The pond dig has begun!

[addy1]

27 at home and spitting a little bit of snow

 

[CountryEscape]

Now they are calling for possible freezing rain/sleet/snow mix on Sunday. Yippee ... NOT! If it's going to make a mess, do it on Sat so it can get melted on Sunday and everyone safely back to work on Monday.

 

[addy1]

Snow sleet hitting maryland, sunday, monday, tuesday. We are trying to plan our drive north around storms.

 

[j.w]

...LOWLAND SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN WESTERN WASHINGTON THIS WEEKEND...and then................THE FORECAST HAS A GREAT DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY SO STAY TUNED AS THE WEEKEND NEARS. Ha, Ha, Ha gives them lots of leeway in case they are wrong.
Canada is pushing cold air over us AGAIN..............just when I was getting used to the nice warm sunny temps

Addy,wishing you lots of good driving conditions so you can all arrive safely to your home soon. Looked at your ponds this morning and looks like they are starting to freeze up around the edges again. Be careful if ice is on the roads you travel

 

[addy1]

We did a extended look, it appears that the temp will be bouncing back up by the time we head north, 9 days. It was 11 there this am

 

[j.w]

That's good news for you

 

[addy1]

That's good news for you

Sure hope so it was 6 this am.............pond re- freezing............

 

[CountryEscape]

Yep, temps dipping back to single digits first couple of days next week here, Addy, so likely your home in MD will have those temps later next week, then warming back up ... hopefully warming up to STAY this time! We are all soooo ready for warmer temps that will stay put. This see-saw stuff we have all dealt with for the last 3 months is just getting old. No one is used to that.

 

[sissy]

supposed to be 70 here sunday

 

[j.w]

I was wrong................more sunshine for today,nice surprise

 

[CountryEscape]

It was 40 here today, tomorrow more snow and the yucky freezing rain coming in. I'm right on the line of the snow vs. freezing rain stuff. Hoping I get neither, but would prefer snow if I have the choice. Again, Interstate 70 seems to be the dividing point. South supposed to get 3-6" snow after 1/4" freezing rain, farther south, more freezing rain than snow. I'm 7 miles south of Interstate 70, and it's amazing to me how Altamont, the town on the interstate, can have 6" of snow, and I have 2"! It's not coming in until late tomorrow night, and then all day Sunday. Supposed to be warm again tomorrow, in the 40's again, then only high 27's for high on Sunday. Yikes, just looked, and sleet is predicted for here from 11 p.m. Sat. through 7 a.m. before it changes over to snow! Uh oh ... and it's 70% likely, too. Temps 30 down to 24, so I'm hoping it changes over to snow long before they have it predicted. (I was thinking here, I better have some buckets of water, in case lose electricity, then realized I left the flipping water on out at the horse trough AGAIN!!!! Geesh ... will I NEVER learn??? At least didn't drain the well this time.) Glad it's coming in on the weekend, no worries about driving to or from work in it. And, this will definitely qualify for March coming in like a lion so it darn well better go out like a lamb.

 

[CountryEscape]

Also, since it was pretty warm out today, the air line is thawed out, and I have the bubbler going on the koi pond, which is quickly opening up a nice area in that pond. There is lots of green frozen into the ice, lots of algae growing in there already, wondering if the air bubbler made the algae grow faster than a water bubbler? The goldfish pond has no algae in it yet. Maybe the added filtration of the bog and stream is helping the goldfish pond, too.

 

[j.w]

Better the horse trough then the pond Ce.
Hope you don't freeze your butt off and lose power. They say the cold is coming back here too and tonight will be colder than it has been in awhile. Back to the 20's. Felt so nice today I am spoiled and 52f right now.

 

[CountryEscape]

At least this time I didn't run the well dry, and have to prime that crazy pump again! I'm shocked that sucker is still working, since the other two times I left it on, it was running all night or all day long, and the well ran dry probably after 2 hours at most. Most pumps would have burned up, but so far it's running just fine. Knock on wood ....

 

[j.w]

I think it's time you carried a timer of some sort to remind you when your water is due to be shut off. You will kick yourself if it happens once too many and burns up that pump. So far I'm thinkin you are lucky, Chucky