Friday, January 20, 2012

cold weather

well - classic winter weather now - snow every other day and cold.  Parking lots are slushy and yukky to walk in.  oh well, now we can start dreaming of Spring.

we didn't have a really busy week - but steady.  This weekend should be quiet (the cold keeps people at home) but we're watching the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction on TV.  Rick pays far more attention than I do - I really only pay attention to the odd-ball cars - like a Beatles replica Yellow Submarine etc. or Doris Day's Mercedes (it sold for $7500 - I can afford THAT!!!!  It is entertaining to watch.

Our pellet stove is still impressing me - we are hardly using our electric heat at all.  Our kilo-watt usage for December was about the same as our September usage (when we don't have any heat on at all)  so it is certainly making a difference.  We have had the electric heat on a couple of times this month though - like when is it minus 20 degrees - the second floor can be a bit cold.

We're getting lots of deer - in fact I see them all over the front lawn most evenings.  Kris continues to feed them - but they are gobbling up a LOT of food.   Lots of birds at our feeders too - chickadees, woodpeckers and blue jays mostly.  Keeps the cats entertained!!!!  They get soooooooo bored at this time of year.

1 comment:

  1. Nice Pics.
    Well some sort of a weather do-DA going on keeping Florida warmer than normal works for me.
    It has been a great weather winter so far.
    cheers
    john

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