I'd rather listen to a loon in the morning than a great blue heron. As graceful as they are, their call is downright obnoxious...
I'd like to put a microphone near the feeders, so I could hear the "busy talk" of the birds. I can recognize the nuthatches, and obviously the chickadees, but everthing else is just "cheep, cheep, cheep..."
Larry Resident Microferroequinologist (at least at my house) Everyone goes home; Safety begins with you My Opinion. Standard Disclaimers Apply. No Expiration Date Come ride the rails with me! There's one thing about humility - the moment you think you've got it, you've lost it...
Prefer cardinals myself, the only loons around here arn't birds!
Tim
Rikers Yard Prefer cardinals myself, the only loons around here arn't birds! Tim
Speaking of cardinals (the birds, that is), I had five pair at the feeder tonight. Did a double take, for sure. Two or three pair is the norm here.
evening
mom got her shopping done. we saw a few trains around Toledo. Saw an NS unit bring a train into Stanley Yard(which is csx).Tomorrow it's Church and Sunday school.
stay safe
Joe
Deshler Ohio-crossroads of the B&O Matt eats your fries.YUM! Clinton st viaduct undefeated against too tall trucks!!!(voted to be called the "Clinton St. can opener").
Send your excess to Denver. Except for Red-winged blackbirds, that color is largely missing here.
Haven't seen any cardinals yet, but hear them about daybreak. Saw my first robin today, he was hopping around in the snow, looking a bit confused!
Someone mentioned on another forum I'm on that the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are supposed to be pretty spectacular Sunday night, and visible down into the middle part of the country. Could be interesting!
tree68 Someone mentioned on another forum I'm on that the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are supposed to be pretty spectacular Sunday night, and visible down into the middle part of the country. Could be interesting!
For those of you with an interest in Astronomy, here is a link to a science/astronomy blog that I visit every day (the link goes directly to the post regarding the CME).
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/03/16/solar_storm_moderate_space_weather_event_headed_for_earth.html
Good Morning
Snowy..as per usual here..when will Spring come?
Another train day for moi...no HD list showed up!!...yes!!
Around here we are lucky to see anything in the skies...except clouds...
Our backyard, right now, has Robins, Cardinals, some White-throated sparrows and a few assorted other ones' I've yet to identify.
Have a good'un
Any argument carried far enough will end up in Semantics--Hartz's law of rhetoric Emerald. Leemer and Southern The route of the Sceptre Express Barry
I just started my blog site...more stuff to come...
http://modeltrainswithmusic.blogspot.ca/
morning
happy St.Patricks Day.This afternoon the Sunday School has a Ymca day.Back to work tonight.
joe
Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone!! Came in early this morning, and decorated for the day, and I've got a late breakfast on the warmer bar. Also have corned beef, cabbage, Irish stew on for tonight. Will mix up/bake the cornbread just before serving.
Allie's birthday party went well. Lay down for about an hour after we got home, but guess I was too tired: couldn't go to sleep. But she had a great time and loved all her presents, and her "Snow White" cake, which was just a white cake w/white icing from the deli/bakery. She and Allie will be back home sometime this afternoon/early evening.
Everyone have a good day, take care, keep safe, and don't be drinking too much of the green beer today. Personally, I won't be drinking anything alcoholic.
Four hundred and fifty halves of chicken, gone by 12:45.
Unfortunately, about 25 people were left standing in line as we ran out. I really hate to see that, especially because it's the second time it's happened. maybe we'll get back up to 500 next barbeque.
I'm pooped. Time for a nap.
The corned beef, cabbage, Irish stew and cornbread are ready to eat, and on the warmer bar. Dessert: Shamrock milk shakes.
Still raining lightly outside, cause I'm here in the living room, and I can glance out the dining room window and see it coming down. Time for a NAP.
Good Evening...
We actually got some sun this afternoon....
Not much doings on the RR front..got a few new buildings put together and that was about it...spent the afternoon in the studio recording a few things as well...
