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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
Wednesday, December 02, 2015 You’ve heard of El Nino. It is influencing the weather and should last into Spring. Have you heard of the Arctic Oscillation. The AO is winds circulating counter clockwise around the arctic. It has a negative phase and a positive phase. The phases influence storms in the mid latitudes. The Madden-Julian Oscillation of air from the tropics circles the globe once every one to two months. It influences the jet stream. It is an eastward moving pulse that influences precipitation, cloud formations and pressure patterns. It means we have a different type of El Nino than was influencing weather in the 90’s. No wonder the weather forecasters on the news don’t always get it right. The information on weather pattern influence came from NOAA. Yesterday’s rain stopped this morning here. Now it is just cold, damp and gloomy. I wonder if there is a song about what it is like when you can’t see sunshine? I tweaked the branches on my Christmas tree. The tree is artificial. Over 40 years ago we got tired of dragging home a real tree. We went out and bought a 71/2 foot tree built in Pittsburgh, Pa. It has lasted very well all these years. It is basically the most decorating I ever do for Christmas. The branches can be moved around to make a special bulb look better or make the tree be what it should be for the season. I wonder if the same company is still building trees for the holidays? Because we still don’t have snow, the birds are not flocking to the feeders as much as normal. Without snow there is still a lot of feed for them on the dying plant life. The chickadees are back to the feeders. Doves, Blue Jays, three or more varieties of wood peckers, cardinals and a few others are roaming in to feed. OK guess I’ll go read awhile. I wish Christmas Peace and Plenty for all my readers.  |
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