December Already?

[MrSeedy]

Seems like it was just this morning , not long after I woke up at a very early 5 AM EST, that I had to stop and remember what day it is , since it seems these days I sometimes don't even know what month it is. I almost posted weather in November, and I guess it's sometimes only the Chistmas music playing at work that reminds me, what month this is . I have to say I really give away my age when I start to reminisce about Brenda Lee and her freqently played old Christmas standard. Meanwhile , I guess from the weather it could almost be mid November or what passes for November weather around here, with highs barely above freezing all day and a chance of a few inches of snow. Looks to be another very gray gloomy day, despite the cheerful music!! I have to say this time of the year, thirty doesn't sound bad for a high temperature around here, but with the incredible dampness we often get at those temperatures you might as well be sitting in a bathtub full of icewater after being outdoors for a while , since that dampness sure soaks it's way into your skin to your very core!! BRRRRRRR!! My teeth were rattling yesterday!!

[donybee]

Cold and blistery around here today also, but after having over two feet of snow a few days ago and then a record high and green grass again, now another big snowstorm on it's way it's hard to keep up with the abrupt changes. :lol: :lol: I lucked out yesterday though and finally was able to get a flue shot. I decided to go early at 1:30. Shots were to be given from 2 to 4. They had only 300 shots and would you believe they ran out at 2:30. I had mine at 1:50 and there were only 89 shots left. They decided to start early. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Very cold here this mornin. No wind here to speak of.............yet! But oh so cold. Didn`t get the lil bit of snow we were to get last night, but there`s snow on the way for this weekend I hear. Everyone have a good day :wub:

[gardenlady]

it has finally begun to dry out from the flooding and we are expecting snow on the weekend. got the woodstove going and it sure feels good. glad you got there in time for the flu shot dony, mr. seedy, a hot soaking bath after braving the cold all day helps thaw a body out. so does chicken noodle soup! :D

[Phia]

I woke up this morning and thought that this year just flew by, as I huddled under the covers, because I knew it was cold outside. brrrr

[lighthouseseeker]

Cold here too. Weatherman said we got snow overnight, but there was only a light dusting. :(

[digiflower]

12?F

daytime high 20 ?
overnight low 6 ? <_<
Yep we are in the single digits for overnight lows all this week.
and we got snowwww.

[boo]

We got snow too. :) Gloomy day and the snow continues to fall. Anything that looked green before, looks dead now. I am hoping that everything comes back next spring, but it's hard to imagine such dead looking plants having life in there. :unsure:

All this snow and Cliff is still working heavy highway doing patches. :lol: I guess they can't leave those big holes in the road.

[DandyLioness]

OMG it's almost 2006 !!!! :unsure:

[mla2ofus]

Snow, Snow, and more Snow. It's predicted for the next 6 days. Wouldn't be so bad but the wind is blowing it around so much it looks like a blizzard.

MrSeedy, Would you believe that my brother went to school with Brenda Lee? He said she was really nice and didn't act any different or better than the rest of the kids. Of course they are MUCH older than I am. ;)

[ravenhawk]

well of course its cold here and it started snowing an hour ago or so. Kind of pretty from in here sitting close to my heater vent. I am seriously dreading having to go outside later though but I have to get home some how. This time of year makes me wish I had magical powers like Samantha. Twitch my nose blink and poof Im home. :lol: :lol:

[OSunshine]

Reading all of your posts I almost feel ashamed of our wonderful weather. Highs in the 60's today and lows are only in the upper 30's lower 40's. I wish I could package it up and send it to everyone for Christmas---but then ya'll would miss the white Christmas I know that everyone up there enjoys! Hope everyone has a good supply of firewood so ya'll can sit around a nice fire and sip hot cocoa. :rolleyes:

[brassia]

Old man winter has finally decided to show his face around here this week. We went from a balmy +15C down to a bone chilling -13C in a matter of days......I miss the warmth already, don't know if I can make it till spring. :lol:

[bjmots]

Lows in the upper 40's, highs in the 60's. Supposed to have a high of 79 on Saturday. That would be nice cause I need to rake leaves.

[Ichigo]

We got a few inches of snow during the night, and I guess we're getting more. :blink: Man, I am so not ready for snow!! And the wind-- brrrr! Cuts right threw ya!

[Audwoman]

Sneezie reported our weather already since we are the two Pa girls. I am not happy. I like sunny warm until Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in the 70s. I love to dream. :D

[buster]

I went shopping in ND today and it wasn't too cold. I left my coat in the car and didn't freeze going from the car to the stores and back. It wasn't warm of course,but I can't stand a coat in the stores. It's just too hot for me. So until my teeth chatter from the cold, this works for me,bring the coat with, but leave it in the car. Connie

[MrSeedy]

I have to say I don't watch PBS as much these days as in days past, when I often watched their various specials, but I was much surprised a few years ago to see a special on Brenda Lee, who despite my feeling she might not even be around anymore, was indeed still touring all over the world , where she's still popular from all the many hits from the fifties and sixties, and she's sold almost more records than any other female artist or at least has recorded more songs than any other female artist, numbering in the thousands. Anyway years ago when she went to France , the French were surprised she wasn't a little girl , since at under five feet tall, they thought she was a little girl, and not the adult , who showed up for her tour. Anyway , back to the weather , I could use some of her songs this morning to help me forget that cold snowy weather out there, and cheer things up a bit. It's still dark here, but the sun once again doesn't want to make an appearance, and it won't get above freezing all day.

In regards to a "long soak" in a bathtub, after a very cold time outdoors, I have to say I never cared for long soaks in a bathtub for years, and really wanted a shower instead, but now that I have just a shower stall, I miss the possibility of long hot soaks in a hot bathtub, and those sound like heaven about now and in this time of the year!! It seems about the time I really feel chilled to the core, it doesn't matter how many extra clothes I put on, or even how hot my furnace is set, since it still seems to take hours for me to warm up once I've gotten cold. Very unpleasant , and not a part of the winter I look forward to!!

