Hello Everyfriend!  This was a very unusual day for me!  Cooper arrived a bit later than usual, had his breakfast and a walk and then went out in the front yard for a bit and then came in to follow me around!

Cathy stopped by for my shopping list and picked up a few things from the store that I needed.  I gathered together the things to make the casserole but then didn't have time to make so that will be for tomorrow.

My second friend's funeral viewing was tonight and I'm so glad I went.  Her daughter who was one of the participants on two of my Girl Scout trips was very happy to see me!  She hugged me 3 times and we shared some memories and wished that life brought us together a bit more often and in happier times.  We agreed that her mother was in a better place and that she probably already has a couple Girl Scout troops started where she is now!

AMY, I loved the "memory" bit that you printed.  It is all so true!

Well, the weather did get into the high 50s today but it brought lots of wind with it and it sure didn't feel like the 50s!  I guess....
Tis the Season"! 

I glanced out the window as I headed for a chair to read the paper and there was a (I think) Grackle marching around under the bird feeder.  And tonight, there were 5 finches on and off the feeder for about a half hour!

I'm off to jump into the haystack.  Cooper will be a bit later tomorrow.  Frankie doesn't have to be to work until 10:30.  So if it happens, I can sleep in tomorrow.  However, if the past tells me anything, I'll be up early anyway!  I already have a list for tomorrow.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

Good morning..

Nice bright sunny day but cold!! I am still trying to get this computer back to where I like it. Laundry today and baking..cookies are getting scarce so I had bettter fill some cookie jars.

Jane , I am glad you liked that. I remember being at a Scouting conference and at lunch someone must have had their elbows on the table. The whole table shouted out  "This is not a horses stable, get your elbows off the table"  I am sure that person made sure their elbows were by their side after that!.

Better get busy.....

ENjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning AMY and anyone else who appears.  Cooper just arrived and I think I'm ready for a walk if he is.  Now that doesn't make sense!  He'll go for a walk any old time!

I have General Tso's Stew cooking in the crockpot.  It will be ready to eat when I'm ready for lunch and it already smells good.  This is my first time making this one and I'm betting it's a keeper!  It has chicken, broccoli, pickled peppers, tomato juice and lots of spices in it!  I'm going to have a hard time waiting!

I really slept well last night and I actually got up feeling refreshed. 

AMY, at Girl Scout camp we used to say....
     Janie, Janie strong and able,
     Get you elbows off the table!

And, yes, I had it said to me when I was a camper but I sure did pass it on when I became a counselor...and I even took it home with me and used it on my kid sister!

Now I'm off for a walk!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

The General Tso's Stew was great...a bit spicy but I like spicy!

Good afternoon well it is 54º and cloudy/over cast here. I am going to go to lowes and buy some lumber and hardware and build a rabbet cage. i found a ladie not too far from us that has large white rabbets for sale. they repreduce, fast. and grow large fest. cheep meat. and also podurce good dropping for fertlizer for the raised beds for the  (garding).

Lloyd

Lloyd, when we raised rabbits, any vegetation, green stuff, growing under the cage, died quickly.  We would have to move the cages, and it would kill there too.  We had always heard that rabbit droppings were not good fertilizer.

Rabbit droppings will kill off the vegetation, as you found out.

 It will kill any vegetation, is just too hot!
Mycheal

well I am haveing another of those sleeples nights, so i got up and got drink of watter  and came into see what has gone seince i was here eairler. I am going back to the hatstak and try for someore zzz,s it is saying 41º and clear.

Lloyd

patricia19 I hope you are in crocert, about the rabbite droppings we just made a deal for a big white buck and a doe plan to go tomorow and get the miterial to build a cage for them with a sepiratore , so we can seperate them after matting. the laide we are getting them said have to or buck will kill the young ones. I shure do not want to let that happen. we want to raise them for meat on the tabel,you know they are the other white meeat.

Lloyd

Good morning..

Cloudy with a temp of 26° today and no snow until tomorrow!

Need to take the garbage away and make a pie or two from the pasrty I made yesterday..then sew.

Janie, you must have been plumb tuckered from your busy week as you didn't peek in last night. I am finding out more things on tis computer that it now has. When I walk away for a while it goes to sleep but wakes up when I shake the mouse. Last night I came to turn it off and it had already done so!

Patricia, did you get more snow or just bitter cold days?

All little reading for those interested in bunny honey.

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/bunny_honey_using_rabbit_manure_as_a_fertilizer#:~:text=Rabbit%20manure%20is%20organic%20matter,and%20is%20easy%20to%20handle.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I was very tired last night!  I came in and instead of sitting down to the computer, I turned it off and kept on going down the hall!  I just couldn't even think straight!  Today is better.  I slept pretty well last night!

Right now, it's 29º and heading for a high of53.  Not too bad!

Cooper will be arriving around 10:30 and I'm not going to church.  We were able to discard masks 2 weeks ago and we got a notice this week that someone who was in church last week is down with COVID.  They didn't identify who it was so I don't know if I talked with them or not.  And I don't know if I talked with anyone who was close to them.  I've decided not to take a chance today and to just stay home and watch it on line! 

Today's going to be a different Sunday for me!

I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good Morning everyone. well Nancy went to church and left me in bed asleep. I just woake up a few min ago and got up took my vitials and sent them off via sadilight to VA. we are at 38º and sunny and cleare here this morning. I think I am going to go and get me a small pattoe and grate it into hash browens and soft fry a couple of eggs,toast a coupple slices of bread an put butter and jelley on them for my morning meal. Have a good day just as you like it.

Lloyd

Good morning, Amy. I guess we'll have to leave the polarizing rabbit dung issue to Lloyd's coming experience.

For our daily weather report, I submit a "Special Weather Statement issued February 18 at 2:17PM AKST by NWS Fairbanks

...Stormy Weather Across the Interior Next Week...

A series of strong storms will move across the Bering Sea and impact the Interior of Alaska next week. The storms will bring considerably warmer temperatures and the potential for heavy snow from Bettles south to Tanana, east to Fairbanks and into the Alaska Range. In addition, gusty southwesterly winds will be likely in the Alaska Range.

At this time there is still some uncertainty with the timing and track of these weather systems. The first system is expected to arrive on Tuesday followed by a second one on Wednesday and Thursday.

Stay tuned for further updates."

Patricia, the on coming weather doesn't sound good for you!!   Any dung/manure will burn if left in a lump on the grass.

Only saw one Bald eagle at the dump but the lad said he has seen 6..yes SIX all at once. I would love to see that!

Amy, the last few warnings of serious snow never happened, so we will see. The promised temps are said to rise from zero to plus 40.

Patricia, hope they are wrong but with temps like that it sounds as if snow may visit you.

Quote from: patricia19 on February 19, 2023, 01:52:03 PMGood morning, Amy. I guess we'll have to leave the polarizing rabbit dung issue to Lloyd's coming experience.

Mixed in - vs - concentrated area.

 I can only tell you of my experiences with manure.
 I think however it depends on the soils content... DO know we have high percentage of Nitrogen.
Mycheal

Well, I had a busy day today but if you ask me what I did, I don't think I could tell you.  I did pay a couple of bills and I did take Cooper (or he took me) for a couple of walks.  I went to church on the computer and I read the paper.  Anything else is gone from my memory!

PATRICIA, I thought you wanted snow to come and cover the ice...or was that AMY?

Whenever I go outside, I hear the chirpiest birdies!  They must be coming back!  I hope the weather doesn't get cold enough to freeze them out!  And I heard more geese flying over and I saw some on the river.

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow and may God bless us, every one!

A quick HELLO to EVERYFRIEND from the North Pacific Ocean.

Our cruise has been just wonderful.  All four days on
Hawaii were very  nice except for the weather.  We have not had one nice sunny day on the entire cruise 😩😥 Super Bowl Sunday they did get to show the game on the BIG outside TV but the weather did not cooperate for long and the fans were drenched‼️  There was no place for us to sit as people had covered all the lounge chairs with towels to save them, so we came back to our room and watched it.

The highlight of Honolulu was going to see Pearl Harbor.  It was very nice, but so sad to see and know the history there.😥😩 Both Maui and Kona one had to be tendered off the ship and with the sea being so rough it was a big challenge to get off and back on the ship.
Now we are sailing for Ensenada Mexico.  Four days at sea.  Then one more up the coast and back to San Francisco. The time has passed much too quickly but it sure has been fun.

We have talked to so many people from all over the world.  There are a LOT of Brits aboard, JACKIE, and we have enjoyed chatting with them. One couple were from Dorset.

All of the ships staff wear name tags that show where they are from and it always brings on a nice conversation when they are from a country that we have personally visited. 

I have missed you all and hoped that everyone is doing well.

Aloha🦋🦋
Jenny

Jane, both Amy and I have had issues with ice this winter, but she had so much more snow. They have been promising snow all this month and the latter part of January, and we only received 0.2 inches.

We need snow but not so much snow.

If, and that is a bit IF, we get the latest promised snows with a Chinook, it may make it much worse, especially in areas prone to avalanches, and we may not have the equipment to clear it.

We won't see any summer birds until at least April or May. The only overwintering birds are owls and ravens, combined winter flocks of chickadees, wrens, sparrows, and that sort.

Returning to the rabbits,  we have healthy black glacial dirt, which is why the crops are so substantial such as 26-30 pound cabbages and enormous flowers. Due to that black soil, Alaska is one of the largest exporters of peonies. I'm assuming we have nitrogen, as I'm not an expert.

Rick's answer makes sense to me.

Other than imported pet rabbits, who wouldn't make it in the wild, We have no actual rabbit breeds, only Alaska & Snowshoe Hares.

Surprisingly, an Alaska rabbit, recognized in Europe, originated in Germany, so I have no idea why they gave it that name.

"There are two species of hares in Alaska, the snowshoe hare and the Alaska hare. Snowshoe hares weigh three or four pounds, and the Alaska hare is distinctly larger, at six to 12 pounds. Both are grayish-brown in summer, with white underparts, and turn white in the winter. This winter camouflage is caused by physiological changes triggered by the shortening day length in autumn. That means that these white animals stand out markedly to predators and hunters in years when the snow is late."

Hi Jenny! It sounds as if you're having a wonderful time!

I am REALLY getting tired of Microsoft pulling this vanishing stunt. Had about finished to post & looked at the screen & it was blank!  Will repeat what I can remember about Pearl Harbor, that Sunday morning was cold in central MO & I was kneeling on the furnace grate to read the comics... (just had shoes on it being the metal so hot), radio on in the kitchen & my mother let out a scream when the announcer broke in to tell about the bombing. The world changed for all of us.

My "cruise" to England the first week of Dec. of 1954 was on the SS United States, newest luxury ship afloat but roughest weather. Had to have steel rings around the table (under the tablecloths) to keep dishes from flying off. Cas didn't have rank to "take" me (he went over in Sept) but military couldn't object to my traveling as a tourist & paying my own way. I had a Civil Service job so made as much as women made back in those days & thought I was pretty cool. We came home on a much smaller troup ship with 3 mothers & 4 kids (twins) in my cabin. The husbands traveled in the hold all together but we did get to eat somewhere along the way. Nightmare trip. Sorry the weather wasn't better for you, Jenny.

Patricia, one year at Angel of Shavano campground Cas & I happened to be out early when snow still covered half the campground.  Camera in hand I kept busy & saw a snowshoe rabbit a camp site away so took off running.  Didn't get any super shots but at least one to prove I saw what I saw! Back half of that bunny was still white!

I am heading to bed, do a lot of sleeping and I am good at it!  Sweet dreams & God Bless

Good morning..

I beat crow in getting up but not by much...he is now eating his breakfast.

A holiday here called Family Day...not many store will be opened today.

Working around home ,I see the wood box is getting low and want to fill that up before more snow comes today .

Jenny, sounds like a wonderful time away even if the weather didn't cooperate.

Jane we did get snow to cover that lethal ice. Everyone can now walk without fear of falling......dogs included.

Better get going.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I'm up and attem but I still have to get dressed to meet Cooper at 11:15.  His "mommy" doesn't work until 11:30 today!

JENNY, it sounds like you had a fun trip in spite of the weather!  I still have good memories of my trip to Hawaii back in the early 70s.  The memories just seem to hang around.  When someone like you talks about it, my mind just goes along!  It's one of the few places that I'd love to return to!  When our trip was coming to an end, I suggested to my husband that he move our store over there!

AMY, gotta have paths for the doggies to travel around on!

PATRICIA,  one of the places I'd still like to visit is Alaska but I think I'd like to do it in the summer.  And I DON'T think I'd want to live there. 

Now I'm off to get myself dressed before Cooper shows up or my daughter, Cathy shows up!  I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!

Good Morning everyone.It Is 34º and sunny here this morning, well we are going to goup to the rabbit laide,s and take measures of the cages. and go get materials to build them with. Hope to get them built today. and go get rabbits today. I disagree with the rabbit dropings killing the vedigations, any more tha any other manure,un less you put on too heavey. well I have aready taken my vitials and sent them off to VA. hope you all have a good day.

Lloyd

Good morning; it's plus nine and snowing with these fat lazy flakes blown about.

Jane, I have to laugh because that's how I feel about the lower 48 states. I've visited or lived in 46 states, but the weather with hurricanes, tornados, massive fires, and humongous floods scares me. Plus, you have nasty critters such as fleas, snakes, skunks, ticks, cockroaches, and stink bugs.

And you have rabies and other scary diseases we also don't have. Our cold winter weather kills most of those, so we only have mosquitos to plague us, and they're experts at it. Even though our summers are brief, we have 24/7 sunlight for those four months. And see the aurora all winter.

I read this morning that the massive snowstorm to sweep through the Interior and on into Canada bringing high temperatures is part of a massive storm to sweep through Canada and the northern tier states, "A fast-moving clipper storm and its associated frontal boundary will swing through parts of the northern Rockies into the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes region from Monday into Tuesday. As this feature traverses across the northern tier of the Western and Central states, it will begin to pull chilly, Arctic air southward into the United States from Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Nature will start to give the West hints of what is to come, lowering temperatures by a few degrees on Tuesday across parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana.

Another storm will follow closely behind the clipper storm, arriving in full force Tuesday in the Northwest. All eyes will be on this segment as it is expected to track southward and deepen as it brings cooler air, snow and gusty winds and as far south as the Four Corners.

Disruptive high winds could develop across locations such as Marias Pass, Livingston, Montana, southeastern Wyoming and portions of the Front Range, where winds can gust as high as 80 mph, according to AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham.

By Tuesday night and Wednesday, the strongest winds will shift southward, impacting many of the high deserts and mountainous regions of New Mexico, Arizona and Southern California. Gusty winds will even extend all the way to the coast, impacting the San Diego metro area with gusts as high as 50 mph.

Forecasters warn that strong winds across these areas on Monday and Tuesday can lead to travel slowdowns along area roadways and interstates, such as interstates 25, 70, and 80 in Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. The strongest winds are likely to occur in portions of New Mexico and Arizona, where AccuWeather Local StormMax™ gusts near 100 mph are possible.

As the storm plunges southward into parts of the Southwest late Tuesday into Wednesday, a dramatic temperature shift will occur from Montana to Utah and Colorado as brisk air is pulled from Canada.

Enough rain may fall at lower elevations in coastal Southern California from Thursday to Friday evening to make for slick roads as well as create incidents of flash flooding and debris flows. A general 1-4 inches of rain is likely with locally higher amounts over the lower south- and west-facing mountainsides.

Residents within the zone of the storm's impacts this week could face a variety of hazards ranging from blowing snow, wind-driven rain, difficult travel and road closures. Gusty winds could also raise the risk of vehicle blowovers, particularly with high-profile vehicles.

As this feature gradually tracks east of the Rocky Mountains from mid-to late week, it will continue to spread a swath of snow and the threat for ice from the Great Lakes to areas of the Northeast.

And Hawaii will have its second rare snow fall.

For Amy, "A "significant winter storm" is set to hit southern Ontario later this week and, depending on where you live, you could see mainly freezing rain, ice pellets, or snow, Global News meteorologist Anthony Farnell says.


Farnell said the system will start to impact the region late Wednesday into Thursday.

"There is still some uncertainty to the exact track of the storm and a slight shift north or south will greatly impact ice and snow amounts," he said.

"The worst of the weather will be overnight Wednesday when a combination of ice pellets and snow will slam the GTA."

Farnell said most of the freezing rain will stay to the south, hitting areas from Windsor to the southern Niagara Region and areas bordering Lake Erie.

He said ice buildup in those areas could be enough to bring down trees and power lines, possibly causing "major" power outages.

"From London to Toronto and Kingston, a mixture of snow and ice pellets will make for very difficult travel into Thursday morning's commute. Combined ice and snow amounts could reach 15 cm or more," Farnell said.

North of Toronto, and into eastern Ontario, the system will bring mainly snow with 15 to 25 cm expected.

Later on Thursday and into Friday, another system will bring more snow to central Ontario and bring in "much colder" air to the region, Farnell said."

In essence, this storm, courtesy of Siberia, if true, will sweep most of North America.

Patricia, I don't mind the snow, much nicer than the freezing rain. I love Anthony's weather dog Storm ,sometimes he will make an apperance on the news. I just said to Kyle,the only birds here today were the crows..no Jays or Chickadees about. Guess it has been a while since I have danced with Mr SB.  but don't mind if he sits in the garage.

Amy, what I find annoying is the common perception that the US is composed of only the lower forty-eight states. You must look around for Alaska and Hawaii's news or weather; it's extra.

Then while we see western Canada's climate on our Alaskan news, we don't see anything from mid or eastern Canada. It's very shortsighted of them. How is it in your part of Canada?

I don't mind some snow; it's the chance of a massive snow dump along with rapidly rising temperatures in an area that's both flat and steep with parts long frozen.

All of our birds left yesterday...hmmm.