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Weather - What's YOUR weather today? (Part ONE - Started Sat., March 14, 2009) (Let's keep this going.)
Yes, they do. They just slip right past me anymore. It's like "Oh yeah, another Dorothy joke. I've heard that one before. I think I have heard all of them by now."
Perpendicularandi wrote: "Yes, they do. They just slip right past me anymore. It's like "Oh yeah, another Dorothy joke. I've heard that one before. I think I have heard all of them by now.""At least Dorothy put Kansas on the map. I'm ashamed to say that I know very little about Kansas. In fact, while googling, I came across the following map: ====>
http://student.britannica.com/compton...
I took note of the fact that Kansas is bordered by the states of Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri, and Oklahoma. I still have trouble picturing the exact location of Kansas on a map. I must have been absent when they taught that part of geography. :)
How did you end up in Kansas, Randi? As for me, I was born in NYS and have never lived in any other state.
Temp here (around Lake George, NY) is up to 81 F at about 2:00 PM ET (Wed. June 24, 2009).Looks like summer has finally arrived! The sun is shining and there's a nice breeze.
What's the temp where you are?
"It's hot! Damn hot! Real hot! Hottest thing is my shorts. I could cook things in it. A little crotch pot cooking." quote from Robin Williams in "Good Morning Vietnam"
99F at present, with an heat index of 115F.
Yes, I'm staying inside with the a/c cranked up.
:eek:
Yes, I'm staying inside with the a/c cranked up.
:eek:
I hate the 'heat index' & 'wind chill' numbers. I once shot a guy's radio because of the heat index. He played a horrible country & western station that would find a few songs & play them over & over. On top of that, they'd tell you just how hot it was in between each song.We were framing a porch on a new type of house - it was built out of sections with polystyrene (white) glued inbetween each wall stud & put up in sections. The sun was beating down, glaring off the walls & we were getting sunburned under our chins & arms. I was using a nail gun to put in the rafters for the porch & Roger was down below, cutting & passing them up.
I kept telling him to turn the bloody thing off - it was driving me mad - but he wouldn't. Finally I just pulled back the safety on the nail gun & let loose a few 10d nails at the radio. It pretty much exploded. Very satisfactory. He kept muttering about me murdering his radio for the rest of the job, though.
Come to think of it, he mentioned it the last time I saw him, several years later. I wonder if he's gotten over it yet? Been most of 20 years now...
It's been in the upper nineties for over a week now with heat index at 105-110 but a thunderstorm is on the way so hope so is somewhat cooler weather..My flowers are under umbrellas not because of the rain, rather because of the heat..Early for this high temps.Usually in July and August..Hope we they get a drenching soon..nina
Jim wrote: ""It's hot! Damn hot! Real hot! ... A little crotch pot cooking." quote from Robin Williams in "Good Morning Vietnam""LOL
Jim wrote: "I hate the 'heat index' & 'wind chill' numbers. I once shot a guy's radio because of the heat index. He played a horrible country & western station that would find a few songs & play them over & ..."The heat can do that to you. :)
In KS, it was 100 degrees for three straight days. It has also rained the last three days. That only makes it more humid. It is oppressive out there. I try not to go outside of I can help. I HATE HOT!!!!, so you know how much I'm liking this spell of 100 degree weather.
Nina wrote: "It's been in the upper nineties for over a week now with heat index at 105-110 but a thunderstorm is on the way so hope so is somewhat cooler weather..My flowers are under umbrellas not because of ..."It's been hot here too, but tonight we had a short thunderstorm and it's cooled thing down a bit. But it's very muggy and the temp is 72 F at 9:30 PM. Uncomfortable weather.
Pontalba wrote: "99F at present, with an heat index of 115F. Yes, I'm staying inside with the a/c cranked up. :eek:"No a/c here. Just fans. :)
I hear you, Joy. The temperature at 8:30PM is 89 degrees. It probably won't get below low 80s tonight. Man, am I having fun yet? The answer is a resounding NO.
