Good morning!!!!

[300UGUY]

Good Afternoon everyone!!!!

The now "typical" 4:00AM start to the morning, but at least there was nothing to shovel off the living room rug. Those 4:00AM walks walking around in the dark with a headlamp are eye openers. Actually I can see resident wildlife easier by headlamp. Like a lot of you I had a decent slip/fall on the ice that now necessitates wrapping my "good" knee and ankle prior to venturing outdoors. I have elastic knee and ankle braces on order; hopefully UPS will deliver them soon. My old knee and ankle braces were designed for wrong side. I walk my property paths daily; I have seen no bear tracks or scat for several weeks. I am not taking my bird feeders down at this point. I have no clue as to why the bears have not been more active in my area.

El Nino winters in theory should be wetter and "warmer" for the NE, but statistically at least for my area some of the greatest seasonal snow accumulations and individual storm snow levels have occurred during these El Nino Winters. It is a winter wonderland here at JaysterAcres, and there is green grass down in the CT River valley 24 miles away. I have a lot of tree damage from the recent wind and snow/ice storms. I plan to have a tree service take down all the trees near the driveway and house. This may happen sooner than later. We'll see.

I want to thank you for the "welcome backs." It's nice to be back here. I do not plan on expanding my "social" media world any time soon.

FarmanJoe- Welcome. Post freely and often.

Ted- It's nice to read that you finally got some restful and relatively pain free sleep last night. I hope the sleep pattern continues and you knee rehabs quickly with a fully functional knee. Thanks for the recipe.

Kyle- Brogen's rear jaw muscles have atrophied due to a rare canine autoimmune disorder. He can only open his mouth around a 1/2". He can barely grab a rice cake between his teeth.

Bruce- Thanks for the pumpkin suggestion. I/We have an oversupply of delicata squash from our garden. I need to see if this variety of squash works as well as pumpkin. Brogen is getting some squash tonight. It can't hurt. Again, thanks.

Drew- I agree with your post. It's so sad. I saw/experienced a lot of pain in my years working with the victims of violence/physical/sexual/emotional abuse. I have memories that I wish I could forget. The almost daily news reports of violence directed against the helpless does not help.

RNG- I too hope that you can return home and start reliving your life again. Thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts about this catastrophe.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

J

Sorry to hear about the dog, hope he gets better. I have been lazy for a couple of days, don’t like the cold.

 

[daugen]

Jay, found two of my late wife's Lands End fleece jackets that were still in nice shape, a little pilled like they get but not ratty, and am taking them to garden club xmas luncheon where we are all bringing in items for the women's shelter locally.
Showed the fleeces to garden club prez and she said they would be excellent.
Perhaps a bit surprised a man thought this up... :dance1:

my fireman neighbor and a friend are building my greenhouse right now. As expected, gazillions of little nuts and bolts, very glad
I took him up on his offer. He is a prime recipient of my veggies...
when the sun ducks under the trees, going to get pretty cold out there.
off to see how they are doing

 

[300UGUY]

Thank you all for the warm welcome even from those with cold weather!

Cold is relative. Every time I feel bad about our Michigan weather, somebody from Canukistan chimes in about the warm spell they are having - -20F. Makes ya wimpy. Or that canucks are crazy...

 

[lostcreekranch]

Kyle hope the doctor finds out what was causing your pain

Buckeyefarmer glad you are completely recovered

Welcome FarmanJoe to the good morning thread

Do not pay much attention to gas as I run mostly diesel and it’s still high $2.93 a gallon

Diesel was $2.72 at Walmart in Sealy this morning.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG. I think I would be getting upset about not getting home.

No use in me getting upset, Ed, but I do intend to provide plenty of constructive criticism to the managers involved in the Camp Fire.
At this point, not much else to be done other than try to remain patient.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

More and more videos like this are surfacing of people narrowly escaping the Camp Fire:
Body-Worn Camera Video of BCSO Deputy Helping with Evacuations During The Camp Fire. - YouTube

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Welcome to TBN and the goodmorning crew FarmanJoe.

Nearest bucee to me is on the east side of Dallas. Only 1348 miles.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Buckeyefarmer glad you are completely recovered

Not completely fixed, dr did an outpatient touchup a couple months ago. He might have to go back again. But much better that i was before.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Common sense in CA? Come on RNG..

Hope you get back home soon, this is past ridiculous.

 

[toppop52]

There is a great app for your phone or iPad called "GasBuddy".

I’ve been using it for several years, don’t like the changes and ads but overall a quick source for prices.