Well, Thanksgiving has passed and things are back to the usual here at the Aerie. Brian, Vicky and Mom headed back to NJ yesterday afternoon making the trip safely and quite swiftly on relatively uncrowded roads. They have a date with the casinos in AC today. Mom and Brian went once already last week and had a good outing playing with house money the entire time while coming home with enough to more than pay for the gas money to come to PA. Here's hoping they are as successful on this outing.
All the dishes are cleaned and put away. The bird has been completely disassembled and leftovers of turkey, brisket and kielbasa are in the fridge for the weekend's meals. A slice or two of the pumpkin and pecan pies remain and there's a pot of turkey soup made from the carcass on the stove.
All is good.
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There will be no Black Friday shopping by Terry or me. We are neither suicidal nor crazy for bargains.
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It began raining after dark last night but switched to snow sometime after midnight. It was 30 degrees this morning and there was a light coating of the white stuff on the grass and trees above 1900 feet. You could see the snowline on the hillside across the way while the valley farms remained green/brown. The lack of wind means each tree branch has a white coat today. Certainly makes a lovely picture.
The forecast for the next day or two is more of the same. Rain and snow showers. There's not much accumulation of either mentioned, however, as the temperatures will bounce around the 30 to 40 degree range.
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Guys who were up to their camps for the bear season the beginning of the week and who went home for their turkey fix are back to prepare for the deer season opener on Monday.
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Tuesday night and again Wednesday night we saw a couple of the gas wells below us flaring off the first output form their drilling. word has it that the wells are only going down a few hundred feet (500 or so) to prove their intent. The real extraction will take place after the infrastructure (pipelines) for transporting the gas is in place. Still, it's nice to know that they have had success at even those shallow depths. They'll be going down much, much deeper--a mile or so--and employing directional drilling at those depths to tap into the bulk of the Marcellus Shale.
I will say that seeing the flares from the wells made me think we had either become Mordor or the Fire Swamp. I'd not be pleased with the former but if the latter means there will be a few ROUSes (Rodents Of Unusual Size, aka deer) on the move come Monday I could live with that.
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No Black Friday shopping - good. None here, either. There are few tools at Sears that I'd like, but they can be ordered on-line, which is the way I prefer to do my shopping.
We've gotten an addition 3" of wet snow this morning, with another 3" in the official "guess."
Have a great weekend, friends.
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