Have a good evenin'..
zardoz tree68 Someone mentioned on another forum I'm on that the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) are supposed to be pretty spectacular Sunday night, and visible down into the middle part of the country. Could be interesting! A fair-sized CME (coronal mass ejection) was launched on 3/15, it's path is towards Earth, and it might intersect with the comet; this will be the source for the particles that will light up the aurora. For those of you with an interest in Astronomy, here is a link to a science/astronomy blog that I visit every day (the link goes directly to the post regarding the CME). http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/03/16/solar_storm_moderate_space_weather_event_headed_for_earth.html
Johnny
matt is delayed.very icy outside.some schools are closing now.time for bed.work will be calling later today.need to work on my brackets too.NS was very busy last night.
Dull and drab today..have about 1-2" more snow to fall this afternoon...again...sigh....
mmmm...seems Church stuff is the name of the game around here...two committee meetings and a budget thing to attend to here then off to the mall to try and get in some mall walking...maybe work in little time for the trains as well...
Have a good one!!
Nice and sunny, if cold, here right now, but Joe has been kind enough to send us his weather for tonight and tomorrow.
Busy week ahead. Meetings three nights, then an outdoor show this weekend that I think I'm covering by myself.
Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day," is the song for the day. We got rain all day yesterday, all night, and still coming down in buckets. Whomever has some extra sunshine, please send it our way. Some places up around Louisville and north-northeast yesterday got some rather large snowflakes mixed in with the rain. All Carolyn & I saw here was rain, rain and more rain, along with some thunder/lightning. Heard some thunder around 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. this morning.
Everyone have a good day, take care and talk with you all later.
Matt ended up closing today.The Circus train is coming to through Deshler tonight.I think it's going to Washington D.C. If it is it will fit right in.Work is calling.Thanks for supper.
cherokee woman Rain, rain, go away, come again some other day," is the song for the day. We got rain all day yesterday, all night, and still coming down in buckets. Whomever has some extra sunshine, please send it our way. Some places up around Louisville and north-northeast yesterday got some rather large snowflakes mixed in with the rain. All Carolyn & I saw here was rain, rain and more rain, along with some thunder/lightning. Heard some thunder around 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. this morning. Everyone have a good day, take care and talk with you all later.
brrrrrrr.tomorrow starts spring??? breakfast is ready.time for bed.chores and errands later.Tomorrow is mammas big number day.Better get going.
Welcome to another dull drab day here...we saw a tiny little bit of rain/snow/sleet...and a bit of wind..that was it for the big huge blizzard that our weatherguessers had pegged for us...hah!!
Today is a day for indoor stuff though...raw easterly winds are no fun when the temperature sits around the freezing mark
Have a good day!!
Gotta love northern NY - yesterday it was sunny (if cold) with just a few residual spots of snow around. This morning I wake up to this:
Time to fire up the snowblower - probably for the last time this year.
Note to self - fill suet feeders.
Tree - was going to tell you that you had snow - guess you got the memo before I did! Re: your "snow" collectors - that's about a 45 min job! - Hope you got an Xmas card from your feathered friends.
Mud - don't suppose this will melt and run backward to Colorado/Nebraska?
She who has no signature! cinscocom-tmw
We woke up this morning to temps in the low 30s, but with a wind chill, it felt like mid 20s temps. Now, this afternoon, we have beautiful sunshine, but the wind picks up every so often, and howls at us. Tomorrow, we could see a few snow flurries; hopefully, the flurries won't give us what Tree got last night/this morning. Our high temps for about the next week, are to be in the low to mid 40s.
Everyone take care, have a good afternoon/evening, and see you all whenever I can get back in.
Mookie Tree - was going to tell you that you had snow - guess you got the memo before I did! Re: your "snow" collectors - that's about a 45 min job! - Hope you got an Xmas card from your feathered friends.
Not putting snowblower away yet - still more white stuff threatened. Interesting trip to Syracuse - plenty of snow, but roads were good. During lunch about 3/4 inch of it fell, covering the truck....
Tree - your thought on humility - maybe you didn't lose it. Maybe it fell on the floor! That seems to be where everything goes lately!
Moo....
mamma was surprised this morning.going to be a good birthday for her.well they say spring and it's brrr outside.Possible snowstorm next week??? NS had signals lit for a train but didn't see anything when I left work.going to go get breakfast.
Sunshine but....CCCOLD!!!...20F feeling like 5F out here.....
Got some runnin' 'roun' doin' stuff to do here...CYLR!!!!
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