Mrs.J

We still have one. Although the kids yesterday in the neighborhood were doing their best to knock the crap out of it. Daffodils are getting there. Can see the flower heads starting to come out of the leaves. And wow what a change in my morning mood with the sun. 45 currently.

Looked outside. While it does not look like in the 40’s it also does not look like in the 60’s. Temp is currently 65 with a slight wind out of the SSE. Could do with a bit more sun but eh I will take it for early March.

Is out!

So have been waiting till my last day to post an observation of my week. Being inside and dealing with the gloom at least I am dry and warm. But I have been taking care of my friend’s horses all week. And as every person knows who takes care of animals on a farm this week was rough. On my final morning here is the conditions I have been working in since Monday. Have multiple times saved myself from whipping out. And have sunk in many times. My car is caked in mud and the smell of wet dirty horses will take sometime to get out of my clothes. I do though enjoy taking care of them. But a couple of days in between of some sun would have been better.

Woke to fog but it looks like it is clearing off quicker than the past few days.

Had some decent rain come through around 4. Picked up .12”. Only the 6th of the month and have 3.81” of rain. More than I think I had all last summer.

So looking at my rainfall data so far. Event, so rain from that line is 0.69” Day is at 0.71” Week 1.25”. and so far for the month is 3.69”.

Wow this line is electric. Two close strikes, thunder shook the whole house. I am in an interior TH so takes a lot to shake the house.

First thunder and lightning of the year.

Under a decent bit of rain. Just told the kid up in PA she may get some noise with that little line coming at her.

Reason why I have no desire to live there. Or England for that matter. I just cannot do it anymore. Grew up in NW Ohio and left for a lot of reasons. One being a winter full of gray skies day after day. I think what really is bad is a lot of the time areas within 20-30 miles around here are under full sun. As the gloom seems to be all stuck over this area and Northern Loudoun County. It is 52 and cloudy with 91 percent humidity. So cold, damp and gray. I feel like I need to double up on my Vitamin D pills just to have a sunny disposition. ETA guess what just kind of came out… through the clouds but still will take it.

Down in Aldie helping the farrier. 50 out does not feel like it. Getting the horses out of the fields is quite an adventure. Put my tall muck boots on and glad I did. Sinking about a good 3-4” into the mud at the gates.

I am just going to say it. This weather is depressing.

Am taking care of my friend’s horses again this week. The mud is real. She lives up on Furnace Mountain and her main paddock is on a hill. Had to dig in all of my balance to not wipeout. Heading back soon for the night feed. Damp cold gray can go away.

I29 and it has been snowing here for a bit now. We have Ballenger Creek right behind our house. And there are types of birds that show up as the weather gets nice. I know that there are the ones that are not the typical ones who hang around in winter and can hear them today. I use the Merlin ID App from Cornell University and it lets me know what I am hearing. Blue Jay, Common Grackle, American Goldfinch, European Starling, White-throated Sparrow, House Finch, House Sparrow and the Red-winged Blackbird are all on my deck feeder. Am guessing that some are migrating back and my fresh cat cable has attracted them. The Red-winged Blackbird is the one I most associate with being near some water as they are found in wetlands and fields.