December Daily Weather - Tis the Season!

Grrrr – I’m becoming an old hand at this “galloping crud”. I’m taking Emergen-C this time around, V-8, orange juice, cinnamon and garlic. I did the Airborne last time around. It didn’t get as bad as it could have. I figure I need to try the Emergen-C this time because my body isn’t used to it.

Marylyn – We’re getting your chilly front tonight YAY! My Caladiums are doing the “big bend to the left” LOL!
Rusty – I bet your kitchen smells really good right now – yummmmmmm
Celia- Isis is a cutie!
Pepper – You need to get on to your Dad about moving the “weather thingy”! {chuckle}
Marsue – That’s very interesting about the new fault line. I haven’t heard anything about it. I wish you weren’t going through this and I wish I could be there just to hold your hand.
Kelli – OMG – It’s beautiful! You have talent, you should sell. I’ve always wished I had the patience to stitch. I can barely put a button back on a shirt. My talent is cooking.

It’s Christmas – it should be COLD LOL!

60.4 °F / 15.8 °C
Mostly Cloudy
Humidity: 75%
Dew Point: 52 °F / 11 °C
Wind: Calm
Wind Gust: 0.0 mph / 0.0 km/h
Pressure: 30.21 in / 1022.9 hPa (Rising)
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Mostly Cloudy 6000 ft / 1828 m

Frosty rose bud from 12/3 morning

Many (((((HUGS))))) for Mau. Thanks for the happy birthday!

Sharon, you aren't allowed to get sick anymore! LOL ☺ What a lovely rose.

Kelli, how very talented you are. It's beautiful.

Pepper, Isis is the clown in our family and we love her all the more for it.

Well, we spent 6 hours at the hospital with Darrell's mom last night. She had chest pains and pain near her liver. No heart attack, thank goodness. D didn't get much sleep but he says he's okay. We'll see when he gets home this afternoon. I went this morning and had to talk her into getting a stress test. She was all for it last night and today, dug in her heels. She's a tough one. D is there now, so I'll find out later what happened after I left.

Sunset tonight.

Thanks for the hugs, Kelli and Celia and for the hand-holding, Sharon. I can feel them now :o))

Kelli, that is a beautiful tablecloth. Your mother will cherish it! Is is a Christmas gift or have you already given it to her?

Sharon: lovely "frosty rose". I know just what you need: an "asafidity bag". My grandmother used to talk about having to wear one when she was a child. Evidently they smelled so bad that one would get well just to be able to remove the awful thing from around one's neck! I copied this info off the internet: "Asafetida, called asafidity in the South, is a chemical that is
semi-solid and indeed was worn, usually in a small cloth bag, around the
neck to ward off colds and flu. If there is any proof that it actually does
that, I don't know about it."

Pepper: it's cold here, too, and I don't like it . Kelli's temp of 64º this morning sounded pretty good to me!

Celia: pretty silhouette of the trees in the sunset.

Currently 38º and heading toward 26º tonight. BRRRR!

Thanks, Mau. It has quite a bit of texture for no having no color.

Mr. Moon. Or Miss/Mrs., depending on your preference. ☺

I finally found out where the weather thingy went. My dad took it with him to a house he's working on to check the humidity in there.

It's in the 20s now and will get into the single digits over night. BRRRRR!!!!

kelli - beautiful work on the embroidery.
Marsue, bless you, doing the things that needs to be done and sharing parts of your beloved husband's life with those who can benefit from it. It will be so hard for me to do that, if that time comes. I hope you can feel our arms around you and our prayers for peace, acceptance and God's grace upon you.


Another Early Dec day that was neither Dyson Dark nor Kiska Kold - guess it was just Gussie grey. LOL Misty rain and temps in the mid 30's. We got the garage doors fixed, chased the chill with a roaster full of sauerkraut and pork and mashed potatoes. = Even the garage door fixer.

Tomorrow we are going to live, love and laugh.

Kelli that's a first class and beautiful job!
Your Mom has a perfect gift coming and I see a Family Heirloom setting there.

Cold here today but little wind and a nice clear day so actually it felt pretty good out there.
Currently 28° (Wind Chill 19°)

Robyn just about finished the ceiling insulation today.
The new room is actually the most insulated place in the house now.
(80 year old solid brick houses are not very energy efficient)
We have to pull some wire before Robyn can finish the ceiling but it is already feeling toasty in there!
W/ just a small oil filled heater and the sunshine it was 68° out there this afternoon.
So a 30° difference from outside.

