39 now, high of 60 low of 45
What is your weather like ... today
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says 54 and supposed to get to 76 but it feels chillier to me .Cloudy out now but sun is fighting like heck .I am going to put popeye and olive oil back in the pond today I guess .They say the cool weather will hit here monday with rain .
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Yay Popeye and Olive Oil will be so happy together again............maybe they will create a little Sweet Pea now :cheerful:
Going to be hot and sunny here today, well hot for here in the 70's................off to the wood pile!
Going to be hot and sunny here today, well hot for here in the 70's................off to the wood pile!
MUSHROOMS!
Wanted to reply to the discussion on mushrooms. This is one of the best local 'rooms we have here. Awesomely delicious!
Called Oyster Mushrooms, they typically grow in the fall and most often on deciduous trees such as boxelders. They are VERY
good eating and always safe.
Catfishnut
Wanted to reply to the discussion on mushrooms. This is one of the best local 'rooms we have here. Awesomely delicious!
Called Oyster Mushrooms, they typically grow in the fall and most often on deciduous trees such as boxelders. They are VERY
good eating and always safe.
Catfishnut
Back to the weather...
Can't believe it freakin' snowed on May 1st here in eastern Nebraska! First time it has done so in 46 years! Didn't last long of course, but enough snow fell to call out road plows and to do some minor shoveling of walks. I had 2 inches or so of snow on my windshield the morning of May 2nd! If it had been colder, I would have had six or seven or eight inches to deal with. This is completely and TOTALLY unnatural for this area.
In 2010 the local Elkhorn River here flooded massively (500 year flood levels).
In 2011 the Missouri River flooded massively and continuously for over 3 months (500+ year flood levels).
In 2012 we experienced a near nation-wide record drought and were in the "exceptionally bad" zone here.
In 2013 we had heavy snow with accumulation in May and it has been cold as heck all spring!
This global warming garbage is chilling me!
Catfishnut
Can't believe it freakin' snowed on May 1st here in eastern Nebraska! First time it has done so in 46 years! Didn't last long of course, but enough snow fell to call out road plows and to do some minor shoveling of walks. I had 2 inches or so of snow on my windshield the morning of May 2nd! If it had been colder, I would have had six or seven or eight inches to deal with. This is completely and TOTALLY unnatural for this area.
In 2010 the local Elkhorn River here flooded massively (500 year flood levels).
In 2011 the Missouri River flooded massively and continuously for over 3 months (500+ year flood levels).
In 2012 we experienced a near nation-wide record drought and were in the "exceptionally bad" zone here.
In 2013 we had heavy snow with accumulation in May and it has been cold as heck all spring!
This global warming garbage is chilling me!
Catfishnut
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I got a really bad feeling about this weather .
brandonsdad02
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We went from a high of 91 on Tuesday to having 4 inches of snow on Friday. Only in Iowa can you go from running the ac to shoveling snow in one week. Supposed to be 54 tomorrow and 60 on sunday and in the 70s all next week. Gotta love this weather.
We broke a over 100 yr old record yesterday. The latest snow fall ever recorded in Iowa was May 28th.
We broke a over 100 yr old record yesterday. The latest snow fall ever recorded in Iowa was May 28th.
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Mee, too!
What really bothers me is that so many people like Al Gore and other people with influence and clout and some climatologists and self-proclaimed scientific researchers (I mean all the nut-jobs) want to blame mankind for it all. i.e. "You used too much deodorant in the 80's and 90's!"
B.S.!
The volcano in Iceland a few years back spewed more greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere in a few days than all of mankind has added since the dawn of man!
All of this weird weather is just Mother Nature doing what she always does when she wants to. And frankly, right now, she's in a really foul mood!
Like the old commercial for a margarine spread stated... "It's not nice to fool mother nature"... awh hell, no one is fooling her! She's fooling US!
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I have to do this... I recall and enjoy the commercials so well that I have to share with everyone...
