Beautiful!

[Janet]

I just have to write and say that yesterday and today have been sooooo beautiful out. In the 60's, sun shining brightly and leaves popping out everywhere. I love spring.

The weather will be turning cold again, but then after the weekend back to warm. I'm really trying to 'stop and smell the roses'. I get so wrapped up in what has to be done, when to make time to do it and all the other responibilities of daily life, that I don't hardly get to enjoy each day.

So yesterday and today....I took a moment to walk around the yard...be thankful for my home and family and the beauty surrounding me. Just wanted to share. :)

[Lindsey]

I think you deserve a reward for starting so many new posts today :D

We had such beautiful weather last week and through the weekend and even the beginning of this week! As of yesterday, we only had a few handfuls of snow left in the yard. Well, good thing the forecast is saying snow tonight and for the next few days because we almost ran out of snow there for a minute :rolleyes: I think maybe I jinxed it by taking our patio furniture out of storage already! Oh well, that's what we get I guess for living where we live! It didn't snow until November last year, so our 6 months of snow isn't quite up yet! Here's to hoping it warms up for May :)

[judy]

I hear more and more birds as the days go by. Definite sign of spring!!!

[Janet]

Isn't it wonderful?

[gja1000]

we have had some absolutely gorgeous days! Of course, we are in a SERIOUS drought, without much prospect of rain till the end of the summer. This is not good!

But for right now, we are having some beautiful weather! I'm so glad those of you up north are coming out of the deep freeze and Lindsay, I hope that your snow is light and melts quickly!

[Lindsey]

Well, I hope it's not too much snow, and it doesn't melt TOO quickly! Here's what we're going through right now:

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Photo+Gallery+Aerial+shots+flooding+Saskatchewan/4615042/story.html

Flooding like crazy! Two people have died in Manitoba from the flood waters. One of them tried to drive down a road through the water and the current swept his truck away :( Lots of people on acreages around here have abandoned their houses, or are doing what they can to build berms and sandbagging to prevent flooding if it hasn't happened already. So many roads are washed out!

Oh yeah, if you look through the pictures, you'll see some channels that were just built at Fishing Lake. I worked on designing that project :D

[Lindsey]

Well, I hope it's not too much snow, and it doesn't melt TOO quickly! Here's what we're going through right now:

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Photo+Gallery+Aerial+shots+flooding+Saskatchewan/4615042/story.html

Flooding like crazy! Two people have died in Manitoba from the flood waters. One of them tried to drive down a road through the water and the current swept his truck away :( Lots of people on acreages around here have abandoned their houses, or are doing what they can to build berms and sandbagging to prevent flooding if it hasn't happened already. So many roads are washed out!

Oh yeah, if you look through the pictures, you'll see some channels that were just built at Fishing Lake. I worked on designing that project :D

Oops I guess it doesn't specify Fishing Lake on the photo lol... it's the one showing the channels between Hazel, Whitesand, Dog, and Newburn lakes. This is the first photo I've seen of them being constructed!

[DianaB]

We've had some really warm days.....up in the 80's!!! We've even had the airconditioner on for awhile!!! I find that as I get older the more intolerant I am of temperature changes!!! I think that we're suppose to cool off for a day or two now that the rain has gone through. I would like to have some pleasant weather......not too hot and not too cold!!!! I don't ask for much!!!!!

[Janet]

I don't think you're asking for much either Diana. That is exactly the weather I'm wanting...not too hot and not too cold. Right now it's 52 degrees but feels much colder because the wind is blowing so hard....35-40 miles per hour gusts. We're even suppose to have a chance of snow showers on Saturday night. Come on spring....please come and stay awhile before summer gets here.

[Lindsey]

It's 1 degree C, about 33 degrees F, snowing and blowing. We woke up to a white lawn and huge flakes this morning. The patio furniture had a couple of inches of snow piled up on it. So far, our basement has not leaked, but There have been many flooding basements in our town. I hope ours holds up for a few more weeks.

