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it's so nice to see some kind of color besides white!
posted by
Annicita
on January 11, 2014 at 11:57 PM
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Re: Re: Kabu,
LOl...I am so relieved that it is liveable and mostly cosy. I remember on the farm where the wind always blew because we lived on a Peninsular...and a piece of tine would come loose and bang bang bang...
posted by
Kabu
on January 11, 2014 at 7:50 PM
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Re: CCT,
I wonder if your nearly-black geranium is one of those we call Martha Washington geraniums, over here. They come in other spectacular colors, and are quite fancy.
I have a Kindle that I was given several Christmases ago. I rarely fire it up, though I know where both it and its recharger are. I prefer real books that I can turn back easily to remind myself who said what, sometimes.
posted by
Ciel
on January 11, 2014 at 9:03 AM
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Well Ciel I was amazed yesterday I noticed half a dozen geranium plants were still growing outside. I did not intend to keep them, but I feel their bravery should be rewarded and I will pot them up and stick in the greenhouse Archie can sell them on his stall later. It has been so mild here, I hope we get some frosts or everything will be haywire. I once had a collection of geraniums doubles rose-buds even one nearly black, but they did seem to succumb to the rust and I suppose I must have lost patience with those rarer varieties. Do you have Kindle? Just running a survey. 
posted by
C_C_T
on January 10, 2014 at 11:45 PM
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Re: FormerStudentIntern.
That happens here, too, and at about the same time on the clock. But it reappears around 7am.
posted by
Ciel
on January 10, 2014 at 9:38 PM
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For us in Maryland, the sun has temporarily disappeared.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on January 10, 2014 at 5:31 PM
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Ciel
Intimations of spring? And I don't mind the sound of wind, or most other sounds, but the sound of a vacuum cleaner makes my hair stand on end, like the scratching of fingernails on a chalkboard...
posted by
Nautikos
on January 10, 2014 at 5:27 PM
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Re: Kabu,
It isn't that leaky, just the occasional moan or hoot when the winds are especially strong. It might be around the door and I probably should not seal that shut. 
And it was 2 years ago that strong winds blew the roof off, or a good part of it, so we have a good strong roof now. It's reassuring to know that, and makes it easier to enjoy the winds when I am tucked up cozy in bed.
I remember one week in NZ at my daughter's house when the wind blew and blew, a steady windstorm that never relented. There were no tall trees to be a worry, but after days of it, the constant sound of it began to get on my nerves.
posted by
Ciel
on January 10, 2014 at 5:02 PM
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I hate to think of you with chily wind whistling in. Can you get a cna of something that you squeze some glue stuf into those leaky places! Aren't cats just amazing at taking care of self. If there is anywhere that is a bit suny they wil find it.
posted by
Kabu
on January 10, 2014 at 4:25 PM
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Re: Pat,
Yes, it should get there in the next day or so.
The budding flowers are all indoors, sitting by an east-facing glass door. The only buds outside are the lilac buds that set last fall. With this up and down weather, I just hope they don't make an early start on a nice weekend, and freeze again the next week. That happened last year.
posted by
Ciel
on January 10, 2014 at 3:59 PM
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I know you're having the good weather that will be here in a day or so.
But in this neck of the woods, it's nowhere near time to see things budding out. Sometimes I envy your view of the mountain, but then I can always follow one of your links and get a glimpse. 
posted by
Pat_B
on January 10, 2014 at 3:49 PM
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