Good morning!!!!

[Tinhack]

Teens here too and I'm not liking it. But at least the snow is gone, and the wild animals will be able to find the feed I put on the ground. Yesterday, I had to chase a hog off so I could get to the bird feeders. He trotted off to the bush line and waited patiently while I filled the feeders and spread corn and sunflower seeds out. This isn't the one with the torn ear. This one is an old gray-haired hog with unusually long tail and legs.

My trail cams are all kaput, but I just got a window cam I'm going to try out. It sticks to the inside of the window and looks out. Except for the USB-C power cable, it's wireless and Wi-Fi enabled. I'l be able to monitor the feeding area on my phone. I've got to make a small shade for the lens somehow as the camera will be facing due south. Maybe soon, I'll be able to post pictures of this menagerie here.

 

[riptides]

Sounds like you are close to me. Going home now to refill the stove.

Maybe, we left Stafford some 20 years ago. In the southern end of Fauquier now.

 

[Thomas]

-4F clear sky day low teens for high,wood furnace purring like kitten.
Mrs. sent text at her office window outside -15F guess the cold settle in the valley over night

Outside chore done E muffin time. etc. for the Fisher plow

Plans for today... AM puttering in the basement,PM might stumble around outside or trip to town,try and purchase cleaning tool spray and grease clean plug ins for the Fisher plow Saturday...acting like bad connection now and than.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Thomas]

Hope all goes well for you Buppies.

 

[txdon]

Good Morning! At 12:30AM the winds shifted from the NE to the SE and the temps went up slightly. Now 24˚F and the high for today will be in the 50s with sunny skies. We will be above freezing at 10AM so the citrus can be pushed out of the garage for a few hours, it will still be below freezing for the next two nights.
All utilities are up and running.

Yesterday we ran the under the counter ice maker through it's cleaning cycle and I lit the fire places for the first time since we moved here. Two have to be lit like a hot water heater with a switch on the wall that changes the gas flow, the other one just litghts with an open flame and a swoosh. One of the fire places, the water heater type, did not come on and I will have to order a new pilot assembly or mess with the twenty year warranty and hope there is not an original owner clause.

Drew, no way I could make it to the hot tube without walking on ice yesterday. This afternoon when all the ice is melted the pool robots are scheduled to work after their 2 day holiday.

The Farm is open for the baby animal (feeding) festival and half of the 200,000 tulips are up and are expected to bloom February 17th. Glad my shift does not start till next month when this polar vortex goes back where it should be - making glaciers.

 

[Spike56]

Good Morning from Central Texas.
At 6:30, was 21 degrees. What little snow we had yesterday melted very quickly once the sun came out.
Last year, the USAF accepted delivery of a new helicopter to replace the Bell Huey UH-1N. The Boeing MH-139A "Grey Wolf" is intended for transport, search and rescue and security patrols (mainly of ICBM fields).
Range 225 nautical miles, max cruise speed 155mph with a ceiling listed at 20,000 feet. Typically outfitted with (2) M240 7.62 machine guns and can carry (9) combat equipped troops.

Hope all enjoy the day.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, -2 to start going to 20 ! Sun is out now and hopefully stays out ! Yesterday some clouds came in keeping temps down ! Tomorrow temps should rise to close to freezing, and it is a work day so that’s a sliver of good news !

It looks like we will make it up to Vermont
On Friday to check things out before we go to the Dominican for 10 days for some warm weather reprieve !

Looks like another day on Kathleen’s treadmill in place of my 3 mile walk !

Did watch some instructional video on my sculptured rocking chair project, may get a little time out in the shop on Saturday but I’m sure it will be a couple hours to warm things up out there to be able to work !

Hope all have a good day !

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Still -8 and sun starting to shine. 64° in the room with pellet stove running.
Analog thermometer on porch says about -10, so I’ll believe the weather station.
If sitting in front of stove, my front is warm, back is cold. Can just feel the cold from the windows.

 

[LouNY]

-9° set a new low. Wow, didn’t expect that. Need to check how old fashion thermometer compares.

This has been a very cold January. Temps are below the geo system design temps. Bin data does not go negative for this area. The water loops are gaining very little temperature with this extended cold, and with snow on, keeping ground temps down.

Interesting, when we don't have a good snow cover the frost goes much deeper into the ground. Were the ground is blown clear of snow the frost will penetrate quite deeply when it's cold. But 10-12 inches of snow cover and the ground warmth will pull all the frost out of the ground and it will be thawed under the snow.
Back when we got more snow fall it was interesting (at times) spreading manure in the winter, using the wind blown ares in a field to get out up towards the higher areas of a field and spreading going downhill through the deeper snow as any spinning in the deeper snow and you'd spin down into muddy thawed ground till late in the winter.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 5 going up to 21 and partly cloudy.
Not much done yesterday after work.
Dog is even starting to notice the cold, but still buries her head in the snow at every turn.

Spike - I hope this Boeing Copter was not out sourced like their Jets.

Can't believe we are warmer than many of those south of us.
Stay warm and be careful out there.

Be well,