[DianaB]

Yesterday was cold and the heater was turned back on. :( I also brought some of the plants back in that I had put out on the porch. Hopefully this will be our last cold spell. I'm so ready for some nice spring weather!!! However, I think, we have rain coming all next week.

[Janet]

Same here Diana....rain...of course April showers bring May flowers...lol. Hope they don't drown!

[DianaB]

That would be sad......drowning flowers. :(

[gja1000]

It's a beautiful day here today too. NO WIND. I'm so sick of wind. It's supposed to be terrible tomorrow. That's why I put some fertilizer on my yard today because the wind is not blowing. Otherwise I would be fertilizing my neighbors yard - DOWN THE STREET!

We need rain so badly though. I know you all are getting it up there, but we are in a severe drought here. Pretty terrible.

[Gina]

It is freezing here rain, winds and soooooooo cold, its about 48 degrees feels like November. Oh when will it warm up.. brrrr

[Janet]

I ended up laying on the couch awhile with a blanket. It is just so windy and rainy out and has been all day! Surely it will get warmer soon...even if the forecast doesn't look so good.

[Lindsey]

The seniors in town put on a pancake breakfast this morning, so Scott and I walked down two blocks to the seniors center. It was lightly snowing huge puffy flakes of snow, but it was so warm! It was really nice. On our way home it was pouring freezing rain! It was like a white-out. Then it went back to fluffy snow. Now there's nothing!

The forecast says it will be back to spring soon... knock on wood!

[DianaB]

Lindsey, I would DEFINITELY be ready for spring if I lived up there!!!!

[Lindsey]

Oh I am ready! The snow has all melted, and the ground is pretty dry! On Sunday I sat in the yard in capris and sunglasses, drinking a bacardi breezer, and watching Scott do the yard work :D Layla explored the yard a bit in her wheels and then settled down under my chair for a nice nap. The sun is shining, and it's spring time again!! Finally! :)

[gja1000]

It's supposed to be 96 here today :eek:. This is the heat ahead of a front, so it will only be 90 tomorrow and 87 on Thursday :rolleyes:. I fear we are in for a very long, very dry, very hot summer. But I guess that's what we get for living in Texas! :p

[DianaB]

Gayle, I feel sorry for you for having all that heat. I heard that Texas is having a drought and is rationing water. Are you having to do that or is it west of you?

[gja1000]

Gayle, I feel sorry for you for having all that heat. I heard that Texas is having a drought and is rationing water. Are you having to do that or is it west of you?

We are in a severe drought right here in Austin. We moved into this house December 15th and I have had one inch of rain one time since we moved in. We have had a couple of quarter inch rains, but that is it. I have a rain gauge so I'm sure of the amounts. We are not yet in water rationing, but we will be soon, I'm sure. Since we moved we are on a different water system, so I don't know what our rationing system will be. I don't expect we will have any rain to speak of till the fall. It will be terrible this summer, but I think it will be better this fall and winter. I sure hope so!

[Janet]

Is most of Texas like that? What about northern Texas? I hope to get out of Indiana's winter weather someday.

[gja1000]

Well, any part of Texas can have a drought from time to time, it's the nature of our weather. But right now, north Texas has had a lot of rain, espcially these past few days. The rain has been just about 100 miles north of us, on up into north Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, etc etc. There is bad flooding in Missouri and Arkansas. We typically have a wet period, then a dry period, then a norma period, then a wet period, then a flood, then a drought. You get the picture. The next time we may get any measureable rain is likely to be from a tropical storm or hurricane in the gulf.

[judy]

Droughts for Gayle, severe flooding for Lindsey! We are really spread out all over the map, aren't we? I hope both of you get weather relief real quick!

We're having the usual Catskill Mountains weather...unpredictable! It snowed a few times last week, then we had thunder and lightening and very heavy rain last night and the night before. Yesterday was gorgeous though! I went down to the City. Last time to the dentist, God willing!!! It was hot! I got home just in time. I saw the lightening driving home, and got back just to calm Max down when the thunder started. It has been so close that he has been very anxious.

