Colder here. What's your temp? What ya burnin?

Down 11 degrees here since just before noon.

 

No wind or rainy snow right now rotti and still plus 5c gonna get my butt in gear and go out and do something?

Going down to -13c later they say?

 

Decided the same thing. Just got back from walking the dog. It's WET snow.

 

Me and Emma are gonna go out also. And if I get the notion I might even get the splitter out.

 

It's about 40° here. All but the biggest snowbanks are melted, crocus are blooming, and other bulbs are sprouting.

 

Almost time for the weedwhacker Horkn.

 

A little rain, and yeah, it'll be lawn mowing season again soon.

 

Going down in temp this evening and each night for the next three. It looks like anyway. Suppose to hit 7º tonight/early morning. W.T.F.?

 

28° out now at 7:15. I'm burning ash, and elm. I'll make the most out of the 36° forecast for tomorrow with some wood hauling from the forest.

It can warm up anytime.

 

I'm tellin Ya. The new normal is winter is one month behind. Last year. Now this year. Same. Prepare for another mild fall this coming year, with a few cold days here and there. And a late winter that will hit hard and stay through March at least. What does that change for us wood hoarders? Nothin.

 

-14c with elm in the box Calling for nice high winds today to make it that more enjoyable.

 

Sitting around 0 here this a.m.. No wind........YET, but I'm sure that will change. Fed three maple splits to Ole' Betty. Everybody stay warm.

 

Holy crap. It's 4º here right now. A little wind is blowing every now and then. This morning its dead Pine relieving the Ash/Pine mix from last night.

 

Yup. 2F here, high of 17F at 4 PM, then plummets to 0. A mere 24 degrees F below normal temps, and 23F colder than the same day last winter. It has been a COLD winter.

I don't know if I am just getting used to the cold, but the house seems to stay comfortable with a lot less wood than I was using. Have just been keeping small fires going. Loaded two splits of maple (moderate sized) about 11 PM, just reloaded onto a good bed of coals, again two rather small maple slits. Overnight, with it quite cold out, the house temp only dropped from 70 to 62 with that small a fire. Nice sleeping temperature. It will quickly be back up to 70. It is brilliantly sunny at the moment, supposed to cloud over soon. (actually, accuweather is telling me it is cloudy, but it isn't). We've had more sunny days this month than in the past year. Flurries this afternoon. Rain and snow later this week, but really cold until Tuesday, when the high is 32F. Didn't know it was going to get windy, Rotti, but makes sense. The cold has to come from somewhere. So I guess that wind will blow in after 4 this afternoon. Going to try to get out for a few hours around noon, when it may be sunny and in the mid teens. At least the ground won't be a mud rink today.

Definitely going to bring some wood in...maybe even a few splits of Ironwood...for this evening. Wind and 0F, I think I'll play with fire tonight. Nice big fire to keep us company.

 

just looked at environment Canada weather for the coming week...for Kingston, so we are several degrees colder: lows and highs, F, starting tonight:
1,25;1,36;12,45 and rain;39,52 and rain;12,32;10.

Doesn't that sound like a fun week?

 

Be thankful your not up by me..........................

 

Warm and spring here still, burning some alder in the cook stove to keep the chill out of the house while I smoke a pork butt for pulled pork Sunday dinner!

 

Just finished filling the water trough with elm and swamp maple Sherwood.

 

It's 43 here right now, s'posed to go down to 20 tonight......Walnut, Walnut, and more Walnut.....I got LOTS OF WALNUT and burn it during this kind of weather. I only have one split in the stove, sitting on a bed of WALNUT coals from this morning.....

Just for kicks, I think I'll throw one round of locust in with the WALNUT tonight

 

ansehnlich did a double post

WALNUT crazy I presume!