Let me just preface this by saying i was aware winter storm Fern was coming. She wasnt a surprise. Everyone in a 500 mile radius was running around panicking buying every single item in every grocery store whether it was foot fungus cream or light bulbs. They just felt we needed to buy. Buy everything …
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The Plants Misjudged the Timing of the Last Frost
In the house the redbud tree, crape myrtle, and blackberry bush began to wake up from their slumber. In their minds, winter hibernation was over. Unfortunately, most of my fruit trees in the ground followed suit. Winter was not over by a long shot. In one week it would be 13 degrees and everything that …
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Winter Weather
Looking at the forecast i noted there was one week day in which it was set to precipitate and also remain well below freezing all day. I asked to work the sunday before so that i could have this day off. My request was granted. The electricity went off for a second but then came …
Untimely Winter Weather
The temperature dropped to 11 at one point where i was at and it wasn’t a quick dip. It was a prolonged under 20 degrees for a whole day type of scenario. I knew it was coming. I read the forecast. I understood that it would be a miracle against nature if i didnt lose …
A Major Problem with Cricket
So i began noticing that Cricket was not interested in spending time with me any longer. She would demand rather urgently to have her food immediately upon me pulling up and then disappear under the car as soon as it was eaten. One night i became fed up with this screaming and clawing to get …
The Geese fly South
I was hearing this repetitive squeaking noise. It was an animal noise but i couldnt figure out which animal it was coming from. The cat did not appear to he meowing, the chickens weren’t doing it, the dogs were still, and i saw no evidence of mice, toads, or rabbits nearby at the moment. Then …
A Christmas Tree for the House
I had a 3 foot Christmas tree that i stored in the shed during the summer months. The stand got a bit melted and warped under the weight of the tree. The thing wouldn’t stand up anymore. It was such a hassle to keep upright around the dogs that i just quit putting it out. …
Weatherizing Cricket’s Bed
All day today the icy wind was pummeling people, pushing them this way and that and making it difficult to breathe as well as drive on flat stretches of highway. it was a mess. The high was in the fifties today and the wind gusts made it feel much colder. The low is scheduled to …
Surprise Winter
So, after we were visited by an arctic storm the weatherman actually said on television, “Folks it looks like that will be it for the winter weather. We’re going to have a very mild rest of the season with warm temperatures expected through to spring.” Winter having just begun, i thought their statement might have …
The Arctic Storm
I had 10 full days notice that an arctic storm was coming and honestly thats the only reason we fared as well as we did through this one. I was covering a full time therapist’s caseload while she was out of the country visiting family for Christmas. It was a 50 minute drive there, a …