Short week for me this week – I have big plans for a trip to Baltimore with CBtE and Finny Friday. I’m looking forward to a little break from the winter weather while we’re there – it’s supposed to be in the 50s!
Lovely pictures ID. The birds, squirrels and a bunch of other little critters are very active down here right now. The Oak trees in the backyard are already starting to sprout leafs.
You must have gone farther north than me — I was up in Indy and the snow was mostly gone. The ice on my mom’s sidewalk, however, was still awful.
The creeks had almost all thawed here yesterday — I was thinking it would be gone by this morning but the below freezing temps may have slowed things down a little bit.
I was near 86th & Ditch — the snow around there wasn’t much deeper than an inch but the ice was several inches thick. I wonder if it was because my mom’s street is rather closed in and so there wasn’t as much drifting going on.
Late for the pahty. Sunny here and not too cold. It’s supposed to be in the 50s later on this week. At which time I will have a new crown in my mouth. (Thursday) Sigh.
Don’t mean to rub it in, but yesterday when I took George out I was wearing shorts and a short sleeve shirt. George was running and frolicking and coming to me whenever I called. Of course I had to stop and sit down with an umbrella drink while gazing off into the deep blue sea. Oh wait, that was a dream. I took George out and after about 10 minutes of asking and yelling at him to come, he decides to give me a break. 😉
It was a really good day to wfh, too. We got the official word that we will no longer be working on the account for which I was hired, and the company-wide announcement went out this morning.
Hope that doesn’t mean you’re out of stuff to work on. I ventured over to a county meeting earlier to observe the making of some political sausage. Knickers were in a twist before it was over (the local GOP, not mine:)
I have been assured repeatedly by management that I will be okay, and I already had another account team asking for my help within the hour of the announcement, so I think it’ll be fine. Plus, there is a certain amount of stress that I am no longer under this morning. 🙂
The controls take awhile to learn. One thing about it, there’s almost instant physical feedback if you make an error. Ask your resident science teacher about the physics of water flowing;-)
I’m teaching all of the math this year. I learned from my dad at an early age that there were only two way to deal with flowing water: one profane, the other a plumber. Yep, the feedback is instant.
Good morning!
Back in NY for a long weekend. No rest for the wicked – curly got the following e-mail yesterday:
Subject: Friday 9am: NYC Cheesehead Rally to Support Wisconsin Workers!
Friday February 18, 9:00 a.m.
Cheesehead Rally NYC
Rally in solidarity with Wisconsin workers against union-busting Gov. Scott Walker, who promised to call out the National Guard against striking workers.
In Madison, 30,000 activists protested against Walker on Wednesday. Let’s show our support for workers in Wisconsin, New York, and across the USA!
We’ll gather on 6th Ave. (Ave of the Americas) at 9 a.m. at Time-Life (old CNN) between 50/51. We’ll march past NBC between 49/50. And we’ll end before 10 a.m.
at FOX on the corner of 48th and 6th.
Make your own signs. Wear Packers gear (or just green/yellow) and cheesehead hats (we’ll bring a few to share). Bring your smartphones and cameras to tell
the world!
So, I’ll be heading out a bit later to join the protest.
Sounds like a very worthwhile activity. Hope there is a big turnout. Get some pics if you can. I love the ones LEP posts from the Paris protests and rallys.
Forget the budget. New York has another serious deficit — a shortage of sexy models, Mayor Bloomberg warned yesterday.
The situation is so dire that the Big Apple may lose its status as the fashion capital of the world, he said one day after the conclu sion of Fashion Week.
Bloomberg, who has an eye for vertically blessed women, said strict visa policies that keep models and photog raphers out of the United States may send the fashion industry fleeing.
Morning, FM.
It certainly is a nice little city/big town in beautiful surroundings. The other advantage is the central European location. Many destinations within easy reach (see Lyon-diary last June).
Good morning, Errol.
Yes, I’m reasonably optimistic now. Can see online that the incoming flight from Geneva is actually on its way which would be unlikely if they did not anticipate to return.
All ya had to do is ask. In Olivia’s case it was easy. During the weather dance I would chant warm weather, eh. Had to add that “eh” to give it a Canadian slant. With New York I’m not so sure though. Do I chant warm weather, you talking to me!? 😉
Given how much rain we ended up getting, I’m absolutely thrilled it stayed above freezing. We still managed to lose power for over 4 hours though (one of only 2 in Brown County, lucky us).
