Northern weather

[robert.]

we had slushy snow flurries today. Thursday will be in the 70's

[Rufus T. Firefly]

we had slushy snow flurries today. Thursday will be in the 70's

70's here tomorrow, too. But with "severe" storm warnings already announced. Different weather roller coaster....

[healey36]

It’s possible they had some fermented berries. Buzz flying!

I've heard of that. A few days before, I saw them cleaning the berries off the big holly up at the church a couple blocks from the house. It was a two-day effort, as best I could tell, thinking surely they'd had their fill. I was a bit surprised when they turned up here just a couple days later, or possibly it was a different group. A bunch of robins usually blow in mid-February and trim the berry inventory, along with the withered crabapples from the trees at the opposite end of the yard, but this year they never turned up.

We have a pair of red-tailed hawks that live in the taller trees near here, and the other day one nailed a squirrel in the yard. He/she enjoyed themselves for 20 or 30 minutes, then flew off with the remains, leaving nothing but a few bits of fur. We could stand a few less squirrels; hopefully they'll be back.

[robert.]

Looks like it will be an early mowing season. I try to hold out till May. Not this year . It’s going to be a hard first cut. Lawn is already thick, tall and green.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks like it will be an early mowing season. I try to hold out till May. Not this year . It’s going to be a hard first cut. Lawn is already thick, tall and green.

Not like that here in VA. And , it's raining and been raining since yesterday......gray and rain....meh!

[J. S. Bach]

We had 1.28" of rain yesterday.

[healey36]

I already mowed off part of the backyard where the retriever pees regularly. It was nearly eight inches high in places. She's a great producer of nitrogen (as were her predecessors).

Not much rain here.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Not much rain here.

Still raining here.............grey and dreary, but weather to be in the workshop!

[robert.]

It’s pouring here. On and off for the last 36 hours

[robert.]

3.26 inches in the last 48 hours.

[v8vega]

Summer like in the LA area 100 although feels more like 90, I'm wearing shorts.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

... I'm wearing shorts.

Terrifying

[Mitch]

We've had a lot of rain lately, including today and we're goin' into the weekend with a little more. The river came up 2 1/2' in the past 3 days.
Bad news for me. I had to find and uncover the lid to the septic tank and the yard is all clay. Just lovely to dig when it's been so wet. I only had to go down about a foot but at least 30" around as the tank is about 7' down due to downstairs facilities and plumbing. There's two 24" x 36" terra cotta tiles on top of the tank with a rebar re-enforced steel cover over the top. My shoes went from size 13 to size 16 with the mud. Got 'er all pumped out but I'm hopin' for a dry day to cover it back up.

[healey36]

With temps hovering right around 50, I decided today would be a good day to burn off the last of the wood-pile, along with a box full of scraps from the shop. Sometime in the next month or two, I'm hoping to get over to a friend's wood lot and see what's come down over the winter. He called the other day and said that one of the bad wind-storms had pushed over a few old trees. Not enough time to season before next winter, but at least we can build up the piles. Might actually have to buy a half-cord or so.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I still have enough here for a several evenings under the tarp and maybe enough around back to split for another weekend. Got to get that taken care of and cleared away.

But next year is an unknown unless one of the neighbors has a tree taken down and I can score the wood.