Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

No cookies, cakes, nor even a semi-edible fruitcake around here.

Temperature is now 31ºF and it has been snowing since late morning with some accumulation. Lights have been flickering occasionally, but a well maintained and treed line runs along our road. 1/2 of MA’s reported power outages occurred around here and southward in the higher elevations.

Kyle- That dogwood was split badly; half of it died. We’ll see about the living half. A lot of my native dogwoods are hurting with this storm because of all the wild grape vines intertwined in their branches making them top heavy.

Ted- I am happy to read that everything is returning to “normal” for you and Dona. and I hope that you can all relax.

David- I hope that you and Sophie have a nice last Happy Hour of 2019.

Lou- There have been a couple of reports and doppler radar reflections of thunder snow south of Albany heading NE/NNE. Thanks for sharing the picture. Around here the wet/frozen line was ~ 1000’. I am +1300’ at our driveway.

Finally I have some clarity on the e-muffins. We are regular consumers. An e-muffin + 2 TBSpns peanut butter with 2 TBSpns jelly = 370 calories.

I hope everyone is having a manageable day today.

 

[toppop52]

I take mine at night after supper and no more dizziness!!

That’s when I take mine, too.

 

[toppop52]

those look great. Hope you get them all taken care of before the New Years...



I take Terazosin (smallest dose 5mg), given to me for BPH. It is an alpha blocker too, but it covers a wider array. Flomax is more targeted to just BPH. I tried to wean off of it and switch to Flomax and my BP went sky high. so back to Terazosin. When I was put on it, my BP was decent 135/82 ish. When I tried to wean myself, my BP skyrocketed and anxiety made it worse. I want to say it went up to 170/92 or so. So, it's one of those things you definitely don't leave town without a supply.



Good to hear things are not too bad in the Randy camp.

Drew, where will the tile drain to? Is this from the back swampy pond to the ditch? Those "huge Cypress trees" might have some value.


My buddy invited me and my 9 year old down to the gulf coast Saturday to go fishing. This was in land fishing. Actually on a tributary of Matagorda bay. We didn't arrive until 2:30 to his house, but he still had some boat maintenance to finish, so we didn't leave until around 3:30...Got to the fishing hole around 4:30 and caught maybe 10 small fish (non-keepers) but still had fun. Good lesson to teach son patience. He did well. So this boat is rigged up with a small air motor also and lights on the front for flounder gigging. Buddy says "we might as well try a little floundering we are here". As the sun went down we stowed the fishing poles and fired up the air motor. We ended up getting 5 nice 14-15" flounder. My son gigged his first flounder. Some of the best eating fish IMO. He offered me some, but he's sank a boat load of money into this boat and I told him you enjoy them. "We'll come back and try for more soon." Anyhow, really good experience for the son.

Short history lesson. The Frenchman LaSalle missed the Mississippi and went into Matagorda Bay. They constructed Fort St. Louis out of timbers to try to protect themselves from the cannibalistic Karankawa indians. Didn't turn out so well.



When we got down there to the water, the wind was sustained at 35+mph with higher gusts, but the creek we were on has protective bluffs. I watched the very most southern tips of the storm clouds go by, knowing the trouble they are going to cause for up north for you guys. The higher the winds down here, the more turmoil up northeast. After the front passed, the winds died down really low.

Off today, and until Jan 2nd. Need to catch up on some chores. 35F going to 59F . I have a spare pair of oxyacetylene bottles, that an older lady gave me when her husband passed away. I'm going to sell them, but the hoses were rotten, and the big Victor regulator gages are acting up. So, it's just the bottles. Trying to figure out what they are worth?

Nice pictures. Ron, I have a pic of Don standing on his bridge, just shortly before he sold his place. We had a nice golf cart ride around his place that day. Whipper was keeping us safe from everything dangerous, running ahead of us. That dog has some uncanny back country/woods "street smarts".

Jay, sorry about your dogwood. I did not know that icing would kill them, if I'm understanding you right.

Dabs, like Eric said, I sure would have been tempted to give step son the empty box from the new one, all wrapped up nice.

Have a blessed day all.

The Indians might have eaten him, but at least he got a car named for him!

 

[toppop52]

72° !! Seat time today, been at at lower rear of the property leveling old stump sinks, moved a bunch of dirt from my creek side topsoil pit. Time to put up the tractor and check on my pork roast.

 

[jbrumberg]

Randy- I can almost smell your pork roast cooking.

The lightning alert app on my iPhone just sounded. It looks like thunder snow storm cells are further developing to my Southwest and around Albany,NY continuing to head NE/NNE and are now in the vicinity. Lou- Some of those thunder snow cells are heading in your general direction.

Kind of sad that I am getting my jollies today staring semi-blankly at a monitor.

 

[Looking4new]

I went back to bed. No hydro = no computer time. Might as well sleep. We in and around South River had no power, but there was power in Sundridge 5 miles south of me.
Foodland had Dempsters 12 grain bread on sale 2/$5.oo there are now 6 loaves in the freezer and will probably be more tomorrow. I can live on PB&J sandwiches, IF I must. Homemade marmalade on toast is great!

 

[ronjhall]

We get ours at Costco. 6 pack I think and we just put in freezer to use as wanted. It’s the nooks and crannies...

12 pack at Sam’s Club.

 

[ronjhall]

That’s when I take mine, too.

Hmm, instructions on my bottle label say to take with breakfast.

 

[jbrumberg]

Interesting weather on it's way here

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Camped overnight at Northampton koa once with the Boy Scouts. I see that is up your way.