This weather sucks
 

Well my plans to go shooting in Sunday crapped out. Drizzling rain most of the morning. So did some work around the house. Decided to take a nap - woke up an hour later and the sun was shining. Gather up all my gear and Mother drops by for a visit!!:busted: Stays for a few hours.
Call my friend last night to see if he wants to go shooting Monday. Hes say's sure, after his Dr. appt. Well, before he gets back, it starts a slow steady rain. And the weather report says rain right thru Thursday. Keeping my fingers crossed for this weekend.

Snowed this morning, raining/drizzling since 11am.

Thats okay, I had a productive day with the new mold and getting my new shooting desk all set up. I love rain.

Snowed all day here.

If you think that's bad weather you should have ours my yard is brown and we are watering our plants to keep them alive, its been in the 80's every day and we have not had a decent rain in a month or 6 weeks. They are considering a burn ban. That is not good for this time of year we should be in the 60's and 70's and getting a lot of rain.

Same here Lee, however we did finally get a 2 inch rain Sunday night and Monday morning and it was nice. I have been having to water my corn for over two weeks. Time now to get the ground worked up for soybeans.

Weather is real nice here. In the 50's and 60's during the day so you don't need jackets. Although it still drops in the 30's at night so you can't plant the gardens yet. The grass is nice and green. We got a nice rain the other day. The only real pest are the sand flies and the wood ticks. Especially the wood ticks. You have to spray down the pants legs and shoes with deet repellent so they don't crawl up your legs.

To stay in shape I have been working out. I have a physical trainer.. actually he was twice that big but I have cut him down to size. Although he sure makes me sweat it out.



My least favorite machine is the stair stepper.. you walk up and down and just bend and squat. We had three days of rain so I couldn't work out there for a while. But I will beat this machine.



I know I am doing good because I can all ready see results.



I need to get in shape because soon it will be winter again.

Cayugad, that the first home exercise equipment I've ever seen that didn't end up as a clothes rack.

Thats a pretty mean looking physical trainer you got there Dave, whew. Do y'all store wood inside?

We're looking at a drought here, and forest fires. Snowpack is only 15% of normal. Already back in the 70's today.

River should be at the start on runoff, and it looks more like the low flows of October. Not good.

I used to do it that way Dave I have a fellow that cut splits and loads my trailer for 45 a cord . I can't start a chainsaw for that.

I have a room off the back of the family/wood stove room that leads outside. You can see it in that picture. Its 16X20 and is meant to be a mud room/coats and a place to get the snow off and to sit down. I store firewood in it. That way I don't have to go outside all winter long to get wood. Just go off the wood stove room and take what I need.

John for $45 I am guessing that's a face cord and not a logger cord.. I wouldn't start my saw either. Although it is a good way to burn off that winter pounds you seem to gather.

My recent exercise equipment consisted of 20 sheets of cement board, several hundred screws, 17 boxes of 16x16 tiles, 4 bags of thinset and 2 bags of grout. Plus countless runs up and down the stairs to the tile saw.
Just finished laying the tiles today. Friday begins the grouting. Followed by 2 days of wiping down the tiles on hands and knees. Then lastly the grout sealer next week.
But come hell or high water, this guy is going shooting this weekend before I go nuts.

Wow... you have a lot of work to do. Do yourself a favor if you don't have any.. get a set of knee pads. It will save you a lot of pain and suffering. I have decided my scope for the tactical rifle comes tomorrow.. so I will split wood and stack tomorrow and hold off with the chain saw. Besides.. it needs to be sharpened I noticed at the end of today.

I have them Dave. But the hard part is behind me. I only have the grouting left. I used to heat with wood. And its a true statement that wood heats you up twice. Once when you cut it and then again when you burn it! I wouldn't want you job at all.

Woke up today to 32 degrees and snowing here.

Here Old Ma nature should be commited to a padded cell. 10 days over 70F in March 6 of which were at 80F or above. Every thing started blooming early including the bees but you can't do any thing with them cause there are no drones to mate the new queens with.
April arrives with more crazy weather nights well below freezing days in the 50 to 60F range and nary a drop of rain. Got to 22 F April 30th so any thing in bloom got killed Many of the trees are looseing their leaves from getting froze so bad.
finall May arrives with sort of normal weather except we are getting all the rain we didn't and should have in April. Try to split the colonies and make nucs and it weather allows a short warm spell so you can open the hive up, then it rains so the next day you twitling you thumbs waiting for it to dry out. another day your ready to go to work and there is a swarm some one calls about so you go collect them. Record setting 9.8 inches in 4 hours Rain again so getting to one of the yards is an adventure in mud bogging. First swarm was April 19th last one of 9 so far is May 13th.

I heat with wood too only mine comes from the woods out back. cut down all the dead Ash ya need for a whole winter in January. cut it up in manageable chunks then too. As time allows drag the splitter back ther and split a trailer load at a time. A weeks worth of wood comes in the furnace room at a time. Ashes are spread in the gardens unless a ice storm calls for there traction help.

:D Al

As far as rain or snow I'll take snow every time. Most of the time when it is snowing you can shoot and do other things with out getting soaked. When it is raining you can't do squat out side with out getting soaked. It is an indoor time.

:D Al