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What is your weather like ... today
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Only 47F right now, but my fingers were freezing when I went to move the recycle bin out front.
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had to come in got cold hands and feet but at least all the ice melted on the pond only bad thing I mucked the bottom of the pond and found 6 more baby fish .I thought I gave all the little suckers away :fish: :fish2: some one must be dropping fish off here
Speaking of Martians, there was a knock at our back door early this morning. To my surprise there stood a little green man. looking beyound him I could see that his space craft had made a trouble free landing in our small pond. So that's what that noise was earlier. Just remembered that I had heard bird chipping up a storm. Initially thought the they were excited about the over flowing bird food container. Now I realize their clammer must have been caused by the space ship landing.
Any way, the little green man introduced himself and I to him. His name was Fred. Such a coincidence his name being Fred. All of the toads and frogs we find are also named friend. Sorry, here I go wondering off the subject again. Fred seemed to be a nice sort so I invited inside. Straight away Fred me that he was sent to earth from Mars to determine the true relationship between humans and pet cats. Namely indoor kitties. As I was sharing my thoughts on the subject Sunny, our mature female feline came into the room. As cats are known to do she paid us no mind as she meandered over to her food and water. Once done Sunny saw the little green man. Bold and beautifully she made her way to where we were sitting. Upon my introduction of Sunny to Fred the most remarkable thing happened. Fred began purring. Suddenly it struck me. Since it was obvious Fred spoke cat how better for him to complete his mission than by a one on one chin wag with Sunny. Politely I concluded my remarks with Fred by suggesting he interview our very own pet cat.. Fred was elated! Now he would have testimony from both man and cat.
Fred and Sunny cat chattered for what seemed like hours. When Sunny's eyes started looking droopy I knew it was getting close to her morning nap time. I mentioned that to Fred and being the kind Martian he was he concluded his interview. Sunny rubbed up against him, meowed, then hopped up on the sofa and fell sound asleep.
I was beside myself with excitement as I waited for Fred to regale me with the intermost secrets revealed by our Sunny. My liitle green friend looked at me with a wide smile and said "It is so very simple Lou, your Sunny confided that contrary to what humans may believe it is THE pet who controls you! Not the government nor your spouse. It is the CAT! I would even go so far as saying your cat figuratvely "owns" this house and let's you and your wife live here!". With that said Fred thanked me, said goodbye, walked to the pond, got in his space craft and in the blink of an eye was gone. As I turned backed into the house I saw Sunny looking at me with her loving smile. To be honest I believe every pet owner has always known who is the real master.
Any way, the little green man introduced himself and I to him. His name was Fred. Such a coincidence his name being Fred. All of the toads and frogs we find are also named friend. Sorry, here I go wondering off the subject again. Fred seemed to be a nice sort so I invited inside. Straight away Fred me that he was sent to earth from Mars to determine the true relationship between humans and pet cats. Namely indoor kitties. As I was sharing my thoughts on the subject Sunny, our mature female feline came into the room. As cats are known to do she paid us no mind as she meandered over to her food and water. Once done Sunny saw the little green man. Bold and beautifully she made her way to where we were sitting. Upon my introduction of Sunny to Fred the most remarkable thing happened. Fred began purring. Suddenly it struck me. Since it was obvious Fred spoke cat how better for him to complete his mission than by a one on one chin wag with Sunny. Politely I concluded my remarks with Fred by suggesting he interview our very own pet cat.. Fred was elated! Now he would have testimony from both man and cat.
Fred and Sunny cat chattered for what seemed like hours. When Sunny's eyes started looking droopy I knew it was getting close to her morning nap time. I mentioned that to Fred and being the kind Martian he was he concluded his interview. Sunny rubbed up against him, meowed, then hopped up on the sofa and fell sound asleep.