We’ve had a cold front come through. It’s only supposed to get up to 70F today and tonight down around 40F. With all this jumping back and forth with the temperature how are you supposed to lay in a hammock with an umbrella drink. Sheesh!
Actually I think there’s one day in March that is good for being outside with a umbrella drink. The rest of the time it’s just too hot and humid down here.
We’ve gone from near record lows one week to near record highs the next to mostly just above average temps this week (with the potential for severe weather ever present). Something to be said for southern living. Flowers are starting to bloom…that’s always nice.
Happy Humps, everyone! Just droppin’ in for a quick howdy-do (a break in the chores). It’s been an amazing month — latest was a 24 hr power out this weekend, with attendant water-line bust that made the dust bunnies float. Lots of folks here had the same problems.
High winds + low temps + power out = ice
Ice + water pressure = blooey!
Hope this late winter day’s treating y’all well. Thanks to Andi & Miss Olivia for amazing & wonderful images!
This winter has been a doozie. Was reading about how all the heavy snowfall in North Dakota and Minnesota is setting the stage for an ugly spring flood season. Dealt with our own record snowfalls and near-record lows a couple weeks back – I don’t miss them. Now it’s back to possible severe thunderstorms. So it goes.
Damn, WW, that is really the pits. I hope it’s warmed up some so you can get things cleaned up. We’ve had a warm up here (with intermittent back to the cold) and some daffodil leaves popped up. Made me so want the green of spring so bad, I could have just sat down and spent the day staring at them.
Oooh .. daffodils! Could it be true? Winter will end? Be still my heart!
It’ll be an eternity before we see ’em here — usually around mid-April.
Hope it stays warm enough for them to grow!
Well it’s only the leaves, no flowers yet but even those don’t normally show up here till about mid March so I hope this early arrival survives. We’ve got some snow today but the leaves didn’t show any damage from earlier freezes so I hope this won’t have any effect either.
lots of rain, starting last night. no flooding yet as far as I can tell, but making me rethink all the early morning errands I had lined up. and it’s been cold with no daffodils in sight. maybe this weekend after the rain will see some.
‘In like a lion’ & all that.
We could see 3 – 5″ of snow up here. Wind + various wet stuff = outages possible. Time to collect firewood & pray to the weather gods.
Just a little snow fell here yesterday, as it turns out. Kept our power, too.
I’m not sure if it’s because Winter started so early this year, or because I’m getting crotchety, but March can’t come soon enough for me.
Good to see you, FM. Doing well up here — Spring is coming, though slow enough for us to savor the changes.
Hope you’re having a great day in your bikini!
😉
Short week for me this week – I have big plans for a trip to Baltimore with CBtE and Finny Friday. I’m looking forward to a little break from the winter weather while we’re there – it’s supposed to be in the 50s!
And just for Errol: old cafe here
Thank you! already used the link! enjoy the trip to Baltimore on Friday – are you visiting the harbor area?
Wishing you a warm & hassle-free trip, CG!
Wow, we have so much pink in the sky this morning that it’s casting a pink glow on everything, especially the snow. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Morning CG,
The weather is cooperating here. I think we’re supposed to get up to almost 70F today.
Morning. I guess yesterday’s cold temps were of very short duration. George must be very happy.
Morning Andi,
Yep they were. I think George is happy that since it will be a comfortable temp outside, he’ll have more time to ignore me when I call him in.
Well in return you could just ignore him when it’s raining outside and he’s whining to come back in. 🙂
Nah, that’s just more work for me to get him dried off. He knows he has the upper hand and he plays it. 🙂
We do too, I was wondering why it was so pink today. The birds are sounding more and more springlike, although the temps are still pretty low.
That was the other thing that made me so excited – the birds are singing spring songs!
I’m ready for some fresh green growth on everything.
The perfect example of why Indiana should be on central time instead of eastern — it’s still pitch black here.
And Happy Valentine’s Day to you and all yours.
Yeah, the days have been noticeably longer here lately. Love it!
Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone at the pond!
Lovely photo up above, Andi — subtle color & strong silhouettes really set my heart aflutter.
🙂
I’m always grateful to the beech trees for holding onto their leaves all winter long and providing a little break from brown, white, and gray.
Happy V.D. to all! 🙂
For those who celebrate too well but not too wisely.
