As the final models yesterday predicted, what was going to be a big snow storm then ice storm mostly turned out to be freezing rain and then regular rain today. Things are melting up good before the deep freeze comes in for the balance of week starting tonight.I guess the shit spreaders out on fields yesterday were not wrong, getting the bedpack before rain could get the nutrients into the field. Growing season will be here before you know it.
I was out knocking the snow off Big Red which with freezing rain on the snow actually brushed off quite easily with the snow below it. Maybe it was too soon and rain will freeze again to the windsheild but I wanted to get as much of it off as possible. Plus I wanted to shovel around a bit this morning, as my neighbor was out shoveling early this morning, and I didnโt want to be a jerk by never shoveling around his unit. He is just up and out a lot earlier then I am.
I turned up the heat to 55 degrees, as Iโm a bit worried about losing power. We didnโt get that much ice on the trees but there is still a fair bit of ice build up from earlier and while some is melting with the non-freezing rain now โ itโs around 34 degrees, a strong cold front with potentially damaging winds is pushing in by evening and that could have limbs taking out power lines come the evening. And then itโs going to cold. Not very cold by January standards but it looks like high temperatures most of the coming week will be in the 20s with gusty winds. Itโs been a very windy winter, even if not real cold thanks primarily to climate change. The earth is so fucking hot these days, and itโs in a violent fight against the cold of the arctic that is trying to push south during the winter months. The steep gradients in temperatures really have made windy. Itโs funny the late John Wolcott warned me about such things years ago, I kind of nodded him along, but now Iโm seeing it with this winter, and itโs gone to be bad.
I doubt the library is open today, but I will probably will regardless spend day at home. I have books to read on my phone, there are maps I want to make and things Iโve been thinking about. Having access to unlimited data though would be good for some of those maps. I got to think about it. Need to do some cleaning. I want to make some brown rice up with the remaining black beans I had frozen from two weeks ago for that chilli cook-off at work, with some onions and I donโt know exactly what. Good eats for a cold day. Plus more of that homemade whole-wheat bread I made up yesterday. Not eating crap doesnโt have to be expensive. I am always reminded of the old saying, what is good for your compost pile and not your burning barrel and is good for your health. If more people could smell the smoldering plastic, I think theyโd make healthier choices and make less garbage. Itโs amazing how much more compost I have nowadays now that I eat healthy. Itโs not spoiled food, itโs just all those cores and peels, though sometimes I do run them the food processor so I can add fiber to my diet. Fiber is so important, and with inflation, you got to get the most out of your food.
Presidents Day is Tomorrow, or as the Federal Government calls it, โGeo. Washingtonโs Birthdayโ. How far America has fallen under the Trumpster, though Iโm sure when the history books are written it wonโt be that bad. I am hoping now that my truck is cleaned off things wonโt be too frozen up tomorrow and I can go to Walmart early in the morning and stock up. I might also want to get propane lest I decide to camping come Friday or next weekend. I might go for a ride or hike if itโs not too cold, although I definately will want the micro-spikes. Then off in the afternoon to see the folks. Hopefully they will have power then. Iโve thought about camping next weekend at least for one night or maybe two if I decide to take off Friday. I was so disappointed about not getting away this weekend. But the weather with the freezing rain and now the rain would be such crap. The good news is we are in the second half of February, and I figure maybe a month at most of much heating season, and snow will start to melt away and nicer weather will happen in March โ assuming things donโt get dried out too quickly.
which with freezing rain on the snow actually brushed off quite easily with the snow below it. Maybe it was too soon and rain will freeze again to the windsheild but I wanted to get as much of it off as possible. Plus I wanted to shovel around a bit this morning, as my neighbor was out shoveling early this morning, 
and I didnโt want to be a jerk by never shoveling around his unit. He is just up and out a lot earlier then I am.
We didnโt get that much ice on the trees but there is still a fair bit of ice build up from earlier 
and while some is melting with the non-freezing rain now โ itโs around 34 degrees, a strong cold front with potentially damaging winds 
is pushing in by evening and that could have limbs taking out power lines come the evening. And then itโs going to cold. 
Not very cold by January standards but it looks like high temperatures most of the coming week will be in the 20s with gusty winds. Itโs been a very windy winter, even if not real cold thanks primarily to climate change. The earth is so fucking hot these days, 
and itโs in a violent fight against the cold of the arctic that is trying to push south during the winter months. The steep gradients in temperatures really have made windy. Itโs funny the late John Wolcott warned me about such things years ago, I kind of nodded him along, but now Iโm seeing it with this winter, and itโs gone to be bad. 
but I will probably will regardless spend day at home. I have books to read on my phone, there are maps I want to make and things Iโve been thinking about. Having access to unlimited data though would be good for some of those maps. I got to think about it. 
Need to do some cleaning. 
I want to make some brown rice up with the remaining black beans I had frozen from two weeks ago for that chilli cook-off at work, 
with some onions and I donโt know exactly what. Good eats for a cold day. Plus more of that homemade whole-wheat bread I made up yesterday. 
Not eating crap doesnโt have to be expensive. I am always reminded of the old saying, what is good for your compost pile and not your burning barrel and is good for your health. 
If more people could smell the smoldering plastic, I think theyโd make healthier choices and make less garbage. Itโs amazing how much more compost I have nowadays now that I eat healthy. 
Itโs not spoiled food, itโs just all those cores and peels, though sometimes I do run them the food processor so I can add fiber to my diet. Fiber is so important, and with inflation, you got to get the most out of your food.
How far America has fallen under the Trumpster, though Iโm sure when the history books are written it wonโt be that bad. I am hoping now that my truck is cleaned off things wonโt be too frozen up tomorrow and I can go to Walmart early in the morning and stock up. 
I might also want to get propane lest I decide to camping come Friday or next weekend. 
I might go for a ride or hike if itโs not too cold, although I definately will want the micro-spikes. Then off in the afternoon to see the folks. 
Hopefully they will have power then. 
I was so disappointed about not getting away this weekend. But the weather with the freezing rain and now the rain would be such crap. The good news is we are in the second half of February, and I figure maybe a month at most of much heating season, and snow will start to melt away and nicer weather will happen in March โ assuming things donโt get dried out too quickly. 