eekuasepinniW

Finally. Some warm steamy nights.

What a wild storm. Pretty lame on the approach, very little rumbling and the sky never got impressive or dark.

Wind was extreme. It was mostly in line with the channel so my gardens were unscathed, but the big shorefront white pines flexed in a way I haven't seen in probably 5+ years. A+ roaring. Sky filled with flying branches and that nice pine smell. Power went on/off several times. Fantastic rain rates followed by a nice barrage of very close lightning strikes.

My dad says the cottage colony 1/4 mile up the road at the bend of the Weirs channel (Proctors) took one hell of a beating. Big white pine came down and a massive old oak split. 

Measured a gust to 46, I feel 100% confident that if my anemometer were on the other side of the channel that I would have got 55+.

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Nice day. Feels like eternity since weather last excited me. Hopefully it's just a warmup for the derecho that's going to push my house off the foundation next month.

yoda stfu

LCI is still 80 

Sad we don't live there.

72.7 

High was 90.1

I still get excited about the first firefly sighting every year. 

Just now, dendrite said:

Did you ever try growing these?

https://sheffields.com/seeds-for-sale/Strelitzia/reginae///////1411/Bird-of-paradise,-Queen-s-Bird-of-Paradise,-Queen-s-Bird-of-Paradise/Bird-of-paradise,-Queen-s-Bird-of-Paradise,-Queen-s-Bird-of-Paradise

Almost got some seeds in my last seed purchase.

Yes. It was about 3 feet tall when I got it and grew to about 10 feet tall over 4 years. Never flowered. Burst the pot it was in on two separate occasions. Ultimately I tossed it because every new leaf failed to unwrap itself without getting all torn up.

49 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

What up @eekuasepinniW  hydrangeas bitch 

 

Nice. 

I bought a bat plant. I look forward to near continuous disappointment over the next few years until I throw it away.

Hopefully I'll get to smell a nice fresh blowdown later. Feels like a reasonably damaging day. 

my heat just tried to kick on  

Unexpectedly chilly low-quality day.

Only got up to 63.4

4 hours ago, tamarack said:

Have you tried gamelost, means "old cheese" and has an evil green interior covered by dark brown crust.   I was offered some when visiting my then fiancée's maternal grandfather, and considered it a rite-of-passage test.  (Our 51st anniversary is next month. )  My opinion:  It doesn't taste quite as bad as it smells.

Just googled some pictures. It looks so innocent on the outside, almost cake-like. 

The phrase "brown goat cheese" unsettles me to the point of having to push my laptop back slightly on the table. 

5 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Well at least I'll be comfy.

yoda stfu

Kind of foiled by forgetting I had exposure lock set.

Low clouds are just racing from all directions into that storm by Meredith. Started a time lapse.

I am anticipating a reasonable amount of damage soon.

30 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

Looks like Wolfeboro scored a nice little banger. Small hail/gusty winds for sure. Could see the outflow even from our radar. 

I felt that outflow.

Just had a nice lone strike about 1/2 mile to my west. Sky looks great.

Scored 90.1 for the high. Nice damaging heat.

Sky has been super ominous looking the last few hours.

Hummingbirds are back. 

Saw a bat this evening.

Great sunset.

Winni railroad ran today.

Mt. Washington docked at the Weirs.

So many motorcycles that I've had trouble sleeping this week.

My balsam fir grove is pumping out a nice spring perfume.

Saucer magnolias will open tomorrow.

Spring has reached full power.

70.0

I am covered in sweat and riddled with ticks.

2 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

I stayed here once.

 

Sad. I was looking at their website a while back. Neat property.

4 hours ago, SouthCoastMA said:

home heating oil today was $6.11 

My tank is uncomfortably low and Stafford Oil is showing todays price as 6.49 a gallon.

Omg.

The overwhelming onslaught of gold finches is getting out of control. I filled both feeders this morning and both were empty by dark. That's 6 pounds of seed in one day. 

Thankfully lots of high intensity white throated sparrow singing has been going on to soothe me.