Almost blowed away!
October 12, 2006 (12:47pm)
31º F wind chill 19º F, Partly cloudy, W wind 14 mph gusts 40 mph.
Good afternoon,
The wind blew the mercury down a long way in the thermometer! The temperature finally staggered to 30º F a few minutes before noon today. We are heading for a high of about 36º F this afternoon. Not too sure it will make it that high. This is way below normal for this time of year in this place. Wonder what happened to global warming. Must not be this part of the globe. There has been snow all around us, but have not seen any here. That too is supposed to change before too long. Looking at the radar, I believe it.
I am trying to get a head start on the Bible study for next week. Actually have part of the study finished, albeit a small part. Figure I will get back into the habit of doing some everyday. For some reason I have put it off until the last - then not getting finished. Helen, the gal who is now leading the study, headed for New York state yesterday morning to visit her sister. They are taking the northern route this time and it looks like they well be riding through the snow. Probably better to drive through it than have it when they are there and visiting. They might get it then too though.
Last week we swung though Luxemburg to see if Otto’s meat was still in business. We stocked up on several things and eating like kings now. Had part of the Leberkase the other evening and some of the potato sausage too. Both are excellent. I picked up a couple of packages of beef soup bone again too. Put some of it into a pot yesterday and cooked the meat down to make a broth. Today I added carrots, onions, corn, tomatoes, and celery, simmering it for a couple of hours. About an hour before lunch, I put a handful of German noodles into it and it was excellent for lunch. We found the noodles at Aldi’s a couple of months ago, so stock up on them. They are heavier than "normal" noodles, like German dumplings, and are really tasty. I like them. Only buy regular noodles now when we can’t get these.
The price of produce has skyrocketed. We did find a 50# bag of potatoes on sale for 20¢/pound, so picked a bag up. That should last us for some time. Remember the time when the 3 kids were home and I would buy two 100# bags @ $2.00/100#. That pretty well lasted us through the winter then. Also bought onions in 50# bag for about $5.00-6.00/bag. Sure would like to do that now. Also remember one year the bag of onions froze during a cold snap. Didn’t think they would. Threw a lot of onions away that year.
The growing season is over here now. This really is the first really hard frost we have had this fall. Usually for this part of the world, it happens later in the season. I see on the news that many pumpkin growers are scrambling to get their displays inside. Some have a thousand or more on their lawns for folks to buy.
One of the members of our church has a huge maple tree, about 3 feet at the stump, he wants me to help him take down as a church project. I am not real anxious to do it as it is between two houses in town. The power company has volunteered to put down the power lines so they are not taken out. I suggested that he get the power company to come out and top the tree instead, then it would be much easier to take down and they could leave the wires up. So far they are not buying it. The owner did find out that the power lines run across his property without an easement, so he may have some leverage on the deal. I think he could require the power company to move the lines, which would be much more expensive for them than toping the tree. The wood would be taken to one of our other members who is in tough straights to burn to heat the house. We have cut wood for her in the past, but she mostly has willow to cut and burn. Not real good for really cold weather. I am really hoping someone else will take the tree down, but I am about the only one with a big enough chainsaw in the congregation.
Me thinks it is time to get out the winter clothes. I walked out to get the paper before and was very happy to have my heavy chore coat on. First time to wear it. Also had my winter cap on too. I kind of expected to see a tree or two down, but no such luck. There is a clump of diamond willow down, but that happened earlier. Will have to clean it up too. There are some trees I need to pay attention to, one is a big willow with a double trunk, but not in this wind. Probably will wait until the soil stiffens up some by freezing first too.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
31º F wind chill 19º F, Partly cloudy, W wind 14 mph gusts 40 mph.
Good afternoon,
The wind blew the mercury down a long way in the thermometer! The temperature finally staggered to 30º F a few minutes before noon today. We are heading for a high of about 36º F this afternoon. Not too sure it will make it that high. This is way below normal for this time of year in this place. Wonder what happened to global warming. Must not be this part of the globe. There has been snow all around us, but have not seen any here. That too is supposed to change before too long. Looking at the radar, I believe it.
I am trying to get a head start on the Bible study for next week. Actually have part of the study finished, albeit a small part. Figure I will get back into the habit of doing some everyday. For some reason I have put it off until the last - then not getting finished. Helen, the gal who is now leading the study, headed for New York state yesterday morning to visit her sister. They are taking the northern route this time and it looks like they well be riding through the snow. Probably better to drive through it than have it when they are there and visiting. They might get it then too though.
Last week we swung though Luxemburg to see if Otto’s meat was still in business. We stocked up on several things and eating like kings now. Had part of the Leberkase the other evening and some of the potato sausage too. Both are excellent. I picked up a couple of packages of beef soup bone again too. Put some of it into a pot yesterday and cooked the meat down to make a broth. Today I added carrots, onions, corn, tomatoes, and celery, simmering it for a couple of hours. About an hour before lunch, I put a handful of German noodles into it and it was excellent for lunch. We found the noodles at Aldi’s a couple of months ago, so stock up on them. They are heavier than "normal" noodles, like German dumplings, and are really tasty. I like them. Only buy regular noodles now when we can’t get these.
The price of produce has skyrocketed. We did find a 50# bag of potatoes on sale for 20¢/pound, so picked a bag up. That should last us for some time. Remember the time when the 3 kids were home and I would buy two 100# bags @ $2.00/100#. That pretty well lasted us through the winter then. Also bought onions in 50# bag for about $5.00-6.00/bag. Sure would like to do that now. Also remember one year the bag of onions froze during a cold snap. Didn’t think they would. Threw a lot of onions away that year.
The growing season is over here now. This really is the first really hard frost we have had this fall. Usually for this part of the world, it happens later in the season. I see on the news that many pumpkin growers are scrambling to get their displays inside. Some have a thousand or more on their lawns for folks to buy.
One of the members of our church has a huge maple tree, about 3 feet at the stump, he wants me to help him take down as a church project. I am not real anxious to do it as it is between two houses in town. The power company has volunteered to put down the power lines so they are not taken out. I suggested that he get the power company to come out and top the tree instead, then it would be much easier to take down and they could leave the wires up. So far they are not buying it. The owner did find out that the power lines run across his property without an easement, so he may have some leverage on the deal. I think he could require the power company to move the lines, which would be much more expensive for them than toping the tree. The wood would be taken to one of our other members who is in tough straights to burn to heat the house. We have cut wood for her in the past, but she mostly has willow to cut and burn. Not real good for really cold weather. I am really hoping someone else will take the tree down, but I am about the only one with a big enough chainsaw in the congregation.
Me thinks it is time to get out the winter clothes. I walked out to get the paper before and was very happy to have my heavy chore coat on. First time to wear it. Also had my winter cap on too. I kind of expected to see a tree or two down, but no such luck. There is a clump of diamond willow down, but that happened earlier. Will have to clean it up too. There are some trees I need to pay attention to, one is a big willow with a double trunk, but not in this wind. Probably will wait until the soil stiffens up some by freezing first too.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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