7:51 am - Monday - January 19th - TWW - 31° F, humidity 32%, cloud cover 21%, wind 3 mph out of the east by northeast.....partially cloudy skies today with a forecast high of 59° F. The view this morning......
....and on this date in 2013 TLE and I were enjoying another magical sunset.....
....in Cedar Key, FL at the Tiki Bar located at Low Key Hideaway. The way the sunsets would reflect perfectly off the lagoon is what made them so magical.
We haven't been getting dressed to do any work outside until after 11 am due to the persistently cold morning temps hovering in the mid to high 30's, so we (I) set a modest goal of getting one thing crossed off my to do list, and Sunday my choice was to cut the wooden lid for the blue barrel we use to catch water off our cedar shed. It's only taken over 2 weeks to get this done.....lol.....
.....I have a couple of pieces of plywood left over from other projects last winter, and retrieved one of them (3/4" plywood) out of which to cut round wooden lid for the blue barrel. The diameter of the top of the blue barrel is 14.25", so I retrieved a length of string, measured out about 8", then tied one end to a screw I put in the middle of the plywood, and the other end to a pencil to draw the 7.25" (radius) circle. I then used my Craftsman jig saw to cut it out. Finally, using a 2" hole saw, I cut a 2" hole in the middle of the lid for the PVC pipe to enter the barrel. Now the barrel is sealed, which will prevent debris from getting into the water, and slow down evaporation. By the way, the barrel is 2/3's full right now just from rain runoff from the shed roof.
By the time I finished, and cleaned up my mess it was after 12:30 pm, and time to get ready to watch two more NFL playoff games. The first game between the Houston Texans (visitor) and the New England Patriots (home team) was at 1 pm, and it was snowing in Foxboro. It was 'close' for a while, but the Texas quarterback (CJ Stroud) made too many mistakes by throwing 4 interceptions at the most inopportune times. Both teams played great defense, but all of the INT's by Houston's quarterback killed their offense....final score 28-16.
The late afternoon game (4:30 pm) pitted the L.A. Rams (visitor) at the Chicago Bears (home). The game time temp at Soldier Field was 17° F, with a wind chill factor making it feel more like 5° F, plus it was snowing. The Rams scored a TD on their first possession, and then the Bears scored a TD on their second possession. The Bears added a field goal with a few minutes left in the first half, and the Rams added a field goal with seconds left to go making it 10-10 half time. In the fourth quarter the Rams added another TD in the fourth quarter to go up 17-10, and it appeared they would win by that score when with about 16 seconds to go in regulation, on a 4th and 5 yards to go for a first down Chicago scored a touchdown on a most improbable 45 yard pass by Caleb Williams into the end zone to tie the game, and send it to overtime. The Rams went 'three and out' on their first possession of overtime, and had to punt to Chicago who began a long drive from their own 8 yard line, and were within one play of being in field goal range to win the game when their quarterback threw a most unfortunate interception that gave the Rams the ball on their 20 yard line. They drove down to the 26 yard line of Chicago with just over 3 minutes to play in the first overtime, and successfully kicked the winning field goal to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat advancing to the NFC Championship game against the Seattle Seahawks in Seattle next Sunday....one game away from the Super Bowl. Ultimately the 3 INT's by Caleb Williams (a former USC quarterback) doomed the Bears.
It was a great weekend for NFL football with three out of the four being competitive games, and we have no complaints. My two teams (Broncos and Rams) have made it to their respective AFC and NFC Championship games next Sunday. Life here at TWW continues to be delightful. We've acclimated to the winter temps, and are slowly getting things done, most notably the completion of the year long greenhouse rehabilitation. TLE and I have spent more time this winter with just each other than last winter, and we are enjoying the seclusion, however, we always look forward to seeing Charles and Phyllis.
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