Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Monday, November 25, 2013

Have you ever shopped at Menard's? They really don't sell anything worth making a special trip any other day of the year, let alone on Thanksgiving. Even if they were open on Thanksgiving day they wouldn't have very many customers. It's easy for them to be closed Thanksgiving and call it an act of kindness. HAHA!

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Is your furnace running? Ah, the warmth!

It never ceases to amaze me how only a couple pieces of dry oak can heat this drafty old shack for many hours! There is just something about having your feet up by the fire on a cold day that makes you feel good all the way through!
In 1950, Jump River, WI (10") snow.

Saturday, November 23, 2013

I say it every winter!

But maybe this is the winter that I really do get back into snowmobiling. We'll see. Been thinking about it again.

A cold and windy opening day!

10 degrees this morning and windchill below zero. Don't lick your gun barrel!

In 1950, Lancaster, WI had a high temperature of 51 and low temperature of minus 2. This 53 degree temperature difference is the greatest ever recorded there.

Friday, November 22, 2013

There is something about trains in a snowstorm that I really like.

Incredible video!

Ya, you whiners, we got a half inch of snow. This is what the warmer weather farther south gives you instead of the dreadful snow!

November 22nd, 2013

Man and Beast:



It glitters like white gold:

1/2 inch of snow this morning.

My favorite wintertime constellation!

The longer, cooler nights of late autumn bring one of the great skywatching treats of the year: the return of Orion to prime time viewing hours. The hunter is in good view in the east by about 9 p.m., and climbs high across the south later on.

SOLAR FLEET PICKS UP COMET ISON:

Because NASA's twin STEREO probes are designed to observe the sun, they can see sundiving comets even when the glare becomes intense. Yesterday, Comet ISON joined Earth, Mercury, and Comet Encke in the field of view of STEREO-A's Heliospheric Imager. Comet ISON is plunging toward the sun and brightening as it heads for a perilous close encounter on Nov. 28th.
In 1909, Viroqua, WI (7"), La Crosse, WI (6.1"), and New Hampton, IA (6") snow.