Oh yeah and she managed to get all the tools rounded up from the various hiding places in the rest of the house.
I foresee a few hours of reorganization coming.... LOL!
BUT I can finally move around and see a floor in the computer room!
Ric

I final make 1 of 3- 1/2 pounds...

boiling in butter, milk and sugar:

Then put 1 package of chocolate chips, marshmallow creme with vanilla and stir up good in warm then pour into 9 x 13 inches baking pan:

Let fudge cool until it firm:

Joplin, Missouri (Airport)
Updated: 54 min 33 sec ago
31 °F / -1 °C
Overcast
Windchill: 25 °F / -4 °C
Humidity: 47%
Dew Point: 13 °F / -11 °C
Wind: 6 mph / 9 km/h / 2.6 m/s from the North
Pressure: 30.60 in / 1036 hPa (Rising)
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Overcast 10000 ft / 3048 m

Windchill still brrr.... Rusty is lying down by me...

Oh my!!! LOL That looks so good I can taste it! I can smell it, too. Mmmm...

Celia – How is your MIL doing today? I hope she is much better. Our T&P’s are with you and Darrell and family.
Marsue – The asafidity bag probably works because it smells like asa LOL! Oooh that’s cold!
Celia – Mr. Moon is lookin’ good!
Pepper – Wow – that’s Kiska cold!
Se_eds – LOL at Gussie Grey!
Ric – Tell Robyn “Good Job”!
Rusty – That looks delicious! I'm sure Rusty kept you warm!

55.2 °F / 12.9 °C
Overcast
Humidity: 84%
Dew Point: 50 °F / 10 °C
Wind: Calm
Wind Gust: 0.0 mph / 0.0 km/h
Pressure: 30.21 in / 1022.9 hPa (Steady)
Visibility: 9.0 miles / 14.5 kilometers

Today
Mostly cloudy. A 20% chance of showers in the afternoon. High 65. North winds 5 to 10 mph.

Our cool front has been moved to Saturday night.

The sky going to work yesterday morning. I saw a Blue heron sitting by a retention pond yesterday afternoon, but couldn't stop to get a picture of it due to traffic. It was very serene looking. I got home and rode my bike over, but it was gone.

Sharon, she's doing okay today. Well, yesterday she was. I haven't talked to her today. It's not even 7am yet. ☺ And your sky looks awesome!

24°F with 47º coming later today. We took a couple of boxes to the curb for Big Brothers, Big Sister this morning and BOY! does it ever...
Feels like: 15°F!!!!!!!

Barometer: 30.5 in ↑
Dewpoint: 18°
Humidity: 71%
Visibility: 10 miles
Precip in last hr: 0 in
Precip last 24 hrs: 0.01 in
Wind: 9 mph SSE
Sunrise: 7:37 AM
Sunset: 4:59 PM
UV Index: 2 Low


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Good morning!

It's finally calm, what a relief that is :-) It's mostly clear with thin clouds here and there, 29°F.

Sharon - hope you're feeling better :-)

(((((((((Marsue))))))))) - I wish you didn't have to go through this. But I guess that's what life is all about, dealing with whatever is thrown our way and coming out of it a stronger person. I think donating the clothes is a very kind and brave thing to do ... not sure I'd be able to do that .... You are in my thoughts and prayers constantly. ((((((((Another Hug)))))) ;-)

Kelli - the table cloth is gorgeous :-) I'm sure your mom will be thrilled :-)

Celia - hope your MIL is doing better today.

Today at 1:30 pm, high noon is around 1 pm here ....

Hope you all have a great day!

Rann

This was at 3:15 pm yesterday.

Sunrise today was at 10:57 and sunset will be at 3:40 pm.

Rann

Joplin, Missouri (Airport)
Updated: 1 hr 1 min 23 sec ago
23 °F / -5 °C
Clear
Windchill: 23 °F / -5 °C
Humidity: 65%
Dew Point: 13 °F / -11 °C
Wind: Calm
Pressure: 30.56 in / 1035 hPa (Steady)
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Clear -

Still chilly, again! Well, my hip doing good not hurt yet...