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Changes in the climate are natural and are in effect like "seasons" Greenland is called "GREENLand cause it USED to be green, and Ice land is called ICE Land cause it used to have Ice, Now it is green!
Hitler said if you repeat a lie enough times, the general public will believe it! How many times have we seen on TV a picture of the glaciers in Antarctica breaking off and falling into the ocean?? Then they say "see the glacier is melting and falling off and into the ocean"! If you are smart, you will not believe that is is melting, melting ice creates a torrent of water, not a big chuck of glacier falling into the ocean.... the actual TRUTH is the glaciers are growing so BIG, that it grew off the LAND, and over WATER, and just fell off, cause the sheer weight of the ice chunk caused it to break off land and float away ....
But for a while, EVERYBODY knew that global warming was comming .... but now you don't hear Al Gore talking about "Global warming" cause others have proven that theory is now WRONG!
But for a while ... everybody believed it .....
Hitler said if you repeat a lie enough times, the general public will believe it! How many times have we seen on TV a picture of the glaciers in Antarctica breaking off and falling into the ocean?? Then they say "see the glacier is melting and falling off and into the ocean"! If you are smart, you will not believe that is is melting, melting ice creates a torrent of water, not a big chuck of glacier falling into the ocean.... the actual TRUTH is the glaciers are growing so BIG, that it grew off the LAND, and over WATER, and just fell off, cause the sheer weight of the ice chunk caused it to break off land and float away ....
But for a while, EVERYBODY knew that global warming was comming .... but now you don't hear Al Gore talking about "Global warming" cause others have proven that theory is now WRONG!
But for a while ... everybody believed it .....
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66F here and we worked our butts off again today on those wood piles. I'm starving now!
Not everyone believed the foolishness of Al Gore :biggrinangelA:
Not everyone believed the foolishness of Al Gore :biggrinangelA:
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Well, I don't believe global warming is a myth, but neither do I believe it's a man mad problem either. There have been at least 3 and possibly 5 known ice ages the last of which was 12 thousand to 15 thousand years ago and is actually still in decline (re: Greenland's receding ice), all part of a natural cycle. I do consider myself an "environmentalist" but not an extremest (re: CBC's David Suzuki) and yes I do believe we as humans have an impact on our environment, but this is all just a part of a natural cycle. Are we speeding it up? Who knows for sure. but I do believe that another ice age will come long after we who currently occupy this little spaceship we call Earth are long gone.
Our last summer here in southern Ontario was one of the hottest and driest on record, and last winter was one of the warmest, and driest on record... this year we had a "normal" southern Ontario winter. Lots of snow, and plenty cold. (my fishies survived) My snowman's carrot nose stayed on for a heck of a lot of weeks ....lol
Our last summer here in southern Ontario was one of the hottest and driest on record, and last winter was one of the warmest, and driest on record... this year we had a "normal" southern Ontario winter. Lots of snow, and plenty cold. (my fishies survived
) My snowman's carrot nose stayed on for a heck of a lot of weeks ....lol
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I have had 3"+ of rain in the last 2 days, and there is a steady light rain continuing this morning, looks like maybe all day. Yuck!!! I have junk metal in my truck to go "scrap" and get paid for, and hate to ask someone to have to unload it in this drizzly chilly rain ... but I sure wanted to get a good load of mulch today, too! Can't load mulch until scrap metal is gone. So, get your raincoats on, boys, I'm coming with junk!!! Then, I will treat myself to mulch and some plants for my hanging pots at the greenhouse, with the scrap junk money! Can't beat that for sure!!! :blueflower: I should have this pretty sun as my avatar ... I love that they changed the most commonly used ones in the emoticons to include it. :claphands:
HTH
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Global warming is part of a natural ditty know as climate change.
44F now should hit 70. 33F tonight.
Getting things setup to remove, hopefully, the rest of the plants today. Wife was up late so I do not expect to start till after lunch.
