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Countdown to Springtime: Marching towards the Equinox 2007

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Swimpy
 
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Reply Thu 8 Mar, 2007 08:10 am
Supposed to hit 40F today! Happy days are here again!
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Thu 8 Mar, 2007 08:12 am
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Skunk arrived. At 3:15 this morning. Argh.


I bet it was two skunks, both primed and ready to rap for a lady's favor--and favors.

What a difference an "s" makes.
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hamburger
 
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Reply Thu 8 Mar, 2007 10:41 am
eastern lake ontario :
sun is shining and just below freezing - one more day and we'll be in above freezing weather ... and rain - it should encourage the springbulbs to pop ! Very Happy
hbg
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Thu 8 Mar, 2007 11:22 am
Snow on the walk to the subway this morning.

Sun now.
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Thu 8 Mar, 2007 11:26 am
we have plants flowering, we don't even know what they are.
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Thu 8 Mar, 2007 02:02 pm
People are starting to post gardening questions in the Pets and Garden forum.

My driveway is melting. I'll be able to leave the house tomorrow.

A piliated woodpecker is drumming his territory. His rat-a-tatting is much meatier than the hairy woodpeckers or the downy woodpeckers.
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jespah
 
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Reply Thu 8 Mar, 2007 05:27 pm
Noddy24 wrote:
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Skunk arrived. At 3:15 this morning. Argh.


I bet it was two skunks, both primed and ready to rap for a lady's favor--and favors.

What a difference an "s" makes.


You mean we'll be grandparents soon? Smile
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ehBeth
 
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Reply Thu 8 Mar, 2007 05:29 pm
I've been exchanging whistles with the cardinals on my way to the subway in the morning.


<might as well wake up everyone Cool >
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Noddy24
 
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Reply Thu 8 Mar, 2007 05:36 pm
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You mean we'll be grandparents soon?


That depends. Are you willing to share your garbage?
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farmerman
 
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Reply Thu 8 Mar, 2007 07:09 pm
Anybody know where I can get some bluebird box plans (the Pa DNR website is in for repairs and it was always a pain to navigate , its gotten so huge) . I need a simple plan and an idea as to how big the hole should be. I think its about 1.5" in Diameter, but I'm unsure since I havent built any in a bunch of years. In my walks today I covered the fencerows and discovered that the hay binders had smashed about 10 boxes (it was inadvertant but my one hay guy tries to get as much as he can by getting as close to the fences as possible.
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Swimpy
 
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Reply Thu 8 Mar, 2007 07:28 pm
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/wildlife/Resources/wbirds/attracting/attpg15.htm
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hamburger
 
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Reply Fri 9 Mar, 2007 10:02 am
perhaps this is of some help .
our local library has many "blueprints" for woodworking projects on loan - are tou close to a public library , farmerman ?
hbg

ps . our seniors' association has a woodworking workshop , where anyone can drop in for help .

...BLUEBIRD BOXES...
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sozobe
 
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Reply Fri 9 Mar, 2007 11:25 am
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

(That's a "it's 50 degrees outside and the sun is warm and I'm wearing just my jean jacket and feeling fine" sigh of contentment, not a scream.)
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JPB
 
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Reply Fri 9 Mar, 2007 12:36 pm
I just heard a phoebe. My first true sign of spring so far this year.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Fri 9 Mar, 2007 02:02 pm
It wasn't too nice today in town here


http://i18.tinypic.com/2ceribb.jpg
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hamburger
 
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Reply Fri 9 Mar, 2007 02:23 pm
eastern lake ontario :
today still cool but bright and sunny ! woke up - with some difficulty Laughing -
to minus 15 C but temperture is coming up nicely .
treated ourselves to a nice lunch at the rivermill restaurant overlooking the - FROZEN ! - cataraqui river .

that would be the view in the summer :
http://i5.pbase.com/o4/75/47975/1/59680389.IslandintheCataraquiRiver_34480.jpg


tomorrow's forecast : RAIN and PLUS 4 C ! that's what we need !
hbg
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sozobe
 
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Reply Tue 13 Mar, 2007 08:45 am
High of 74 today!
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hamburger
 
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Reply Tue 13 Mar, 2007 12:56 pm
just took some scraps out to the green bin : PLUS 8 C - about 47 F Very Happy -
but still some wet snow for the weekend .
hbg
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sozobe
 
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Reply Tue 13 Mar, 2007 01:32 pm
It is an absolute wonderland out there. It just jumped from winter to mid-summer like THAT. <snaps> I went out in a t-shirt and jean jacket and was too hot. Shocked Changed to tank top and light cotton button down shirt, still hot if there isn't a breeze. Might change to sandals. (Note, yes, I'm wearing pants.)

Yahoo says it's 75 right now.
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Walter Hinteler
 
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Reply Tue 13 Mar, 2007 02:00 pm
From today's (London) Evening Standard (page 20, West End Final edition)

http://i11.tinypic.com/358tdf6.jpg

The situation in Germany is very similar: only birds who come back from south of the Sahara aren't here by now to breed.

Ornithologists now try to find out why/how these birds "knew" that we had such a mild winter and early spring ...
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