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Solid frost/freeze here....RIP any plants not ready for that

Got down to 30.0 this morning, the rest of the week looks great.

If one looks at this pandemic from strictly an ecological perspective, Covid has done what other diseases have done to other animal species when they become over populated, putting a strain on the environment. Typically the older/vulnerable population is largely affected. I'm not saying that is what this is, just something to discuss at the "water cooler"....

My wife and I are both scientists, she works in Pharma and we will choose to not vaccinate the kids until longer term studies have been done....We are both pro vaccine, but respect the long term studies on children that are still going through development. In the case of children, I think the benefits from the vaccine are not worth the unknowns from the long terms side effects that may exist when compared to their current risk from contracting Covid...for those in adulthood, I think it is a different story. My position on children could change if the virus becomes more virulent in children, which is still a possibility.

Yup, a good parent is there to protect their kids. Way too much unknowns with the virus to say they will be fine. I am not locking them up in a bubble, but I am also not sending them off to covid parties either. They wear seatbelts in the car, they wash their hands after going to the bathroom (they will acutally put their mask on without asking more often, I am still fighting them to wash their hands after the bathroom) My wife is pregnant and that is a whole different story. I am in the middle of being vaccinated, when finished I will remain on the safer side of things for the sake of my children and wife. Sometimes it just means doing things that reduce risk, like going to Costco in the evenings instead of Saturday afternoon, a mask when I am indoors. I do not find myself inconvenienced at all, sitting in traffic is more annoying than putting a mask on at a grocery store and definitely worse for my health. My life is actually better with not eating at restaurants, I have saved a ton of money and definitely healthier. But to each their own I guess.....

With the relaxing of mandates put on indoor activites such as restaurants, I would assume as long as less than 60-70 percent of the population remains unvaccinated or not protected from infection that the case numbers will continue to remain at higher levels. Covid seems to be very good at finding a host, especially with the increase in mutations being a bit more contagious. There does seem to be a bit of seasonal variation, so the case numbers should start dropping from increased vax and summer weather...Fall and winter should be telling with regards to how well the vaccines are actually working...Without antibody testing (accurately) everyone in the country, we may never really know just how many may have partial or full immunity moving forward.

yeah, I put a bit down hoping we had enough warm days sprinkled in, but the overnight temps didn't help matters....Definitely have to wait until late summer/early fall at this point

I put down Milorganite a couple weeks ago, the recent rains have been perfect for the spring "greenup".

We bought in August of last year....there were multiple offers on the first day. We were told by our good friend, who was also our realtor to not ask for anything, basically a take it or leave it situation. Just spoke to him recently and he said he would probably list our house for 80 to 100k more than we paid for it, just 9 months ago. It seems like 4 bedroom houses are a hot commodity right now...

I had just bought a ticket to board the Stein train, but thankfully it was fully refundable....1.24" last night, it seems like the grass greened up within hours

77.5/45 with a mix of sun and clouds, nice day

81.2⁰/48⁰...hot

Either they had covid 19 or some other coronavirus and the first dose triggered a reaction due to t-cell memory? I know so many people that had no reaction to the first and only some fatigue with the 2nd. I just had my first on Wednesday, this morning is the first time I have felt "normal", headache and fatigue the past couple of days. Can't wait for my second one, yuck... My 84 year old grandmother with multiple comorbidities had no reaction to either of the doses. I understand the older you are, the weaker your immune system is, but you would expect some sort of reaction on the second dose...

Just had my first Pfizer on Wednesday, 24-36 hrs of fatigue and headache...took a long nap yesterday, woke up today feeling pretty good....should be interesting to see what my adaptive response is, seems like us "younger" folk are having more side effects from the first dose

Going to have to drive up the hill to see accumulations....will probably look like the October snow, will be able to see it snowing from my backyard, while it is all rain here

From 29.7⁰ this morning to 71.8⁰ this afternoon....what a glorious day, can't they all be like this? We could use some rain though, definitely do not want to have to worry about wells this summer.

17.8⁰ for the low....the early sprouting stuff probably won't be happy with that....yesterday barely touched 33⁰ with a nice coating of snow in the morning, where was this in January!?!?!

Just about here, red maples are popping too...probably going hit low to mid 20s Friday/Saturday, hopefully the sensitive stuff isn't hit too hard

24 for the low, already up to 36⁰, should be another great day...enjoy! Tomorrow looks meh, hopefully Thursday over performs

Last hour dropped down to 22.8⁰, these cold mornings are keeping The foliage from popping too much.

What a beautiful day, from 20 to 64 degrees....

20.1⁰ this morning for the low, a bit cooler then expected....

18.1⁰ for the low here while OXC is 28⁰, hopefully the last teens for the season. Our neighborhood bear visited last night, for the first time since Fall. He thinks it's Spring at least....

Well that was a fun squall, everything is coated and the temp is still 44⁰

yup, kids were just chased through the yard by a very angry hornet/wasp 71.4° atm, a bit of high clouds rolling in now will probably put a cap on heating at this point down here