Good morning!!!!

[CWB Wyo]

Not too cold this morning 28°. Yesterday was in the high 30's and partly cloudy. Today is going to be windy with a chance of snow showers and a high around 35°.

Not much going on here today.

LS ... That's a lot of snow for your part of the country. We only have about 16 inches on the flat here. I'll try my best to keep the door closed.

Hope everyone has a good Sunday.
CWB.

 

[lostcreekranch]

43° here this morning with very dense fog. Forecast is for 71°, partly cloudy, and calm winds.

Spent part of yesterday replacing a handful of outdoor floodlights. Our outdoor kitchen has four floodlights that are about 13' above the floor. Three of the four failed over the last week. All are 90 watt halogen bulbs, in recessed fixtures. The house and O/D kitchen were built almost ten years ago and these are original bulbs so ..... guess I got my money's worth? Decided, if I had to get up on 10' step ladder I'd go ahead and replace all four. I got some 120 watt equivalent LED flood light bulbs for another project but, decided to use them instead of a trip to town. As expected, mud daubers had made their nests in the fixtures over the years so a couple of the old bulbs were not easy to remove. I'm hoping the cooler operating LED floods will be less attractive to the wasps? Anyone have any experience with changing from incandescent to LED outdoors. More bugs or less bugs?

I checked my inventory and I've run through all the 90 watt halogen flood bulbs I had so ..... it all LED going forward. We've also got 5 sets of double flood light fixtures, around the house for security lights.

Kyle ...... I always took my John Deere Garden tractors and zero turns to dealer for the first 50 hour service because of how tight the factory installed filters always are. Same for both LS Tractors. I'm thinking factories must have 800# gorillas installing oil filters? "We don't need any stinkin' oil on the gaskets".

Everyone have a great Sunday!

Prayers to all.

 

[toppop52]

Rick, I replaced all the bulbs in my double fixtures around the house and garages with 90w equivalent dimable LEDs last year, no mud daubers or masons, in fact almost no bugs at all. Don’t have to clean those areas between house washings like I use to. I use dimables because mine are set to half power at dark, then go to full power when the beam is broken by movement.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

"LS seeing all that snow makes me really appreciate the clear skies and 72 ˚F weather today."----Don

Quit rubbing it in

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

LS, Has the new restaurant, up on Sandia, opened yet? Wife and I dined at the High Finance many time over the years. She is Sr. VP at a Houston Mortgage Company and they have a branch in ABQ.

The tramway ride, up Sandia, always offered great views at near sunset.

They have run into some snags... Both weather and material issues. The projected opening is late this summer / fall. There will be two restaurants when it reopens. One still called the "High Finance", and being a formal type dining area. The other will be more of a business casual atmosphere.

I can see it taking so long, they totally demolished the old and started the new building from scratch. Expensive proposition considering the very limited access to the site.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

Some of the recent comments about coyotes has made me wonder how widespread the news has been about the recent coyote attacks in Frisco, TX. There's been stories on Fox TV news and in The Dallas Morning News. Some people out jogging or out for a walk were attacked at different times by a coyote. Now this is in town; rather large town. After a woman was pretty severely injured in an attack, they haired a professional hunter and supposedly killed a coyote, thinking they got the right one. But since then, a person out walking a small dog had the dog attacked by a coyote and some pretty serious injuries, but the guy managed to drove the coyote off and save his little dog. Of course, all I know about it is what's been in the newspaper and on TV and I sure know how brief and inaccurate they can be.

Coyote killed a lady here in Nova Scotia and was stocking a 6 year old when the school bus just got there in time. This was about 5 years ago. Since then people out for a walk was able to ward off attacks with their walking stick. Coyote was never a problem but here in ns they cross bred with wolves or big dogs. Now they run in packs and they are not to be trusted. A coyote never use to run in packs but the cross breeding changed that.

 

[sodamo]

64 °F and no rain.