Interesting acronym and I understand NSU also stands for several schools. Glad I don’t have those initials on my resume;-)
Happy (late) Valentine’s Day! We’ve just returned from another foray to the north and found the terrain remains fully in the grip of old man winter.
The birds are active, however, and I observed male cardinals (sadly, out of camera range) behaving decidedly territorial.
Lovely pictures ID. The birds, squirrels and a bunch of other little critters are very active down here right now. The Oak trees in the backyard are already starting to sprout leafs.
very cheering thoughts!
You must have gone farther north than me — I was up in Indy and the snow was mostly gone. The ice on my mom’s sidewalk, however, was still awful.
The creeks had almost all thawed here yesterday — I was thinking it would be gone by this morning but the below freezing temps may have slowed things down a little bit.
The photos were taken at the Carmel-Westfield border. Apparently also the gateway to the North Pole. Didn’t see Santa anywhere around, though.
I was near 86th & Ditch — the snow around there wasn’t much deeper than an inch but the ice was several inches thick. I wonder if it was because my mom’s street is rather closed in and so there wasn’t as much drifting going on.
Late for the pahty. Sunny here and not too cold. It’s supposed to be in the 50s later on this week. At which time I will have a new crown in my mouth. (Thursday) Sigh.
Hey boran2, me too with a new crown. The crowning is to take place next Tues. The good news is, its warming up nicely around here too.
Good luck on your coronation. 😉
And to you as well, Sir Boran;-)
Roll Call for PATRIOT Act reauthorization.
Shouldn’t take anyone very long to slide over this one.
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It’s beginning to feel like summer is starting down here and I’m not ready for it yet. We need at least two more major blizzards. 😉
Can you blow some of that warm weather our way — it’s still too cold here (-4F right now with windchill). Plus we need some snow melted. 😉
Hi Olivia,
I’ll be glad to. I’ll start working on it right away. 🙂
Thanks! 🙂
🙂
Don’t mean to rub it in, but yesterday when I took George out I was wearing shorts and a short sleeve shirt. George was running and frolicking and coming to me whenever I called. Of course I had to stop and sit down with an umbrella drink while gazing off into the deep blue sea. Oh wait, that was a dream. I took George out and after about 10 minutes of asking and yelling at him to come, he decides to give me a break. 😉
Ah, but we can dream, can’t we? This old dog is up a little early today to go learn some new tricks related to MS Exchange.
Good morning ID,
Get some coffee and then put you learning cap on. 🙂
It seems a little more temperate here this morning…and it’s a work from home day for me – wahoo!
I think the big plan today is to head out for much-needed new tires during my lunch hour. 🙂
Morning CG,
Glad it has warmed up some for you. New tires are always on of the big expenses that you just can’t do without. Wahoo too on working from home.
WFH – a most excellent idea!
It was a really good day to wfh, too. We got the official word that we will no longer be working on the account for which I was hired, and the company-wide announcement went out this morning.
Glad I missed some of the drama.
Hope that doesn’t mean you’re out of stuff to work on. I ventured over to a county meeting earlier to observe the making of some political sausage. Knickers were in a twist before it was over (the local GOP, not mine:)
Is that why the wicked witch is going away?
And like ID, I hope that doesn’t have an adverse effect on you.
I’m sure it influenced her decision to leave..
I have been assured repeatedly by management that I will be okay, and I already had another account team asking for my help within the hour of the announcement, so I think it’ll be fine. Plus, there is a certain amount of stress that I am no longer under this morning. 🙂
Good morning CG and Andi,
I didn’t know about the Wicked Witch, but I’m glad she’s gone and that your stress level is down.
Excellent — so it’s really good news for you all the way round.
Sounds like a good outcome all around then:)
Glad to hear it!
yes, CG, what they said!
Good morning all! Temps reached nearly 70F here yesterday. Its pretty darn amazing, considering it was hovering around zero only a week ago.
My old fire company is getting a new engine delivered this morning, so natch, I gotta run over to help welcome its arrival & check it out.
Sounds like a fun event! enjoy!
Shorts weather!
I got my temporary crown today. In preparing my tooth, my dentist found a cavity in the tooth behind. Sigh.
Take pictures!
Oh, absolutely!
If you like big, expensive toys that make noise and go fast, this is for you;-)
Pump operator’s control panel
This custom engine was built by Rosenbauer International at their plant in Lyons, S. Dakota.
Neat.
Oh cool!
