Author Topic: Good Morning Post (Read 157346 times)

Walt B · « **Reply #240 on:** January 30, 2014, 11:41:59 am »

A late good morning to all.

Supposed to be a bit warmer today (60F), but hasn't made it. New printer arrived so I'll install it. Tomorrow supposed to be in the 70's, so I'll repair the roof shingles damaged by recent winds.

Walt

riverbee · « **Reply #241 on:** January 31, 2014, 11:29:25 am »

good morning, we have about 8" of snow on the ground from yesterday's storm and it's minus 17 f here. the snowblower, the shovels, the ice choppers are all getting a work out......including me....

i was telling perry and g3 last night that i had gone to the liquor store after all my hard work, and saw a bottle of whiskey on the shelf named 'CABIN FEVER', i almost bought it but didn't. didn't really think it would help me out......or maybe it would have?.........

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #242 on:** January 31, 2014, 11:34:22 am »

LOL Mrs River.. Might have helped, depends on how much you drank!!!

Winter looks to be getting back to normal here.. MAYBE... we shall see.. 10 - 20 deg F is normal this time of year so I wont complain about that. If its 20 I can work outside just fine. Its the -50 wind chill I couldnt take.. Those temps kept up I would have to take the limit off the Captain Black I allow myself to drink.. and that.. would not be pretty!

Walt B · « **Reply #243 on:** January 31, 2014, 12:23:09 pm »

Good late morning all.

Temperature is now in the mid-60's. Supposed to top out in the mid-70's today and tomorrow, with a slight chance of rain tomorrow. If it happens, it will be welcome. We've only had about 0.75" of rain in January (average is a little over 2.5").

Well, I'm off to replace/repair some roof shingles that were damaged by our winds.

Walt

Walt B · « **Reply #244 on:** February 04, 2014, 12:04:20 pm »

Another late good morning all.

Had some winds and the shingles held...all is good.

High is said to be in the 60's today, so I'll give the girls some more syrup.

Tomorrow the high is expected to be low 40's so we decided to take the day off and go to the Kimball Art Museum in Fort Worth to see a Picasso and Matisse exhibit from the Art Institute of Chicago. They also have a new building that opened in November, housing some of the permanent collection.

Walt

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #245 on:** February 04, 2014, 06:26:37 pm »

Hope you had a good time Walt!!!

It was a cold morning here, but quickly warmed up to near tropical temps at 20 deg F.. Almost able to wear shorts and flip flops again!!!
The snow is coming down, and the wind is starting to blow.. I think this area might be a bit messy tomorrow morning. I'll have to get up early and knock down the drifts so the wife can get out to the main roads. Till then I'm staying in the house where its warm!

Walt B · « **Reply #246 on:** February 05, 2014, 04:49:41 pm »

Good afternoon all. Just got back from getting me some "culture". It was a nice art exhibit at the Kimbell and we had a very nice lunch.

One thing...on the drive to Fort Worth there was a sign that read, "Various Lanes Closed".

Yep, guess the highway department wanted to put a little excitement into the drivers' lives.

I was thinking they should have added "Let the Games Begin".

Didn't find any closed lanes.

Walt

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #247 on:** February 05, 2014, 06:39:22 pm »

heh, glad you had a good time and an exciting drive watching for closed lanes.

Snowed here, we only got about 8 inches, but the wind keeps piling it up. I plowed so the wife could get out this morning. Went in to town and plowed out the shop and the store, shoveled the walks etc, came back home and the road was already drifted closed. Plowed it out again, filled the wood stove, came in the house and took a shower, and got a call from the neighbor to come pull her out.. yeah, the road was drifted closed again.. Going to be a few interesting days while this snow blows about.

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #248 on:** February 06, 2014, 08:44:31 am »

Good Grief its cold out there! Now theres drifts to contend with as well and apparently more snow on the way.. Winters like this make me wish I had gone south LONG ago.. Advanced Bee Classes tonight.. Looking forward to that. Yall stay warm and safe!

brooksbeefarm · « **Reply #249 on:** February 06, 2014, 09:28:58 am »

Careful what you wish for Lazy, i'm south of you and the temp. is 2 F and wind chill of -15 F. They are saying? we may see 36 F this next Saturday.

Jack

Walt B · « **Reply #250 on:** February 06, 2014, 09:52:33 am »

Good morning all. It was 22F this morning. Folks on the news said that we set a record. On average we have 33 days a winter that the temperature drops to freezing or lower. The record was in 1909 where there were 51 days at or below freezing. This winter we have had 52 days, and they predict below freezing temps at night for the rest of the week.

I feel kind of honored that I was here to witness the record.

Walt

Perry · « **Reply #251 on:** February 06, 2014, 10:23:41 am »

Just imagine how "honored" you'd feel up here!

Walt B · « **Reply #252 on:** February 06, 2014, 11:26:25 am »

Perry, Been there (upstate New York) and done that. That's why I'm in the deep South.

Did bring a snow shovel with me and it has worked out well for building raised garden beds. Haven't had the need to use it for the "white stuff".

Walt

rodmaker · « **Reply #253 on:** February 06, 2014, 11:43:10 am »

Good mourning We are finally getting a little rain here in Ca winter trying to set in again . All my bees are in full build up after 70 degree temps in jan. now we have rain and hard freeze warnings hope there are enough bees to keep the brood warm. Weather can't make up its mind this year.

riverbee · « **Reply #254 on:** February 06, 2014, 11:55:49 am »

we are all getting cabin fever something fierce up here, and the hillbilly's have been way too quiet........sorta scary........

anyway, was chatting with jb in the chat box last night. amazing what we are finding to do to entertain ourselves with all the snow and continuing freezing temps......one of my other neighbors took out his potato gun, and we were shooting ice balls out of the thing. snow balls don't work very well, but the ice balls sure fly quite the distance....

apisbees · « **Reply #255 on:** February 06, 2014, 01:13:45 pm »

Getting our 2nd week of cold weather this winter -20 C -4 F will warm up to -8 C 18 F hefted the hives and ons single was extreamly light so moved it into the basement and will put feed jar on it.

riverbee · « **Reply #256 on:** February 06, 2014, 05:12:40 pm »

well, it's not morning anymore, but just had to poke a little fun on walt,

"Did bring a snow shovel with me and it has worked out well for building raised garden beds. Haven't had the need to use it for the "white stuff". "

i see you also took that snowblower with you when you moved down south and put it to good use......hope you don't have to use that thing.......

Walt B · « **Reply #257 on:** February 06, 2014, 07:11:24 pm »

Showed the photo to my wife...now she's sorry we didn't have a snowblower to bring with us.

Walt

Slowmodem · « **Reply #258 on:** February 06, 2014, 09:02:14 pm »

Quote from: Walt B on February 06, 2014, 11:26:25 am

Perry, Been there (upstate New York) and done that. That's why I'm in the deep South.

Down here, we kind of think of that as "out west".

LazyBkpr · « **Reply #259 on:** February 09, 2014, 09:05:43 am »

Hey it quit snowing!!!
The weather update is showing 30's after Wednesday!!!! Happy Dance!

How sad is it that I am excited its going to be in the 30's?