Good morning!!!!

[Wagtail]

Good mid (Sunday) arvo. It was a brisk 7C this morning but quickly warmed(?) up to 14C by the time I headed off to Church. Clear sky, then the wind kicked up again.

The drive yesterday to pick up my Aunt was uneventful and straight forward. Elephant Pass is still a mess but passable. and I reckon it was faster returning home than getting there. Stopped for fish & chips and the local, floating, seafood shop on the St Helens waterfront... very nice.

Today we've simply been sitting, drinking Bundy rum & Coke and watching day two of the Australia/South Africa Test Cricket match.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[sodamo]

Mostly
My rated battery capacity is 45.6 kw
My daily usage tends to be in high 20s.
My overnight runs about 40% of my high point state of charge, ie if 100%, about 60% when I check in morning. When sun is good what doesn’t go to charge actually provides direct power. In winter, days are shorter for charging, in summer that 40% drops to 30%.
I don’t run lower than 25% although warranty suggests 20% and technically they could run to 0.

 

[sodamo]

While the day was a bit overcast and a few sprinkles I did get a few hours seat time with the flail.

Not as exciting as you guys out there moving snow, but shorts, tee, and slippahs and I was comfortable.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 25 and going to a high of 32°F. Wind SW 5 mph. Flurries, another inch or so.

Today is going to see me plowing again. Another 2" so far and it is still snowing good. I do have more cleanup to do around the house that I didn't finish off the other day, so I will get at that too.
When the well line was put in, I was 'up north' so didn't get to supervise that. They were told to put it 48"+ deep AND put 4" of styrofoam on top and down both sides of said line. 1" of styrofoam is equal to 1' of ground cover making the well line theoretically 8' deep.
There was no styrofoam left in my stash when I got home in the fall, so hopefully they did what they were told. The line hasn't froze up yet in the 15 years it has been in, but I usually leave lots of snow on top of it as extra insulation.

David, I had the T and shorts on while I was plowing and a little more.

Went to bed last night at 9:30 and up at 2 for a p. Been up since then wide awake. I'm going back too bed now and hopefully score another 3 or 3 hours of nap time.

Stay safe all

 

[ronjhall]

Enjoying first cup of coffee. 24° with light snow this morning. Heading to 30° with continued light snow all day.
Could not get door lock programmed in to security system. More trouble shooting with that today. Last motion sensor came in yesterday. Will install it today.
Neighborhood Christmas party was very enjoyable. Ate to much. Sassy got a large box of homemade dog treats from friends.

PJ, good to hear job is going to be a good one. Plus not having to cross the river to get there.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

28 going to 43. The International Space Station is flying by in a few minutes, so I guess I'll go out and wave.

PJ, glad the new job is looking good and that you made the decision to switch.

LS, hope you have a safe trip. You'll be in one of my favorite areas.

Kyle, that super nice your wife baking cookies for the youth prison. I bet they can use a little love at Christmas.

Don, doesn't that cold air feel good?

Wag, I did a little driving around Tasmania on Google map this morning...beautiful place...why do they call it Elephant Pass?

Did a dump run and got in a nice maintenance hike yesterday. The river was high due to the recent rain. Came home and split firewood until dark. Had salmon for dinner...a good day.

 

[Helogabals]

Good day !

Here is still around -10 C (14F). Forecast says thaw should be here next week, so white Christmas is big "?"

Yesterday have made "rancho" run. Nice to be there, but 2,5 hours drive one end. Meet there wife's brother, had a long walk through our forests there. Have agreed to sell some lowest quality wood, practically bushes. Company will come in, take care of everything. And even pay some money. Few years back for this we had to pay to clean forest, now demand for energy wood is so high, they are paying (quite a lot IMHO) for complete $hit, if that is burning.

Have brought home Christmas tree for ourselves. It's always a option, to get one in the market, but to bring in one from our own forest is a kind of romantic
It has to be full height of the room, actually has to tickle ceiling

I have planted there literally thousands of firs, but mines are not even close to naturally planted (I don't know how to say that, hope you got idea). "wild" ones are growing bigger, faster, bolder. I can't stop thinking about adopted and own kid. For "Mother Nature", ones I have planted are like "adopted". Somehow. Don't know why it's so

That little dog in picture is fun. Have seen in action cam that now he have friend - wild bunny. It comes in B-I-L garden, for frozen apples etc, and is dog is making friends with him
Newer thought dog could be friend with bunny


Night was foggy and beautiful hoarfrost is outside

Actually I am wondering, is that the right word. Google offer few versions

 

[txdon]

Don, doesn't that cold air feel good?

No, it's painful and thing like fingers and toes don't work well in the cold.

L4N is not human he must just be a bot in shorts.

Good morning! 24˚F same as Ron this morning!

Whipper had her run around in the back yard already and hurriedly came in, she will still expect her walk as soon as it get's light. BRRR.

Helo, Frost is the right word but we don't use Hoarfrost. There is Jack Frost, (the personification of frost), heavy frost, and just frost used to describe the same thing - Morning dew that has turned to ice.

edit: Hoarfrost is an English word meaning - a grayish-white crystalline deposit of frozen water vapor formed in clear still weather on vegetation, fences, etc.

We don't use that term in Texas is it used elsewhere in the US?

 

[KilroyJC]

View attachment 775001Brisket is very good today.

Mmmmm. . . Brisket. . . .

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

G'morning. 32F here....I believe our first freeze. Next week...deep freeze coming late week.

Helogabals, I understand perfectly. I enjoy your posts very much. I hope the romantic tree brings in the true spirit of Christmas for your family.

1 week of "sleeps" until Christmas. I hope all is well with Eric over in Shropshire.

Son and I will go to 9am church service. He will be an assistant acolyte. Wifey and daughter will go to 11am service.

Mostly, thanks for prayers for daughter. She has been having a good time at school the last few months, now that the punk is mostly out of the picture. Another guy is taking a shine to her, but she is telling him, "just friends for 6 months"....He seems to be a pretty good kid, from a good family, but I don't believe he has college aspirations yet. They are going to see Avatar sequel today. I told her "just friends, right?"....