Thanks for the pics! I love ’em. Fire trucks are so cool.
That the control panel is kind of scary, though.
The controls take awhile to learn. One thing about it, there’s almost instant physical feedback if you make an error. Ask your resident science teacher about the physics of water flowing;-)
I’m teaching all of the math this year. I learned from my dad at an early age that there were only two way to deal with flowing water: one profane, the other a plumber. Yep, the feedback is instant.
Hmmm — learned or genetic?
At first I thought you were talking to B2 about his dental work.
Sorry, no gratuitous crown shots:(
So did I. Love the fire engine pics, though.
I have been crowned, at least with a temporary one. Video at 11. 😉
Good morning!
Back in NY for a long weekend. No rest for the wicked – curly got the following e-mail yesterday:
So, I’ll be heading out a bit later to join the protest.
Very exciting. Sort of a Wisconsin Day parade with great signage.
Sounds like a very worthwhile activity. Hope there is a big turnout. Get some pics if you can. I love the ones LEP posts from the Paris protests and rallys.
My talent for photography is nowhere close to that of LEP – but diary with some pics is up.
Thanks for the diary and photos, ask. I thought they were very good.
great, going over there now to take a look
Thanks for posting the diary and for the support for the folks of Wisconsin.
Glad to see this!
Evidently the Teapublicans don’t like the way the protests are going.
I’m not surprised. I just wonder if we should expect to see Teahadists riding camels and wielding whips this weekend.
Bloomberg might try that if he’s not too busy vacationing out of town at an undisclosed location.
He’s the Dick Cheney of big city mayors.
Indeed, the Dick Cheney and the Hugo Chavez of big city mayors, except Hugo Chavez actually held a referendum on changing term limits.
Bloomberg’s new priority:
Oh my gosh. Civilization can’t go on without a sufficient number of models. Can’t have that. Thank goodness Bloomberg is on the case.
Heh, dire. But 3 term Mayor Bloomberg knows something about getting laws changed to suit his interests.
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Good morning, Andi!
And it’s snowing! Wonder if I manage to get back to Geneva this evening…
Past experience suggests no.
Morning Ask,
Hope you don’t get snowed in. I envy you being in Geneva. I’ve been there a couple of times before and loved it.
Morning, FM.
It certainly is a nice little city/big town in beautiful surroundings. The other advantage is the central European location. Many destinations within easy reach (see Lyon-diary last June).
good morning ask. prediction of 1 1/2 inches, should be ok for travel.
Good morning, Errol.
Yes, I’m reasonably optimistic now. Can see online that the incoming flight from Geneva is actually on its way which would be unlikely if they did not anticipate to return.
Pleasant travels, ask.
Oops — itchy button finger caused above.
Anyway, thinking good thoughts for you on having a relatively uneventful and on time trip back.
Morning Andi,
Another lovely ice picture. If I didn’t know better, I would think you’re starting to miss the ice. 😉
interesting thought! good morning, all!
Good morning Errol,
I know Andi doesn’t like the ice, but I know she doesn’t like the mid summer either.
Unless some unexpected cold front comes through, I think we’ve started our Spring down here.
Hey, you’ve got my weather hates down perfectly. 🙂
But you’re also right I do enjoy the prettiness of the ice once it’s gone (especially when it’s replaced with unusually warm temps we’re having now).
I have to thank you FM!
You managed through your weatherwizardry to give us 2 warm days last week, especially Friday. It was 11ºC!
Was able to get out and not even need mitts … 😀
Hi Olivia,
Wonderful picture as always. Amazing how you can get the bird on your fingers.
The weather is no big thing. Although, since getting a little older, it’s hard to do that damn weather dance. 🙂
🙂
You gotta keep working. You gave us several inches of snow last night. 😉
All ya had to do is ask. In Olivia’s case it was easy. During the weather dance I would chant warm weather, eh. Had to add that “eh” to give it a Canadian slant. With New York I’m not so sure though. Do I chant warm weather, you talking to me!? 😉
Fuggedaboudit!
Hiya ID,
I think the weather gods would like that better.
very beautiful!
Thanks. It was rather nifty how the snow on the ice produced such a subtle glow.
It was lovely, but I’m happy the precip is in liquid, rather than frozen form this morning. Good morning everyone!
Given how much rain we ended up getting, I’m absolutely thrilled it stayed above freezing. We still managed to lose power for over 4 hours though (one of only 2 in Brown County, lucky us).
