• Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 01.04.2015

    January 4, 2015 /

    Outside My Window…is a unbelievably warm day and not at all like the photograph I choose as the background outside my window above.  We currently have mostly cloudy skies and a temperature of 71ºF….yes, you read that right.  A high of 76ºF has been forecast for today.  Hardly what I would expect for January 4th.  But don’t get too excited folks because we are going to drop about 30º for tomorrows high of only 46ºF and really get a jolt on Thursday when our high is only forecast for 28ºF.  Crazy ass weather.  We have been snow free thus far this winter and thunderstorms are in our forecast for today.…

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    Outside My Window ~ 10.13.2013

    October 13, 2013 /

    Outside my window…is yet another cloudy and rainy day.  The rainfall pattern goes from drizzle to pouring rain to light rain to drizzle….rinse and repeat….for the 7th straight day.  We did need the moisture but this has been a bit of over kill in that department.  I read on Friday that we had received 4 to 6 inches of rainfall in our area…I would add about another inch and a half to that for Friday night, all day Saturday and this morning.  I don’t know which end of the spectrum we are on but I will say that I had pulled the level down in my water barrels to about half before this storm and…

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    Free June 2013 Desktop Calendars

    June 3, 2013 /

    It is time once again for the free desktop calendars…. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. To download a zip file of this calendar, click here.  There are six high resolution images available so you can select the one that best fits your screen. Click the link and choose “save” or “save as”.  Make sure you take note where the file is saved. …

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    Outside My Window ~ 4.21.2013

    April 22, 2013 /

     Outside my window…is the end of another weekend.  At around 11:00 this evening we are at 47°F with clear skies.  The weather channel says it feels like 43°F and I’m wondering if I should be worried about the house plants I took outside a couple of weeks ago.  I guess it is too late to worry about that now…I hope they will be alright.  We had an absolutely beautiful, albeit chilly, weekend.  There was a nice overnight soaking rain on Friday and into the early hours Saturday morning that washed the thick layer of pollen away.  A cold front moved in with that rain and left the air feeling brisk and…

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    Outside My Window ~ 3.17.2013

    March 17, 2013 /

    Outside my window…is a fairly damp and chilly night.  Currently at 8:30 this evening the temperature is hovering at around 40°F, but feels like 34°F.  It is damp, wet and still feels very much like winter outside right now.  I had taken some of the plants out for what I thought would be for a long while but instead I was dragging them back inside this evening.  Just wishful thinking on my part I suppose.  These temps are too cold for a few of them.  We will have a few more of these chilly evening in the week ahead…. and of course, more rain.  Sigh. Did you know…that it will…

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    Outside My Window ~ 7.8.2012

    July 8, 2012 /

    Outside my window…is an evening inching towards completion.  At a little past 10:00 p.m. we have cloudy skies…a fairly steady wind from the north at 14 mph.  It is currently 81°F but feels like 84°F.  Our forecast low for this evening is 75°F with a 50% chance of thunderstorms….a few may be severe.  Our forecast high for tomorrow is our current “feels like” temperature, 84°F…and even though I’m sure the humidity is going to be fairly high, it will feel cooler than the past several days when our heat index has been 109°F to 115°F.   I’m hoping some of the forecast rain materializes this week….after all this heat things…

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