I was beside myself with excitement as I waited for Fred to regale me with the intermost secrets revealed by our Sunny. My liitle green friend looked at me with a wide smile and said "It is so very simple Lou, your Sunny confided that contrary to what humans may believe it is THE pet who controls you! Not the government nor your spouse. It is the CAT! I would even go so far as saying your cat figuratvely "owns" this house and let's you and your wife live here!". With that said Fred thanked me, said goodbye, walked to the pond, got in his space craft and in the blink of an eye was gone. As I turned backed into the house I saw Sunny looking at me with her loving smile. To be honest I believe every pet owner has always known who is the real master.
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HARO said:
Forgot to mention the heated pool......................around 90ishmtpond said:
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Was so nice here today and I got to eat food today for the first time in a week. Ate some cream of wheat and took off for my nice long walk in the sunshine. Kinda chilly out there when I first started but was not bad after about a half hour of walking. Was starving tho when I got home so ate some tuna rolled up in a tortilla. Gosh food tastes so good :claphands:
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Yesterday morning, both ponds had a volcano of ice over the air and water bubblers. Today, both are more than half open water. Unbelievable!
It was 54 here today, sunny, and once the winds died this afternoon, a gorgeous day!!! I filled some "winter sowing" jugs, 12 jugs, 12 different types of seeds. It's a process of making a mini greenhouse, "hinged" and partially filled with moist potting soil. Add seeds, put outside and leave them alone. In the spring, when it's safe for the seeds to sprout, they will. You can open the lids during the day to let the heat out, but seeds and plants will start much easier and be much hardier than inside ground plants. We shall see how I do.
Dogs came out with me, and even stayed out longer than me! Then were soooo tired, slept most of the afternoon.
Then, this evening, heading out to feed horses, had to come back for camera. This sunset was just too beautiful not to share!
Considering tomorrow the "high" is only supposed to be 8, that's almost a 50 degree difference than today. This see-saw stuff is getting really old, Old Man Winter and Mother Nature!!! Either cold or hot, not both within 24 hours. High winds tonight, too, 25-35 with 45 mph gusts. Yuck!!!
It was 54 here today, sunny, and once the winds died this afternoon, a gorgeous day!!! I filled some "winter sowing" jugs, 12 jugs, 12 different types of seeds. It's a process of making a mini greenhouse, "hinged" and partially filled with moist potting soil. Add seeds, put outside and leave them alone. In the spring, when it's safe for the seeds to sprout, they will. You can open the lids during the day to let the heat out, but seeds and plants will start much easier and be much hardier than inside ground plants. We shall see how I do.
Dogs came out with me, and even stayed out longer than me! Then were soooo tired, slept most of the afternoon.
Then, this evening, heading out to feed horses, had to come back for camera. This sunset was just too beautiful not to share!
Considering tomorrow the "high" is only supposed to be 8, that's almost a 50 degree difference than today. This see-saw stuff is getting really old, Old Man Winter and Mother Nature!!! Either cold or hot, not both within 24 hours. High winds tonight, too, 25-35 with 45 mph gusts. Yuck!!!
So glad you're back on solid food JW.
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Gorgeous sunset photos, CE!
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CE your pond looks even bigger now that no pllant's are growing, and nice fat puppies sitting watching the VERY pretty sunset!
Meanwhile the temperature has nose dived today big time, now it is only 7 Fahrenheit, or minus 12 Celsius, going down to Minus 6 Fahrenheit, if weather does not smarten up, I am packing my bags, taking dog sled to border, then me and the puppies are going to camp out with Addy!! He he he
Meanwhile the temperature has nose dived today big time, now it is only 7 Fahrenheit, or minus 12 Celsius, going down to Minus 6 Fahrenheit, if weather does not smarten up, I am packing my bags, taking dog sled to border, then me and the puppies are going to camp out with Addy!! He he he
Know the feeling CE as our high today was 57 and it was nice...until later this afternoon when the wind started once again and tomorrows high will be 11...this is for the birds I tell ya. My pond is 3/4 open and the volcano over the bubbler just disappeared...but bet it'll be back tmrw or the next day.
