Mrs.J

Woke to fog but it looks like it is clearing off quicker than the past few days.

Had some decent rain come through around 4. Picked up .12”. Only the 6th of the month and have 3.81” of rain. More than I think I had all last summer.

So looking at my rainfall data so far. Event, so rain from that line is 0.69” Day is at 0.71” Week 1.25”. and so far for the month is 3.69”.

Wow this line is electric. Two close strikes, thunder shook the whole house. I am in an interior TH so takes a lot to shake the house.

First thunder and lightning of the year.

Under a decent bit of rain. Just told the kid up in PA she may get some noise with that little line coming at her.

Reason why I have no desire to live there. Or England for that matter. I just cannot do it anymore. Grew up in NW Ohio and left for a lot of reasons. One being a winter full of gray skies day after day. I think what really is bad is a lot of the time areas within 20-30 miles around here are under full sun. As the gloom seems to be all stuck over this area and Northern Loudoun County. It is 52 and cloudy with 91 percent humidity. So cold, damp and gray. I feel like I need to double up on my Vitamin D pills just to have a sunny disposition. ETA guess what just kind of came out… through the clouds but still will take it.

Down in Aldie helping the farrier. 50 out does not feel like it. Getting the horses out of the fields is quite an adventure. Put my tall muck boots on and glad I did. Sinking about a good 3-4” into the mud at the gates.

I am just going to say it. This weather is depressing.

Am taking care of my friend’s horses again this week. The mud is real. She lives up on Furnace Mountain and her main paddock is on a hill. Had to dig in all of my balance to not wipeout. Heading back soon for the night feed. Damp cold gray can go away.

I29 and it has been snowing here for a bit now. We have Ballenger Creek right behind our house. And there are types of birds that show up as the weather gets nice. I know that there are the ones that are not the typical ones who hang around in winter and can hear them today. I use the Merlin ID App from Cornell University and it lets me know what I am hearing. Blue Jay, Common Grackle, American Goldfinch, European Starling, White-throated Sparrow, House Finch, House Sparrow and the Red-winged Blackbird are all on my deck feeder. Am guessing that some are migrating back and my fresh cat cable has attracted them. The Red-winged Blackbird is the one I most associate with being near some water as they are found in wetlands and fields.

This would be a fun birthday present for me.

54 and cloudy. Took advantage of the day and cleaned up my front gardens. Liriope is cut down for new growth and rose bush is cleaned up. Filled up the cable for the cats and felt it starting to spit rain. So timed my yard work well.

Ok so I keep hearing an airplane overhead but check Flightradar24 and there is nothing there. Thought was hearing things but Mr. J hears it as well.

Tonight’s dinner. Potato and pepper spinach hash with poached eggs. Had some veg that needed to be used.

Sun is partially out. 35 deg. Anything that was on the non pavement surfaces is now gone. Wind is tossing anything that landed on trees all over the roads. Quite the time driving on Jefferson Pike and having flying powder balls hit your car. Am fine with nothing really. Just got my first Shingles shot yesterday and feeling it today. And with Mr. J having a Low pressure headache the driveway would have been left to itself.

Last big snow storm we got was 2016. That being said we are a wind tunnel anymore. There is not much of weather that I dislike but wind in my book gets the hate word attached to it.

Yeah I am late to the party on starting these seeds. Honestly forgot about them till I found them in my kitchen. Going to see if my local feed/garden store is up and running today and get some dirt and transplant pots with covers. If not Lowe’s it is.

Your area over mine I would have thought would have gotten more. Yeah what I got really only started sticking around 11 last night. @Imgoinhungrylast night told me that where he is on the SE side of downtown stuff was sticking quite well. Wonder what he ended up with. What a great play by play of this area. That being said the Low is sidelining Mr. J. He woke with a horrible sinus headache around 3am. He has a work from home day but he may just take a health day.

Not going out to measure so will use my deck eye system. A solid 2” on the table cover that is shielded from wind. Grassy surfaces have some completely covered spots while others you can see vegetation peaking through. No pavement coverage minus the blown snow. As usual due to other areas around Frederick Co., mainly in the mountains and N. Fred Co. FCPSMD is closed. Glad my kids are graduated as these kids will be in school till mid June at this rate or loose spring break days. Still have snow flying here and the winds are just yuck. College kids report is the DC kid has a late start but she has an afternoon class so does not affect her. PA kid woke and promptly texted that her 8:30 is canceled. The excitement was shown in capital letters. All in all, minus the wind as I absolutely dislike wind, any storm I do not have to shovel my driveway is a win. MD weather will never cease to baffle me. Between the topography and smaller size it literally is a grab bag of surprises.

Still getting light snow. Actually have a dusting on grassy surfaces now.

Thank you! I am pretty sure I am going to deck pot them as that will be easier for me to tend to them.

I may not have snow but I do have a grilled cheese and potato and onion soup.

Ok I have a serious question for you. What is it about the area of Frederick Co. I live in that is so vastly different most times to other areas. Even areas all around me. I am still a light rain/snow mix here and absolutely no accumulation at all. Is it being closer to the Potomac? I truly want to understand. But I do not know enough about climate or my area to understand the 180 dynamics.

Ok interesting. I am just SW of downtown and have nothing. Just a wintry mix. I really want to understand this area of Frederick Co. The only thing I can think is being closer to the Potomac.