04.24.08
Freaky frost freezes fantastic features
It has been a dry spring here in Redding, California. I have had to start irrigating the pastures, already. I leave each of three stations on for eight hours or so, once a week. Last night came time for the east side of the pasture, the side that has the oak trees.
After another frigid 29° night, look what the sprinklers created for my enjoyment!
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Notice the brown leaves on the branch. An earlier frost (around 25° or so) killed many emerging leaves from my trees.
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The tip of a barbed wire barb makes a good drip point.
I sure hope these freezes are going to give way to warmer weather, very soon. But for now, we can revel in the beauty of the solid form of a lowly three atom molecule that impacts every aspect of our life. Water is the most fascinating creation next to light, as far as I am concerned.
leafless said,
April 24, 2008 at 10:31 am
Winter’s last breath!
czygyny said,
April 24, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Oh, let’s hope so! This valley is a cold sink, and it can get 10° colder at night than just a half of a mile up the road. It is supposed to be 70° today, and will be 100° by the middle of May.
Woody said,
April 25, 2008 at 3:49 am
It’s beautiful !
Woody.
Chris Nagy said,
April 27, 2008 at 11:07 am
Hello!
In cleaning out all of my belongings, over 40 years of stuff, I found some items I thought you might be interested in. Things for plants, containers, bits and pieces of the flotsam and jetsam of my life.
Please get back to me… I don’t have a phone number for you. Or even your email!
Chris
czygyny said,
April 27, 2008 at 5:39 pm
Chris,
More stuff? Auugghh! As it is, I am getting a ton of stuff together to have my own yard sale, I am jettsoning years of my own stuff. Plus my ‘oldest’ kid, Jason, brought home the lifelong accumulation of two grandmothers, recently, so my barn and shop are stuffed with old western style furniture, knicknacks, kitchen stuff, etc.
But, anyway, here is my email addy with a spam foiler, I think you can figure what to remove:
razzitnospam@snowcrest.net
Easier than getting me on the phone, anyway. I am a notorious ‘no-phone-calls’ person.