tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post386183855282841359..comments2024-03-28T10:32:56.949-05:00Comments on Althouse: At the Blue Snow Café...Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25578593510486207432011-02-10T10:27:05.681-06:002011-02-10T10:27:05.681-06:00asdf said...it's blue because your white balan...asdf said...<i>it's blue because your white balance is off</i><br /><br />Right. She had the camera set on Auto White Balance. Not good when shooting snow.Peanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10300220285833876977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56404566385225285752011-02-10T09:51:28.659-06:002011-02-10T09:51:28.659-06:00That's pretty cold. Madison only got down to ...That's pretty cold. Madison only got down to -13 this morning.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27559143010709803802011-02-10T09:46:33.319-06:002011-02-10T09:46:33.319-06:00Our town also set a new cold record, but it was a ...Our town also set a new cold record, but it was <a href="http://www.kspr.com/news/local/kspr-thursday-morning-weather-blog-record-setting-cold-this-morning-20110210,0,3726509.story" rel="nofollow">a much warmer -10</a>.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86264471868691548162011-02-10T09:45:16.337-06:002011-02-10T09:45:16.337-06:00My mistake, it was a balmier -27.My mistake, it was a balmier -27.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20802914645894140632011-02-10T09:43:49.061-06:002011-02-10T09:43:49.061-06:00Actual temperature. The old record was -5.<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KBVO/2011/2/10/DailyHistory.html" rel="nofollow">Actual temperature.</a> The old record was -5.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41591361316127830492011-02-10T09:33:29.863-06:002011-02-10T09:33:29.863-06:00Is that the real temperature or that sissy wind ch...Is that the <i>real</i> temperature or that sissy wind chill thing?Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22945247986932184302011-02-10T09:32:18.152-06:002011-02-10T09:32:18.152-06:00-28 in Oklahoma. Yow!<a href="http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news/bartlesville-ties-oklahoma-state-record-for-low-temperature,-tulsa-ties-city-record" rel="nofollow">-28 in Oklahoma.</a> Yow!Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82541404291076403132011-02-10T09:25:35.982-06:002011-02-10T09:25:35.982-06:00New records for snow and temperature. Now all fut...New records for snow and temperature. Now all future winters will be anti-climactic.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-58033424275681448492011-02-10T09:21:39.277-06:002011-02-10T09:21:39.277-06:00The temperature is supposed to go way up this week...The temperature is supposed to go way up this weekend and through next week, so we'll probably let it melt. No point in digging out the car if the roads are impassible anyway.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-11584586046451825362011-02-10T09:21:26.902-06:002011-02-10T09:21:26.902-06:00"He was on to talk about the possible effects...<i>"He was on to talk about the possible effects of this storm on area roofs."</i><br /><br />The snow probably won't stick around long enough for ice dams.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-70304514340568440242011-02-10T09:20:56.080-06:002011-02-10T09:20:56.080-06:00it's blue because your white balance is offit's blue because your white balance is offasdfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03737645073826252954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74826954437435271462011-02-10T09:20:10.875-06:002011-02-10T09:20:10.875-06:00Do you have a fireplace? Big snow outside, fire i...Do you have a fireplace? Big snow outside, fire in the fireplace, hot chocolate spiked with a little something. Doesn't get any better than that.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82441037515968967542011-02-10T09:19:49.471-06:002011-02-10T09:19:49.471-06:00Last night the news interviewed the owner of a roo...Last night the news interviewed the owner of a roofing company. He was on to talk about the possible effects of this storm on area roofs.<br /><br />He couldn't help it; he was grinning from ear to ear.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71105333808622991152011-02-10T09:17:40.856-06:002011-02-10T09:17:40.856-06:00I meant the short ones. Light = short? Need more ...I meant the short ones. Light = short? Need more coffee.<br /><br />You shoveling Freeman, or are you going to wait for it to melt?Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32071485232575527402011-02-10T09:17:28.405-06:002011-02-10T09:17:28.405-06:00Mike, you asked in the other thread if we owned a ...Mike, you asked in the other thread if we owned a snow shovel. <br /><br />No, we don't. There are only two people on our street that have them. Others were joking about renting the shovels from them.<br /><br />We almost never get enough snow to shovel. If we owned one, we'd probably go years without using it.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82176490958655466492011-02-10T09:16:10.156-06:002011-02-10T09:16:10.156-06:00At the Blue Snow Café ...