No big plans for the day. Watch some playoff football, play cards this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!

A 32ºF start to the day with light snow falling presently 34ºF with continued snow; all uplifted spillover Lake Effect snow from Lake Ontario. The ground is covered; hiding all the frozen rain from yesterday. This snow should end later today as a cold front moves in. The anticipated Monday-Tuesday storm will start as snow and end as rain. Midweek is unsettled as several “cooler” waves move through; probable snow showers. I may see a couple of inches in total accumulation.

“… Pattern change for weather winter no winter the guessers are up in the air best guess wait and see if it gets cold again for any length of time in the east”- Buppies The “numbers” are starting to reflect a cool down late January/early February, but nothing is set in stone. The weather models are still having difficulties with this weather pattern. Wishcasting and real time observation seem to be the SOP for the ProMets.

“…. hope your icy conditions recede. Drive careful to avoid the idiots.”- Kyle There was very little traffic roadside yesterday. When I see a highway department sander I know it’s bad; the town saves money not sanding here. The sander was out this AM due to icing. = I am staying put and try to conserve energy. I probably will run the box blade with scarifiers down to address the frozen driveway.


“… I'm gonna feel this tomorrow.”- Don Like lemmings “taking the swim”, and salmon’s spawning runs some people are hardwired to maintain behavior. . I hope your body forgives you.

“… Didn’t work”- David I believe that most attempts at controlling one animal with the introduction of another results in unanticipated consequences. Usually things get worse for other species.

“…. Glad you're retraining Brogen to stop his knee blocks, Jay. Until he's completely broken of them, though, can you try to land on him to break your fall?”- RNG That’s the plan as I roll him over…. 2 can play that game. I suspect that he was rarely walked on a leash; just dumped in the family’s fenced in yard. He’s getting there.

“… cross bred with wolves or big dogs. Now they run in packs and they are not to be trusted. A coyote never use to run in packs but the cross breeding changed that.”- gap. I saw a couple of TV specials on “coydogs” and as I understand things colds in the NE are genetically related to wolves. And I agree about the packing. Their howls are different too- they start off howling like a wolf and end sounding yipping like a coyote. I love to hear them, but knowing that they are near is cause for some concern.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! It was balmy out again this morning at 06:00---33 °F. Going up to 44 °. We should get some rain, depending on when it gets here. It was snowing this morning 120 miles NW of here.

Not doing much of anything today except puppy sitting / training. He wants to bite, chew, and eat everything! Including hands and pant legs. We're working on that. House breaking is actually going very well....so far.

There was a large vibration / rumble last evening.....startled us. Ended up a large sheet of snow about 12'x12' came sliding off the metal roof. One chunk is still up there, hanging out about 3', supported by a perpendicular roof. I tried using a shovel to knock it down, but no luck. It should come crashing down today with the higher temps.

Not wild mongooses, but I remember my kids having two ferrets as pets. Most hysterical moments when they would play / attack our 110# German Shepard. He was really good with other animals and took a lot of abuse from those ferrets. He would let them curl up with him and sleep.

Vet appointment first thing tomorrow to have a "puppy check". All should be good.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday! Prayers sent.

 

[jbrumberg]

Ted- Your location and elevation makes for "interesting" weather; for different reasons, and like NE if one does not like the weather wait....... Good luck with the puppy training. Good luck with the Vet.

We rescued a 90# female German Shepard from a deplorable home setting. The household had ferrets. She reportedly would carry them around in her house. One Winter a stoat/ermine in Winter coloration, looking for mice entered our house Our GS saw it and chased it through the downstairs knocking chairs and tables everywhere trying to pick it up. The stout ended up behind me in the easychair then bolted out the way it came in with the same response from our dog. The kitchen furniture was everywhere... The house is now somewhat more mammal resistant.

I miss that dog. One of the best dogs we ever had. All she really needed/wanted was an alpha male. She got her wish. Cancer got her far too early.