It’s under 60 degrees in the Ville at almost 11:00 AM and the high will barely top 70. The pool water is too cold to enjoy and I’m wondering if it will be before fall takes over. Good grief! Days with record highs followed by days with record lows. 🙄
The deck that is slooooowly coming together…
Tim sent the photo above from his perspective… the building side. The pool steps have been installed and railing will go up soon. He’s here this morning — asked for coffee and a spare sweatshirt. He even showed up on Saturday when there was help (sort of).
With the weather as it is, there’s no rush. Tim’s moving as fast as he can and there’s no hurry anyway. Happy we can help him get back in the game after his bout with cancer, and wondering if this will last so long that I’ll miss him when he’s gone. 🙂
TIL (Today I Learned): Today I learned that I can’t access REDDIT for fun facts. (Read about it here on TechRadar.) About 90% of their subreddits are dark… meaning they’re down in protest over the site’s new (and controversial) charges for 3rd party app developers. Who knows what will happen next for Reddit? Not me… for sure. In the meantime, TIL here will be absent — just like the COVID stats that fell by the wayside.
Beautiful start to the day… sun is shining and it’s above 60°. But just like about every single day, there’s a severe weather threat. We have a moderate to high risk for wind and hail — and a slighter threat of a tornado.
Here in southern Indiana, we have a lot in common with Mawsynram Village in India. It is officially the wettest place on earth. But unlike here, the temps are moderate year round. I should probably just move there. 🙄
Visitors.
Mr. Red Fox needs a name since he’s a regular visitor. He’s here every night between 1:00 and 2:00 AM. Remember the Disney cartoon fox named Tod whose best friend was Copper the dog? I’m thinking Tod is as good a name as any for my new buddy.
Hummingbirds have also started coming around. There aren’t many yet, but I’ve had a couple over the last few days. No sign of last year’s regular, Brad, so far. I’m sure he’ll be here soon.
My favorite granddaughter was here over the weekend too. I have to fight the dogs for her attention… we all love her so much!
My son and granddaughter are my primary reasons for staying put and not packing for a move to India — and those pesky neighbors too, of course. I guess I’ll just prepare for the possibility of severe weather and be grateful. 🙂
TIL (Today I Learned): The moon is 1/400th the size of the sun, but is also 1/400th the distance from Earth. That’s why they appear to be the same size in the sky. This is a coincidence not shared by any other known planet-moon combination.
Flood warnings and more rain for the Ville today. I figure having an ark on standby would be a proactive plan. Considering what I do for a living, I’m sure I could modify my approach and get Noah under contract. 🙄
Because the wind is blowing the rain against the windows, my view today is about as lackluster as it gets…
I’ll be spending the day inside.
Since the day is dark and dreary — and because I have Coco this weekend — I made some comfort food that goes with anything and is just as good heated up later as when you first make it. There are so many options to serve with mashed potatoes.
Not diet friendly for sure sinceI make mine with heavy cream and real butter. As a healthier choice, I also have the ingredients for  Khao Phat Gai and Pad Thai. I’m not sure which one I’ll make tomorrow.
Big breakfasts are always requested on weekends, and with my crew you can’t go wrong with pasta or rice. Perry’s on the same page as I am when it comes to food… we’d rather have steak, burgers or pizza.
What do you like to eat on weekends? Or when the weather sucks?
TIL (Today I Learned): The price of cigarettes in Australia and New Zealand are 2.5 to 3 times more expensive than cigarettes in the USA.
I’m so sick of wind. I’m tired of the alerts/advisories and I’m tired of having my outdoor furniture cushions in the middle of the floor in the house. Beginning Friday at 7AM and lasting through Saturday morning — we can gear up for more of the same.
I sure hope WDRB’s FB post was only an exaggeration!
Definition of tropical storm force wind per foxweather.com: A tropical storm has maximum sustained winds from 39 to 73 mph – an upgrade from a tropical depression.Â
Even if we have strong gusts instead of sustained winds of 39-73mph, it means the hot tub lid will remain down.
Sorry, Dharma. 🙂
C’mon spring – we’re sick of winter!
Crazy that yesterday temps reached over 75° F. It was great! This date in 2017 we had no power after a big storm rolled through and it was cold. Easter lilies are already poking through here at the barndo and March 20th — the first day of spring 2023 — is right around the corner. Yay! 🙂
TIL (Today I Learned): The Pentagon spent $170,000 in 2012 to find out why one spills coffee while walking.
It’s incredibly windy in the Ville. I’ll take wind gusts since it’s 60 degrees in February.
Duke Energy sent a text last night (for the house I own in Seymour) reminding homeowners that outages are possible do to high winds. REMC — the electric company that services the house in the Ville — sent nothing although the forecast here is the same as 12 miles north.
The reminder to secure loose outdoor items gives Duke a tad of an edge insofar as customer experience.
Rain… then bright sun… then clouds and more rain…
It’s basically just another crazy weather day that’s pretty darned normal for Indiana.
Wyze is riding on the struggle bus with Mother Nature.
Back in May, I wrote about how Wyzecam’s cloud service was creating unhappy customers. I gave them another try. At this point, Idon’t know if my current challenge is because of the way Android handles subscriptions, or if it’s because I’m like Sybil with too many email addresses, or if Wyze’s cloud service just sucks. I think it’s all of the above.
I spent 35 minutes on the phone with a customer service rep from Wyze that I could barely understand thinking it would be easy to simply transfer the products I paid for with a work email account to my personal email account that paid for the subscription — or vice versa. It’s still not fixed. ARG! 😕
Products are only good if good service is provided to customers.
Mother Nature and Wyze both provide a product/service, but neither are consistent when it comes to what I get. 😉
TIL (Today I Learned): If you think the most humid city in the US would be in Florida — you’d be wrong. The most humid city in America is San Francisco, CA.