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Oh it`s sooooo cold here this mornin. And the wind is just howlin!! Blowin so bad, I was afraid it`d blow my lil girl away when she went out to go potty. It took her bout 6 seconds to potty and turn and run for the door to get back in! Everyone have a good day and stay warm :wub: .................Oh it`s bout 24 here this mornin!!! <_< with the wind chill, who knows what the ole temp is!!

[adenium]

Here it has been very cold for one and a half week, some days with very strong wind. Our lows are in the the low 20s and the highs in the the 40s. But this is too cold, we are not supposed to have such temperatures in November and at the beginning of December. November had not been that cold for 40 years !!! It seems to me we have more and more records these days ...
And what's even worse, we have no longer any sun today :(

[MrSeedy]

After overnight snows Thursday night and into the morning Friday , the long absent sun made a bright appearance for several hours and what a difference in my general mood that made. Unfortunately as is most often the case with our winter weather, by late afternoon there was complete overcast again, and there's again a chance of snow today and tomorrow. As I've often mentioned , as much as I hate the winter cold, it's those many gloomy days without any sunshine whatsoever that make winter so depressing to me. Howver it seems anymore, that starting in December, my house is almost never what I'd call comfortable with all those constant ups and downs indoors from "just warm" when the furnace is on followed by the "chill" five minutes later than seems too linger far too long til the furnace again clicks on and it finally warms again. I sometimes think my old thermostat is somewhat whacky since it seems it wants to linger for far too long in the lowest range before comming on again. Can't figure that one out except for the fact that all the heat is in the upper half of the rooms where the darn thermostat is . Anyway, there I go again with my winter complaints, but it seems winter has gotten to me early this year, and I suspect it will be a long cold winter. If I manage to keep my sanity this winter it might be a small miracle!!

[HarleyGal]

Only going to get into the 40's here today and it's the big toy collection event for Toys for Tots! :P Brrr! The forecast also predicts some rain possibly mixed with snow and sleet in the afternoon! Yuk! :P I'm not looking forward to standing in the Walmart parking lot all day! :P

Today will be my first day back to work, too!! :lol: Oh well, it's for a good cause! ;)

[grindle]

We've had heavy rain and wind for the last few days, now there are flood warnings going out for this area :(

[TransplantShock]

:unsure: Look what Im about to get hit with...

[lighthouseseeker]

Us too. :D Grindle, hope you won't have to worry about any flood damage. :unsure:

[digiflower]

Snowed all day around here. :rolleyes: We sure are going to have a white christmas this year. Night temps are in the single digits.
And I got that song stuck in my head::::
<span style='color:red'>Oh the weather outside is frightful
da da da da, we got no place to go so
let it snow, let it snow, let it snow</span>.
something like that. :rolleyes: I just have the let it snow part stuck.... -_-

[grindle]

:rolleyes: thanks lighthouse, I think our house is pretty safe

Nice song Digi :lol: :lol: :lol:

[MrSeedy]

I hope you're on high ground grindle, but have you ever figured that out from your relative topography?? I know traveling around town here, we're higher than most other locations so it would take a very heavy downpour to get some temporary flash flooding with quick draining waters in most spots in my neighborhood, so no long term flooding here. Meanwhile I guess it's only in the twenties here this morning with light snow and I doubt we'll get above freezing all next week, and that doesn't sound good to me so early in the season. I don't like those long term freezes , since it can freeze our ground so deep some years and cause the loss of some of my less cold hardy flowers like the Montbretias or Crocosmias.

[HarleyGal]

It's cloudy and in the 50's today, but the forecast calls for snow tomorrow with a possible accumulation of 1 to 3 inches by Tues.! :P Yuk!

Wouldn't you know it, I'm going back to work on Mon. and we get snow! :lol:

[buster]

It's beginning to be like winter in Minnesota. Cold with a little snow on the ground. So far our winter has been very mild and warmer than usual. But that will change soon, I'd imagine. Connie

[DandyLioness]

WOW Harley! Glad to hear that you're all healed up and ready to rock! :wub:

[MrSeedy]

It's still dark here , but overcast, and "more" snow possible, though yesterday's snow almost melted as quickly as it had come down. We don't have an inch on the ground, but those temperatures are going nowhere this week, with highs below freezing all week. A little early for so much cold , but I can remember colder Decembers, and shopping for Chistmas trees when the highs were in the teens and wind chills near zero. BRRRRRR, I can almost feel the cold just talking abuot it. Meanwhile my magnolia still isn't covered and I guess, since the cold is here to stay, it's time to bury the darn thing completely again under a load of mulch. Won't be easy this year though since it's getting a bit taller. Covering it completely is the only way I"ve found to prevent it freezing all the way to the ground in cold winters, though obviously, when it gets too big and tall, covering it will become impossible. I've even considering moving it back into a pot after all these years and treating it like one of my tropical houseplants , which go out for the summer , but come indoors for the winter. Even then it would most likely outgrow my house anyway!!

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Well it`s still very cold here, 28 outside right now. BITTER is the word! Just finished my wash, miss not hangin the clothes out and gettin that good outdoors smell on them. Everyone have a good day :wub:

[bjmots]

Let's see - 84 on Saturday, 58 on Sunday and woke up this morning to 28. High right now is 42. Go figger. Texas weather is the pits sometimes.

