Beautiful weekend, 45 degrees F June 1, 2020

Gorgeous weekend weather, clear night skies, light breeze, lot's of sun.
This morning on the farm it is a delightful 45 degrees F outside, pretty nice for the first day of June, looks like it will be another delightful day :)

Knoxville record low temp 34 degrees F May 10, 2020

Low temp at the farm this morning that I saw was 29.7 degrees F.

Knoxville TN broke a 114 year old record for the low temp for this date, the old record was 37 degrees F, they recorded a low of 34 degrees F in Knoxville today.

Blackberry Winter in East TN May 7 - 9, 2020

Knoxville tied the record low temperature of 37 degrees F on May 7, 2020.
Knoxville tied the record low temperature of 36 degrees F on May 9, 2020.
A 114 year old record low temperature may be broken tomorrow morning.

The low temp this morning on Mount LeConte was 14 degrees F and they picked up 2" of snow overnight.

Here on the farm the low temp on May 7, 2020 was 32 degrees F and vehicles were iced over in the morning.

The low temp on the farm on May 9, 2020 was 30 degrees F, another frosty morning.

Last week I admired some of the wild blackberry canes that are growing here on the farm, some floricanes have pretty little white flower blossoms that will become blackberries, and now we have frost and freeze warnings, and therefore it is a blackberry winter.

Rain, Flooding, Emory River April 13, 2020

On February 16, 2020 the Emory river gauge in Oakdale reached 33.88 feet which is the highest level in many years and the highest since we moved to the farm in Oakdale.

Heavy rains yesterday (Easter Sunday) and overnight caused the Emory river water gauge level in Oakdale to go from 4.4 feet yesterday to 31.34 feet at 5:15 am today.

Riverfront park is flooded again, Oakdale is flooded again, the bridge on Clifty Creek road is completely underwater. 

27 degrees F April 11, 2020

Frosty morning with low temp of 27 degrees F here on April 11, 2020.
Yesterday morning was in the 30's, we have a few more lows in the 30's forecast in the next 7 days.
Dogwood trees have just popped, beautiful white dogwood blossoms can be seen in all directions.

Pigeons wearing MAGA hats in Las Vegas!

The subject line says it all, I am not making this up!  

 

Link to Fox news story and youtube video below, enjoy.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/group-protests-dem-debate-by-unleashing-pigeons-wearing-maga-hats

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=57&v=mikTBDgnxg4&feature=emb_title

Rain, floods, high Emory river water levels

This is a late post, last week on Thursday at 12:45 pm the USGS water gage in the Emory river in Oakdale TN measured a water level of 33.88 feet, flood stage is 27 feet, earlier that morning the river water level was just 5 feet.
This was the highest we have seen the Emory since we moved to the farm.
Our road to town was under water and closed, many other roads were closed, and several school systems closed.

17 degrees F February 15, 2020, breaking up ice

Frosty 17 degrees F this morning, I used a hatchet to break up ice on several animal water drinkers.

15 degrees F January 22, 2020

Morning low temp was 15 degrees F (I saw 14.9 degrees F).
Gorgeous clear cold bright star filled sky last night.

14 degrees F November 13, 2019

Yesterday we had snow and a brutal north wind, very uncomfortable outside.
This morning the temperature dropped to 14 degrees F (I saw 13.9 degrees F).
Morgan county schools were closed yesterday and are on a 2 hour delay today. 

25 degrees F Saturday November 9, 2019

Morning low temp of 25 degrees F (24.7 actually) November 9, 2019.

Upper pond is full, 28 degrees F November 4, 2019

Pups and meows took me on an adventure hike yesterday, using my ski poles I climbed up to a swiss mountain pasture and found a magical lake, aka upper pasture / pond.
The magical lake was full but not overflowing.  The larger two pups could not resist going into the magical lake, and when they emerged from the lake they were very happy.
On the other side of the magical lake were three unicorns, aka Morgan, Spirit, and Aida.
Several reindeer were observed in the pasture, or perhaps they were white tail deer.
Very bright sunny clear conditions, but a little cool.
Low temps this weekend were 29 degrees F, 29 degrees F, and 28 degrees F this morning.

Frozen water hose and ice on windshield October 14, 2019

Another cold morning, temperature showed 34 degrees F, but the water hose was frozen, there was ice on my windshield, and frost on the grass.
Actually, in the distance it looked like ice fog over the pasture, pretty neat.
It is interesting how a water hose, on a night with low temp above 32 degrees F, can manage to freeze to the point that no water will flow. 
Beautiful day yesterday, did some bush hogging / mowing work on a neighbors farm.  Beautiful morning today.

33 degrees F and frost October 13, 2019

Coldest temp so far of the season, 33 degrees F low temp and frost this morning.
Beautiful clear night last night along with a bright moon, looks to be close to a full moon.

Dry weather, springs have stopped flowing

I can't remember when we last had rain here.
Many areas in East TN have announced bans on burning until we receive significant rain.
Springs on the farm stopped flowing for the first time this year a couple of weeks ago. 
The 10 day weather forecast shows low chances for precipitation.
However, the grass is green and appears to be growing, I am still behind on mowing chores. 

cool dry air, beautiful night sky 53 degrees F August 29, 2019

Beautiful night sky last night and tonight, morning low temp 53 degrees F today.