Camerandi wrote: "In KS, it was 100 degrees for three straight days. It has also rained the last three days. That only makes it more humid. It is oppressive out there. I try not to go outside of I can help. I H..."That sounds really oppressive, Randi! Best thing to do is to go shopping in an air-conditioned store and eat out in an a/c restaurant. :)
Camerandi wrote: "I hear you, Joy. The temperature at 8:30PM is 89 degrees. It probably won't get below low 80s tonight. Man, am I having fun yet? The answer is a resounding NO."We're down to 71 degrees at 10:30 PM. I made the mistake earlier of going outside to take care of my potted plants when it was getting dark. With all the dampness, the bugs were out and now I'm itching all over. :)
Joy,I would be happy to only have weather in the low 80s. I usually consider that a very high temperature. But after 4 100 degree days in a row, I would love the low 80s. I guess it's all relative. It almost never gets this hot this soon in the year. I wish it would come late in the summer like it usually comes.
Randi
Camerandi wrote: "Joy, I would be happy to only have weather in the low 80s. I usually consider that a very high temperature. But after 4 100 degree days in a row, I would love the low 80s. I guess it's all re..."Wow, Randi, I don't think I've ever experienced 100 degrees. We're down to 62 degrees at about 10:50 PM. The cool evenings help.
It's 95 degrees and feels hotter but cooler air is expected for tomorrow and rest of the week, the eighties..Almost winter..My poor plants can come out from under the umbrellas..ninaI am finally reading a fun book, "Choral Society," by Prue Leith..I just couldn't get into the last one, "Laughing Dangerously,: as I guess I am not an avant gard person even though the author has won a Pultizer..I tend to think it is my age showing and yet, I can't think I would have enjoyed it thirty years ago either..nina
Nina wrote: "It's 95 degrees and feels hotter but cooler air is expected for tomorrow and rest of the week, the eighties..Almost winter.. ... I am finally reading a fun book, "Choral Society," by Prue Leith..I just couldn't get into the last one, "Laughing Dangerously..."Nina, you really are going through a spell hot weather!
I found one of the books you mentioned, _The Choral Society_.
But I couldn't find the second one. Can you give us a link?
Joy H. (of Glens Falls) wrote: "Nina wrote: "It's 95 degrees and feels hotter but cooler air is expected for tomorrow and rest of the week, the eighties..Almost winter.. ... I am finally reading a fun book, "Choral Society," by P..."I didn't get the name right: "Dangerous Laughter," by Steven Millhauser..he writes for the New Yorker..If anyone else wants to take a chance and read it please let me know what you think..I can't give it a second chance as I already returned it to the library but would really be interested in what some of the rest of you think about it..It is a series of short stories and supposedly they link but I couldn't find the link..nina
Nina wrote: "... 'Dangerous Laughter', by Steven Millhauser..he writes for the New Yorker.. ... would really be interested in what some of the rest of you think about it"Thanks, Nina. Below is the link to the Goodreads book description: ====>
_Dangerous Laughter Thirteen Stories_ by Steven Millhauser
At Wikipedia I learned that Steven Millhauser won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel _Martin Dressler The Tale of an American Dreamer_.
WAHOO! I just found out that it is going to be 69 degrees tonight. The high tomorrow is supposed to be 85 degrees. A thunderstorm will come by tonight and that is going to cool us off! YEHAW!
Camerandi wrote: "WAHOO! I just found out that it is going to be 69 degrees tonight. The high tomorrow is supposed to be 85 degrees. A thunderstorm will come by tonight and that is going to cool us off! YEHAW!"Randi, enjoy the coolness. We're supposed to have a string of cloudy days coming. Our weather hasn't been very nice lately. I want to do some re-potting of plants and I need some nice days or I won't be in the mood. It's either too hot or too chilly.
Hi All,It has been in high 90s(with heat index-104 to 110) for past few weeks here in NC. You walk outside and hit a wall of heat!!! Not good! We could use some serious rain , soon.