[Gypsyqueen]

Hello all,
Just a note to let you all know I haven't forgotten you. Most of my plants are dead, but I still have my christmas cactus and my aloes and my snake plants.
I've moved since my last post, and I'm on a hiatus from my second job, just for christmas season, but will be back in January.
Our weather is very very cold here. Lows in the single digits, highs in teens and twenties. I've been getting rides to work, and I ride the bus home, so it isn't too bad, plus I was given a very warm winter coat by my mother, so I don't feel too cold outside, even when out for prolonged periods.
We have had little bits of snow here too, although not too much. I have high hopes of having a white Christmas this year. Hasn't happened in ten years that I can remember. Always got the big one right after Christmas.
Well, that's all for now. Hope you all have a happy holiday!
Michelle

[MrSeedy]

This weather is already much too cold for this early in winter here, but I have to admit it reminds me more of the very cold winters I remember when I was a kid, but in those days the cold didn't seem to bother me so much and I'd often spend many hours outdoors playing even on the coldest days. Now it seems I'm grumbling, even if it's just a short trip out into the cold just to go to my mailbox!! I'm thinking about making another trip to Walmart's pet department again, to see how their fish are doing, but on such a cold morning I must be nutttttttts!!!! It's certainly too cold however to carry tropical fish by bus , were I even to have my aquarium purchased and operating right now. I'm dragging my feet on that , considering the difficulty of transporting fish in the cold winter months. I guess some folks even resort to putting their bags of fish in styrofoam coolers to keep them warm??

[HarleyGal]

Well, the snow missed us! :D Yay! :D We got a cold rain most of the day and when the temps dropped last night, it froze all the doors on my car shut!! :P Jesse finally was able to get a back door open and I had to crawl over the seat so I could start the car! I'm sure that was a sight to see!! :lol: Our temps are only going to get into the 40's today, but it's sunny so it's not too bad! :D

[brassia]

We have a couple of inches of snow now, and it is bitterly cold, -20C yuch!! Supposed to warm up by the weekend, crossing fingers that it happens. :rolleyes:

[adenium]

We had a little sun today and the temperature was around 7 degrees C. It's a warmer little these days; we even had 10 degrees during the week end;as is usual in December. But the forecast is for colder in windy weather for the end of the week :( BRR I don't like winter :(

[MrSeedy]

This weather has unfortunately become the very painful kind that I dread most during the winter months, and waiting for a bus that was running about five minutes late almost bordered on "frost bite" territory, with my face becomming numb and my feet as well. I've often heard that "numbness" isn't a good sign and that frost bite can soon follow, though I can remember often having numb hands, feet, etc. as a kid and never did suffer any frost bite. Painful none the less!! Meanwhile in the snow department, there's supposed to be more on the way Thursday night, and I don't want that either. We may get our normal highs back by the end of the weekend if we're lucky, and that's on around thirty most likely.
Darn , I hate winter!! It's in the single digits this morning or perhaps -8 to -10 C for our European and Canadian friends!!

[boo]

We may get our normal highs back by the end of the weekend if we're lucky, and that's on around thirty most likely.

Oh I hope we do too!! It's 20 to 30 degrees below our normal high. Last night it was 17 below zero with windchill and its not even officially winter yet. :mellow:

We usually consider ourselves very lucky if we see snow by Christmas :lol: so far its almost snowed every day of Dec. I don't think its going to be a good winter. :ph34r:

MrSeedy, be careful out in that cold. That frost bite isn't something to mess around with. Our neighbors never took in their cat inside this winter :mellow: so yesterday I scooped him up. It's too cold for him out there. :unsure: Looks like I have a guest until the lows are not as dangerous.

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Oh my it`s 22 here this mornin with the wind that is blasting out there, it`s in the low teens and upper single digits!!!! Gotta do some more Xmas shoppin this mornin! Wish me luck and warmth, I try very hard not to let it bother me, but bein in an area round my home here where it isn`t crowded and it`s very quiet, the mess of shoppers have a tendency to get to me FAST!!! Everyone have a good day and stay warm :wub:

[mla2ofus]

BRRRR... -18 this morning and a slight breeze. I also have to brave the shoppers today. <_<

[Rich]

It's been round the mid 30's which is quite cold enough for me, thankyou.

[grindle]

we started the morning off with heavy frost, now it's pouring rain <_< wish it would make up it's mind

[boo]

jeepers I reread this thread and totally missed your post Michelle. Glad you're still around!! :wub: :wub: Try to stop in when you can. Do you still live in Quincy? We're having those horrible temps too. :ph34r:

BRRRR... -18 this morning and a slight breeze. I also have to brave the shoppers today.

:mellow: Linda the -18 I can handle but the shoppers? You're a brave woman. :lol:

[PRH]

Well, its a coldy here! ( been that way for a good two weeks, really ) We have a dusting of snow on the ground and the sun peeks out to let us all know its around!
Our lows have been really cold overnight and during the day,it warms up to around 30 degrees ( if we're lucky )! B)
Some people are die-hards and nothing seems to bother them! I had to go to the bank yesterday and couldn't believe all the traffic on the roads ( then I looked at some store parking lots and they were pretty full as well! ( glad I finished my shopping , their isn't enough $$$ in the world to make me go into a shopping store right now )!!! :P
Take care gang and Happy Holidays!!! :D
Phil :-) ;)

[MrSeedy]

I'm still amazed when I'm walking around town and the malls etc. to see some folks with no hats , nor gloves, and wearing light jackets, when wind chills are near zero and I can't even stay warm enough with layers and layers of clothes on! I usually take one look and think , "There's another nutcase"!! I can't understand that "maybe" if someone is driving in a car and can park just feet away from a front door to a store, but not even to walk a hundred yards across one of those huge mall parking lots. I saw a guy on the bus dressed like that , and there's no way you won't be outdoors in the cold for at least five minutes in transit to the bus no matter where your going to or comming from. Meanwhile it's 5F this moring here, but with light winds luckily and I do need to go out for about 10 minutes each way in a round trip on foot. I hate walking this time of the year!!!!!!

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Oh my it`s bitter cold here tonight, and they`re predicting a foot to a foot and a half of the "WHITE STUFF" startin at midnight tonight. Thank goodness I finished my Xmas shoppin today. The crowds are really gettin bad. SOOOO VERY RUDE!!!!! Couldn`t wait to get home! Everyone stay warm :wub:

[MrSeedy]

We're supposed to get some snow, but I've noticed the crowds here aren't very big, and though I prefer them that way, it only shows I guess , what a miserable state our local economy is in, despite all the constant news on TV that says the economny is doing so well. I find it hard to believe that, but at least the guys with the snow plows should do well this winter with lots of overtime!

