Good Afternoon
CCCOLD is our watchword here..it got all the way up to 8F . And dull as well.
Doing some last minute things here for work which means that I'm doing a bunch of small dibbly stuff...great stuff if you need it..which I wish others did not need but there you go...
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At least two schools in the area closed due to the wind chill today. Currently showing -10F here at the house, and yes, that's cold, and it's not the wind chill. On the other hand, we don't see as many -30F days as we used to.
Nice and sunny, though. The usual snow belt got lots of snow: Pulaski received about 25 inches, Redfield about 15 inches and Bennett Bridge got about 32 inches. I-81 was a nightmare all day through the belt.
Still getting ready for Springfield.
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good morning
breakfast is ready.Matt is ready for school.Work is busy busy.Time for bed.
stay safe
Joe
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Currently 20 degrees here in Shepherdsville, at 2:21 p.m. At 6 a.m., our temp was somewhere in the mid teens, and the wind chill was -1 outside. Most schools in Southern Indiana were on 2 hr. delay, but Jefferson & Bullitt Counties were on regular schedule.
Mookie, funny you should mention pork roast: that is what I've fixed for our meal this afternoon & tonight here in the Cafe. (Here at home, think we will be having sloppy joes.)
Everyone have a good afternoon, keep warm & safe and take care. See you all later.
Here in north Jersey it is 23 degrees at noon, the coldest day this winter.
Supposed to be cold here all week. Sure was bitter this morning when I walked down to check the mail.
At least the sun is out. And the lake effect moved south. Several schools were closed this AM due to the snow, and there have been accumulations of a foot in Oswego County overnight.
Getting stuff ready for the big train show in Springfield, MA this coming weekend. If anyone is going to be there, stop in and say hi!
Mookie I have a pork loin roast in the oven - so not terribly blue here. In fact, more like smell good Monday.
I have a pork loin roast in the oven - so not terribly blue here. In fact, more like smell good Monday.
Jen.....That pork loin roast sounds very good....Local Family Restaurant prepares that on weekends here and I consider it to be their best meal of the week. Pork / stuffing and one side, hmmm, good.
Quentin
Sun and clouds this morning....but we did get rid of yesterday's wind. Coldest morning of the season here so far....5 degrees. no snow on the ground. Just a "skiff" of it yesterday. Had snow flurries and next 5 min. the sun would be shining. Acted like March, except the temp...which stayed below 19 all day with wind, and by evening, it was going down, and late last night it was 10. Perhaps one more cold day, and then I believe a bit of temp relief...Note out in the west temps are moderate.
Saw a report on the weather channel last night of forecasting warmer / much warmer, this area for March and April...Sounds good.
Good Morning
Kinda cool out here...only -1F with a windchill of -14F....nowhere near CNCharlies cccold temperatures....hence we is just cool....
Supposed to get to 4F later on..with windchill of -8F....
I'm going to be doing some work from home today. Just as well, considering the cool temperature here.....
Oh well...have a good day peeps!!!
BRRRR outside.some schools are delayed and a few are closed here in Nw Ohio.Breakfast is ready.Juice and coffee are ready.Hot chocolate is ready too.time for bed.
afternoon
Matt is enjoying his day off from school.Cw thanks for supper.work calls so I must go.
joe
MookieToday is considered "blue Monday", the most depressing day of the year.
It is true that we are in the depths of winter. But on a cold winter's day what could be better than roast pork with potatoes and winter vegetables? And remember:
"If winter comes can spring be far behind?"
--Percy Bysshe Shelly
Today is considered "blue Monday", the most depressing day of the year. Maybe because black Friday caught up with the Visa card?
Wonder what color tomorrow will be....?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
Tree: Your chickadee sounds a little different from what I am hearing. I can hear a distinct "chickadee-dee-dee" Maybe it is a midwest accent? Or just a fast-talking New Yawker?
I will try the chair and birdseed. I have visions of a squirrel in the lap long before I get the bird in the hand!!
I will let you know who shows up and which one of us runs in terror!
Mookie Tree - we have what I think are chickadees, but I never see them. They are pretty fast, but I hear "chickadee,dee,dee" - is this the way they sound? (I know, duh me, but if they aren't in a tree somewhere, they are eating the seed and I never connect the two.)
Tree - we have what I think are chickadees, but I never see them. They are pretty fast, but I hear "chickadee,dee,dee" - is this the way they sound? (I know, duh me, but if they aren't in a tree somewhere, they are eating the seed and I never connect the two.)
Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW4xXbiKCPo
Chickadees tend to "hit and run," grabbing seed from the feeder then going elsewhere to crack it open (at least with the sunflower seeds I feed with). Other species tend to sit right on the feeder and eat their fill, or at least until someone scares them off.
If the weather is decent and the birds are feeding, try this - sit down on a chair near the feeder with one hand extended (or resting on the arm if the chair is so equipped), palm up, with a handful of seed. It's most fun if you have a bare hand, so you can feel them.
Odds are it won't be terribly long before you have a curious visitor or two, and very possibly you'll have them literally eating out of your hand. You just can't get excited - calm and peaceful is the watchword.
I read once of a fellow with whom the chicadees got so accustomed that he could have them on his hand moments after holding it out. A visitor wanted to try it, but had no luck until she put on the fellow's coat and hat, which he always wore when he was filling the feeders, etc. That worked the magic.
I always "talk" to them while I'm filling the feeders, so they're used to my voice. While there's no confusing my "chicka-dee-dee-dee" with theirs, sometimes I think I'm getting answers...
