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Peewee's
back
My
wife hears him calling for her today
Saturday,
May 24, 2008
My
wife's little buddy, Peewee, has arrived back in Rolla, and he came calling on
her, or rather for her, today.
"I
hear Peewee," my wife said this afternoon while I was planting some roses
for her. I stopped and listened and heard the call that my wife think sounds
like "Hey, Delaine!"
Peewee
is an Eastern Wood Peewee, a tiny bird who likes to sit high up in trees,
preferably on dead branches, where he keeps an eye out for flying insects,
which he swoops down upon and eats.
He's
a little guy with a big mouth, and as the summer progresses, he seems to get
louder. My wife loves the little guy, and has been looking forward all spring
to hearing him call.
Yes,
I'll admit that I've been looking forward to hearing him call again, too.
There's something comforting about the cycles of God's creation, even
something that most people would think is minor, the return of a little bird.
Every
little bit helps
A
little bit of rain today
Saturday,
May 24, 2008
We've
not had any rain for quite a spell, but we got some today. My rain gauge
measured 0.8 inch.
Nuisance
birds taking over
Anyone
got any ideas about grackles?
Thursday,
May 22, 2008
My
wife told me that today the grackle fledglings had apparently left their nest.
"They
were all over the place," she said. "They emptied all the suit
feeders, and they've run all the good birds off. I haven't seen an oriole, a
cardinal or a goldfinch all day. Just grackles."
We've
been looking for ways to keep the good birds and get rid of the grackles, but
we're having no luck. We did find something a little unusual on one
website that suggests the following:
Any
nontarget songbirds accidentally captured in a decoy trap should be released
immediately. Blackbirds to be disposed of should be killed humanely. They
can be transferred from the gathering cage to a cardboard box or
canvas-covered cage and asphyxiated with carbon dioxide gas. All dead birds
should be examined for bands, and any bands found should be reported. One
option for disposal that should not be overlooked is culinary. Blackbirds,
being primarily grain eaters, make good food for humans! Recipes for quail
or dove also work well for blackbirds.
I
guess maybe when hard times get here we can capture the grackles and bake them
in a pie, as the children's nursey rhyme suggests for blackbirds.
Another
new visitor
Flicker
drops by for a drink
Sunday,
May 18, 2008
After
planting some tomatoes and listening to an exciting Cardinals ball game this
afternoon, I was sitting in the den/office, writing and watching the birds,
mostly watching the birds.
The
Goldfinches are back in droves. The hummers are fighting over the two feeders.
Orioles drop in for a taste of orange and grape jelly.
"What's
that guy on the bird bath?" I asked my wife.
"I
don't know, but is there any water in there? You've got to keep water in there
to attract them," she said.
"Yes.
There's water in there. Look, he's drinking. What is he? Or she?" I said.
The
foot-long bird dipped its beak again into the water.
"It's
got a small patch of red on the back of its head, and black on its
chest," I said.
"And
look. It has yellow on the underside of its tail," Delaine said.
I
grabbed the Audubon Field Guide and started looking through the woodpecker
section.
"I
think it's a flicker of some sort," I said. My wife checked Wikipedia and
found the bird to be a Yellow-shafted Northern Flicker. It's the state bird of
Alabama and is known there as a yellowhammer.
I
usually only post my own bird pictures here, but our visitor got away before I
could snap a shot of him. On the right is a public domain photo found on the
Internet, taken by Ken Thomas in Johnston County, North Carolina.
Feeding
birds is doing God's work (Matthew 6:26). That feeding includes not only seed
and suet, but water. If you want to enjoy the benefit of seeing these
beautiful little creatures in your yard, then go over to Lowe's and get a bird
bath. Make sure you put fresh water in it daily. You'll make the birds happy
and they'll keep coming back.
Sunday
sermon
I
hope your mother is as good as mine
Sunday,
May 11, 2008
If
you watch Christian television, listen to Christian radio or read Christian
magazines or books, you know the importance of testimonies in Christian media.
In these personal stories, Christians tell about their lives before they began
a relationship with Christ, how they came to find out about the Savior and how
that new relationship changed their lives.
The
testimonies that get the biggest play in the Christian media are the ones
where the life before Christ was bad, very bad. Sometimes the testifiers give
some salacious details about their previous lives; often they spend much time
and many words recounting their sinfulness. Then, in fewer words, they tell
how Jesus saved them, took away their sins, and summing up briefly they tell
how they enjoy their new life as a Christian.
