Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

5 minutes ago the sky was blue and the sun was out. Now the sky is full of big white flakes. Interesting weather.

Sorry, sending Michigan weather your way. If you do not like the weather here. Wait 10 minutes. It will change. Sometimes it takes less time.

 

[check]

32F on/off snow showers until midnight.

Headed to work all was calm,wife call tree across the driveway,wife calls again power out,wife calls again another tree across the driveway,after my 4 hour shift 20min ride home was not to be hour 20mins later finally made it home number trees and power lines down.
Between chainsaw and Kubota clean up went well,quick look around spring clean up going to long and hard 9 1/2 hours later power online
Scott "the winds here are like a freight train !" they sure were.
Talk with power crew they said 3 mile up road least 4 miles lines poles down nothing they can do until highway arrives to open roads maybe Sunday afternoon before power restore. guess it was our turn to taste fury of mother nature.

No plans this evening...feet up watch some football.

Enjoy your evening all.

Gheez, Thomas, I hope you have a generator!

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 40 going up to 41 and down to 20.
High winds again today, more fallen trees, finally. Easier to clean em up on the ground and not get hit by falling branches.

Got some panel bits up, not sure how I like the way one looks, so might redo later.
Time to put in some more pieces and pick up more furring strips.

Out to dinner last night, nice to get out or here and pills certainly helping,

Jim Gaffigan did a great skit on hot pockets-they certainly didn't help my mother on her downward spiral.

Kitchen looks great Check!

Thomas - hope they can get through faster for you to get power up.

Feel better Mostly - hard to get energy up during the winter winds/rain. So I just work in the garage and try to make progress. Find a small goal and work it.

Ron - you're picture are such a great way to start the day. So many really great ones.

Our driveway is in bad shape while waiting for our neighbor to green light a 50/50 for us to get it redone. I think he just doesn't have the money and most of the time I get out and do patching. I need to order more, but it's getting past that point with all the rain.

On another note, the driveway and lawns all have a covering of small branches.
Maybe we will have an all wood driveway soon

Well, back to the dungeon to do more sheetrock.

Hope everyone feels better and the power is back.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

unfortunately with elections this year, and all the craziness involved, it will be harder for all of us
to simply stick with what brings us all together, not what pushes us apart.
but for all these years it has been worth the effort, and this thread has done well
self policing.

does anyone in our group have a greenhouse?
The tiny one I had in NC gave me an enormous amount of satisfaction.
At this time four years ago I'd be watching beans sprout up, growing so fast you could almost see them move.
Am thinking this might be a fun thing to do in the future when done my rv'ing.

what I did learn with the greenhouse is temp control was critical and I burned up a lot of plants when it got too hot in there
on a sunny day. Plus I'd need to configure some kind of propane heater.
But to sit in a warm humid greenhouse where everything smells green on a very cold day outside,
watering and fussing with little plants, it's great fun. Would mean a bigger garden in the back yard also.

You remember..... our greenhouse is still going with all the plants for spring! Wifey has the same affection for watching sprouts pop up!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 35°---- yes, didn't drop below freezing. High expected to hit 45°. Heavy broken clouds, windy again. The forecasted snow is no longer predicted.

Another bad nights sleep. Fell asleep for an hour, then proceeded to toss / turn for the next 2 hours. Finally about 03:00 fell back to sleep. Slept in until 07:30.

Going to attempt getting out to the shop today. Might not do too much, but have to try. At least I want to get some holes drilled in the shelf brackets.

Drew, we use a small electric heater in the greenhouse, it will keep the temp around 40-45° when it's 20 outside. We just want to keep it above 35°. Granted, there are perennials, shrubs, and tree seedlings in there over the winter, not veggies.

The new 10 day has our temps getting up into the 40's this week. I think we will enjoy that. Hopefully all the snow will get melted before another storm..... it's inevitable this time of year....

Everyone have a peaceful Sunday!

 

[two_bit_score]

Going to attempt getting out to the shop today. Might not do too much, but have to try.

I'm hoping you are successful. It's when we quit trying that we fail. Keep on trying.

 

[sodamo]

60°F and 0 rain. Another morning on the cool side but forecast says we should see mid 70s

Finished mowing the Hilo end of property yesterday. Had a decent start on the interior until a cloud burst had me hotfooting to the shed. Likely get a bit more today. Also watch some football.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 47F @ 8:15AM. Considerable cloudiness. High 57F. Winds light and variable.
About an inch of rain accumulation in the last 24 hours, but the real story was the wind. It blew at 20-30 MPH most of the day and night, but gusts up to 50. When I went out front to use the BBQ last night for dinner I almost couldn't get it to light it was so windy. And I've never seen the big Ponderosa pines being shaken like that. Also heard a sound like rippling sheet metal, and will have to give the new steel roof the once over, too. After it stops raining I'll have to take a walk and see what else is down.

Seems to me it's a vicious circle. They create a park, put in parking lots and sanitary facilities, and that creates a maintenance burden. It also attracts more people, so more wear and tear. Then they put up welcome centers and camp grounds, requiring more maintenance and more money. In the big parks, there are also miles and miles of roads to be maintained. They spend millions building all that infrastructure, but forget about all the millions necessary to protect and maintain it. And we end up with something more like a circus attraction than a place to go and enjoy nature. All with entry fees so high young families need not apply.