CW - we have a robin that winters here in our backyard. He has food and - this morning - a warm bath. I dumped the ice and put in really hot water. A few hours later, the pool was empty and I know it was him because he looked in our upstairs window before he dove into the pool. It was empty when I got back downstairs and I half expected to see a tiny bar of soap.
So I got to put out more!
great time in Indy yesterday.Did find some more spots to look for trains too.Cw thanks for dinner today.Back to work tonight.Going to need extra fur this week.ma nature is bringing on the BRRRRR.
Good Sunday morning all. Nice, beautiful sunshine, but slowly getting cooler outside. Started out with 42 degrees this morning, and now somewhere in the mid to upper 30s.
Speaking of birds: was talking with one of my lady friends from Church yesterday afternoon. She had had to go to the library for tax forms (was having trouble getting them printed out at home on her computer/printer), and saw one of her neighbors sitting out on the front steps of their apartment complex. The lady told her that she'd seen a robin earlier, so, as far as she's concerned, our winter weather is over. I'm wondering if she didn't confuse it with Larry's red breasted grosbeak. All I've seen here at my brother's are black birds and a couple of blue jays. No robins are cardinals.
Got my laundry caught up on yesterday, so can relax and enjoy the nice, quiet Sunday we're having. Brother is sleeping, sil in kitchen, looking at the coupons from the Sunday paper, and the girls are at their Mommy's until sometime tomorrow. We love them to pieces, but the peace and quiet is wonderful, also.
Have roast, taters and carrots going on the stove, along with a pot of green beans, have fixed slaw and fresh salad for Sunday Dinner, along with fresh baked rolls & cornbread, and for dessert, fresh from the oven oatmeal cookies.
Everyone have a beautiful afternoon, take care, keep safe and see you all later.
Sunshine and cold...24 this morning....Guess this starts our couple very cold days until about Wed....No snow here. Has been rather mild.
So, we're continuing to eat away at Winter. Spring not visible yet, we're gaining on it though....
We did have strong winds yesterday, but seems to be mostly calm here this morning.
Now, time to get ready for church....then off to our local Family Restaurant for the Sunday meal.
Wish a good week for all posters here.....
Windy is the word for today...west to northwest at upwards of 60 mph...and cccold...
Today we have family coming down a little later to join us for brunch...and a day of R and R...and I'm up at this hour because we are having mighty roaring winds that took a few things out..namely garbage cans/lids, tree limbs and what all else
Have a good one!!
The birds I have here are a hungry bunch - I can go through a bag (40 lbs) of black oil sunflower in less than a week when it's cold and there's snowcover.
I do think I slowed that down a bit by making a couple of minor modifications in my two home-made feeders (one is actually kinda nice - the other is just a platform with a tin roof over it).
My biggest problem was the bluejays. They have a tendency to knock a lot of seed onto the ground in the first place (fussy, fussy - gotta find just the right seeds). A small lip on the front of the feeder seems to have slowed their spillage down a bit.
When the crowd is here, I can see upwards of 100 birds of all sorts all at the same time here - redpolls, sparrows, chickadees, nuthatches, juncos, goldfinches, mourning doves, cardinals, and jays are the most frquent. I've had grosbeaks and rose-breasted grosbeaks, scarlett finches, even a young red-tailed hawk one time (not looking for sunflower seed, though...).
In general, they spook pretty easily, though. One moment they're there, and the next moment they're gone.
I do enjoy watching them, though, and I think the chickadees (which tend to be more social with humans anyhow) are getting to know who I am when I go out to refill the feeders.
Johnny: squirrels and birds will provide more entertainment than tv - (that's not saying much, I know)
Mookie Cardinals always remind me of a loving couple. We have one pair that seems to live around here and always nest really close. If she eats, he stands guard close by. I am waiting for one of them to smack a squirrel since they all like the sunflower seeds!
Cardinals always remind me of a loving couple. We have one pair that seems to live around here and always nest really close. If she eats, he stands guard close by.
I am waiting for one of them to smack a squirrel since they all like the sunflower seeds!
More books to sort and pack.
Johnny
We are in for a mild day today...temperature going up to 40F!! Yay!! Heatwave!! Tropical Heatwave!! But with showers...not so yay...more like...sigh.
Around here we have yet to see much snow...it has been a relatively dry January so far here...even with the showers there has been little of that even...
Today I need to get more groceries into mine manse and also get some more pink stuff well...tomorrow will be my day for train room ...that is..if HD list does not show up...
breakfast is ready.going to pick up Grandpa and going to see our family friend in Indianapolis.Time to get ready to go.
evening
well saw new power in defiance put to work.The ND&W was doing a maitenance blitz on the yard tracks and main here in Defiance.All three of the engines were hooked onto cars.Saw the csx y101 work omni,sandrige plastics and the siding for the ND&W.Q 380 had some commuter cars tacked on the end too.About time for bed.Early start tomorrow.Modelcar we'll be coming through your area.
Randy Stahl I was out in Huron shopping for locomotives, I'm on my return leg to Maine..
I was out in Huron shopping for locomotives, I'm on my return leg to Maine..
Gives "clean-up on aisle 5" a new meaning....
It's now snowing here.
I was working in the kitchen around sunset and was treated to three cardinal pairs at the feeder. Nice.
Randy Stahl I was out in Huron shopping for locomotives, I'm on my return leg to Maine.. Randy
Randy
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