[MrSeedy]

Cold and two inches of snow or so, but it's already moved out of here and "hurray" it may even be followed by a little sunshine. Luckily the first two thirds of the day yesterday was very sunny and my houseplants were all smiling for a change!! It even warmed up quite a bit though it stayed below freezing all day. It sure beat the highs in the teens we've had the past several days!!

[HarleyGal]

We lucked out again! :D The forecast was calling for snow, sleet and freezing rain but we only got a little freezing rain that was melting by the time we got up this morning! :D Some schools were delayed a couple of hours but the roads were just wet, not slick for my drive to work. ;) Thank goodness I drive south to go to work so conditions usually get better as I go! :D

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Not here Harley, we did not luck out!!!! The snow was to start at midnight last night, well it started at bout 10:30 instead, and snowed off and on all night[I know cause I couldn`t sleep, again!] Got up this mornin to over a foot of snow!!! It`s to be all done with at 11 or 12:00 today. Right now it looks like a blizzard out there. The wind is whippin real bad. My lil girl, nearly got blowed away when she went out to go potty! Everyone have a good day and stay warm! :wub:

[MrSeedy]

It's 19 out there this morning, so that's not bad compared to what it may be in January at twenty or so degrees colder than that in the morning, but we do have another possibility of a little snow again today or tonight with another little "Clipper" comming down. Usually those don't give us more than an inch or two of new snow unless conditions are right, and after yesterday's snow, I don't want to deal with much more for a while. Meanwhile we'll have another day where temperatures don't get above freezing.

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Oh my, a very chilly 20 degrees out and not supposed to get much higher. I have a Christmas party to go to with my grandchildren[that should be "fun"] But other then that, gonna wrap gifts, bake cookies, finish makin up jars of soup ingredients to give out and I may have a few brewskies!!!!! Everyone have a good day and stay warm :wub:

[digiflower]

http://images.charter.net/weathercom/small/14.gifSnow Showers

24?F right know

high of 32? <_< woo a hot spell. ;) :lol:

Going to get the tree today in the snow which is white and fluffy right know.

[MrSeedy]

Another "clipper" this morning, but just a dusting "so far". I really was thinking it had pretty much already moved on , but the weather forcasts sayi it's just comming in?? Anyway it's in the teens again this morning as well, and there's little sunshine!!

[grindle]

it's very foggy here ;)

[digiflower]

13?F
Daytime High 25 ?
http://images.charter.net/weathercom/small/14.gif Snow Showers

the wind isn't so bad today but still cold. :rolleyes:

[buster]

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. It looks awesome out there. A gorgeous winter wonderland. Love it! Connie

[TransplantShock]

Yes, more snow! Let the snow pour down! (does snow pour?)

I want more of it :wub:

[MrSeedy]

It's snowing again this morning , but I don't expect much . Maybe????? It's also pretty cold and carrying out the trash this morning which was covered with snow required me to stick my hands in the snow to pick up the bags, and it was near frostbite with wet icey hands and a temperature of 13. Oh well, at least there's little wind "yet" this morning to make it feel even colder! It looks like it will also stay below freezing all week again, so it won't be long before I hear all those noisy snowmobiles on the Black River, from a half mile away. I'm glad I dont' own one of the homes just up from the river, with those snowmobiles going til midnight,. Mighty noisy things!! On top of that it totally scares away most of the hungry ducks and geese, which depend on handouts so much down and the local boat landing!! Those things sure aren't very nature friendly, though all those folks who swarm to Yellowstone each winter with their snowmobiles claim they don't do any harm to the local wildlife. Oh darn!!! I guess it's a bit early for my "soapbox"!!

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Oh my been soooo busy just havn`t been on that much in the mornins. But hey it`s gonna be another cold one tonight, so what else is new huh? Only 10 to 12 degrees. Been bakin cookies, cakes, tarts, etc. etc. etc. Everyone stay warm :wub: .............................GRINDLE I LOVE YOUR PICTURE AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR POSTS. REMINDS ME OF THOMAS KINKADE, MY FAVORITE PAINTER!!!!! :wub: :wub: :wub:

[MrSeedy]

Despite the very cold start yesterday morning , we at least ended up with a mostly sunny day all day long and that was a "bonus" these days with so many cloudy gloomy days , day after day lately. It's again cloudy this morning and in the teens with new dusting of snow on the ground, and more snow is forcast for tomorrow.
To tell the truth I don't ever remember such a long snap of below freezing temperatures in December, and our prolonged freezes usually don't come til January here, so it's not looking like a "promising" winter temperature wise!!

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Hmmmmm it was supposed to have been 10 or 12 durin the night but when we got up this mornin it was only 8 outside, so it had to have been colder then what they said. Brrrrrrrrr, freezin my butt off here. Now they say it`s to be 0 or lower tonight. Oh my goodness, THAT IS COLD!!!!!!!! Everyone stay warm and have a good day :wub:

[MrSeedy]

My those temperatures are almost "balmy" this morning , since they're fianally in the twenties for our overnight low, instead of the teens they've been most of the time lately!! We could have up to seven inches of fresh snow comming between late afternoon today and through tomorrow. I'll pass on that , since we already have a "Christmasy" enough scene out there right now with our existing blanket of snow and I don't feel like any more shoveling. Meanwhile it seems many of our local businesses aren't even shoveling their walks , so trying to walk around here with dry feet means walking in the roads, and I don't like that!!! That situation seems to get worse year after year, and I guess most places figure that no one's walking these days and everyone is going by car.

[digiflower]

28?F

SNOW yep we got it!!!!
Started at midnight and probably won't stop till later today. So far I think about 4 inches and it is blowing. -_-

I just heard we are going to get 6 to 8 inch.