I setup the backhoe and will get the containers setup and filled before she gets up. Yesterday I repaired my 13HP riding mower that we will use to pull the garden cart to move the plants from the backhoe to the containers. Mowed the law too! Fun stuff.
Will try to get some pictures and post them to the next new pond thread. Maybe a movie if I can find a tripond with a mounting bolt.
44F now should hit 70. 33F tonight.
Getting things setup to remove, hopefully, the rest of the plants today. Wife was up late so I do not expect to start till after lunch.
I setup the backhoe and will get the containers setup and filled before she gets up. Yesterday I repaired my 13HP riding mower that we will use to pull the garden cart to move the plants from the backhoe to the containers. Mowed the law too! Fun stuff.
Will try to get some pictures and post them to the next new pond thread. Maybe a movie if I can find a tripond with a mounting bolt.
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OH my CE,you sure sound lively and chipper today!! I got to get going, me and the hubby have lots to do today, so much to do, so little time ... I want more solar lights to string high above the pond, going to tie to the "scare'them blue heron" strings so they can shine like stars in the night.
Everybody gathering by the pond these days, even the nice neighbor children had their heads poking out their bedroom window, which looks right over my pond. There mom got them a bunk bed last year so they can sleep up by the window and see me by the pond working. They just love my underwater lights, like a big nite light for them, and the sound of the running water out their bedroom window, puts them to sleep faster I am sure. They are such cute little kids and they cheer me up taking out the window, all excited to see what I am up to now, and ask me a million questions. They are such good childen, their mommy is from Thailand and their dad is Canadian, she told me he had to pay the family off to marry her.... But they are such happy little family, and they were blessed to have such nice kids, the youngest boy, is sure talking much better these days, and is now in kindergarden. I can understand what the little childen say much better this year, and their mom is now is speaking much better english. Last year I still had to listen very close to understand their "kiddie" talk, and His older sister is little Emma, and last year they where are always playing out front in my little pond. Their mommy takes the kids for bike rides every day right past the house, and they really are such a joy to have running amuck and bugging me to see my ponds.
I am sure little Emma will have a big pond someday when she grows up, she has to know what I am doing all the time, and is very interested in the ponds, as is her little brother. This year he is much bigger and grew again, and I don't worry about him so much getting into the big back ponds and falling in, like last year. They sure grow up quick!
Last night was nice and fairly warm, and the children's window is reflected in the middle pond. They were up late taking to me while I worked by the pond. It was a nice to see them admiring my pond lights out the window again....
Everybody gathering by the pond these days, even the nice neighbor children had their heads poking out their bedroom window, which looks right over my pond. There mom got them a bunk bed last year so they can sleep up by the window and see me by the pond working. They just love my underwater lights, like a big nite light for them, and the sound of the running water out their bedroom window, puts them to sleep faster I am sure. They are such cute little kids and they cheer me up taking out the window, all excited to see what I am up to now, and ask me a million questions. They are such good childen, their mommy is from Thailand and their dad is Canadian, she told me he had to pay the family off to marry her.... But they are such happy little family, and they were blessed to have such nice kids, the youngest boy, is sure talking much better these days, and is now in kindergarden. I can understand what the little childen say much better this year, and their mom is now is speaking much better english. Last year I still had to listen very close to understand their "kiddie" talk, and His older sister is little Emma, and last year they where are always playing out front in my little pond. Their mommy takes the kids for bike rides every day right past the house, and they really are such a joy to have running amuck and bugging me to see my ponds.
I am sure little Emma will have a big pond someday when she grows up, she has to know what I am doing all the time, and is very interested in the ponds, as is her little brother. This year he is much bigger and grew again, and I don't worry about him so much getting into the big back ponds and falling in, like last year. They sure grow up quick!
Last night was nice and fairly warm, and the children's window is reflected in the middle pond. They were up late taking to me while I worked by the pond. It was a nice to see them admiring my pond lights out the window again....