Good morning! It's a grey, chilly day here. The wind was blowing hard last night, and now most of the leaves are off of our Mexican plum tree and the crepe myrtles. Some years they don't fall off until spring. I'm happy to have the free mulch. :-) The neighborhood oak trees haven't dropped many of their leaves yet. I need to watch for the bags of raked leaves when they do fall.

Celia, I thought that cat photo was a cloud at first glance. LOL

Rann, that sunset photo is gorgeous. :-)

Rusty, yummmm.... I think I gained a pound just looking at your photos!

Ric, wow, Robyn's been busy! :-) It's looking great!

Sharon, gorgeous sky. :-)

Kelli, the embroidery is BEAUTIFUL!!! You did a wonderful job. :-)

We have our monthly meeting here again tonight, so I'm off to tidy the house and make it baby proof.

Observation for Houston, TX (KSGR) as of 8:53am CST (7 min ago)
Temperature 41 °F 5 °C
Dew Point 23 °F -5 °C
Humidity 48%
Pressure 30.47 in 1031.7 mb
Wind Speed 9 MPH 8 kts
Wind Dir NNE 20°
Ceiling 3200 ft 975 m
Visibility 10 mi 16.1 km
Current Conditions Cloudy
6 hour min temperature ending 5:53am CST : 41.0°F / 5.0°C
Today Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 30s. Northeast winds around 5 mph.

Celia I love that Transformer's Cat! LOL!
Sharon that's a Northern Sky!
I'll pass your comments on to Robyn.
We're seeing more and more Sea Gulls here this week

25 Here w/ the Wind Chill it's 15........
That will be our High....
These are mid January temps.....

We're hoping to get the window seat done, electric run and a bit of dry wall up this weekend....
Though if the weather breaks tomorrow I may just get on the shingling...

Ric

Cold and sunny. Breezy too. I have to go check the mail but I don't want to. LOL

24* and we have had snow twice now. It's about 3''-4'' deep! Now it's cold and we have a chance of snow tomorrow!

I will try catch up from last week.

Adina, you have beautiful skies! Keep looking up!

Kiska, I'm enjoying your lizard transformation! He looked pretty big! What a lovely beach picture.

Ric, your room will be finished before we know it!

Sharon, I love Badness!!

Rusty56, Rusty the dog sure is a good boy! You have a really nice deck! Plenty of room for flower pots!

Pepper, hope your Mom is geting over her cold by now.

Kelli, your sonic boom reminded me of a guy who used to fly over Nichols years ago and sonic boom us. It is an incredible sound.

Rann, it feels cold here till you say ''brutally cold.'' Now I feel wimpy! What abeautiful Christmas card picture of Hildar Eva!

Kiska, love the tree and presents picture. It seems strange not to see snow in your pictures!!

Sharon, lovely tree and a perfect heading!. We have our's picked out and will have it cut the14th. I love the all red theme! Gorgeous blanket around the base!!

Adina, the pup picture is adorable!! It's always good to see a picture of Boss.

Cumulous, I love the igloo!! AND a rocket launcher! You are fun! (Have I welcomed you yet? Poor memory I have!) Well, I'm glad you are here!

Kiska, popping and cracking already!! I love the framing of the sun coming up thru the branch!

Ric, Robin sure is good help!! It's looking good!

Kwanjin, Venus and Jupiter have looked spectacular!!

Sharon, what a sweet picture of the woodpecker!

Rusty, hope your hip feels better!

Kiska, very neat moose picture!!

Sharon, hope DH gets over his cold and glad you feel good! Cool cedes!

Kelli, lovely plant!

Pepper, interesting snow pods!!

Sharon, Sylvester is so funny!

Well shoot, I had to rush thru the rest. I've been here for two hours already trying to catch up.

Hmmm, sounds like it is winter across the ole' USA and in Iceland and Romania. Our temps crawled up slowly to 29 degrees. Not too much wind so it was bearable. Usually is not this cold this time of the year. Our bitter temps have been occurring from Dec 15th to Jan 15th the last 2/3 years. I think -20 (F) was last year after Dec. 17th.

Stopped at our local Moose Club today for my Coca cola. Learned from a friend he got his walking papers as did 29 others at his Harrisburg, Pa. factory. He had been there 37 years and is understandably distressed. The factory makes airplane parts ( machine shop).