[MrSeedy]

Either the timming is way off for our snow storm over night and today, or those weather forcasters have much exagerated the amounts of snow we'll get in this area for totals. So far we've only had a dusting of snow , but it is starting to snow more heavily now. Once again, even though I just hate going out in the cold lately, I feel the urge to go window shopping and Wal-Mart was a complete mob scene on Tuesday, when I was there with my stepdad. My first "urge" upon entering the packed store was to turn right around and get back to the car. I just hate crowds of any sort nowdays!!! I have a regular walking pace, and when I'm slowed down to a snails pace by the crowds it makes me very uneasy and impatient. I can see the traffic becomming more and more congested lately as Christmas approaches and with nerves frayed and people rushing around the amount of traffic accidents in this area has taken a decided upward turn in numbers. Just not fun being on those highways right now, and the snowy and icey roads just really make things worse by multiples!!

[knobbyknuckles]

Morning, all. Was a little frosty here this am. Bundled up and ventured out to try to get some pics of Jack Frost's handy work. Lookin' at the pics I took , it's obvious, I didn't venture far enof. Oh,well, there'll be more days.
Talking 'bout Wal-Mart...it's interesting that Christmas is a time for sharing,caring and helping folks out. So...why is it that the roads and aisles in stores are full of "Get out of my way,I'm in a hurry!", "I saw that first!" and bunches of "Me first!"? :unsure: Me?, I'd rather stay home.

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Oh my that winter storm is hittin us good. Besides the over foot of snow we got the other day, there is now 6 more inches on top of what was left of the last snow storm!!! AND! it`s still comin down! It started at 20 til 11:00 this mornin and other then slackin off every-now-and-then, it has been snowin since!! They say it`s to all be done and over by 4 or 5 in the mornin. Dear Heaven I`m liable to be snowed under!!!!!!!! <_< But boy is it pretty! Will get some piccys of it, and post them when I`m able to get them developed. Everyone stay warm and safe :wub:

[lighthouseseeker]

The big storm that was predicted missed us last night. Just got a little bit of freezing rain. It was in the mid 30's and felt so nice. ^_^
Tonight we're supposed to get lake effect snow.

[MrSeedy]

It's a good thing the snow never came down very heavy all day yesterday , since it was that very heavy wet kind, and it did snow nearly all day. As it stands we got maybe six inches in total , but what we did get probably weighs as much as a foot of the dry fluffy kind of snow , so it's going to be hard shoveling this morning. I do hate those heavy wet snows, and the poor critters were trying to dig through it to get to the food all day yesterday , though I cleared the feeding areas twice yesterday. There's some chance of some small amounts again today, but at least it's not brutally cold. Still seems after listening to Detroit TV this morning , it's running below normal consistently this month , since they said the average high for their area is 36F even this late in December, though I'd guess our average high here might be closer to 30. I don't think it's gotten above freezing for the last two weeks or longer here, so that ground is going to freeze very deep this winter, and I'll most likely lose more plants because of that.

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Hmmmmm real screwed up weather round here! We`ve been damn near freezin, and today after the bad storm we got, it did a warm-up. 38 degrees here this afternoon. Melted some of the pretty snow we got, and left a slushy mess on the road. At least I`m not "house-bound" like I thought I`d be :lol: :lol: Everyone stay warm and have a good one :wub:

[lighthouseseeker]

above freezing for the last two weeks or longer here, so that ground is going to freeze very deep this winter, and I'll most likely lose more plants because of that.
Same here, but we have had a good cover of snow for several weeks now. My neighbors tried to ride their horses and said the ground is not frozen yet because of all this snow. I hope this continues, so I don't loose a lot of plants. ^_^

[MrSeedy]

The snow will slow the ground from freezing to some degree , but after so many days of below freezing weather , I'd guess the ground would still freeze. I'm almost tempted to dig under there to see how deep the ground has frozen so far or not!!

[MrSeedy]

It seems we just might get a little sunshine today, but it's starting out cloudy, and in the twenties. On the other hand it was about the same temperature wise yesterday morning , but very sunny with clouds comming in later in the day. Seems our temperatures are still basically going nowhere, with it still staying below freezing every day for the forseeable future. I'd say it's in a rather boring pattern!!! It's actually been warmer in coastal Alaska than it's been here lately and Fairbanks , which can be -50F at this time is in the above zero readings and not that much colder than our temperatures lately.

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Same here M.S. the sun is out but wow it is cold. Didn`t even look at the temp. this mornin, I just know it is freezin out there. Everyone stay warm and have a good day :wub:

[adenium]

Today the sky is blue and the sun is generous, the temperature is currently around 6 degrees C. :P

[HarleyGal]

We've got snow!! :D Just a few flakes in the air but that counts, right? :unsure: I like this kind of snow! ;) It's 33 now and supposed to get up to the 40's with the snow changing to light rain! :D

[MrSeedy]

It's gray and cold once again this morning and I've already been up for over three hours, since Dotti once again woke me up early this morning. Seems she can't wait for me to get up on my own schedule, but once I'm awake it's hard for me to get back to sleep, so I usually end up getting up much earlier than I'd prefer. I just went out to put out the "critter" food, and to my surprise heard a very noisy robin squawking, as they do, when they're trying to communite to any other robins in an area. It sure didn't sound like the pretty joyful sound or song they usually make during a beautiful warm spring day, and he was off within seconds to , who knows where. For as splint second I was tempted to run indoors to get some old dry catfood , I've given robins on a few occasions , when we've had late spring snow storms and the robins were looking hungrily for any food they could get to easily wihtout digging through a foot of snow. Since they're not generally seed eaters, I rarely see them near the bird feeders, though it seems the suet I have hanging out might be to their liking. It looks with such an early and cold and also very snowy winter, it's going to be a very long winter for both me and that poor cold and hungry robin. I'm just lucky I have a somewhat warm house to spend the winter in as well as adequate food, but I sometimes feel sorry for those very tough robins , who decided to forgo their normal migration south to spend a very cold and hungry winter in Michigan. It's the second winter in a row that I've seen at least one robin , who decided to stay, though I always wonder come spring time if they survived to find a mate in the spring and start new generations of robins for springs to come.

