LOL scott.....it's true!
good evening everyone~
it is frigid, frigid, frigid here. yesterday was worse, today not so frigid, and it's only november here. we don't get these kinds of temps until late december and january. it simply amazes me, year after year, how the bees manage to survive, at the minimum, 4 months of temps that are barely above 0, and much below 0.
honey bees are incredible insects. i stuck my ear to the hive today, barely a low hum, but i know they are doing alright. especially after my escapade last weekend with lifting the outer cover off to shove insulation underneath and the inner cover came off with it......
anyone get the sniffles or the first cold of the season? i managed to.
have been going to the ymca everyday now since the weather turned. i met a lady who moved up here about 3 years ago from north carolina. husband was transferred here for work. she spyed my waterproof, insulated leather goretex boots and said..."
hey, nice boots!" well, these boots aren't exactly pretty. we struck up a conversation about the 'weather shock' moving up here........LOL! layering, what is that? winter jacket, what is that? snow boots, what is that? snowblower, snow shovels, ice chippers, roof rakes, some jury rigged contraption to brush snow off a dish satellite......what is that?!........
us seasoned northerners have an arsenal of winter tools.......right perry?!........well perry has his wife..........
i asked her how she liked our fine weather about now, and if she and her family had adjusted. in a very colorful descriptive southern accent she described her sentiments about midwest weather.........
............LOL!!!..........
gun deer season starts saturday, and goes for one week, it just gets crazy. my hunter and his brother will be here. i think we have finally chased off the rogue hunters shooting off the road, but with the weather forecast, those two boys will be freezing their behinds off, and coming to the house quite frequently to warm up and drink beer, which will make them have to pee, so not sure how much hunting they will get done..........
speaking of the ymca......gotta love cheech marin: (dave blueblood.....do you do this when you have to direct traffic?!..........
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