Warm and gray Turkey Day

These 2 are in a turkey coma in honor of Thanksgiving Day, and I am not even cooking a turkey. We are all taking advantage of a lazy gray day at the old homestead. I made the pumpkin pie and cranberry relish yesterday. Making roasted asparagus wrapped with prosciutto a little later. This is all going with us (and some wine) to the Barnwell Inn for a politically and socially correct dinner with just the 4 of us. Andrew Cuomo would approve, even if not everyone approves of Andrew Cuomo.

Take some advice from the boys: Enjoy some rest before the big feast.

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

Cold creek

I am still doing OCCA stream testing in the Herkimer Creek, part of the Upper Susquehanna Watershed that runs through our property. Easy and fun in the summer, not quite so easy or fun in November. I have to stand mid-stream to take water samples. Water was 41.5°...

Upstream on the right is where the creek normally flows the heaviest, but the beavers have been hard at work damming it up. The second photo (taken from upstairs bedroom) shows that spot on the right with what looks like a solid wall of sticks/logs. The water spills over the top and leaks under as well, but it is incredible that a bunch of sticks can hold up a 2- or 3-foot deep pond. They are working on the flow on the left side of the fork too, but have not been quite as successful there.

The weather has been more normal for November lately. The weeds are frozen brown, but the grass is still green. There is occasional white stuff as well.

 

Happy Post-Election Day

So tell me: Is it wrong to wait for election results in bed?

It's going to be a long wait...so we might as well be comfortable.

Happy Election Day

What I really mean is that I will be happy come Post-Election Day. It doesn't even matter who wins, just let it be gone. And if you haven't already...VOTE! That is the best we can do.

Yesterday we got about 2" of snow. It was hard to tell how much because it came with plenty of wind. In some places there was green grass, other places 6" piles of the white stuff. The wind blew the big chrysanthemum in the big heavy ceramic pot right off the front porch. Today it is in the mid-30°s and still windy, but sunny and the snow is melting fast. It is supposed to be sunny and in the mid-60°s by this weekend. Maybe even warm enough for another little jam session out by the firepit.

Woody and Cyrus see no cause for concern. 

Lesson to be learned: this too shall pass.