What is your weather like ... today

[sissy]

 

[CountryEscape]

This kind of weather has everyone posting about the craziness of it! We are all in the same boat, it seems. One day it's 60, the next day it's 20 at night. Rain, then snow, then back to rain. Wind, no wind, earthquakes ... well I don't have the earthquakes by me in south central Illinois, thank goodness! But, I think Mother Nature needs to get back on her meds or something. LOL I was every so thankful for the good rain I had about a week ago. Needed it badly! I had my pasture pond dug out last fall, since we had such a dry summer, and I've been waiting for it to fill up. Well, that last rain just about filled it. The guy made a nice fanned back ditch so water from the barn will go to the pond, but the rain came down so hard that it actually washed the ditch away at the bottom, cutting a patch about 10" deep! I'll have to get that smoothed out and then seeded when the ground gets dryer. I'll probably toss some seeds on it soon, since the horses are not on the pasture yet. Not sure how to keep them off of the ditch until it an get solid and some good roots of grass growing! Maybe I should plant ;something they don't like to eat. LOL Funny, but in spring and summer, they won't touch clover. The only time they eat it is in the late fall after a frost. Weird, I know!
Supposed to be cloudy here tonight all the way through tomorrow, so no Super Blood Lunar Eclipse for me ... and darn it, it was going to happen right at dawn, after my normal time to get up! Oh well, maybe next time.

 

[addy1]

15f here.............yesterday school delays, non stop news about the snow storm that did nothing. A lot of brine and salt spread for nothing we got a snow sprinkle. But if we get 1/2 inch that sticks this place shuts down (DC road area)

 

[CountryEscape]

In December, when Atlanta got their first "big" snow that shut that State down, I was flying out of Minneapolis and my flight was cancelled. No snow there, no nothing, and I asked how can you call it weather related when you have no weather reasons? The attendant's reply, "Because our flight crew is coming from Atlanta, and they can't get here." Um ... WHAT???? That's not MY fault! Geesh ... I was sooooo mad! I could have gotten an $800 voucher in San Diego earlier that day (MSP was first leg) to wait until the following day to arrive home, but I really NEEDED to get home on Friday! But, in the end, I got nothing for hotel and ended up having to stay the night anyhow. Grrrr .... but, I guess if states typically get no snow, why would they have facilities to take care of it, right? This year, Atlanta has had far more snow than me in IL! That's just crazy! LOL

 

[sissy]

We were in 40's yesterday and supposed to be in 50's tomorrow ,but wind makes it feel colder .Sunny out but again the wind .Dentist trip tomorrow

 

[j.w]

Rain and 41 w/a touch of wind. No moon looking for us!

 

[sissy]

Hate to say it CE but I used to drive all the time in NJ and never thought twice about .But after being retired in VA since 2004 I cringe at having to drive in even the smallest amount of snow .Does that make me a real southerner now Thing is my neighbors say I shovel snow off my driveway like a northerner instead of waiting for it to melt .Am I norsoutherner

 

[j.w]

A snortherner you are @sissy

 

[addy1]

cold! again ice on the ponds again

 

[sissy]

Not sure I like the name snortherner .It sounds like I snore

 

[CountryEscape]

It was 50 here today, but cloudy this morning, so even though I was up and ready to see the lunar eclipse, there was no way to see the moon for all the clouds. Darn! Mother Nature needs to get back on her meds. LOL 50 today, and tonight's low of 34 is pretty much going to be the high tomorrow. Chance of snow on Sat. and I'm hoping that holds off until Sunday. My son and DIL are FINALLY coming for Christmas with their son. I've not seen little Mikey for 3 months, and having major withdrawals, to say the least! It's a 3.5 hour drive, and they plan to come do Christmas with son's grandma, grandpa, and me! I just mainly want them all to be safe. They can drive just fine on a little bit of snow, but other people .. you just never know!
Sissy, I am fine driving on snow on country roads, where most people are NOT driving! People on the highways and interstates think they can drive speed limit, even if the roads are snow packed, and that scares the bejeebers out of me! I'd rather go slow, that way if I'm slide into the ditch, it's going to be slow motion, and probably not do much damage. I sold my Dodge Charger and my PU truck, and bought a 2014 Ford Explorer that is 4WD, so I am good to go. Just can't pull the horse trailer anymore, but that's up for sale, too. Horses are staying, though ... for now. Haha

 

[addy1]

We had a beautiful moon view, but no eclipse. It sure was bright!

 

[CountryEscape]

You saw the moon, but didn't see the eclipse? How could that have happened??? It was supposed to have happened early yesterday morning here, around 6:55 a.m. I'm not sure what time it would have happened by you, but maybe the sun was up and you couldn't see the moon when the eclipse was going on ... maybe?! My nephew's wife, in San Diego, got a great shot of it with partial eclipse yesterday morning, coming over the neighbor's house, and it was reddish, and the right side of the moon was "missing". Totally cool, especially since I got ... nothing. And, I saw the moon several times during the night when I woke up, and it was high in the sky, so it really was sad there were solid clouds to the west after 5:30.

 

[CountryEscape]

Here are a couple of photos I "stole" from Facebook friends' posts. The first one was taken by my niece, in San Diego, with her phone! The second one was taken obviously by a professional photographer in Peoria, IL, which is about 3 hours north of me. I had no idea the moon would be that high in the sky during the eclipse, but even that high, there were clouds yesterday morning to the west. The east had a beautiful sunrise, but the clouds to the west would just not break up. LOL

 

[Lisak1]

The eclipse happened a bit earlier where I am in Northern IL - just before 6AM. Or so they say - total cloud cover. And of course this morning is as clear as can be!