Recent content by rswyan

78F and a mix of sun and clouds @ 11:45, heading up to around 83F for the day's high. Got one more arb planted and watered in yesterday afternoon. Took a break from arb planting to head inside and eat some 'kraut and sausage dumplings and wash the cat dishes out for The Woman. After that I...

Got another batch of iced tea brewing. Got plants on back shelves watered. Woman requested wood chips be placed behind the screened compost I dumped up at the shop … so 3 bucket loads there. (She didn’t want plant under the drip line or right next to the block) Brought down a bucket of...

77F and mostly sunny @ 12:00, heading up to around 82F for the day’s high. Refilled hopper and both tube feeders first thing yesterday, also scattered some seeds for the ground feeders. Two trips with the Cub and dump cart up to the cans at the road with garbage and recyclables. More...

76F and partly cloudy @ 12:00, heading up to around 81F for the day's high. Headed out first thing yesterday with the Sawzall to attempt to free that Hubbard Blue, Woman was working on a pie from the blueberries She had picked but took a break and followed me out to assist. Surgery was...

75F and sunny @ 13:00, calling for a high of 80F today. Slow getting rolling today, didn't get to sleep until after 03:00, got up early and then fell back asleep on the couch until around noon. Yesterday did end up being garden catch up day: Spent the first part of my time out there...

A very comfortable 65F and partly cloudy @ 11:00, heading up to around 77F for the day’s high. Got hopper and both tube feeders refilled first thing yesterday. Also both suet feeders, plus scattered some seed for the ground feeders. Hauled down 3 bucket loads of wood chips to mulch an edge of...

Will have to give that one a try … [emoji106] The Woman will be game I’m sure as She likes lemon. Me not so much … although Mom used to make a yellow cake with lemon frosting which I loved. Thanks !

71.2F and sunny with a strong breeze @ 11:15. Calling for a high of 78F for the day. Coffee tasting good. Some bill paying on the menu first thing today. Then probably have a look out in the garden and see what’s lurking out there. With all the rain we’ve been getting it’s been kind of...

67.1F and mostly cloudy @ 20:00, all the rain has moved off to the south. We ended up with around 1.5” total today. Got recruited into KP duty prepping the ingredients for ham and bean soup first thing. Once I got that in the crockpot and cooking, I started on prepping the summer squash for...

66.9F with steady rain @ 11:00, calling for a high of only 69F with more rain throughout the day. Severe Thunderstorm Alert issued last night around 01:00, not really much in the way of thunder or lightning, but did have a couple of periods of heavy rain lasting 10 - 15 minutes each. Gauge...

88F and "Fair"@ 12:00, mix of sun and clouds. DP 70F, HU 60%, "feels like" temp = 102F. Cold front due in tonight which should really cool things down and taking us into much cooler temps for the next week or so. Only calling for a high of 71F tomorrow - which is way below normal - with heavy...

70.7F and very damp @ 07:00, DP 70F, HU 98%. Dense Fog Warning issued … visibility down to 1/8 of a mile.. Heat Advisory still in effect through 20:00 today. Heat Index values up to 102F expected. Calling for an actual high temp of 90F. Calling for similar tomorrow. This year has set the...

70F, dark, and wet @ 20:30. Got the lawn down around the house all mowed before the rain arrived. Also drug another ash log up to the woodlot. Probably the heaviest one, was a bear since the sun was out, it was around 90F at the time, and chain kept coming off. Hauled down another bucket load...

84F and partly cloudy @ 12:00, calling for a high of around 89F for the day. DP 72F, HU 70%, "feels like" temp = 94F. Sunny skies this morning will give way to occasional showers this afternoon. Checked live trap first thing. Trap tripped, bait can overturned, nobody inside ... 🤬 Refilled...

Thanks guys.