Roy, then realised that thankfully ours in not measured in Fahrenheit. A cold wind is blowing in from Europe and was doing a good job of hiding all signs of frost until I got outside. There will be plenty of wood burning going on these next couple of days, with the added novelty of watching a Caframo fan spin it's blades above the kitchen range. It was bought for another wood burner, but will be interesting to see if it stops the oven from reaching temperatures more appropriate to smelting metal than cooking food when the wind draws hard.




Mostly, your bike deserves a good squirt of grease after all those pedal revolutions. Well done - yet again.

 

[Looking4new]

14 and rising to 28F. Wind E 17 mph. 60% chance of freezing drizzle.

I am happy that I scraped the driveway down and got it somewhat smooth, yesterday.

Not much to do today, yesterday I also fueled up the Dodge....$1.099/L or $4.15/U.S.Gallon in CDN money. Diesel is still up there at $1.269/L or $4.80/U.S. Gallon. The price has come down, just not enough to make me really happy.

Another energy conservation day.

Have a good day all

 

[Buppies]

35 high of 50 finally a work day

Prayers for all in need

Happy Birthday Farmer early wishes trip sounds like fun

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 33° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 37° with partly cloudy skies. Got enough snow yesterday evening to make the ground white. Dinner was good. But way to much food for 2 older people. Will be eating leftover prime rib for a couple more meals. The price for the all you can eat Crab Legs was to high for our budget and small stomachs. Cleaning lady is coming today. Had to cancel Tuesday because of a sick child.

PT yesterday was almost a non issue. No bad pain like Mondays visit created. One of my best nights of sleep in months. Sure hope rest of the visits go as well. My visit to Urologist on Tuesday went even better. Last 2 PSA readings have been below 1.0. But Dr. has made ordered a MRI sometime in the future. Just to make sure current plan is working.

Mostly, congrats on the 6k miles. I think I managed 6 miles all year. Next year should get me a few more miles.

Drew, safe travels.

Roy, where did that 1° come from. You usually see something close to my temperatures the next day.

Don, be careful crossing them flooded bridges. As far as dancing lessons go. Cannot give you any advice. My 2 left feet keep me at what I learned in elementary school.

RNG, good that some problems with van are getting solved. There are some homes around here that have electric gates to enter their property. Most of them are always open. :confused3:

Prayers for all.

Good Morning All.

 

[toppop52]

waltzing Matilda, waltzing Matilda, you'll come waltzing Matilda with me
attaboy Don

done all my visits, heading home tomorrow. Battery about to expire
all good

Drew, I hope Don isn’t dancing with sheep like the guy in the song!

40 going to 50 after an overnight low of 30.
Big rains heading our way.

Happy early birthday Farmer!

We are heading to Front Royal around 2, hope to be home by midnight, then up in time to be at church by 8 in the morning, the things we do for grandkids.

Good day all, may God shed his good graces on us all.

 

[wngsprd]

31 going to 47.

Local roads were still icy in places yesterday, so schools reopen today, but 2 hours late.

Don, great hike! I haven't had to do a barefoot stream crossing in many years...but I have gotten my boots wet a time or two jumping or rock hopping. I hope Whipper got some free time off the leash.

Mostly, have fun singing!

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 60˚ no wind but they say the Norther is heading this way and will probably hit during the the trail maintenance. It will be extremely windy this afternoon and in the 30s tonight.
wngsped, Whipper had no off leash time, we were in a nature preserve and I could not have her chasing wildlife. Both her and I were unfamiliar with the land since this was our first time on those trails There was a lot of coyote poop on the trail and these coyotes are used to people.

The rest of the trail maintenance crew will also have to cross that bridge today, I'm wondering if they will do it in their golf carts. It is receding some every day.

There was evidence of a bird kill in the front yard, this is the second time. Taking into account the wind and the feather pattern on the ground it was determined that the culprit was sitting on the top of a 30' streetlight devouring a smaller bird, most likely Mr. Owl, also high on the suspect list is Mr. Hawk.

For the record dancing Matilda is not a girl, and not a sheep - it is a swag. What is that I hear, typing fingers googling swag . . .

 

[RedNeckGeek]

There are some homes around here that have electric gates to enter their property. Most of them are always open. :confused3:

I've had too many unwanted visitors to leave the gate open, Ron. The neighboring driveway on the cul-de-sac got a gate when they started growing marijuana, but for some reason it usually remains open.:confused2: That neighbor freaked out when I lined my driveway in the easement with boulders too big to drive over. Said it blocked his access to his land on the other side. I told him to let me know anytime he needed access and I'd open my gate for him. That was six years ago, and not a peep from him since. Drugs do terrible things to people...