I haven't seen any of the movies listed or read those books listed. I did finished the book The Broken Window" by Deaver. It was excellent. Then I read "Say Goodbye" by Lisa Gardner.I would rate it a 3. It was good but not one of her best. Then I picked up "The Front" by Patricia Cornwell. I didn't read "AT Risk", the 1st in this series,but I don't think it would make a difference. I give a 2 rating, the entire book was never developed well at all. Now I'm reading "Rules Of Deception". A thriller by Christopher Reich. He is a new author for me to read. Am enjoying it very much. Lots of action.
Regards, Donna
Donna wrote: "Hi All, It has been in high 90s(with heat index-104 to 110) for past few weeks here in NC. You walk outside and hit a wall of heat!!! Not good! We could use some serious rain , soon. I have..."Donna - I wish I could send you all the rain we're having here around Lake George, NY! It's been rainy and wet for so long that everything in the house seems damp.
Glad to hear you're enjoying your reading.
The weather here finally got cooler this week. I'm hoping for rain, but not until tomorrow. We should get a load of hay this evening. It needs a dry day so Jerry can bale it & we can get it to our barn. It's been a bit too dry for the past couple of weeks. Good for hay, but the ground is too hard to get any weeding done & my wild hillside looks like I haven't weeded it at all this year rather than the 2 or 3 times that I have.
I also put down some stuff to kill grubs, but not earthworms. The moles have been going wild, which means the dogs are after them, so our yard is beginning to look like a mine field. Worse, the bugs must lay their eggs on the fence, so there is a concentration of grubs under the fence. That means a mole tunnel & then the dogs dig under the fence. The grub stuff needs water to drive it into the ground & activate it. We had to water the back yard, but I'm holding off on the side & front yards hoping we'll get rain.
Jim wrote: "The weather here finally got cooler this week. I'm hoping for rain, but not until tomorrow. ... I also put down some stuff to kill grubs, but not earthworms. The moles have been going wild, which means the dogs are after them, so our yard is beginning to look like a mine field. ... That means a mole tunnel & then the dogs dig under the fence. "We've got plenty of rain here! It's depressing how wet and rainy it's been. Everything is so damp.
We have moles too. Their tunnels make the lawn very uneven. So far we haven't done anything about them. Alice, our son's dog likes to dig. She digs holes all around the yard when we babysit her. Keeping a nice lawn is a job under these conditions. Keeping a perfect lawn has never a priority for us. Our lawn gets mowed and looks neat, but it's far from perfect.
I do envy people who have lush, manicured lawns and lovely yards with beautiful flowers and bushes. If I had unlimited funds, I would have continual lawn and landscaping service. I love the line: "Imagine what God could do if he had money?" :)
I like that saying!I don't care to do much with my lawn & think many of the services are hard on the environment with too much herbicide, pesticide & fiddling. I don't like craters in the lawn or holes under the fence, though. Otherwise I try to spray a broad leaf plant killer to take out the worst of the weeds occasionally & mow it. No watering, I'll dump fertilizer on it when I do the fields - they're more important.
I was surprised when I started looking into grub killers just how mean so many of them are. Many kill off all the earthworms! Others I couldn't use because of the dogs or the horses that eat the grass on the other side of the fence. A systemic poison that kills grubs & horses doesn't quite fit our life style - it would end mine rather rapidly!
Finally, it's cooler. More like June weather rather than July and Auguest.Sorry it wasn't like this when my ID daughter was visiting.. By the way, her email name is Lucy the librarian..Isn't that neat? She is the childrens librarian in Post Falls, ID..I just exchanged my spring flowers(pansies) for the summer ones; petunias, geraniums etc.. It is pretty as they are mostly lavendar and purple and are now spilling out from large baskets hung on the blue green fence. Hope they last through the next big blast of heat. I am busy writing detail by detail of a family genealogy..It is necessary but tiring. nina ps for entertainment I take a break and read, "Choral Society." It is fun so far.
