Monthly Archives: December 2021

HNY

Tuesday, December 28, 2021 Not many days left of 2021.   Many people will be pleased to see the old year go.  Yes, we look ahead to the new year with optimism, but looking back on 2021 is not all bad … Continue reading

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First day of Winter

December 21, 2021 Up before sunrise this morning, my plan was to cut up and pick up the downed limbs in the backyard that last weeks windstorm knocked down.  It was not very fun, but nothing compared to what the … Continue reading

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Sunny days with signs of winter.

Monday, December 20, 2021 The sun is out, and it’s a pretty winter day…well, winter actually begins tomorrow!  Nights in the 20s and days in the 40s for the week before Christmas.  Not bad at all.  Of course, we’d  prefer … Continue reading

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Stuff happening during a quarantine

Wednesday, December 15, 2021 I had a bad head cold over the weekend.  I just figured it was one of my typical winter-time Man-Colds.  It started on Thursday and my head got progressively stopped up…and the runny nose would not … Continue reading

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Planting Fescue… and some HS basketball

Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Yesterday I finished the task of cranking on some fescue seed on the refurbished ditch banks down at the Steen and Newman farms near Wheatland.   I loaded the bed of the Gator with a supply of … Continue reading

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Ending the week on a high note

Friday, December 3, 2021 It’s 67 degrees out there!  (19C)  Yesterday and today we’ve had upper 60s for temperatures.  Who would have thought that December would begin with days like this?  Wednesday was a dreary, wet day, but that seems … Continue reading

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It’s December already?

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 December arrived with a chilly, gray, and rainy morning.  The rain departed about 3 pm this afternoon, and we had a few minutes of sunshine.  But the clouds gathered again making for a gray afternoon.  It … Continue reading

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