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
The Kitchen's Garden 
81 responses to “Where are you on my weather map?”
Your peacock is so beautiful:) Happy Day on the Farmy!
I have a theory, if we are hot and dry and miserable in summer, then the land down under experiences the same, if we have cold and snow, then the bottom half of the globe has lots of rain. I also think that what we have in January will show up in July…cold January, HEAT July, snow January, rain July. Just a theory, mind you.
Linda
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aha, well we have people on the ground who can track the first theory for you.. I know my sisters farm (NZ) is getting no rain, but that is in an area that is known for its droughts! so we are having a dry cold January.. Hmm.dry hot july.. I am not sure I like your theory after all.. I wonder what will happen..c
I don’t like my theory either. 😦
laughter!! c
When I saw the weather on TV this morning I thought “Hope C is dressed warmly and the barn cats snug!” Funny how right you are about the weather! (It’s sunny and 70 here near Galveston, TX…the cold is sliding east and missing us this time.)
The peacock picture is just wonderful.
If I were closer I’d meet you guys in Chicago – sounds absolutely wonderful!
I am dressed snug and warm! tomorrow will be better! c
I’m a fellow Illinoisian, about 500 miles south of Chicago, near Springfield…..so wha’do’ya’know? We’re practically neirghbors…LOL 🙂 Hoping for a big snow this week too….somehow snow makes winter more enjoyable…..Stay warmy on The Farmy!
I know how everyone says they hate the snow but like you I love it, there is something almost comforting about the snow.. none for us though i am afraid.. we are forecast to have flurries .. (Daisy spits in disgust.. Flurries!) c
How lovely to be able to meet up 🙂
and ps I hope Noone gets our heat from last week..46.4C, 115.5F…….panting
You are having such a hard time. i know that australia has always been hot but this has been REALLY hot.. 115 would floor me! c
it was certainly beyond reasonable!!!
Oh Cecilia! I would love to have a cup with you and your tribe of like minded readers!
Our farm is about 6 hours North and a little East of Chicago, on the northern edge of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I thought of you and Daisy this morning as I walked out to the barn: the wind chill factor was minus 25 F. I long for a milk cow, but my hands would not be able to withstand the bitter cold to milk her. I will be with you in spirit for that cup of tea! Faith.
Good morning Faith, you are even colder than we are, i cannot imagine milking in minus 25. A good choice I think. We should make a big list of all those who will be having a cuppa in spirit. The winter is really not a time for travelling! But it is a tradition for The Matriarch and i to go up to the big city in February! crazy!! c
And I get my weather forcast from you…knowing what coming a day and a half later. Many thanks for being my weatherman/woman.
May I be a wee bit envious that I live too far to join in the meetup? I must instead look forward to a facinating post on how it goes.
morning honey. we are all so far flung. Isn’t it ironic that we all meet here in the comments section but will probably never meet in real life.. maybe this is our real life!! c
Meteorology was my darling dad’s biggest interest, so I grew up lying on the grass being shown how to forecast wind and rain:) ! Am still just as interested and yes, did realize where quite a few of your readers lived from their comments. What fun!! And I promise, absolutely promise not to send our wicked summer to you! Back to 39 C yesterday . . . Oh wish I had a genie to take me to Chicago next month!!!!!!
Alas, Atlanta is just a little too far away to drive up to Chicago in February, but it sure sounds like a fun gathering! After last week’s shorts wearing weather in the low 70’s we went down to 27 degrees F last night. Still not as cold as you…we get the buffer from the Gulf Stream most of the time to push those cold winds back north. 🙂
So I’m scrolling down to comment when I spot the word farting and have to scroll back up. Then I forget what I have to say, because I’m laughing about a farting farm female. Oh yes, Arkansas. 40s. 50s tomorrow. Way too cold!
Roger made me do it!! c
…and I thought it was just the English who were obsessed by the weather 😉
I would say that over half my readers and I are also obsessed with the weather!! brilliant aye! so much in common.. c
Oooh, I’m game for a meet-up. In fact, I was downtown this week, checking out the Russian Tea Time. Let me know when you will be a-comin’ thru the rye — so to speak. (Whatever that means!)
Is it bad that although the frigid temps are here, I kind of want them to hang around for a bit and maybe see some snow. It just seems weird not to have snow yet. Thanks for the mention! =D
So funny! But it’s so true that there’s nothing like living in the country to turn one into a meteorologist.
Checking in from Virginia Beach. This is probably our coldest night yet, 19. The “S” word is in our forecast for Friday. It would be nice to meet for tea, but I’m not leaving the house until May. 😉 I hope you have a wonderful day for travel and a great time together. Kupa is quite the handsome fella, just look at that plumage!