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Beautiful sunset CE and neat idea w/ the jugs for seed starting. I need to start some tomato seeds this year. So much better than store bought!
Quite nice sunsets CE, well done.
Reading about your seed planting brought back fond memories. In my youth I was always writing away for this or that. Joining all kind of by mail clubs. Especially sales clubs. I sold packets of seeds, boxes of holiday cards, Grit Newspapers, magazine subscriptions. You name it I sold it. Why? To win prizes like a slot car set, which I loved, car models, airplanes and other assorted things. I'm sure that all 270 souls in our wee village knew that sooner or later I would be knocking on their door peddling my latest sales club merchandise.
Reading about your seed planting brought back fond memories. In my youth I was always writing away for this or that. Joining all kind of by mail clubs. Especially sales clubs. I sold packets of seeds, boxes of holiday cards, Grit Newspapers, magazine subscriptions. You name it I sold it. Why? To win prizes like a slot car set, which I loved, car models, airplanes and other assorted things. I'm sure that all 270 souls in our wee village knew that sooner or later I would be knocking on their door peddling my latest sales club merchandise.
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Lou, when I was a kid, my mom made special nets for us to catch lightening bugs! We would go out at night, a block away was a line of trees, they would swarm out of there. We would catch them, put them in a jar, and then into the freezer. Mom got a special container to mail them to some lab that used them for research. I have no idea how much money we made, maybe a quarter or so, but it was fun.
I spotted several goldfish yesterday, all of which looked perfectly fine. Even saw the pure white one, and one of the white with red nosed ones, both of which were laying on their side just a couple of months ago, so I'm hopeful spring will emerge with all healthy fish in that pond.
In the meantime, with the 50 degree drop in temps last night (got down to 4 around 3 a.m. ), this is what my ponds look like this morning. Thank goodness I left the heaters plugged in, but stupid me was trying to see the koi, so I shut off the air bubbler, so that's why the koi pond is such a small hole. And, it was somewhat frozen up when I plugged it in this morning, so poured some warm water on the lines, moved them around a bit, and voila, it started up again. It will hopefully get a little larger today, since the sun is shining nicely. I love how the koi pond has a patchwork design this morning! Nature is a wondrous thing. :blueflower:
Thanks all for comments on my sunset photos. I feel like my place is a gift in that regard. No, I don't have woods and trees and houses surrounding me, but I do have sunrises and sunsets galore! Nothing between me and them, which makes for some amazing photos. And, if I try to beat one home, see a beautiful one and am only 2 miles from home, they are usually past prime in that 2 minutes it takes for me to arrive, grab camera, and run back outside. It's fun when I'm here to take the pics.
I spotted several goldfish yesterday, all of which looked perfectly fine. Even saw the pure white one, and one of the white with red nosed ones, both of which were laying on their side just a couple of months ago, so I'm hopeful spring will emerge with all healthy fish in that pond.
In the meantime, with the 50 degree drop in temps last night (got down to 4 around 3 a.m. ), this is what my ponds look like this morning. Thank goodness I left the heaters plugged in, but stupid me was trying to see the koi, so I shut off the air bubbler, so that's why the koi pond is such a small hole. And, it was somewhat frozen up when I plugged it in this morning, so poured some warm water on the lines, moved them around a bit, and voila, it started up again. It will hopefully get a little larger today, since the sun is shining nicely. I love how the koi pond has a patchwork design this morning! Nature is a wondrous thing. :blueflower:
Thanks all for comments on my sunset photos. I feel like my place is a gift in that regard. No, I don't have woods and trees and houses surrounding me, but I do have sunrises and sunsets galore! Nothing between me and them, which makes for some amazing photos. And, if I try to beat one home, see a beautiful one and am only 2 miles from home, they are usually past prime in that 2 minutes it takes for me to arrive, grab camera, and run back outside. It's fun when I'm here to take the pics.