Texas Fall/Winter thread!

[Buppies]

Because the open flames bring extra moisture into the home that will ruin the particle board.

I also can't believe how dry we have been. My new ponds have about 3' or slightly more water in them. Trees are dying where the tops meet the trunks and snap off in the wind. Yesterday, my wife and I took a ride around the place, and there is lot's of dead-fall that needs cleaning up everywhere along the trails in the woods. I told her we should name our lake "Sadness" because it looks so bleak. I still cannot launch a boat from my shoreline because the water is too shallow. There are sandbars full of deer tracks where they walk out on them to drink. There's a swampy area of about 3 acres across the little seasonal creek that is full of dying willows because there is just no water for them. The willows have fallen over and are full of vines, Virginia Creeper, poison Ivy, and trumpet vines. I think most of the trumpet vines died this last year because I didn't see many blooms along the creek as is normal.

So, it's not just the ponds and lake that suffer, but also the woods and swampy areas along with the wildlife that depends on the plants and undergrowth (hogs excepted, of course ).

From what I see Jim your water issues should improve by late spring as moisture from the Pacific should start entering lower California then dip down on its way east

 

[robbyr]

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Trying again Jinman

 

[Lou66]

Here Jim,, Even when it looks bad, It may be good..

As I walked along a creek bank, that flowed, is now dry and empty,,
Dead leaves and fallen trees from lack of moisture,,
Has naturel forgotten this part of the world,,
The deer, the bees and fox are gone, nothing for them forge upon,,
I stop and set upon a large stone,, That once split the flow of water that's gone,,
I look down at the rocks below,, there is something shining,, Could that be gold?
I jump down and start to dig,, it is gold there is more than I can carry..
I will come back after dark when no one can see,,
Then screw this place,, I am out of here,, just like the deer, fox and bee.. Lou

smile people,, it's what we make of life, not what life makes of us.. Lou

 

[txdon]

Western, we returned from the health conference with information from the cardiologist and also from the nutritionalist that spoke. PM me if you want any info, including the test that determines if one does not have heart disease. He also spoke about stress, and heart procedures - not what I thought. . . .

Oh, I also found out they actually have longevity studies on plant based diets and I found out how much longer one lives. . . again not what I thought.

I'm always tweaking my diet and I found that there are some improvements that can be made.

Got some gasoline and heading out to mow some of the dead broom weeds to give more sunlight to the spring flowers.

robbyr link still does not work. ??

 

[Western]

Don, PM sent. Appreciate the info!!

Having abused my body for 30 years, I see a "change -a-coming" and hopefully one I can believe in:laughing: Went ahead and scheduled a stress test and general heart exam, hope my "new" insurance doesn't leave me out in the cold!

Now got to go re-drain the water lines to the yard, errrg, another hard freeze tomorrow night.

 

[jinman]

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Trying again Jinman

Dang! Still can't see it. TBN is saying it's an invalid attachment.:confused3:

 

[jinman]

Here Jim,, Even when it looks bad, It may be good..

As I walked along a creek bank, that flowed, is now dry and empty,,
Dead leaves and fallen trees from lack of moisture,,
Has naturel forgotten this part of the world,,
The deer, the bees and fox are gone, nothing for them forge upon,,
I stop and set upon a large stone,, That once split the flow of water that's gone,,
I look down at the rocks below,, there is something shining,, Could that be gold?
I jump down and start to dig,, it is gold there is more than I can carry..
I will come back after dark when no one can see,,
Then screw this place,, I am out of here,, just like the deer, fox and bee.. Lou

smile people,, it's what we make of life, not what life makes of us.. Lou

Thanks Lou, the "gold nugget" here is my neighbors. I have good and bad ones, but the good ones far outweigh the bad ones. Also, living on a dead-end road is a treasure in itself. I am not "out of here" anytime soon.

 

[jinman]

From what I see Jim your water issues should improve by late spring as moisture from the Pacific should start entering lower California then dip down on its way east

Thanks, that's the normal spring pattern of things with our weather coming from the west-northwest. When the cool air meets up with warm, moist air coming up from the Gulf, we have some exciting times. If we are lucky, a tropical wave moves up off the Gulf and gives us days and days of showers. We need several 3" to 5" rains to put our reservoirs right.

 

[Buppies]

Thanks, that's the normal spring pattern of things with our weather coming from the west-northwest. When the cool air meets up with warm, moist air coming up from the Gulf, we have some exciting times. If we are lucky, a tropical wave moves up off the Gulf and gives us days and days of showers. We need several 3" to 5" rains to put our reservoirs right.

There is a mild ElNino getting ready to start in the spring and if something called the MJO gets into phases 7-8-1 then wet weather will come hopefully for you soon

 

[Western]

Any body have luck growing missed onions? I apparently left some in the ground and now they are growing like crazy. Picked a couple and the outside is slimy, which I can remove, but they look more like leeks :confused3: Fixing to hook the tiller up and go to town on the garden a few times.

Buppies, I is funny you mention El Nino, the past couple of years they have been blaming it for part of our drought? Northern states been getting the rain. I remember we got more rain in the Rockies during the El Nino events though.