{"id":21202,"date":"2022-02-02T11:39:21","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T18:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=21202"},"modified":"2022-02-13T12:41:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T19:41:05","slug":"feb-2-groundhogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2022\/02\/02\/feb-2-groundhogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb 2 Groundhogs"},"content":{"rendered":"

O, wind, if winter comes, can spring be far behind?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Percy Bysshe Shelley<\/strong><\/p>\n

How did groundhog day start. I decided to find out.<\/p>\n

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Ok forget that I stopped reading when Gobblers Knob was mentioned. Punxsutawney Phil’s story wouldn’t be told here today.<\/p>\n

I used a different method, I checked the far-reaching weather forecasts. It all looked mostly mild for the next two months.<\/p>\n

I hoped that was true, my firewood was non-exsistent. I had a big pile of snow on top of the last of my wood, and I was sure that was solid ice.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t even sure my good Samaritan could move it with his big machine.<\/p>\n

The alternative wasn’t pretty. Hand cutting logs out of the pile with the chainsaw one at a time. Not fun, not pretty, hard on chains, hard on this human.<\/p>\n

I just swept my fireroom and restacked the wood wet and dry. I was left with a 100 pound pile of debris, roots , dirt and much worse.<\/p>\n

I restacked the wet wood closer to the fire to help it dry out more.<\/p>\n

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4 feet across 12 inches deep at the center<\/p><\/div>\n

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All the available wood I have left<\/p><\/div>\n

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I would burn the debris when it was warmer, until then I am sure the cats will find many uses for that.<\/p>\n

I went out for snow. The air was still cold enough to bite my lungs. I would wait awhile before running the gen.<\/p>\n

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I just cooked a full container of plant-based eggs. I have to admit, they tasted good. The proportions for the price, not worth it. It was 7$ CDN\u00a0 for a small plate of eggs. The equivalent of two to three eggs.<\/p>\n

When they lower the price, they will put egg ranchers out of business.<\/p>\n

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The picture on the package was misleading. I cooked the whole thing and ended up with a child’s portion.<\/p><\/div>\n