Good morning!!!!

[NHBX]

Good morning all

22 now high in the mid 30’s and cloudy today. Yesterday’s flurries left around 4 or 5 inches of fluff to clean up this morning.
Happy winter solstice! Longer daylight hours will slowly be getting here.

A quick snow clean up this morning, no other plans for the day just putter around.

Hard to believe Christmas is Friday. It will be a quiet one for us, phone calls/FaceTime to family and friends. The misses ordered a small rib roast which will make me happy

Stay safe and healthy
Enjoy your day everyone

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 31° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 37° with chance of snow in afternoon. Decided to do a conserve energy day yesterday. Furnace guy coming this morning. May do another day of conserve energy today.
No sure what this bird is. Hangs around with the Sparrows. Cow bird was the suggestion before.

Drew, I think I mention this before. Non of my Birdhouses/feeders have glue on them. The oldest one is over 20 years. Made with Cedar and a Copper roof. The next oldest is 10 years old. Painted Cedar roof. All my newer ones are made out of recycled plastic. Still no glue. They are held together with SS deck screws.

Don, I am in tier 2.

Eric, I was going to go to sons Christmas Eve. Not going unless furnace gets fixed. Was invited to my Aunts house Christmas day. But going to pass. To many people.

RS, every time I go shopping a HD, Lower or Menards I have to double check items I pulled out of bin is what is supposed to be in it. Same as Rural King and TSC.

:welcome: Peter 315 and tiabadoe !!

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

Mostly_gas.
"Thomas good to hear she can clear snow, or was that the baking she did a good job on?
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Good on clearing snow :thumbsup: better than good on baking. :licking: this evening she plans on making maroon rum balls. :dance1:

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It 41° here, with no wind, and our high should be around 70° this afternoon.

Today is the shortest day / longest night of the year (Winter Solstice) and should be best view of the visible alignment (Conjunction) of Jupiter and Saturn 1-2 hours after sunset. This is believed to be the "Christmas Star" and not seen since the Middle Ages?

Our cleaning lady is coming this morning so .. I'll be off to run errands by about 8:30, to stay out of her way.

We got a "recall" notice on our Kubota ZD1211 mower that I'm going to get checked out. Evidently .. a few of their radiator overflow tanks have mis-formed outlets on the bottom hose connection. The dealer says they can check it .. on the trailer so .. I won't have to unload, unless it needs to be replaced. Then .. off to Wally World to exchange a couple of propane tanks.

I'll get a few final presents wrapped .. later today .. everything ordered online and delivered on time .. or even early.

Hope everyone has a great start to your Holiday week.

Prayers to all.

 

[Thomas]

NHBX
Yesterday’s flurries left around 4 or 5 inches of fluff to clean up this morning.
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You must live in snow belt or high elevation maybe both???,least you'll have warmer temp for clean up compare to last storm...we're suppose get1"+ here only lite dusting

 

[Thomas]

29F sun cloud mix today high low 30's.

Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Not much plan for today...clean snow out of pickup bed,visit our local auto repair service garage feeling vibration heard two clunks feels/sounds like U joints are getting tender,other than that take day as it comes.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Bird]

I know Bird and my Mom stay in tier 2 who else?

My wife, of course, whose 77th birthday will be New Years Eve.

 

[Bird]

When I cook only a single turkey .. I clean up my oil by filtering it thru cheese cloth a couple of times then return it to the original container and usually get a minimum of 3-4 uses out of it.

Me, too. And now we have a very small deep fryer for occasional use for such things as chicken or pork chops, etc., always include french fries, and I do the same, pour it through a double layer of cheese cloth, thoroughly wash the little deep fryer, put the filtered oil back in it, put the lid on, and put it in the shop refrigerator, so it's ready for the next use.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the temperature is already at our high for the day...31°F and it is going down to 30. Wind S 8 mph. 60% chance of flurries.

There are no more mirror catchers at the end of the driveway. All cut back to the trunks and 4 3" trees cut off at the ground. In spring after I get the hoe back on I will pull the stumps.

I need to change the angle on my back blade, it is not cutting the way it should. I will do that today and test it out.

There are ghosts in this house, but they don't have opposable thumbs. The one cat that had thumbs (polydactal) got taken by either an eagle or an owl. He was a big fluffy orange and white cat that liked to roost with the chickens and whenever he took a chipmunk or squirrel he would climb up the edge of the chicken house door and eat his lunch on the peak of the hen house roof. That was a clear shot for a bird to swoop in, grab the cat and had about 100' of driveway to get aloft again before the hydro lines, with the cat in its' claws.


Have a safe day all

 

[Bird]

Has Covid changed your family plans for Christmas day ? Our house will be much quieter this year with no children or grandkids around.

We had our Christmas with the family yesterday. My wife & I, and our older daughter and her husband, wore our face masks except when we were eating and we were spread out pretty far apart then instead of being at one table. The younger daughter, her 16 year old daughter, our grandson, his wife, and their 2 little ones did not wear masks. But we had a nice time and a great big dinner.

Now Christmas Day, my wife and I will watch TV and maybe play a game of Yahtzee.:laughing: