Good Morning!!!!!!

[roony]

14 here. Maybe 2 inches of snow at the most. Cool for a couple days and then rhe heat wave returns
 Kicking myself for not planting radishes when I had a chance.

[markn]

Parked the 1/2 ton with the unused (ok once this year) plow on it in the garage last night. Should be snow free by now. For you guys that are sitting there saying "geez what a lazy bugger" I'll have you know I did blow it off with a leaf blower first. Most of it anyhow. Things to do, later.......

[LPS]

Morning boys.  It is down to 9 at the moment.  It keeps dropping.  High of 16 today and 13 tomorrow.  Then back in the 30's.  Hurry up.  Will fire up the wood burner and feed the birds today.  Then just stay warm.  Don't think I have to go anywhere so will read a new kindle book I started last night.  Have a good one.

[tangle tooth]

      Good morning campers. Woke up to 13° this fine morning. I FINALLY got to use my new snowblower. Granted, just on a couple of maybe 6" drifts that we could have easily driven over. But I got to use my new snowblower. I'm probably the only one really excited about this.
      This is so big, I'm thinking there should be a 60 Minutes news crew pulling up in the driveway sometime today.
      Stay safe, everyone.

[Dotch]

Mornin' comrades! 14 at choretime heading for a high in the upper 20's. 2.3" of snow at the ranch with 2.5" in Bugtussle. Started out as rain & was hoping it'd stay that way. Oh well, Poppy really liked playing in it during chores. Wife has the day off so letting her man the fort while I slave away in town. Nice to have snow on those radishes. Makes them sweet as a wren's song. 

[delcecchi]

Nope, haven't heard from Reb in years.    I just checked and last was in 2020, when his mom died.   

Off to Cabrillo National Monument today

[roony]

[quote/] Makes them sweet as a wren's song. 
[/quote]
Bitter as the final tweets of a fatally wounded bluebird. Wrens are the feral cats of the bird world.

[roony]

"They’re notorious for ruining the nests of chickadees, bluebirds and tree swallows and even, at times, killing the adult birds."
 https://saintpaulaudubon.org/2010/06/two-faces-house-wrens/#:~:text=They%27re%20notorious%20for%20ruining,times%2C%20killing%20the%20adult%20birds.

[mike89]

"They’re notorious for ruining the nests of chickadees, bluebirds and tree swallows and even, at times, killing the adult birds."
 https://saintpaulaudubon.org/2010/06/two-faces-house-wrens/#:~:text=They%27re%20notorious%20for%20ruining,times%2C%20killing%20the%20adult%20birds.

damn they are a nasty bird!!!   

[LPS]

Didn't realize they were that aggressive.  We have seen them here but not often.  Maybe we just don't see them.

[Dotch]

They're nothing compared to house sparrows though. Rats with wings or A-holes with feathers...

https://www.nabluebirdsociety.org/PDF/NABSFactsheetHouseSparrowControl.pdf

[roony]

A properly sized hole should keep most of the sparrows out. Not so with wrens.

[mike89]

sparrows I knew more about, still interesting...   

[roony]

The reason I rant about the wrens is because most people don't know how aggressive they are. All birds are territorial but they take it to the next level. Little bird syndrome.

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. -3 here to start the day and heading for 11 above. A short cold snap this time. Guess I wouldn't mind seeing a f more old days o build a little more ice. I have a feeling we are not going to make it to far into March ice fishing this year. Oh well, plenty of other things to get done I guess. Just getting ready to head out fishing. One of the crew made it up last night. Have a good one boys.

[Gunner55]

Mornin guys, 22 here & we may see 26 later. Got to the appt about a 1/2 hour early & we were leaving around 45 minutes later. The doctor wasn't so sure she completely likes the way the surgery is healing so we're headed back next Tuesday again. No big projects on the list, so back to my morning gig. Have a great day.

[mike89]

mornin all, that's not great news Gunner..  hope all goes good!!   7 here and could see 15 today.  My son and his wife and are coming up later today, that will nice to see them...  got a few things to do today...  have a good day all!! 

[LPS]

Morning boys.  Same as JB.  We just dropped to -3 here too.  High not much over 11.  We have a house sparrow couple here in the spring that try to nest in one of our houses on the power pole.  A 22 slug takes care of them and the other one takes off.  We only feed sunflowers and thistle seeds so as not to attract them.  Well at 12:30 I have my MRI.  I have a relaxer pill to take an hour early and in a half hour if I don't feel goofy and relaxed take the second one.  LOL  SO they leave me up to judge that???  LOL  Well not much will get done here today.  TGIF  You all have a great day!

[markn]

Not much going on today. Going to pack some warm clothes and load up the side by side. Sister and bil want to head to Hubbard Co. ride them tomorrow. Looks like it may be chilly. Should install the mudflaps on the trailer this afternoon too. Later....

[Scenic]

Good morning All.   It is a tad chilly this morning.  Still sitting at -3 but the wind is howling.  Going to be another shop day for me.  Hopefully start to see some progress by this afternoon.  Have a great day All.

[Dotch]

Mornin' comrades! 11 at choretime heading for a high in the upper teens. A little chilly today relative to what we've become accustomed to. Was a little skim ice in the 3 water buckets nearest the door in the lambing barn. The ewes that haven't lambed weren't real jazzed about going outside either. Makes it a battle to get feed pans and hay into the lambing pens. They get nicknames real fast on mornings like this. Got several games of 20 questions played this a.m. & solved the apple core mystery. I toss an apple core out on the side of the building every morning ~10:30. When I throw one out there the next day, the previous one is gone. With bare ground there are no tracks. Potential suspects included squirrels, crows and cottontails. We had snow so was an opportunity to check it out. No question: We have a pet bunny at the office. Likely produce several dozen little garden & shrub eaters thanks to our generosity.

[glenn57]

afternoon fellers....made it home about 10. was -3 when i left up there...that wind sucked. lotz of ice castles heading north. all unloaded and stuff put away!!!!!!

[mike89]

moenin all, 12 here and should see the mid 30's today along with plenty of wind...  son and DIL made it up yesterday and we had are having a nice visit..  got a few things on the agenda for today..  have a good day all!! 

[Gunner55]

Mornin all, 9 now here & we're headed towards 34, I hear. Looks like another breezy 1 here too, 20+ this PM, but it's going to go to the WSW so there's a warmup on the way. Got a couple 50's in the 10-day, in fact. The to do list is empty again today, so just a little putzin here. Have a good 1.

[roony]

7 here right now in God's country. It was right at zero shortly after midnight. Hasn't been that cool for a while.


Waiting for the shop to warm up a bit.

[markn]

One more cup of coffee and I'm headed out. Going to be colder than I expected, but I've got my Carharts with. Later....

[LPS]

Morning boys.  It is 15 here and may see 32 today.  Love it.  It is already breezy here.  Will be windy out of the west today.  So they canceled my MRI yesterday.  Said they couldn't get the machine to start.  I should have brought my lap top and maybe we could have Youtubed how to fix it.  LOL  Now it is next Friday.  Glad they called before I took the goofy pills.     Not sure what the wife has up her sleeve for me today.  Having coffee watching fishing shows waiting for my orders.  Well you all have a good one. 

[glenn57]

morning fellers.....was 10 when i went to the store wind makes it chilly...... a sluff off day.  momma is light headed etc....her one eyeball doesnt line up with the other......called for an appt. no clinics open to day. triash nurse said ER so she's headed to paynseville!

[roony]

Good Luck Glenn.

[mike89]

yes good luck buddy!!