How did that old Paul Anka song go about the calendar girl? I doubt there are many people alive who can remember that song but I remember hearing it on the oldies station as a kid. And I also wonder how my old colleague is doing on his count of loads of manure spread as we get through the winter? I bet with the warmer weather, folks will be busy into late hours spreading this evening, assuming that soon they donโt sink out of sight in the mud.
Woke up this morning, and the floor made a loud creak when I went downstairs. I think thatโs a sign the frost is coming out of the ground and the building is shifting a bit. Happens every year, though so far no new plaster has fallen or cracks gotten worse. Also happens in the heat of summer, especially after Iโve been gone for a while and the wood has expanded from the heat. Good though itโs mild, hopefully the ice and snow is melting from the bike trail. Iโm ready for winter to be done, it seems like today will be on the nicer side. Not expecting all the ice to be gone from the trail but I think it wonโt be tha ad.
Rather wet start to the morning but itโs going to be a relatively nice late winter day, and I think there will be enough snow melt to ride in but I may pack extra socks in case my feet get soaked from the melting snow on the Rail Trail. But itโs good to finally being riding yet. Forgot to get Olive Oil on Monday at Walmart, which I walked down the aisle three times knowing I was missing something, so Iโll stop at Hannaford in the way in. I do a lot of frying with Olive Oil so I need that. I have some cooking oil, aka rapeseed or canola oil, but I mostly use that for seasoning my cast iron and cooking at camp in winter when the Olive Oil would gell.
It would have not been a good day to ride in yesterday with rain by evening, as it was fairly wet yesterday afternoon. Today might also be the best day to ride in as Thursday looks pretty cold and wet in the morning, and Friday is expected to be quite windy again. Instead I walked laps in the Plaza and then headed home on the later local bus. A lot of security in the Plaza again and they have a major construction in Concourse near the Food Court, but it was fine walking between the white walls. Not may favorite, but I wanted to get exercise in. Iโm hoping today to bike both ways, but it depends on the condition of Rail Trail and how bitterly cold it is come evening โ temperatures are expected to drop as the day progresses. That said, Iโm looking forward to riding today! Such serenity riding the bike trail to work plus it really doesnโt feel like a work day when you ride both ways.
Need to get the compost out again. Truth is these days I need a bigger bin inside as I find Iโm constantly emptying that large coffee can into the 5 gallon bucket outside. Maybe I should be using the trash can for compost and the large coffee can for the burnable trash. That said, I want something pretty tight so I donโt have mice and fruit flies. Though since theyโve ended the free paper recycling I end up with a lot more paper that Iโm saving for fire starting up at camp. And yes I need chickens and hogs to turn this all into food rather than my parents compost pile, though I do get some good produce from them in the summer.
I am afraid this weekend might not be a good one for camping, which is unfortunate as weโve had a lot of snow melt. I kind of donโt want to wait for all the snow to be gone, as I want to have a good rip-roaring fire to hang out around and have a fire risk. While small campfires are allowed during the so-called brush burn ban, youโre supposed to keep them small and they still arenโt a good idea where there is dried grass around. The one thing I like about that campsite on East Branch is itโs mostly mineral soil, so during the spring months before the green up the fire risk is less. Looks like rain for Saturday then very cold come Sunday. I guess March comes in like a lion.
I think thatโs a sign the frost is coming out of the ground and the building is shifting a bit. Happens every year, though so far no new plaster has fallen or cracks gotten worse. Also happens in the heat of summer, especially after Iโve been gone for a while and the wood has expanded from the heat. Good though itโs mild, hopefully the ice and snow is melting from the bike trail. 
Iโm ready for winter to be done, it seems like today will be on the nicer side. Not expecting all the ice to be gone from the trail but I think it wonโt be tha ad.
and I think there will be enough snow melt to ride in but I may pack extra socks in case my feet get soaked from the melting snow on the Rail Trail. But itโs good to finally being riding yet. Forgot to get Olive Oil on Monday at Walmart, which I walked down the aisle three times knowing I was missing something, so Iโll stop at Hannaford in the way in. I do a lot of frying with Olive Oil 
so I need that. I have some cooking oil, aka rapeseed or canola oil, but I mostly use that for seasoning my cast iron and cooking at camp in winter when the Olive Oil would gell.
as it was fairly wet yesterday afternoon. Today might also be the best day to ride in as Thursday looks pretty cold and wet in the morning, and Friday is expected to be quite windy again. 
Instead I walked laps in the Plaza and then headed home on the later local bus. 
A lot of security in the Plaza again and they have a major construction 
in Concourse near the Food Court, but it was fine walking between the white walls. 
Not may favorite, but I wanted to get exercise in. Iโm hoping today to bike both ways, but it depends on the condition of Rail Trail and how bitterly cold it is come evening โ temperatures are expected to drop as the day progresses. That said, Iโm looking forward to riding today! Such serenity riding the bike trail to work plus it really doesnโt feel like a work day when you ride both ways.
Truth is these days I need a bigger bin 
inside as I find Iโm constantly emptying that large coffee can into the 5 gallon bucket outside. Maybe I should be using the trash can for compost and the large coffee can for the burnable trash. That said, I want something pretty tight so I donโt have mice and fruit flies. Though since theyโve ended the free paper 
recycling 
I end up with a lot more paper that Iโm saving for fire starting up at camp. 
And yes I need chickens 
and hogs 
to turn this all into food rather than my parents compost pile, though I do get some good produce 
from them in the summer.
which is unfortunate as weโve had a lot of snow melt. I kind of donโt want to wait for all the snow to be gone, as I want to have a good rip-roaring fire to hang out around 
and have a fire risk. While small campfires are allowed during the so-called brush burn ban, youโre supposed to keep them small and they still arenโt a good idea where there is dried grass around. The one thing I like about that campsite on East Branch is itโs mostly mineral soil, so during the spring months before the green up the fire risk is less. 
Looks like rain for Saturday then very cold come Sunday. I guess March comes in like a lion. 