18° (Wind Chill 10°)
Today's Sunrise: 7:43AM
Today's Sunset: 5:16PM
(09:33 hours of sunlight)

I have bumped the temp in the Hot tub up a few notches....LOL!

It was actually pretty nice outdoors in the Sun today.... bitter cold in the shade though.
This is Jan/Feb weather here... much too soon for this cold.
And w/o a snow cover very hard on the plants.... but death to the bugs soooooo.........

Ric

Joplin, Missouri (Airport)
Updated: 45 min 8 sec ago
35 °F / 2 °C
Clear
Windchill: 27 °F / -3 °C
Humidity: 44%
Dew Point: 15 °F / -9 °C
Wind: 12 mph / 18 km/h / 5.1 m/s from the South
Pressure: 30.16 in / 1021 hPa (Falling)
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Clear -
(Above Ground Level)

Well, my son bring his son to my home for while and sure he grow and 3 yrs old...

Been a busy day/getting packages in the main and on their way down; a plate in the kiln, and time now to be online and catch up.
Sunset was at 3:38, so it's been dark for some time now; it's harder to see the falling mix of snow and rain from these higher temps.
28°F/ calm, dark, with Gussie Grey most of the day.
kelli~your embroidery is beautiful; what a special gift for your mother.
rann~hope the holiday season is brighter than what's gone on for the past month or so. At least, the sky is doing all it can to bring color and joy to the winter.
Marsue~ what a heartbreaking job, but please keep posting your thoughts and day to day~ keeping you in my thoughts, daily.
MySharona~ very nice pic~ wish I had a get well soon remedy for you; how about good old vicks?
kwanjin~hope you've got some good news/MIL; how difficult to be going through this.
bp~ Hope the snow is what you want; sure makes for a beautiful landscape. Hawaii w/ Christmas decorations was very beautiful.
se_eds~sorry to hear of all the layoffs; very distressing for those involved. Dinner sounded great.
rusty~great fudge demo-can almost smell the chocolate. A 3 year old grandson; an age of fun and action:))
pepper23~rain, sleet, snow; the mail must be tended to:)))
henryr~great to know that it's nearly time to start thinking of reorganizing; the insulation is certainly doing a great job with 30° difference.
MarylynT_X~ free mulch in exchange for wind sounds like a good trade.
Santa display at a hotel/mall in Hawaii.

Celia, doesn't the ghost cat know that Halloween is over? ;-)


It's Dyson dark and I'm hogging the heat again.

Van Nuys, California (Airport)
Updated: 6:51 PM PST on December 05, 2008
64 °F / 18 °C
Clear
Humidity: 26%
Dew Point: 28 °F / -2 °C
Wind: Calm
Pressure: 30.15 in / 1021 hPa (Rising)
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Clear -
(Above Ground Level)

Celia, doesn't the ghost cat know that Halloween is over? ;-)


It's Dyson dark and I'm hogging the heat again.

Van Nuys, California (Airport)
Updated: 6:51 PM PST on December 05, 2008
64 °F / 18 °C
Clear
Humidity: 26%
Dew Point: 28 °F / -2 °C
Wind: Calm
Pressure: 30.15 in / 1021 hPa (Rising)
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Clear -
(Above Ground Level)


Just an old picture for your amusement (I hope). I am making something for my cousin using old pictures. This is us circa 1980. I loved those jeans and that jacket.

This message was edited Dec 5, 2008 7:04 PM

very cute, kelli~ great catch, too. Did they come from the stream in the photo?.

No, they came from another creek about 4 times the size of the one in the photo.

thanks; just wondering.

It's a logic assumption.

Celia – Love that Monty LOL!
Rann – Where is all your snow? Pretty sunrise!
Ric – Sounds like a busy weekend you have planned. Can’t wait to see the results!
Sally – Thanks! Glad to see you back!
Se_eds – I’m so sorry to hear about your friend. I hope he finds work soon.
Ric – LOL “Death to the bugs”!
Kiska – I rub Vicks under my nose so I can breathe at night. I’ve always liked the way it smells.
Kelli – Cute picture! I think I had those jeans LOL!