Finally found time to dig into the documentation for the hot tub and put together a hand full of how to paragraphs I can follow to get it going again. It will be interesting to see how much power it takes to maintain vs how much it takes to get it up to a comfortable temperature.

I also went over the water bills from down south for the past few months. There are so many administrative fees applied to those bills that the less water I use, the higher the cost per gallon. So the rewards for conserving water are greatly reduced. It will also be interesting to compare the water use as determined by the water company vs what the new flow meter says. I had one bill for a little over 11,000 gallons, which seems like a whole lot of water for a place I'm living in less than half time. That dropped in half when I shut the lawn sprinklers off last month, but even that level seems high.

Then I started packing up the desk in the office, throwing out a lot of stuff I haven't touched since the last move, and filling more boxes, mostly with books and magazines. Looks like I'll run out of boxes before I run out of space in the trailer and van, so might have to switch over to moving more equipment instead.

Hope the weather hasn't been to hard on all of you, and that you can enjoy the rest of the weekend.

 

[wngsprd]

Wngsprd, I have Prestone Tester and a antifreeze refratometer. Did it quick with Prestone Tester. Looks like it’s low reading is -34°. Not -42°.

Thanks, Ron.
I ordered the tester. $8.36.

 

[sodamo]

Seems the GM thread is a little on edge of late.
It is cold here...need to get the stove going again. Today will be spent with all the girls.
Took this the other day and forgot to post. Nice work.
Hope all have a great day.View attachment 846604

Some people are so talented. Not me.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, my greenhouse is still a work not in progress. Slowly creeping up my todo list. It has produced 2 volunteer tomatoes, one very prolific, the other, not so much.

 

[sodamo]

We got them also here.
When we come across them well into ditch they will tell you had in 4WD,my reply 4WD only send you further off the road in these conditions and good chance won't help you get out.

Reminds me of just before I retired from Army in Falls Church, Va. had one of those storms when government declares partial shutdown, liberal leave rules. Called my boss to tell him I wasn’t coming in. He replied, “but you have 4 wheel drive” had to remind him it wasn’t my driving I was concerned about.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

-16F this morning, less wind though. Dog didn't stay out long. I don't know the term for this sunrise, but there is an extra light shaft poking up. More pronounced than the pic shows. Cool looking.
View attachment 846648

love looking at other peoples snow...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Shenandoah NP has no parking fees, but a steep entrance fee, especially for a young working family wanting to take their kids to the outdoors. Just this week, SNP instituted a new fee...limited to backpackers...used to be free to backcountry camp, now a $15 pass must be bought online for your trip...applies to AT thru-hikers, too.

that sucks, as does the SMNP parking fee. people need to complain loud to the NPS, not that it will do any good.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

my wife wants a greenhouse, while I want to downsize the garden. lol

I have a glycol refractometer, guess I should use it, but probably won't.

Very windy again today.

Good worship this morning, with a Baptism. My son was song leader so I did the streaming. Had a snow squall come up during service, snowed heavy for awhile, but after service it was all done, and after lunch, the sun was out and the roads dry already.
One cat asleep on the pellet stove, one in her bed in the basement, and snagglepuss came in and sleeping on my office chair.
supposed to snow monday night into tuesday, and thursday night into friday.

 

[Helogabals]

Good evening !

Just wanted to check in here that after rather exhausting roadtrip we are back home. At some episodes road was really mess. Not TX mess (tm), but real, Nordic mess

Anyway
Silver team

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And to help to put back GM thread on rails


That is our little (3x4 m) greenhouse. I was putting it together alone, so I used tractor as "third hand".
Pay attention on forks position. Turn them around to get another 1/2 meter height

GH is not so much practical necessity but like playground for kids. They are so exited for their own peas and radishes

And as you probably know - you have either good garden either dog. As we have dog ...
At least GH is place where he is banned

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Guys,
Got the dump run in at 10am, and then picked up some Duracell AA along with Zicam over the border in Ny ! Kathleen is not feeling great and neither am I for that matter!

I did get the other two end pieces rough shaped in on the first rocker seat ! After that I just cleaned up the shop and called it a day ! I would have liked to glue up the seat, but I’m not 100% sure the glue in my shop is good ! And I have too much work in this to use inferior glue ! Planning on taking the front legs back to Ct to turn the tapers when and if we get some warm weather, which right now doesnt look to promising!

Phil, beautiful job on your last two turnings ! The grain looks great with the color !

Wngsprd, thanks for your in-depth explanation on the National Park situation!

A couple of severe snow squalls up here on the mountain!

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Helo,
Great team picture !! Thanks for posting !

 

[PJSprog]

-4°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 6° today. Cold walk out to the chicken coop this morning. Even with the insulated Carhartt gloves, my fingers were very cold when I got back to the house. The wind was actually hurting my face.

We got nothing of the 3-6" of snow that the scaremongers were predicting all week. Blizzard conditions? Probably needed some snow for that, too. We've gotten a light dusting over the last two days total. Not even enough to cover anything. (sigh)

Looks like we'll remain below freezing for most of the next week or so, but we seem to be past the negative numbers nights now. Monday of next week we'll be back up in the 40s again ... more normal temps.

Hope everyone is well.

Good afternoon, gents.

 

[PJSprog]

Congrats, Helo!