When Knitting Was a Manly Art

7:30am – Light rain – Current temp. 38.1F(3.4C)

Max 41.4F(5.2C) – Min 33.3F(0.7C) — 0.55″/14mm precipitation

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6:45pm – Current temp. 36.0F(2.2C)
A mostly dry day. Mostly cloudy and cool again.

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7:30am – Mist – Current temp. 33.3F(0.7C)

Max 41.4F(5.2C) – Min 29.1F(-1.6C) — 0.08″/2mm precipitation

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7:30pm – Current temp. 40.8F(4.9C)
Foggy morning and rainy afternoon. Doesn’t look like the predicted snow will appear this weekend.

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It’s Christmas Eve. Today was Eileen’s Birthday (Christmas Eve birthdays have gotta suck) and we had a nice dinner. Beef roast, potatoes, carrots and salad. Tomorrow we visit Eileen’s father and hopefully my folks over the weekend.

No gifts, as money is too tight, but we’re enjoying the holidays. Life is never quiet with a house full of cats.

I hope everybody has a safe and happy Christmas. Except for weather reports, I’ll be offline until Sunday or Monday.

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7:00am – Clear – Current temp. 29.7F(-1.3C)

Max 45.3F(7.4C) – Min 29.7F(-1.3C) — 0″ precipitation

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8:30pm – Clear – Current temp. 32.7F(0.4C)
Clear and cold. Barely broke 40F today. Predictions for snow before the weekend is over.

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Yet another meme traversing blogspace.

Currently 35 albums worth of mp3’s on my harddrive. Set up shuffle mode on my MP3 player and start. First ten songs that were played.

Gipsy Kings – Escucha Me
Travis Tritt – Burning Love
Steve Earle – This Highway’s Mine (Roadmaster)
Queen - Somebody To Love
Tom Petty – American Girl
Dwight Yoakam - Please, Please Baby
Beatles - Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
Mary Chapin Carpenter – 10,000 Miles
Harry Nilsson – The Lottery Song
John Hiatt – She Said The Same Thing To Me

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Ah, what you can produce with an old picture and Gimp.

Happy Holidays to all –

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8:15am – Clear – Current temp. 35.1F(1.7C)

Max 46.2F(7.9C) – Min 35.1F(1.7C) — 0.08″/2mm precipitation

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Finished the toe, picked up stitches and started 2×2 ribbing for second side. I plan on putting a double width (20 rounds instead of the 10 for color changes) to separate the two sides. And it fits.. Quick knitting satisfaction is good…

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8:30am – Overcast – Current temp. 40.3F(4.6C)

Max 42.1F(5.6C) – Min 36.0F(2.2C) — 0.47″/12mm precipitation

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7:30pm – Current temp. 38.8F(3.8C)
Overcast and misty all day. Temps in the high 40’s and not much accumulation.

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This time of year we’re busy feeding the birds along with all the other chores around the farm. We’ve got Black Oil sunflower feeders, suet block feeders and a couple flat surface feeders for those that like feeding on the ground.

Our most common visitors are Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Black-capped Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch, Steller’s Jay and Dark-eyed Junco with occasional visits from Varied Thrush, Spotted Towhee and Evening Grosbeak.

The past two days we’ve had new and welcome vistors to our feeders. Gray Jays are unusual at this low altitude, but discussions with birders in my general area leads me to believe that the ‘Camp Robbers’ do come down to lower elevations in the winter if food is available. Just one Gray Jay yesterday, but this morning there were six on the flat feeder eating the cracked corn and sunflower seeds we put out. I’ll have to keep an eye out for returns and hopefully a chance to take a picture.

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