[digiflower]

-4?F sunny and cold yep yep

Oh and we got snow for christmas. :lol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v27/rhjff/clipart/MISC/PICT3256snow.jpg

[MrSeedy]

As cold as it's been the past several weeks , wouldn't you know it, but it looks like our first thaw in weeks will come on Chistmas Eve and Christmas day, and though with all the snow on the ground most folks have expected a white Chirstmas was a certainty in this area, it just may be warm enough to melt all that snow. Oh well, but I'm not getting new skis or a new sled for Chistmas, so that's ok with me. Meanwhile it's in the low teens this morning , but we may see some sun and temperatures still in the twenties and with a wind chill today. BRRRRR and Merry Christmas!!

[lighthouseseeker]

Chilly here and snowing again. High's yesterday and today in the mid teens. :)

[PRH]

Well,we have some some light snow and some snow falling ( light ). Its pretty cold somewhere in the 30's. All of this will be gone they tell us by Christmas with temps. in the mid 40's and alot of rain! ( typical, snow for Thanksgiving and no snow for Christmas )
Phil :-) :D

[HarleyGal]

Mid 40's right now and may get up to 50 this afternoon! :D My kind of winter weather!! ;)

[erdine]

we've got snow! and it's really coming down now. supposed to turn to rain by tomorrow.

[Sneezie]

:blink: Well some of the snow we got over this past week melted a bit over the weekend. However woke this mornin to it snowin! Not much but enough to cover the roads and sidewalks again. Looks like we`re gonna have a white Christmas this year, cause none of the temps are gonna be high enough to melt it. Everyone have a good day :wub:

[MrSeedy]

I'm happy to say this has been the sunniest day in a long long time, but all that sunshine is very deceiving this time of the year, and with the strong wind all day, it felt like the wind chills were in the teens or even colder. Very uncomfortable out there again today, though my brothers cat came in for a visit and promptly sat herself in a south window, and her black fur actually got hot to the touch , so that sun must be somewhat strong comming through the glass. Now I'd appreciate more sunny days like today for my sun craving tropicals to perk up and bit and start to produce some flower buds again!!

[MrSeedy]

For some reason I was expecting another bright sunrise this morning , but opening the curtains it seems that I was wrong, and I have no idea where the clouds came from , but they're unwelcome. However, knowing how that radiational cooling thing goes at night and especially when our daylight is so limited, perhaps it's good that there are clouds as it's very cold this morning even with the clouds and it would have been much colder without them. It's a "warm" 16 degrees on checking the on-line weather channel, though I expected even colder than that. I guess since there are really no storm systems in the area, we're once again getting all those "lake effect" clouds as the cold winter air passes over the lakes and picks up moisture. A slight drop in the barometer and that moisture would all be comming down as snow most likely!!

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Oh it`s 10 degrees out there today. The sun is out and meltin some of the snow. I hope it doesn`t all melt I need a white Xmas this year. Everyone have a good day :wub:

[HarleyGal]

Our forecast is for low 40's today, but they're predicting upper 50's Fri. and Sat.!! :D Yahoo! We'll be going for a bike ride for sure!! :D That will be the best Christmas present!! :D

[PRH]

Oh what a differance a day makes! We now have a different forcast over the Christmas weekend! - no snow, but very cold! Our temps. here have been falling through the day ( we have a very bad wind chill factor currently )! Their is some snow around,but as for getting anymore , things need to start getting alittle warmer for that to happen! Oh well... :P
Merry Christmas gang!
Phil :-) ;)

[MrSeedy]

It's a regular heat wave this morning with temperatures in the twenties instead of the teens, but I'd never guess that in my kitchen, which is right next to my back door, and I don't remember it ever feeling so cold there. I can't figure that out unless it's because of the badly deteriorated roof, etc. I have two tropicals even back there since there's a west window, and the Thunbergia grandiflora has been in that location for quite a few winters now, though I have to have it on a block off the floor, since I've even had things sitting on the floor actually freeze at times in the past. I just wish my warmer areas were bigger and near the best light so I could enjoy the thunbergia's flowers , since it can flower all winter under better conditions, but it's such a rampant grower I quickly learned it would completely cover a warmer window and take over, blocking most of the light to the other plants. Meanwhile I just remembered I have some dormant caldium bulbs on that cold floor and I guess it's time to move them. Don't think they'd take a freeze!!

[Rich]

After yesterday's frosty start it was good to see the grass green and the pond liquid this morning. Shame it was raining. Temps in the mid to high 40s and forecast to remain so for the rest of the week.

So, no white Christmas for us again.

[HarleyGal]

BRRRRR! :P It's 23 right now and only supposed to get up to the low 40's! :P

I just keep thinking: Spring is coming! Spring is coming! :D

[MrSeedy]

Looks like "of course" we'll get our first warm up above freezing , just in time for Christmas once again, and I can remember many a rainy Christmas here, despite having many weeks of subfreezing temperatures prior to Christmas followed by months of cold afterwards. Seems a little unfair to all those folks , who love a White Christmas, but not unusual here, and to make things even more dreary we're supposed to get a cold rain instead of snow for Christmas Eve, perhaps. Oh well though, I for one would like to see the birdies and other critters actually able to "drink" rather than eat ice and snow for their water supply !! I'd sure hate having to melt ice and snow all winter in my mouth , when I'm cold anyway , just to get the water I need. Obviously that water "heater" I've thought of getting for my birdbath this winter, is still on my wish list. The next queston however would be how to get fresh water there to refill it on a frequent basis, since I couldn't use my regular water hose usually, since that would freeze up. Those bird baths can really get "funky" in a hurry with lots of birds and other critters using them a lot, and without a handy hose to clean them frequently, I think it would be a problem keeping the birdbath clean through the entire winter.

