I like to know what is coming. Like all farmers I study the weather sites and stare up at the sky looking for action. I don’t like surprises. I need to be prepared. I am like TonTon who barked at the basement door yesterday because he could hear the water overflowing in the laundry. And there is a kind of companionship pattern forming in our weather – have you noticed that? It has become apparent to me lately that I can almost predict my weather from your comments on my blog. Here is how I have worked it out so far. 
Linda in Colorado gets the cold and beats it up a bit. Then Audrey says watch out it is coming your way.
And in it comes to chicago john, Kristy and Yummy and the Farmy (100 miles south of Chicago). There are a few more of you in Chicago but the cold has got to my brain.
Then after us Marie in Rhode Island gets wacked. Maybe Jess? Where are you in my weather map? My geography is terrible. Ksenia, are you after us. Jaz, you are before us?
Then does the weather fly across to Kate and Mad in England or Viv and Roger. Or is that pushing it just a wee bit too far. I need to put pins in a map. Because the parallels are fascinating. The weather is our constant. Isn’t that interesting! Women and men have been discussing the weather for thousands of years, since language even began.
And here we are using the latest technology known to man and still discussing the weather with horror or glee. And next summer will we inherit the heat that Eha is experiencing, or the long hot summer from NZ?. A fascinating and rather terrifying thought.
It is ZERO degrees outside this morning. (That is -18C). When dawn appears it will drop even further. So far the milking pump has kept up, we will see what happens this morning.
Good morning. There are a few of us readers and writers in and around Chicago who are thinking of meeting next month in the windy city for a ‘Chilly Cheer Up’ cup of tea. ChgJohn has kindly accepted the role of Local Knowledge and Guide though we are not terribly sure where yet or exactly when. It rather depends on how big our little group gets. We are still in the planning stages.
So The Matriarch and I will come up to the big city about the middle of next month and do a bit of drift netting. Right about the time we cannot bear the winter one moment more. Nothing fancy or clever. I cannot bring Daisy on the train or pack Kupa into my handbag but if you are interested do let me know. Just a cup of tea or maybe a cocktail somewhere nice. It could be fun. No prizes or silly games, just a wee gathering of like minds. There will probably be talk about the weather!! (laughter!)
OK I have put it off long enough. Off outside I go.
celi
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81 responses to “Where are you on my weather map?”
4 inches of the Snow That Won’t Stay Where I Put It in coastal RI, with the wind getting stronger all day long. 19 right now, with 8F for tonight’s low, and 2 tomorrow night…. Brr…
(The traditional Judeo-Christian view of Hell is a firey lake, but I submit that it just might be a maelstorm of ice-crystals instead)
Cecilia, I love to watch weather and I use a site called yr.no.com it is Norwegian I think yet they get predictions for us in SA better than out own people… you set in your city or nearest place and it gives you what is on the way for the next couple of days and even the next week… I have a whole lot of towns set into mine and watch how the weather is progressing towards us.. I even look at the world satellites and watch the whole worlds developments… highly intriguing…
With what is happening here now with major flooding of our rivers etc… I have been able to watch how it has slowly crept in and developed…
what an excellent site, I popped straight over and have bookmarked it.. it even gets right to our tiny tiny town.. and is well set out.. thank you.. c
Chicago is one of the coldest places I’ve been to! Today it is a sunny +30degC so I send you sunshine 🙂
and muffins, you sent me sunshine and muffins that were very tasty! thank you tandy..c
I’m in S. Colorado, it is 44 on my front porch this morning and we’re suppose to top out in the low 60s today! It is sunny with blue skies and windy and no rain nor snow in the forecast!
Huh, you are warm, maybe that is on its way to ME!! though not the 60’s bit I think.. c
Currently in central Ohio it is 6 degrees! I am not leaving the house unless I REALLY have to!
Ohio? Have I missed something. I must shoot over to your blog immediately and see whats afoot.. c
You don’t get any of ours. 😦 Our fronts come in off the Pacific and slam into the coastal mountains and the weather systems that manage to life over get to slam into the Rockies next. But you get our Jet Stream! Oh, funny story: I left England in lovely, positively balmy spring weather and immediately it started to snow and now Robert is grumbling because he has to deal with it all by himself. (Snigger) Well, in all fairness he has Theo.
