-38 again. According to the weather report, this is at least the beginning of the end.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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I turned on the oven to warm things up a bit downstairs. I’ve got a pork tenderloin cooking now then I’ll do some chicken cacciatore.
Minus 15 here, NE Kansas, unusually cold for even these parts.
I would do a valve stem extension where needed. Then “Phillip” the tires as soon as winter sets in. I know tires read about 10 percent less air pressure when temps go from fall to winter. And I’m assuming again that much from regular winter temps to this ********.
To each their own but I keep my passenger vehicle tires inflated to whatever is maximum recommended and my D and E rated LT tires at 55-60 lbs (they ride way too rough on backroads at max). When I’ve done a spring break trip and driven south I’ve needed to stop in Tennessee or Alabama to deflate my tires back down to max recommend levels due to the temp increase.
Temps right at 32* with a potpourri of sh!t expected later. Another HVBW bites the dust. It had blown over and hung up in an ash tree. Just enough of the rootball in the ground to keep it alive. Gravity finally helped me out.
My Blue Birds are back, saw one yesterday afternoon and 4 this morning, all males. They seem to show up the first or second week of February every year, which is also the coldest weeks of the year for us. Was too lazy to take pics and post.
Joe if you are interested, I run a bird watching group on FB
Lol I wish.
$6 lobster tails. They are incredibly tender.
The strange thing was when I cooked them, they didn’t make the house smell like seafood at all. But tasted so good.
Burning a bit of cherry right now, not as long lasting as the black locust, but it's better than watching it rot or turning it to mulch
.I have one chunk about 4-5' long that is curved I thought would make a neat bench that I set aside.
SVK,
A decade or two ago, while bow hunting on DEP property in Carmel NY, I saw a Red Headed Woodpecker that was just as large as the largest Pileated Woodpecker I have ever seen.
I saw it very clearly two days in a row. I did not report it at the time as I did not realize they are not supposed to get that big.
The bird was beautiful, especially in flight (a lot of black/white pattern).
Never seen one before or since nearly that large. Wish I had a pic of it.
A decade or two ago, while bow hunting on DEP property in Carmel NY, I saw a Red Headed Woodpecker that was just as large as the largest Pileated Woodpecker I have ever seen.
I saw it very clearly two days in a row. I did not report it at the time as I did not realize they are not supposed to get that big.
The bird was beautiful, especially in flight (a lot of black/white pattern).
Never seen one before or since nearly that large. Wish I had a pic of it.
Love bird watching. Got a feeder for Christmas and a friend gave me a suet feeder. Going to take them awhile to find it due to not being any mature trees at my place. Place was pasture when I bought it and built my house, so all the trees have been planted within the last 12 years except the windbreak pines by the road. Once spring comes, we should have plenty of birds.... hopefully
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I've got mine hung on one of those 6' tall iron plant hangers in sight of my bay window. Might be a thought.
Figured I'd stay with the nut theme this morning. Snapped off hickory that was damaged in the logging operation a few years ago. It didn't quite fill the bucket so I took down a dead standing one I've had my eye on for 2 years. It was a tad punky around the edges. Off for an ash leaner shortly.
Like this one ?
I normally do not do this, but I paid a shop to rotate my tires and change my oil as well as check all of my fluids on my daily driver. I have no free time and I know once the weather warms up I am swamped with other outdoor projects. The front tires were just starting to make a little noise so I figured I had better rotate before they start to cup.