Troll zapping activity over on the FP this morning.
troll message was strangely patronizing (“interesting thoughts here; I think you can do more with it using essay writer…” or the like)
Morning Everyone,
We’ve had a cold front come through. It’s only supposed to get up to 70F today and tonight down around 40F. With all this jumping back and forth with the temperature how are you supposed to lay in a hammock with an umbrella drink. Sheesh!
Good morning, all. Very chilly here, though light is springlike.
Morning Errol,
If our temps could stay where they are all year I’d be more than happy. Unfortunately, I’m already starting to dread a long hot summer.
but plenty of umbrella drink weather!
Actually I think there’s one day in March that is good for being outside with a umbrella drink. The rest of the time it’s just too hot and humid down here.
Our drinks here wouldn’t need ice. 😉
Hiya Boran,
Although I haven’t had it in years, but for your weather now, I used to love to have Glühwein.
We’ve gone from near record lows one week to near record highs the next to mostly just above average temps this week (with the potential for severe weather ever present). Something to be said for southern living. Flowers are starting to bloom…that’s always nice.
Same here in southern IN. One might suspect a mood swing or two from the weather wizard, but he seems like such a relaxed, stress-free guy;-)
A whole lot of ’em … but at least they’re tiny. 😉
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Beautiful pic!!
Very cool photo!
Happy Humps, everyone! Just droppin’ in for a quick howdy-do (a break in the chores). It’s been an amazing month — latest was a 24 hr power out this weekend, with attendant water-line bust that made the dust bunnies float. Lots of folks here had the same problems.
High winds + low temps + power out = ice
Ice + water pressure = blooey!
Hope this late winter day’s treating y’all well. Thanks to Andi & Miss Olivia for amazing & wonderful images!
This winter has been a doozie. Was reading about how all the heavy snowfall in North Dakota and Minnesota is setting the stage for an ugly spring flood season. Dealt with our own record snowfalls and near-record lows a couple weeks back – I don’t miss them. Now it’s back to possible severe thunderstorms. So it goes.
We’ve got a regional flood watch in place for tomorrow. So it goes indeed.
Damn, WW, that is really the pits. I hope it’s warmed up some so you can get things cleaned up. We’ve had a warm up here (with intermittent back to the cold) and some daffodil leaves popped up. Made me so want the green of spring so bad, I could have just sat down and spent the day staring at them.
Oooh .. daffodils! Could it be true? Winter will end? Be still my heart!
It’ll be an eternity before we see ’em here — usually around mid-April.
Hope it stays warm enough for them to grow!
Well it’s only the leaves, no flowers yet but even those don’t normally show up here till about mid March so I hope this early arrival survives. We’ve got some snow today but the leaves didn’t show any damage from earlier freezes so I hope this won’t have any effect either.
Our daffodils seem to survive the late-winter snows pretty well.
Sorry to hear about that!
Thank you. Truly hope your neighborhood didn’t have the same problems!
lots of rain, starting last night. no flooding yet as far as I can tell, but making me rethink all the early morning errands I had lined up. and it’s been cold with no daffodils in sight. maybe this weekend after the rain will see some.
I hope that things are better now!
Thanks, b2. Yep, things are back to normal — or what passes for normal in a cranky old farmhouse.
🙂
It’s raining heavily here now, on top of all the melting snow. High winds are expected later on. All in all, a lovely day.
‘In like a lion’ & all that.
We could see 3 – 5″ of snow up here. Wind + various wet stuff = outages possible. Time to collect firewood & pray to the weather gods.
Stay safe, everyone!
You too, ww! Don’t put the snow tires away just yet.
I hope you both don’t get hit too hard. And I sure hope not to see any more snow here.
I’m praying for your daffodils, Andi.
Just a little snow fell here yesterday, as it turns out. Kept our power, too.
I’m not sure if it’s because Winter started so early this year, or because I’m getting crotchety, but March can’t come soon enough for me.
Thankfully, we just use all-weather tires up here. One less chore to worry about.
🙂
Good morning all,
It appears we keep getting warmer down here. Our high is supposed to be 76F today and tomorrow 80F. Oh I do miss winter. 🙂
I hope everyone in the colder climates are keeping warm and take care.
FM
Good to see you, FM. Doing well up here — Spring is coming, though slow enough for us to savor the changes.
Hope you’re having a great day in your bikini!
😉