The
more lurid the life before Christ, the more exciting the testimony, the more
books that are sold, etc. I remember one time in Rolla some years back a
former stripper came to town to give her testimony to a women's group; I
didn't go, because I'm not a woman, but a regular attender told me they had a
packed house for the first time in a long time.
Now,
it's important to understand that forgiveness is available to everyone, no
matter how salacious, lurid or evil a life you might live, but I think it's
also important to consider the testimonies of people who have consistently
followed Christ throughout their lives.
Today,
Mothers Day, I'm thinking of my sweet Mama, raised by God-fearing parents who
made sure she was in church every Sunday of her childhood and youth. She found
a good Christian boy (or, rather, the Lord brought the two of them together)
and she married him. Her life has been consistent; she has always loved God,
her husband and her children. She has always been available to serve Christ,
as a church musician, a church librarian, a leader in women's missionary
activities. She and my Daddy have also been involved in prison ministry. She's
part of the church quilting group, making quilts for the children's home and
other missions.
I'm
also thinking of my Grandmothers Howe and Hohenfeldt. They, too, led lives of
consistent service to God. Grandma Howe was a hard-working Missouri hill
country woman who made it to church every Sunday, read her Bible every day and
made quilts for the children's home. She sent $2 a month to Billy Graham and
other preachers she heard on the radio or television. Grandma Hohenfeldt
wouldn't watch television or listen to the radio; she believed those
instruments were too wordly. She went to meeting, not church, in other
believers' homes each Sunday. She read her Bible and led a pure life..
My
mother and my grandmothers have testimonies that are not dramatic enough to be
in books, magazines or on TV or radio. They couldn't give tell tales of
dramatic conversions that would put you on the edge of your seat. It is good
when anyone enters a relationship with Christ, but I think the best
testimonies are those of the quiet, consistent, pure lives with Christ--lives
like those of my Mama, her mama, and my Daddy's mama.
Nature
notes
Sunday,
May 11, 2008
The
sky was still overcast this morning when I went to Sunday School at 10 a.m.
and the wind was brisk, making the high 40s temperature feel a little cooler.
I
dumped 0.6" from the rain gauge at noon. By then, it was sunny and clear.
The wind was still pretty brisk, and there was still enough chill in the air
that my wife and I both wore jackets when we went to eat a Mothers Day dinner
with our daughter and son-in-law.
Around
5:30 p.m. at home, we spotted a Gray Catbird eating jelly from the Oriole
feeder.
Nature
notes
Saturday,
May 10, 2008
I
dumped 0.2" from the rain gauge at 5:30 p.m.
Nature
notes
Friday,
May 9, 2008
My
wife and I saw a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker eating nectar from the Oriole
feeder.
Nature
notes
Thursday,
May 8, 2008
I
dumped 0.3" from the rain gauge at 5:10 a.m. and 0.2" at 4 p.m.
Nature
notes
Wednesday,
May 7, 2008
I
dumped 0.2" from the rain gauge at 5:30 a.m. and 2.3" at 9:30 p.m.
Had
to miss church today
So
I worshipped at home instead
Sunday,
May 4, 2008
A
crew came over this morning to take a couple of huge oak trees out of our
backyard today, so I had to miss church. I attend Macedonia Baptist Church
north of Rolla, and our Sunday School class is a highlight of my week. I
missed our good fellowship and our freewheeling discussion. If you aren't
going to Sunday School anywhere (and you don't mind going to a place that will
let the likes of me in it), then come out to Macedonia Baptist Church at 10
a.m. next Sunday.
It
wasn't the same, but Bott Radio
Network filled in this morning. Right now I'm listening to a Bible class
on the streaming audio while watching them take the tree down..
We're
having the two trees removed because they're too close to the house, and we've
had ice in the Ozarks two winters now. The January 2007 ice storm was very
bad, and we had a little bit more ice this past winter. We're trying to avoid
any chance of a third winter of ice doing major damage.
I
hate to lose those trees because they shade the house and keep it cool.
They're also a good place for the birds to go. On the plus side: Far few
leaves and more sun for the garden.
It's
a beautiful day in the Ozarks: Clear, blue sky and temperature sitting at 62.
New
visitor and a returnee
Finally,
we spot a hummingbird in our backyard
Saturday,
May 3, 2008
We
saw a new bird in our yard today, and a return visitor.
The
new guy was an Indigo Bunting. I snapped a picture of him through the window.
It isn't a good picture (the window needs cleaning), but here he is.
Returning
is a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. I didn't get a picture of him yet, but I will.
The hummers have been in the Ozarks since late March, but we've not seen one
at our feeders until today.
It
has been cold here. I wore my heavy jacket while out running errands today. My
wife and I started the day at Panera in Rolla for coffee and orange scones.