54.0 °F / 12 °C
Mostly Cloudy
Humidity: 79%
Dew Point: 48 °F / 9 °C
Wind: 0.0 mph / 0 km/h
Wind Gust: 0.0 mph / 0 km/h
Pressure: 30.12 in / 1019.9 hPa (Steady)
Visibility: 6.0 miles / 9.7 kilometers
UV: 0 out of 16
Clouds: Scattered Clouds 3300 ft / 1005 m
Mostly Cloudy 4500 ft / 1371 m
Mostly Cloudy 9000 ft / 2743 m
(Above Ground Level)
Elevation: 18 ft / 5 m

Freeze watch in effect from late Sunday night through Monday morning...

Today
Areas of fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of showers. High 63. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

We got some rain around 5pm yesterday.

21° (Wind Chill 12°) and we did get a little of the 'White Death'!
There's maybe a 1/4" of snow out there.....

Kiska I love Tropical Christmas!
I've done Southern CA, FL and the Bahamas during the Holidays.
Southern CA wins!
Better lights and in Burbank they trucked in snow from the mountains....
At least at the Smoke Pit.... and we had a snowball fight in the Parking Lot.

Sharon we had to barrier off our displays.
I'll see if I can find my 'Mountain Lion terrorizes Village thread.

LOVE that retro shot Kelli!

Ric

Since I got out of retail, it doesn't feel like Christmas yet. I need to get the tree up. Maybe that will help. Plus, it needs to snow. Nothing on our horizon until Monday.

36°F with 47º for our high today. It's clear skies and very pretty.
Feels like: 31°F

Barometer: 30.4 in ↓
Dewpoint: 24°
Humidity: 62%
Visibility: 10 miles
Precip in last hr: 0 in
Precip last 24 hrs: 0 in
Wind: 6 mph SSE
Sunrise: 7:38 AM
Sunset: 4:59 PM
UV Index: 1 Low

Very windy, partly sunny, and not to bad temp wise.

Joplin, Missouri (Airport)
Updated: 46 min 55 sec ago
52 °F / 11 °C
Scattered Clouds
Humidity: 38%
Dew Point: 27 °F / -3 °C
Wind: 22 mph / 35 km/h / 9.8 m/s from the WNW
Wind Gust: 28 mph / 44 km/h / 12.3 m/s
Pressure: 30.11 in / 1020 hPa (Rising)
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 2 out of 16
Clouds: Scattered Clouds 6000 ft / 1828 m
(Above Ground Level)

I final clean out the living room and someday I have paint as kitchen door color...

28°F cloudy-
"Numerous rain and snow showers.
No new snow accumulation.
Areas of fog in the morning. Highs in the 30s.
Variable wind to 10 mph."
"they" are not correct so far this morning.
ric~Sounds as if S.Cal was really into the winter spirit w/snow being brought in.
MySharona~ freeze watch plus fog~seems as if that's a combination for freezing fog/hoarfrost conditions. Love the pic.
hi Rusty~
taken last year at this time; weak sun is getting quite low on the horizon now.

Great pics everyone, I'm sorry I won't comment today, will have to catch up with you tomorrow.
It's St. Nicholas Day today, when we are getting sweets in our boots...even if we aren't kids! If you want to read about our custom, see my last year article :
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/436/
It was a warm, sunny day, 60 at noon. Beautiful sunset last night.
Adina

Adina, you have such spectacular sunsets there. That's fun about St. Nicholas. I always forget the date and think it is Dec. 5, so I gave DH one of his presents last night. St. Nicholas isn't a part of my ethnic hertiage, but I'll take anyone's traditions if I like them.


Van Nuys, California (Airport)
Updated: 12:51 PM PST on December 06, 2008
75 °F / 24 °C
Scattered Clouds
Humidity: 16%
Dew Point: 25 °F / -4 °C
Wind: Calm
Pressure: 30.14 in / 1021 hPa (Falling)
Visibility: 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV: 3 out of 16
Clouds: Few 20000 ft / 6096 m
Scattered Clouds 28000 ft / 8534 m
(Above Ground Level)


We finally were able to go hiking. A good while back I had taken a picture and in the background was a large framework up on a hill. Someone asked what that was and I wasn't sure. It's a house - a very large house.

This message was edited Dec 6, 2008 1:48 PM

This wild rose blooming out of season reminds me of the song "Gesu Bambino".

"When blossoms flowered mid the snow upon a winter night
Twas born the Child the Christmas rose, the king of love and light..."

Grass and stuff is starting to come up. I'm pretty sure this is a chocolate lily.