 

[ronjhall]

I've had too many unwanted visitors to leave the gate open, Ron. The neighboring driveway on the cul-de-sac got a gate when they started growing marijuana, but for some reason it usually remains open.:confused2: That neighbor freaked out when I lined my driveway in the easement with boulders too big to drive over. Said it blocked his access to his land on the other side. I told him to let me know anytime he needed access and I'd open my gate for him. That was six years ago, and not a peep from him since. Drugs do terrible things to people...

Having a gate and not using it. Falls in the same category as having a Burglar Alarm and not setting anytime leaving the house. :confused3:

 

[Bird]

Weird weather we're having. 57 degrees for a low early this morning, going for a high of 61 with a 40-80% chance of rain today, 90% tonight, and 70% tapering off to 30% tomorrow. And at 7:10 a.m. just as I stepped out the front door, we had a tremendous flash of lightning followed by a very loud clap of thunder and sprinkles of rain. And then the wind and cold front is supposed to arrive, but stay just above freezing.

 

[Thomas]

1F now clear and calm mid 20's for high.

Had plans using new Husqvarna PT345 chainsaw today cleaning up small trees fallen limbs etc.but the weather put hold on that idea.
Off to town soon for critter food and oil,might go Union meeting at 4pm.
21 turkeys,11 gray squirrels,3 red squirrels,least 15 mourning doves half dozen blue jays were waiting for there breakfast.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[toppop52]

Good morning! 60˚ no wind but they say the Norther is heading this way and will probably hit during the the trail maintenance. It will be extremely windy this afternoon and in the 30s tonight.
wngsped, Whipper had no off leash time, we were in a nature preserve and I could not have her chasing wildlife. Both her and I were unfamiliar with the land since this was our first time on those trails There was a lot of coyote poop on the trail and these coyotes are used to people.

The rest of the trail maintenance crew will also have to cross that bridge today, I'm wondering if they will do it in their golf carts. It is receding some every day.

There was evidence of a bird kill in the front yard, this is the second time. Taking into account the wind and the feather pattern on the ground it was determined that the culprit was sitting on the top of a 30' streetlight devouring a smaller bird, most likely Mr. Owl, also high on the suspect list is Mr. Hawk.

For the record dancing Matilda is not a girl, and not a sheep - it is a swag. What is that I hear, typing fingers googling swag . . .

You made me look! The sheep was the story in our elementary school music book, but apparently there are several versions.
Waltzing Matilda - Wikipedia

 

[PJSprog]

39°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 49° today, and expecting rain around noon for the rest of the day and into tomorrow.

Drugs do terrible things to people...

Yes, they do. Unfortunately, the people who most need to hear that are the ones least likely to listen to it.

 

[CWB Wyo]

It looks like a few of us are in the same boat. The low this morning so far is 1°. We had snow showers most of yesterday and a lot of wind. Not sure how much snow we got, a few inch at least. Today is going to be sunny and in the low 30's with less wind.

Didn't do much yesterday. Started sorting through coffee cans and ended up with three less cans. Only a dozen more to go.

Making a trip into town this morning.

Hope everyone has a nice day.
CWB.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 42F @ 7:15AM. Sunny. High 56F. Winds light and variable.

Sounds like winter is early for many of you this year. Hope you're staying warm and all that snow is at least making an opportunity or two for play!

No bad news at the doctor yesterday, and even managed to get the pneumonia vaccine. No luck on the new shingles one; still on the waiting list at Costco.

Stihl store had correct gas cap in stock; young buck that sold me the wrong one got a dirty look from the old timer when he figured out what had happened.:laughing:

On the way up my street I noticed many small piles of piled up logs, which I translated to firewood, put there by the crews cutting down fire damaged trees that might fall into the road. On my way home I stopped at several and loaded them into the truck, then went back out with the tractor to get more. Ran into my new neighbor, who I had followed out during the evac, and was told there were inmate firefighters working to save his trailers and buildings during the fire, so maybe there were some at my place, too. Brave men, even if they do have storied pasts. Anyway, made several trips and got about a quarter cord before it got too dark. Enjoyed a hum dinger of a sunset in the process!

Off to the Sacramento area today to get a new battery installed in the iPhone. The discounted offer ends this month, and that'll be good enough to get me another year until the phones with the new 5G radios are out. Not that there will be much 5G network by then, but a 4G phone will be worth next to nothing and I'm sure as heck not gonna spend $750 on one now just because my battery is tired.

 

[sodamo]

66°F and .69 inches rain It’ll be dry someday.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day