BYC Café

[Sally PB]

It's 32° for the first in weeks. We have a big crash coming for the weekend. Single digits overnight for the next two, and then much warmer after that.

Anyone watching the Olympics? We might watch some. We enjoy the skiing, I think the figure skating is pretty, and hubby like the luge and luge-type things.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hey Cafe up early colder morning 38 was the low now 57.
I am so sorry you lost another for the family loss @Mtn Margie

 

[SkyAJK]

Good Morning

Coffee is ready and so ready Hot during the day and Cold late at night and early morning. The season is in transit.

I remember when I got out of Singapore airport, the warm humid air touched my face, I walked back into the terminal, I asked my DH can we go home now, I don't like this heat...and I really did not like it at all during our holiday there, it was humidly hot and same with Viet Nam. 1 noticeable thing about the humid hot weather over there is that somehow my skin is silky smooth, I was very surprise, the humid watering the skin I imagine. The dry heat or winter over here cause the skin to dry out and flaky.

December in Viet Nam, the local was wearing jackets,they looked cold and I was sweating. We have mostly dry heat over here, so when humidity comes, we suffer

Have a lovely day all.

 

[DobieLover]

December in Viet Nam, the local was wearing jackets,they looked cold and I was sweating. We have mostly dry heat over here, so when humidity comes, we suffer

I'm pretty sure I'm going to boil.

It feels weird pulling out all my shorts and cami tops, breezy dresses and canvas flats for packing while it's -3 out.

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Cafe. Hot coffee is ready.

It is positively miserable out there. It's currently 1 and is expected to drop to -3 by 9:00 then warm back up to 3. I have to go to the feed store in this weather. Dogs will remain safe inside the house. No trips with mommy today.

I purchased three 20"x48" seedling heat mats.. extra large versions of what I use under the nest box material to keep eggs from freezing. I have laid these mats on the coop floor and put a thin layer of wood shavings over them. They don't produce a lot of heat but with the chickens laying on them, it will help them stay warm in this weather. They are spending most of their time in the coop anyway.

All waterer maintenance occurs after dark when the birds have gone to roost to prevent any of them from stepping in sloshed water.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, Cafe', and thanks for the coffee. 'Real feel' of -19. Won't be spending much time outside today.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Our wood stove won't heat the entire house. We close off the upstairs and the plumbing up there has been drained. But it won't heat the basement or the mudroom, and there are pipes in those walls. When the temp doesn't rise into the teens, we just let the furnace run. When it's in the teens or higher, the furnace comes on late at night until I get the fire going again mid-morning.

When we had the -17° night, I left the cabinet under the sink open for the benefit of the pipes under there. So far, so good. Tomorrow night might be down to -8° and I'll do the same.

For a while this winter, I slept on the sofa in the great room. That's where the wood stove is in our log cabin. I go to sleep late, and wake up several times for a trip to the bathroom. That's when I threw wood on the fire.
The wood heating saved us over $500. last winter! There were loads of trees on the 13 acres. Hubby was good at cutting trees down and chopping them up. But we are both nearly 70. The house we are in has a natural gas fireplace. And baseboard heating. So not high maintenance.