I'm so glad for the cooler weather. It wasn't quite as cool this morning as yesterday - 70 - but still that's not bad. We put 350 bales of hay up, so we're good to go for the winter. Yeah! I love getting that done & this is about record time. Usually it's August, but it's been a wonderful year. Too much rain for the timothy's first cutting in MD, but all has worked out well here. We've had plenty of rain to grow it & good enough breaks to cut, dry & bale it.Nina, what are you using to do your genealogy notes? It's wonderful that you're taking the time. I started ours based on a book my great grandfather wrote in 1930. All neatly handwritten notes about the family as far back as he could remember. A wonderful resource. Much better than trying to decipher old Bible pages that don't give much information.
The worst was trying to get stuff out of my maternal grandmother. I was in my aunt's kitchen trying to pick Grammy's mind when she mentioned her brother lived nearby. My aunt was startled to find out she had an uncle. Families can be so weird!
Jim wrote: "I like that saying!I don't care to do much with my lawn & think many of the services are hard on the environment with too much herbicide, pesticide & fiddling."
Jim, I'm always wary of weedkillers and chemical treatments for the yard. I do try to read the small print but I'd rather not use anything, just to be safe, especially because of the pets. I'm glad you read the small print, Jim.
Nina wrote: "Finally, it's cooler. More like June weather rather than July and Auguest.Sorry it wasn't like this when my ID daughter was visiting.. By the way, her email name is Lucy the librarian..Isn't that n..."Nina, one of my favorite aunts was named Lucy. Glad to hear that things have cooled off and that you're enjoying your flowers. Good luck with the genealogy. Your family will appreciate it.
Here is a title-link to _The Choral Society_.
Jim wrote: "I'm so glad for the cooler weather. It wasn't quite as cool this morning as yesterday - 70 - but still that's not bad. We put 350 bales of hay up, so we're good to go for the winter. Yeah! I lo..."Jim, I see you've been keeping busy and accomplishing things. I'm trying to get things done but our pace is very slow. The muggy weather really slows one down. Today is a bit drier and not as humid. I feel my energy coming back. I even vacuumed the living room! (lol)
IT'S RAINING AGAIN!!!!!Let me rephrase that...
IT'S POURING AGAIN. :-(
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What am I complaining about...
IT'S BOOK-READING WEATHER! :)
We had much needed rain and cooler weather; in the eighties and sixties at night..My garden back by the fence is lush with impatients, petunias, and geraniums. I do have an eight year old geranium that looks like a bonsai plant. It isn't. I just switched from spring flowers to summer ones..Good-by pansies. Hello phox, roses petunias etc. Mostly, lavendar and purple with a few pink ones thrown in. I am going to start, "The Book Thief," as that is next month's book assignment.Have any of you good readers out there read it? nina PS HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!
Nina wrote: "... I do have an eight year old geranium that looks like a bonsai plant. It isn't. ... I am going to start, "The Book Thief," ...LOL - Nina, I know what you mean about "old" geraniums. I like the comparison to a bonsai plant. LOL I'm trying to cut back my year-old geraniums so they'll fill out. Hope it works. I think that next year my garden will be exclusively made up of begonias, like these:
They're the easiest to maintain... and they're not as expensive.(Click on thumbnail.)
QUESTION: What do they call this variety, as opposed to the begonias with the larger flowers?
Haven't read _The Book Thief_. Here's the cover-link:
by Markus ZusakSounds like an unusual book.
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From the Netflix description:
"Zusak not only creates a mesmerizing and original story but also writes with poetic syntax, causing readers to deliberate over phrases and lines, even as the action impels them forward."
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Well, the Fall season is fast approaching and the temps are dropping, although when we sit in the hot sun, it's still feels like summer. However, here in northern NY, the temps at night are getting cooler and cooler and daytime temps are often in the 60s.The current temp at mid-morning (9/12/09) here is 64°F and we have no sunshine.
It will be interesting to follow the weather changes at this time of year. I'm still hoping for some warm days. It can happen! Indian Summer!
There are many different stories about the origin of the term "Indian Summer". See Wiki at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_s...
