RE: weather

Pretty magical for this time of year, not that much to
look at out my windows right now....

Wonderful garden there!

Donna

--- Johnson Cyndi D Civ AFFTC/ITSR
<cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:

> And here in the supposedly dry high desert we had
> almost 7 inches of rain,
> from last Friday to Tuesday, and the waters are
> slowly receding. That is
> about our yearly average just in 5 days, on top of
> the 5 inches we got just
> after Christmas! We even got a dusting of snow on
> Friday but not as much as
> I would have liked - snow is an uncommon visitor
> here, and usually fun to
> watch. Half the roads are closed because of the
> flooding and now with clear
> weather comes freezing, so there are lots of
> accidents this morning as cars
> hit the black ice on the road.  I have 3 pregnant
> ewes in the back who are
> having trouble finding a dry spot to lie down, so if
> this weekend remains
> clear we will be constructing them a new shelter
> with a raised concrete
> floor.  
> On the plus side, this spring's wildflowers should
> be spectactular. I'm
> hoping for blooms on all the joshua trees and
> poppies everywhere. 
> I took some pictures of our place while the snow
> fell, if you are interested
> they are here:
> http://community.webshots.com/album/246231835VecIJo
> they were mostly for my husband's benefit, since he
> was at work and couldn't
> see it, so don't expect magical scenes.  
> 
> Cyndi
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
> [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
> Of Jesse Bell
> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 6:22 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] weather
> 
> 
> Same here.  It was downpouring rain yesterday, 32
> degrees last night but the
> 
> ground did not freeze because it was so warm the two
> days before (62-70 
> during the day).  Crazy weather.  And since Monday
> we have had 19 baby goats
> 
> born, so we are trying to keep all the new babies
> warm.  We have five heat 
> lamps in the barn!
> 
> 
> Jesse Rene' Bell
> Claremore, OK
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> >Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >Subject: Re: [CHAT] weather
> >Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 09:04:55 EST
> >
> >We're getting the same sort of thing here, Donna. 
> Crazy!  It's been in 
> >the 30s for a week - even at night.  About three
> inches of snow fell 
> >Monday, with the temperature at 34 degrees.  It's
> still on the ground, 
> >and still no freezing.  Crazy!  It is supposed to
> get warm and storm 
> >tomorrow, and then fall to the single digits.  I
> think this is the 
> >nastiest sort of weather. I don't really mind
> bright, clear cold 
> >weather, especially if there is a snow cover, but I
> loathe this gloomy 
> >miserable mess.  And I hate to think what it is
> going to do to next 
> >spring's flowers. Auralie
> >
> >In a message dated 01/13/2005 8:57:48 AM Eastern
> Standard Time, 
> >gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes: well yesterday it
> was 60 here, by the 
> >weekend it is supposed to be 6 if we are lucky.
> hum....
> >
> >Last night we had a thunderstorm that woke me up..
> >this is Illinois in January.. hum....
> >
> >Now wondering how my plants will survive this crazy
> >weather without cover and lotsa wet!
> >
>
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