Otherwise known as a co...<i>At the Blue Snow Café ...</i><br /><br />Otherwise known as a <a href="http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1502/bluesnow.jpg" rel="nofollow">color cast</a>. (Ann, you really should learn to color correct your pictures. Aside from frequent color casts like this one, they’re usually quite good.)Peanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10300220285833876977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83708990184660532652011-02-10T09:11:27.682-06:002011-02-10T09:11:27.682-06:00Last summer's drought. Bottom of page.<a href="http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tsa/?n=weather-event_hotsummer2010" rel="nofollow">Last summer's drought.</a> Bottom of page.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50785843310491453572011-02-10T09:08:43.515-06:002011-02-10T09:08:43.515-06:00Aren't they buried in 2 feet of snow? At least...<i>Aren't they buried in 2 feet of snow? At least the light ones.</i><br /><br />Good point. Yes.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23505639706558027912011-02-10T09:02:14.059-06:002011-02-10T09:02:14.059-06:00"Wow, -17 in Fayetteville this morning. That&...<i>"Wow, -17 in Fayetteville this morning. That's gonna kill some Zone 6 plants."</i><br /><br />Aren't they buried in 2 feet of snow? At least the light ones.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-72810138614673583472011-02-10T09:01:00.294-06:002011-02-10T09:01:00.294-06:00"Friend opened yesterday's paper this aft...<i>"Friend opened yesterday's paper this afternoon. Forecast said four inches of snow. Oops."</i><br /><br />Ahh, those bumbling weather forcasters.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7656228192087216792011-02-10T08:59:53.411-06:002011-02-10T08:59:53.411-06:00"The Spring Thaw is the ugliest time of year....<i>"The Spring Thaw is the ugliest time of year."</i><br /><br />Agreed.Original Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714345479248980398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54143789673752090482011-02-10T08:59:24.697-06:002011-02-10T08:59:24.697-06:00Our plants have been getting hammered for the last...Our plants have been getting hammered for the last few years. There was the ice storm which maimed or killed every tree in town. Then there was last summer which was extremely dry and killed bushes here and there. And now this. <br /><br />I think the local greenhouses will do well this year.Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57263569917168728062011-02-10T08:52:21.478-06:002011-02-10T08:52:21.478-06:00Wow, -17 in Fayetteville this morning. That's...Wow, -17 in Fayetteville this morning. That's gonna kill some Zone 6 plants.MadisonManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01212179466758420208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-4859234478684610752011-02-10T08:48:26.861-06:002011-02-10T08:48:26.861-06:00Chooo! Choooooo!
Biden Vows to Jump Canyon by Amt...Chooo! Choooooo!<br /><br />Biden Vows to Jump Canyon by Amtrak<br /><br />http://bit.ly/fjbQabAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22763737394124393212011-02-10T08:32:33.580-06:002011-02-10T08:32:33.580-06:00lizbeth's jurnal
oregn 1847
novembr 18
left i...lizbeth's jurnal<br />oregn 1847<br /><br />novembr 18<br />left indiana in aprl<br />now my husbnd jon<br />is sick<br />it rains and snows<br />i carry my babe <br />mud and water almos to my knees<br />so cold and numb <br />i could not tell <br />i had any feet at all<br />the wagon crawls ahed<br /><br />novbr 30<br />rain this mornng<br />rain all day<br />impossibl to cook or <br />keep warm or dry<br />froze my feet so that <br />i cant wear shoes<br />hav to go round in the <br />cold water barefoot<br /><br />decembr 8<br />rain all day<br />he coughs nd sleeps<br /><br />decmbr 21<br />rain all day<br />jon has a fevr <br />cant go any furthr<br />what littl mony we had<br />i spent on a room <br />a small leaky concern<br />wit 2 famlies already in it<br />cant writ any more <br /><br />janury 15<br />jon is stil alive<br />but very sick.<br />there is no medicine here <br />or mony to buy it<br /><br />febury 1<br />rain all day<br />this day my dear husband<br />my last remaining friend<br />died<br /><br />febry 2<br />today buried my earthly companion <br />i know what widows know<br />how comfortless <br />left in a strange land <br />no money or frends<br />nd the care of of a child<br />cloudy<br /><br />feb 10<br />i have not told <br />half tht we suffered<br />not adequat to the task<br />nd my educatn limted<br /><br />jun 16<br />the baby walkd todayThe Concrete Doghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16924207456100936578noreply@blogger.com