I prefer to think of Indian Summer simply as "a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn" or ""spell of warm weather after the first frost".
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?t...
Joy H. (of Glens Falls) wrote: "Well, the Fall season is fast approaching and the temps are dropping, although when we sit in the hot sun, it's still feels like summer. However, here in northern NY, the temps at night are getting..."I am now back on email with goodreads.
Nina wrote: "I am now back on email with goodreads."Nina, I'm glad you got that straightened out.
Sometimes these technical glitches can be a real puzzle.
Hi Joy,Thanks for your help! I did get a Goodreads today but I couldn't leave a reply or comment. So I tried following your instructions and it worked. You all out there you don't know what you're missing till you don't have it. I am happy to be back on board and now to answer what I couldn't do before; I am in KS but unlike our other goodread neighbor we have had no rain for a few days and it is 79 degrees and fairly nice outside today; very green grass in the field across the street and my impatients have grown almost across my patio. Everything in this part of KS is lush; unlike some Septembers here. But, here in our part are lots of trees and hills and streams etc. nina
Nina wrote: "...it is 79 degrees and fairly nice outside today; ..."Nina, it sounds like you still have a bit of summer left in KS! We got up to the lower 70s today here in northern NY. Everyday I make it a point to go sit outside and enjoy the sunshine because soon I won't be able to do it with the cold weather coming. I hate the cold.
Our temp was 56°F at about 8:00 this morning here in Glens Falls, NY. It's now up to 59°F at around 10:00 AM. They predict that today will be partly sunny, with a high near 63. Yes, it's getting cooler here.
Our temp was 51°F at about 8:00 this morning here in Glens Falls, NY. The prediction for today says: "Isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a high near 65."We haven't our first frost here yet. Our flowers are still blooming.
Weather here is in the middle sixties in early morning and about eighty by mid day. We don't use the air conditioner any more but do have ceiling fans on at night. Usually we have pretty good weather until the end of October. A very few trees are starting to turn and flowers still blooming but not quite as spectacular as last week. Here's a quote to end the day: "The nectar is in the journey; not in the goal," John J. Mc Dermott nina
Nina wrote: "Weather here is in the middle sixties in early morning and about eighty by mid day. We don't use the air conditioner any more but do have ceiling fans on at night. Usually we have pretty good wea..."Nina, it's interesting to hear how much warmer your temps are in Kansas than in NY.
I liked your quote. Here are some similar ones:
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"Life is a journey, not a destination." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It is not the destination that is important, but the journey there." -Chinese Proverb
"The journey is the reward." -Chinese Proverb
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But I would enjoy my journey more without the arthritis. LOL
Nina wrote: "Weather here is in the middle sixties in early morning and about eighty by mid day. We don't use the air conditioner any more but do have ceiling fans on at night. Usually we have pretty good wea..."My favorite is your quote about arthritis. nina
Nina wrote: "Nina wrote: "My favorite is your quote about arthritis. nina"LOL - Nina, this is the first year arthritis has given me any major trouble. Now I understand what arthritis sufferers go through. When pain walks in, everything in one's life is affected.
It helps to sit out in the sun... and today we've got plenty of that!
The forecast is: "Sunny, with a high near 75".
Current temp (around 11:00 AM) is 61. Not bad in the sun!
Think I'll go out on the deck with Romeo and a cup of coffee.
Might as well enjoy the sunshine while we have it.
Uh-Oh! For Glens Falls tonight, they're predicting: "Cold with lows in the upper 20s."This is it, folks! Good bye flowers! :-(
Oy! Y'all have my sympathies Joy. /shiver/
It's 72F here at present, with a high tomorrow of 85F. It's been scuzzy rain all day though.
It's 72F here at present, with a high tomorrow of 85F. It's been scuzzy rain all day though.
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Hi Randi in Kansas. Now I know why Dorothy of the Wizard of Oz was blown away for a while. It's windy in Kansas! Do many people make Wizard of Oz jokes about people living in Kansas?
I just googled and found out that there is an Oz Museum in Kansas. See: ====>
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