Poor fellow! Ah well!! Send a balloon with a message up to the jet stream, I will let you know when i see it float past! c
Checking in from central Texas (SSE of Austin), where it’s a mild 48F. Living on a ranch is all about the weather! We seem to get weather from all sides: the Gulf (warm & moist), the West (dry and windy), the North (freezing cold wind & wet). And we’re still very much in our drought… so every drop of moisture counts. I very much enjoy your farmy musings, they feel very close to what we experience here on the ranch, although we have way too many head of cattle to name! I’ll try & direct this delightful warmth up to y’all (it’s reaching the mid 60’s today).
Morning Virginia, wonderful to hear from you, did you know that i have never been on a real american ranch. One day i would like to ride out on a horse, twist in my saddle and look back across one of you big beautiful farms.. One day maybe.. thank you so much for reading.. mid 60’s sounds quite civilised! c
I am a tad bit south of you. Was up in LaSalle/Peru over the weekend, so was closer to your area (maybe). It was a balmy 2F this morning and I was grateful that I didn’t have any cows to milk. Been there/experienced that. Wish the darn clouds would go away. At least when the sun is shining brightly you can think warm. Will look forward to reading about the meeting in Chicago.
Celi, I am just on the border of South Western Vermont 5 miles to the border of Vt, 17 miles to the border of Mass, We are just entering a toe numbing cold snap; our high today will be in the teens…with snow expected. Little Andy is now wearing, 2 polar fleece vests, and a wind breaker (looking rather silly really) If I weren’t so far from Chicago, I would be there with you all in a heart beat….post lots of photos, won’t you.
J
Ah, we Minnesotans, we LOVE to talk about the weather, as you know from my comments and then my post this a.m.:
Temp was minus nine degrees F here in Faribault this a.m. when I arose.
Up here we look to the Dakotas for our weather forecast.
Audrey, in southeastern Minnesota
by the time i had finished milking we had dropped to minus three but minus NINE sounds extreme! Hope you are rugged up warm! c
Hi Cinders…everytime I complain about this dreary, grey weather here in the Northwest (western) Washington state…I just read about the frigid temps that you have to contend with and then I don’t feel so bad!! Most of the winter time, it is in the 30’s 40’s grey and rainy, although we are in an inversion weather pattern…a bit colder and very foggy, smoggy, etc. Just yuk all the way around!
C’MON SPRING!! I to am a wee bit too far away for a cup of tea but would really love to join you all…that would be fun, although I’m thinking meeting for cocktails would be even more fun!! 🙂
that would have been fun, maybe we should have tea in every state!! c
Downstate Illinois here….right across the river from St. Louis, Mo….Where is this lovely farm?
we are about two hours south of chicago.. central illinois.. not terribly far when you look at how vast america is.
You are just darn near a neighbor of mine….We were just in Champaign visiting an old friend….so good to have you near! Stay warm my new friend!
Oh champaign is just up the road about an hour.. I shall pop back over to your blog soon, are you on the land? c
Incredible….how wonderful that we met? No doubt we may actually get to meet in person some day….I don’t know what being on the land means? Its got to be one of those cool New Zealand sayings….how have you adjusted to the midwest, it can’t be near as beautiful as where you are from 😦
I wish I lived closer! I would come and have tea, too. Of course, it’s about 20 degrees warmer here, so that will be my consolation.
A consolation never the less.. we are all so far apart geographically! But not really.. c
I am green with envy that you are catching up with ChgoJohn… and think the Winter blogger get together is a wonderful idea 🙂 I wish I could feasibly jump on a plane to join in. In Sydney, temps are all over the place – mid 20’s C to 40+ but constant humidity – your posts and the comments give me the perspective to consider us fortunate. Oh, and clever TonTon… he’s worth his weight in gold, that dog 🙂
I’m guessing you won’t want to know what my weather is like, but just incase….. a balmy 24.3 at 08.00am. Love the idea of a cuppa but again a bit far to travel from New Zealand. Have a fantastic time.
24.3 C
ah.. that is the perfect 75F.. a lovely temp, have a fabulous morning! it will be interesting to see what the weather is like around your birthday time!