[erdine]

we have what is called the Pineapple Express hitting us right now, It's very warm, windy and wet. No white Chirstmas here either, but that's okay. I'm sure in January, we'll get our share of cold and snow.
My crocus are popping up already.

[Sneezie]

:blink: Hey big warm-up here, gonna be in the 30`s. The high for today is to be 37. The snow doesn`t seem like it`s meltin though.................Can`t check for my crocus Erdine they`re still under bout a foot of snow!!! Everyone have a good day :wub:

[Larry the Lamb]

Quite warm here for the time of year, then it goes cold again!

They have the heating on overdrive at work so you sweat to death while working, then you finish and step outside and feel the cold more!

[bjmots]

We are at 65 now. Expecting 72 tomorrow

[MrSeedy]

It's actually above freezing this morning in Detroit after remaining below freezing for weeks, and I'd suspect it's similar here, but there's supposed to be rain comming and those thirty + degree rains seem mighty cold. I think in that case I'd prefer snow, though I don't have to shovel the rain. Maybe some snow for Chistmas Eve and Christmas day though it all depends on those temperatures. Meanwhile it was a very dark gloomy day all day yesterday and will most likely be like that today , tomorrow, and on Chirstmas. I see my camellias are growing again, though it's a bit odd to put on new branches at the same time the flowers are getting ready to open. I guess being indoors for the winter really confuses my camellia sometimes!!

[erdine]

very warm here still, and found a primrose with some blooms on it. they sure are tough little things.

[grindle]

It's almost like spring here, much to warm for Christmas ;)

[MrSeedy]

I have to say despite my instinct telling me it was above freezing yesterday morning, I'd guess it wasn't much above freezing in actuality, and with the roads being so cold I found a solid sheet of ice on my road and almost turned around and called in to work , since I wasn't sure I'd get there without breaking something, should I slip and fall. I found around the edges where the water was running off, it's wasn't so slippery , so I was able to walk the several blocks to work without falling down. Snow is one thing , but solid ice is another, as anyone , who's tried to walk or drive on it knows! Anyway it soon warmed enough to melt the ice on the roads and it rained on and off all day , turning our "Christmas" snow into some heavy slush, and there's more rain due today and tonight til it gets cold enough to snow again. I'm afraid however , with any drop to freezing right now, we'll be right back to some mighty icey roads, and I do need to shop for groceries today.

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Oh no it`s to be in the 40`s today and the snow we had has already melted down to bout 6-7 inches. With todays heat wave my snow for Xmas this year may be a dream AGAIN!!!!!!!! I NEED SNOW FOR MY CHRISTMAS!!!! :( Everyone have a good day and a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS! :wub:

[Rich]

Went out today and didn't need a coat. I hope it's like this on the 26th.

[erdine]

:lol: you wearing your pretty outfit on Boxing Day?

[MrSeedy]

I can't think of a more dreary weather day than this one , with a steady rain , that's got even the squirrels tails hanging wet and droopy. Oh well, at least it's not cold, though the rain may turn into wet snow later on. Looks like the next several days will be about average and even above freezing, but once again I think how all this winter rain doesn't do much of anything positive for those plants that don't like being soggy during the winter. I could use more sun again to get a few of those winter indoor blooms, and to dispel my winter "blahs"!! And Merry Christmas to everyone and I hope your weather is better than ours!!!

[Rich]

OMG -_-

It doesn't look too good for Monday or the rest of the week. It is freezing this evening. In 12 hours time I will be swimming in the sea...I don't want to! :(

Weather forecast ('http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1555')

[HarleyGal]

The weather has been great here the past couple of days! :D Temps in the low 60's!! We rode the bike about an hour on Christmas Eve and I told Jesse that was one of my favorite Christmas presents!! :D

It did rain a little Christmas morning but then it cleared off! We were at our daughter's in SC for Christmas Day and it was in the mid-60's, partly cloudy! :D My kind of holiday! :D

[lighthouseseeker]

We rode the bike about an hour
How great! Glad you got to go for a ride. It's way too wet and cold here. :lol:

[MrSeedy]

Rain, rain , rain, all day yesterday, and leaks of course, though I expected those. Never did get the tarp on before it was too cold and snow covered , so now it will be lots of leaks til it's warm enough to do something again, but I've not even found someone to fix the roof yet, and they don't work in the winter here! Meanwhile a have a lone and good sized flower bud on my tropical hibiscus that should have opened on Christmas Day were it not for the dark gloomy day , and now most likely it will just drop off without ever opening. When it comes time for the buds to open they either open or if not , the blooms are just lost as they won't sit there in suspended animation til conditions are right!! Oh well, but that's the story of myi winter blooms. All depends on ol' man Sun!!

[MrSeedy]

I just came back from the first walk I'd been on in several days and though the Chistmas rains pretty much eliminated our snow for Christmas, it also cleared all those snow covered sidewalks I've been avoiding for weeks by having to walk in the roads around here. It was certainly a pleasure, but looking out my window right now we're getting a brief snow shower, and I'm afraid the "pleasure" of walking on clear sidewalks will be short lived!! Oh well , but it seems our local businesses won't pay for snow shoveling on the public sidewalks this year, and I think that's a shame for the "walking" public!!

[Rich]

Not too bad this morning, but the sea was freezing.

This evening IT'S SNOWING!!!!!!!!

[grindle]

we haven't had any snow I think you've got it all on the east side this time, but it's a heavy frost this morning

[MrSeedy]

Well it should help with those heating bills that the outdoor temperatures are running 15 to 20 degrees warmer lately, but there is ice in the birdbath this morning again. Not unexpected though considering our normal lows for this time of the year. It's also another very gloomy overcast morning and I almost jumped for joy yesterday afternoon , when the sun made a short appearance. That's about all they are this time of year most of the time being the kind of sunshine that comes and goes almost in the blink of an eye. Looking at the forcast for the rest of the week, I only saw one day that was forcast to be a "bit" sunny, though that sunshine might last just seconds. Oh well, as I said before, it's not just the winter cold I hate but those often gloomy days that can last for weeks in a row sometimes.

