White and hot
3/6/06 6:26 am.
29º F., Snowing, NNE Wind 5 mph.
Good morning,
After a couple of warm days, the snow is back - but it is still warm. Most of the roads in the state are less then desirable to drive on. The central part of the state is getting most of the snow, with 4-5" in many areas. Have not seen any school closing or delays though. We have a bit over an inch on the ground now and it is still coming. Snow should keep up until about noon.
The snow we got on Wednesday night had a layer of ice under it and a crust on top of it, thanx to the warm weather. I didn't move the van at all, until Friday and there was a pretty good layer of ice on the windshield under the snow. I got lazier than usual, sweeping off the snow and then moving the van into the sun, letting the heat generated inside to melt the ice. Worked pretty good too. There still was a layer of ice on the top of the van when we came home from church yesterday. After sitting in the sun for awhile and the van on a very small incline, the ice slid over the windshield in one sheet, stopped by the windshield wipers. Looked really cool!
I spent almost the entire day Thursday trying to download thMaxas Lucado program without success. Finally got a response to an email query to the publisher with some things to try. They didn't work either. I have something set on this machine which is blocking it, but don't know what. Suspect there is a virus or popup blocker somewhere causing the problem, but yet to find it. I have resorted to using the notebook and putting the information I need on a flash drive, then extracting it onto this machine.
I have been outside removing bark from the poles I have cut the past few days. A couple of the pole are wet and frozen. Those are really fun! Kinda like shaving a big icicle with a potato peeler. It really takes a lot of force to c ut through the ice and bark on those. Earned my keep with them. Late yesterday afternoon, I re-stacked the pile, taking the un-peeled poles out from the bottom of the pile and putting the peeled ones on the bottom. Brought back memories of playing the game "pick-up-sticks" with the sticks about 15-20 feet long! I only have about a half dozen yet to do, then have to get more for the pile.
While out re-piling, I noticed some wild turkey tracks a few feet to the north of the peeling buck. Checking them out, the came from the direction of the road to the east and headed into the upper swamp to the west. They traveled about 30-40' to the north of our bedroom window. At first they took me some aback as I had never seen them in the snow before. Was kind of cool to see. More fun when there are actual turkeys in the tracks though. Have seen them in the fall walking outside of our kitchen window more than once. There is a flock of about 25-30 which calls the area within a quarter mile of FISKLAND their home range. Fun to see them.
One of the most enjoyable things about this time of year and being outside, is the absolute silence most of the time. Not only does the snow provide some outstanding beauty, but it acts like a blanket for the sound. You can almost hear the snow flakes fall. The wind has been rather calm the past couple days, so being outside is really a joy. Love it!
Tomorrow we are having breakfast with the Bible study group at one of the gal's homes in Kewaunee. Margriet is building some muffins for the occasion. Everyone is bringing something for the deal. We finished the first half of the current unit last week. I still am writing the last half. I would like to finish the second half before tomorrowÂs meeting, but I don't think that will happen. We have LSM this weekend too, so it would really be nice to have it finished.
With Lent now here, we seem to have a calendar filled more than normal. At least four days/evenings a week at church for one reason or another. With LSM this week, we will be doing some "church thing" nine out of 10 days! Too busy for these old folks. I have cut back on some of the activities, or it could be more worser. At least I can look forward to not being President after April and not being on the staff of LSM after May. Not sure what I will do with all of our free time. Not!
Margriet is building some fancy fudge for her ladies book study group tonight too. Hope the gals don't like it - I do! The gals are having a good time with their study. Each session seems to get a little longer than the previous one. I think that is a good thing.
Supposed to have some kind of moisture coming from the sky for most of the next week. That coupled with more or less warm weather (at freezing point for highs) could lead to some school closing and weird driving conditions too.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
29º F., Snowing, NNE Wind 5 mph.
Good morning,
After a couple of warm days, the snow is back - but it is still warm. Most of the roads in the state are less then desirable to drive on. The central part of the state is getting most of the snow, with 4-5" in many areas. Have not seen any school closing or delays though. We have a bit over an inch on the ground now and it is still coming. Snow should keep up until about noon.
The snow we got on Wednesday night had a layer of ice under it and a crust on top of it, thanx to the warm weather. I didn't move the van at all, until Friday and there was a pretty good layer of ice on the windshield under the snow. I got lazier than usual, sweeping off the snow and then moving the van into the sun, letting the heat generated inside to melt the ice. Worked pretty good too. There still was a layer of ice on the top of the van when we came home from church yesterday. After sitting in the sun for awhile and the van on a very small incline, the ice slid over the windshield in one sheet, stopped by the windshield wipers. Looked really cool!
I spent almost the entire day Thursday trying to download thMaxas Lucado program without success. Finally got a response to an email query to the publisher with some things to try. They didn't work either. I have something set on this machine which is blocking it, but don't know what. Suspect there is a virus or popup blocker somewhere causing the problem, but yet to find it. I have resorted to using the notebook and putting the information I need on a flash drive, then extracting it onto this machine.
I have been outside removing bark from the poles I have cut the past few days. A couple of the pole are wet and frozen. Those are really fun! Kinda like shaving a big icicle with a potato peeler. It really takes a lot of force to c ut through the ice and bark on those. Earned my keep with them. Late yesterday afternoon, I re-stacked the pile, taking the un-peeled poles out from the bottom of the pile and putting the peeled ones on the bottom. Brought back memories of playing the game "pick-up-sticks" with the sticks about 15-20 feet long! I only have about a half dozen yet to do, then have to get more for the pile.
While out re-piling, I noticed some wild turkey tracks a few feet to the north of the peeling buck. Checking them out, the came from the direction of the road to the east and headed into the upper swamp to the west. They traveled about 30-40' to the north of our bedroom window. At first they took me some aback as I had never seen them in the snow before. Was kind of cool to see. More fun when there are actual turkeys in the tracks though. Have seen them in the fall walking outside of our kitchen window more than once. There is a flock of about 25-30 which calls the area within a quarter mile of FISKLAND their home range. Fun to see them.
One of the most enjoyable things about this time of year and being outside, is the absolute silence most of the time. Not only does the snow provide some outstanding beauty, but it acts like a blanket for the sound. You can almost hear the snow flakes fall. The wind has been rather calm the past couple days, so being outside is really a joy. Love it!
Tomorrow we are having breakfast with the Bible study group at one of the gal's homes in Kewaunee. Margriet is building some muffins for the occasion. Everyone is bringing something for the deal. We finished the first half of the current unit last week. I still am writing the last half. I would like to finish the second half before tomorrowÂs meeting, but I don't think that will happen. We have LSM this weekend too, so it would really be nice to have it finished.
With Lent now here, we seem to have a calendar filled more than normal. At least four days/evenings a week at church for one reason or another. With LSM this week, we will be doing some "church thing" nine out of 10 days! Too busy for these old folks. I have cut back on some of the activities, or it could be more worser. At least I can look forward to not being President after April and not being on the staff of LSM after May. Not sure what I will do with all of our free time. Not!
Margriet is building some fancy fudge for her ladies book study group tonight too. Hope the gals don't like it - I do! The gals are having a good time with their study. Each session seems to get a little longer than the previous one. I think that is a good thing.
Supposed to have some kind of moisture coming from the sky for most of the next week. That coupled with more or less warm weather (at freezing point for highs) could lead to some school closing and weird driving conditions too.
Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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