Maybe it will be 70 this weekend; maybe it will snow. Maybe both. I'm wearing flip flops anyway, so there!!!

[gja1000]

LOL Judy, you and your flip flops! I never wear flip flops, I can't stand anything between my toes. I wear the croc sandals, the ones with one thin strap over your toes and one thin strap over your instep.

[DianaB]

Our weather here has been unpredictable here too. Warm one day and cool the next......today we've been horribly windy!!! If it's windy here at my house up in the trees then it's really windy when you get down to the road!!

I had planned to go out and work in the flower beds but I watched the wedding, then Jaci came over, and then Kera was here to help me clean out my closet.......so I didn't even make it outside.

Oh....and we have baby chicks and ducks!!! Damon and Dae Lynn wanted some and I guess, we wanted some.......but I have no idea where we're going to put them because we have no outside buildings!!!! I guess we'll see!! Anyway, I have one little chick that's crippled.......so he's on the kitchen bar with a couple of buddies!!! He's eating and drinking but can't stand up....poor little guy!!!

[Janet]

It's windy here too. Yesterday wasn't too bad, but today it's very windy and it makes it feel cold outside. I my way to town this morning I saw so many people out on their lawn mowers with winter coats on...lol. We've had so much rain that you have to mow whenever there is some dry time, the grass grows so fast.

I would like to put a few flowers out too, but too hard to work in mud...lol. The way it's going it will be the middle of May before it's dry enough.

Diana...I'm so glad you didn't have the chicks and ducks when I was there. I am so afraid of them, can't believe you have them on the kitchen bar...lol. You're going to spoil them huh? What do the Yorkies think of them?

[judy]

Awww! Poor little chick! They must be happy, living in the house, and getting plenty of food. They are so soft when they're babies too!

[gja1000]

LOL! I was at the feed store today and there was LOTS of baby chicks (for sale). They sound so cute when they are all huddled together peeping away!

When Gary and I were first married, we rented a place in the country with a barn. We bought 100 :eek: baby chicks and raised them. It was pretty interesting. We had a big line party when it came time to (ahem) put them in the freezer. We had a catcher, a wringer, a dipper, a plucker, a singer, a washer, and a bagger. The whole family came over to help.

[judy]

A singer? Did he sing songs, or is that a chicken job? I would think a fiddler would be appropriate.

Several friends up here have farms and sell organic chicken and eggs. I can get organic beef from a couple of them too. We are very food lucky here!

[judy]

LOL Judy, you and your flip flops! I never wear flip flops, I can't stand anything between my toes. I wear the croc sandals, the ones with one thin strap over your toes and one thin strap over your instep.


I have bunions, so flip flop season is my favorite! There are so many strappy sandals I can never wear.

[gja1000]

I have bunions, so flip flop season is my favorite! There are so many strappy sandals I can never wear.

Can you get your bunions fixed? My sil had both of hers fixed. I have one but it doesn't bother me yet.

[DianaB]

LOL! I was at the feed store today and there was LOTS of baby chicks (for sale). They sound so cute when they are all huddled together peeping away!

When Gary and I were first married, we rented a place in the country with a barn. We bought 100 :eek: baby chicks and raised them. It was pretty interesting. We had a big line party when it came time to (ahem) put them in the freezer. We had a catcher, a wringer, a dipper, a plucker, a singer, a washer, and a bagger. The whole family came over to help.


Ok....you lost me with a "singer"!!!!! Did someone stand and sing??????


I edited......I know what you meant.......you meant that the birds were singed!!!! LOL

[gja1000]

Ok....you lost me with a "singer"!!!!! Did someone stand and sing??????


I edited......I know what you meant.......you meant that the birds were singed!!!! LOL

Diana! when I typed that, I knew someone would think that we had a singer. I didn't know how to type anything different to mean that someone had to singe the pinfeathers off after plucking!

LOL! Only a country gal would figure that one out!