[bjmots]

It was 81 yesterday. Which was great since I was off work for the day. DH and I managed to get all the leaves raked up and mulched. Had to put on a pair of shorts it was so warm out. Today it is 83 and verrrrry windy. We are having record high temps for this time of year. Nights are in the upper 40's.

[lighthouseseeker]

Not as cold here, almost all our snow has melted. It's a muddy mess! YUK. :lol:
Well. today's the day we've been waiting for. Taking the new bike and heading south. Not sure where we'll end up cause we won't stop till we find nice riding weather. Wish we had the time to visit TX cause 81 sure sounds nice. ^_^ See you all in a few days. Hope you all have a Happy New Year! ^_^

[MrSeedy]

I guess all that "hot" dry weather is taking a toll however, in OKlahoma with those brush fires?? I wish we could send some of our rain, and we're expecting more today instead of snow. Oh well, but I would like some sun eventually!!

[Sneezie]

:unsure: Really cold here overnight and into this mornin. But it`s to warm up into the high 40`s today. That should take care of any snow on the ground. Ours is slowly disappearin. Everyone have a good day :wub:

[HarleyGal]

Today it's sunny and the high is supposed to be in the low 60's!! :D It is supposed to rain late this afternoon, though! ;) I tried to get Jesse to ride the bike to work this morning but he thought the mid 30's was a bit chilly for that! :lol: Wimp!! :lol:

[Larry the Lamb]

We got snow here on the 28th, and Katie went walking in it to Grandmas, she was fascinated by it.
Then she had a ride on a sled pulled by me or David.

At the moment shes playing one of her Xmas pressies, her little keyboard, while listening to Mozart!

[grindle]

-_- -_- woke up this morning to a freezing -3 (26), and it's not going to get much warmer during the day :( but on the bright side we haven't got any snow to go with it

[Rich]

Took quite a while to clear the snow off the car this morning, one frozen lock. 28f this morning, and had to drive through ruts in the snow over the Downs.

More snow forecast for today or tomorrow depending on the source.

[MrSeedy]

It's a very cold rain again this morning and again a very dark sunrise, if there is such a thing as the sun lately. Gloomy, gloomy , gloomy again!! Oh well, it's better than snow I'd say!!

[Sneezie]

:unsure: UGH! Gloomy here also M.S. rainin and foggy and very dark looking. We have maybe 2-3 inches yet of our snow left. This rain should get rid of it all. Everyone have a good day :wub:

[bjmots]

Sunshine and 74 here today. Don't hate me. We haven't had any measurable rain in so long we've forgotton what it was like. Severe draught conditions and red flag conditions for fire. Had a wildfire on Tuesday afternoon/evening that was a little too close for my comfort zone - it was about 10 miles away, but still too close. We're getting worried about New Year's Eve cause the kids all shoot off fire works even though it is illegal to even possess them in the city. So I'd take some of that rain or even snow, instead of the freaky warm, dry winter we're having.

[erdine]

it's wild here tonight, the rain's coming in sheets, the power is flickering steady. it's been a strange year.

[Rich]

Somehow made it into the office.

There's a blizzard blowing out there and the snow is laying on salted roads and on top of the snow that's already there.

Getting home this evening could be interesting.

[Larry the Lamb]

Somehow made it into the office.

There's a blizzard blowing out there and the snow is laying on salted roads and on top of the snow that's already there.

Getting home this evening could be interesting.
LOL, Rich,I misread that at first, thought you said 'theres a lizard blowing....' :lol:

Its 'orrible today, kinda sleety, all wet and cold, gonna be real nasty if that freezes!

[MrSeedy]

I guess there's a possibility of new snow overnight tonight, and perhaps 3-4 in. of the stuff, and I don't look forward to it. On top of that it's below freezing this morning for the first time in several days and I'd prefer temperatures would stay above freezing the rest of the winter, but that's impossible I'd guess. Oh well, after a huge gas bill, these recent milder temperatures should help the next one stay a little lower hopefully!! Mine was over $200 for a month , but my folks was over $300 for the same period, though their house is much bigger and must I say "warmer" as well. My thermostat is quite high , but it doesn't reflect the relative temperatures in most of my house or the fact that all my heat seems to be in the top half of all the rooms, and little or none near the front and back doors. BRRRR, I'm sick of winter's cold already!!

[bjmots]

50 when I got up. Supposed to go to around 70 today. Still no rain. Dry, dry, dry. Can someone do a rain dance?

[Rich]

It has been raining since lunch time and has washed most of the snow away.

[buster]

Let it snow, let it snow! We have a good bit of fresh snow on the ground. Gorgeous. Connie

[HarleyGal]

Forecast today is for mid-50's! :D Jesse is on-call for work but I told him I'd sacrifice and baby sit the phone while he takes the bike for a short ride! ;) Last year it was in the low 70's on New Year's Eve and New Year's and we rode so I told him I think it should be a tradition to ride out the old year and ride in the new! ;) It's also time to pack away all of the Christmas decorations! :P That will take the whole weekend, I'm sure!! :lol:

[MrSeedy]

It seems that our weather rarely comes under that category of "average" around here, but I guess for New Year's Eve, it's just about spot on for average temperatures at least. That's either good or bad depending on your preference for winter temperatures I'd guess, and with a high in the mid thirties it will be much warmer than some New Years, when it may have gotten down to -10F by morning and with wind chills much colder than that, or it will be colder than a few "record" highs where tempertures might have been more spring like and in the fifties. I remember one New Years, where we had freezing rain, and I'd guess that was one of the worst if you had to drive anywhere on roads with a half inch of solid ice on them. Seems I walked to a bar that time, and walking home after a "few" was no picnic. Of course the next day was even less enjoyable, with a "slight" hangover, and those have been very few ever since. DAhhhhh!! Oh well, at least I wasn't driving!! Have a happy and "safe" one and hopefully a "hangover" free New Years Day!!!!!