Wannabefree...guess what I got in the mail today!?!?!?!?

[FarmerJamie]

Okay, new subject...the weather conditions tonight are perfect (really low temp and the right humidity level) to create a phenomena where outdoor lights that shine light upwards generate a "pillar" of light that almost looks like a flame (doesn't move, though).

Across the valley on the ridgeline, there are 6 or so lights that are doing this. It's really beautiful.

So the single digit temps aren't all that bad.

 

[miss_thenorth]

When I lived up north, nights like tonight gave us wonderful northern light, or aurora borealis. Of course, it was always bett ir it weren't a full moon out there, is it stil full tonight? (havn'e been out since dusk.)

 

[BarredBuff]

Okay, new subject...the weather conditions tonight are perfect (really low temp and the right humidity level) to create a phenomena where outdoor lights that shine light upwards generate a "pillar" of light that almost looks like a flame (doesn't move, though).

Across the valley on the ridgeline, there are 6 or so lights that are doing this. It's really beautiful.

So the single digit temps aren't all that bad.

Im shivering right now...I need something hot.

 

[freemotion]

When it gets really, really cold, the air sparkles! At about -40, if I remember correctly. The temp that makes your nostrils sting and freeze shut. This happened a lot when I was a kid and heading out to do chores at 5 AM in the winter up North.

Hi Wannabefree!

HEY!!!!!! You wanna be ME????? I'm so flattered!

 

[FarmerJamie]

Thanks, Jamie, I actually never opened that thread, even once. I knew better.

Yep, life sure is easy when the animals WANT to be with you and are respectful. I have the opposite, though, I knew horse speak but when I got my first dog, he threw me for a loop, as carnivore speak is very different from herbivore speak! And I got a dog that was way smarter than I am.....

What about those of us who settle for speaking "chicken"?

I miss being around cattle. In Jr High, I helped raise two heifers from birth on my Grandpa's farm. Even when they had babies of their own, they were like pet dogs for me....

 

[Wannabefree]

When it gets really, really cold, the air sparkles! At about -40, if I remember correctly. The temp that makes your nostrils sting and freeze shut. This happened a lot when I was a kid and heading out to do chores at 5 AM in the winter up North.

Hi Wannabefree!

HEY!!!!!! You wanna be ME????? I'm so flattered!

Free I'd be honored to be you, but I like meself too much

 

[FarmerJamie]

When I lived up north, nights like tonight gave us wonderful northern light, or aurora borealis. Of course, it was always bett ir it weren't a full moon out there, is it stil full tonight? (havn'e been out since dusk.)

Not quite full, had a beautiful moonrise tonight.

About 8 years or so, here in NE Ohio we could see the Northern Lights in midwinter for a few nights. Simply breathtaking. The cycle of solar activity is on the upswing in the 11 year cycle, so I'm hoping for more soon!!! see www.spaceweather.com for daily predictions.

 

[abifae]

I couldn't believe that thread lasted as long as it did hahaha. They yanked it after we finally all agreed on the point too.

*sniggers*

I don't recall having ever been colder than -20. Colorado rarely gets lower than -10

But it IS gorgeous that cold. *love*

The only minus about this state is the clay soil and therefore difficulty growing foods.

We grow LOVELY cows though.

 

[FarmerJamie]

I couldn't believe that thread lasted as long as it did hahaha. They yanked it after we finally all agreed on the point too.

*sniggers*

I don't recall having ever been colder than -20. Colorado rarely gets lower than -10

But it IS gorgeous that cold. *love*

The only minus about this state is the clay soil and therefore difficulty growing foods.

We grow LOVELY cows though.

For work, I visit the 'Springs once a year or so. Great place to visit, too brown vegatation-wise for my tastes - I'm a flat-lander.

 

[abifae]

For work, I visit the 'Springs once a year or so. Great place to visit, too brown vegatation-wise for my tastes - I'm a flat-lander.

yes. Not so much green out here. We get grey green and brown green.



But I adore Colorado!!