I'm not a big fan of the place; it's a bit too pretentious for me. It's where
the trendiest folks in Rolla go, and I enjoy watching and making fun of them.
Moreover, it's the only place I can find those orange scones. I'm digressing.
I was talking about the cool weather. At Panera, I overheard a group of
gentlemen at the next table talking about the Ozarks' cool weather, as well as
snow up north somewhere, and they were making fun of Al Gore and wondering
where that global warming had gone off to. I'm wondering myself. The older I
get, the less I like cold weather, and I was kind of counting on global
warming to see me through my old age.
More
about birds
Woodpeckers
visit our feeders
Monday,
April 28, 2008
Delaine
and I bought some suet feeders and that has drawn the woodpeckers down to
viewing distance. Today while I was at work a male Red-bellied Woodpecker came
and act like he was at a buffet, she said. When I came home I sat and watched
the feeders just a few minutes and a black-and-white bird showed up. I
couldn't figure out what it was. Delaine took a look at the Audubon bird guide
we had and found out it was a female Hairy Woodpecker, which looks just about
like the male, but without a red patch on the back of the head.
The
Goldfinches have abandoned us, as have the Purple Finches. The House Finches
remain.
We
didn't see the Orioles at all today.
Bird sightings
Gorgeous
and cool birds show up
Thursday,
April 24, 2008
 When
I called my wife this afternoon to let her know I was on my way home,
she told me to hurry up and get home because she had something exciting
she wanted me to see.
When
I got home, she was all worked up because two Baltimore Orioles had been
feeding throughout the afternoon at the hummingbird feeder just ouside
the window right in front of our computer table. "Cool," she
wrote on her bird log.
Moreover,
she saw two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks on our new squirrel-proof feeder
this afternoon, too. "Gorgeous," she wrote.
I
saw the Oriole once since I got home. I hope he comes back so I can get
a good close-up photo.
So
far, no hummingbirds have shown up at the hummingbird feeders.
I
just saw a female Cardinal, a Tufted Titmouse and a Blue Jay at our seed
feeders.
Well,
that's the excitement at our house today.
Sunday
sermon
A
lesson learned at the urinal
Sunday,
April 20, 2008
One
day this past week I had to take a quick bathroom break at work to get rid of
my morning coffee. At the other two urinals were a father and his young son,
who was about three. The boy was at the urinal that's set in the wall a little
lower for kids, so he reached up and flushed it himself. I think he must have
stuck his hands in the flushing water to wash them because I heard the father
say, "Don't put your hands in there. That's dirty."
His
father, of course, took the child over to the sink to get some soap and water.
The little'un thought he'd had enough water on his hands for one day so he
refushed to put his hands under the waterspout and would have nothing to do
with soap.
The
father tried to get the boy to wash a couple of times, but the kid raised such
a ruckus of screaming and crying that daddy just said, "OK, then, let's
go."
Isn't
that just a perfect picture of what God the Father tries to do for us? We're
sinful beings by our nature, and we put our bodies, minds and spirits in
unclean situations, often (or usually) a lot worse than a urinal. God the
Father tries to lead us to the cleansing available to us through the blood of
Jesus Christ, but we refuse. God the Father may work in our lives in ways that
we think is unfair but he's trying to get our attention and get us to be
obedient. We start screaming and raising a ruckus, and God the Father may just
let us go, at least for awhile.
How
much better for us it would be if we'd just do what the Father wants, which is
repent of our sins, believe on Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, giving him
control of lives by following his example and seeking his will for our lives
by reading the written Word (the Holy Bible). I think it's clear that it is
his will that we be baptized and participate in regular worship with other
believers, too.
God
gives you a choice. You can continue to play in life's urinals or you can go
to what the old hymn describes as "a fountain filled with blood drawn
from Immanuel's veins and sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their
guilty stains."
Saturday
poem
Some
verse to brighten your weekend
Saturday,
April 19, 2008
Nothing
Beats Beans
It
was my buddy Earl’s birthday
So
I took him out to eat
“Order
what you want, Earl,” I said.
“The
lobster can’t be beat.”
But
when the waitress arrived
And
suggested leg of lamb,
Earl
said, “Ma’am I believe I’ll have
“A
plate of beans and ham.
“And
bring fried taters, cow butter
“And
cornbread baked golden brown
“And
a tall glass of buttermilk, real cold,
“To
wash it all down.”
“Earl,”
I said, “It’s your special day
“And
I’m offering you a treat
“Order
some clams, shrimp, crab legs,
“Those
things you don’t normally eat.”
“Now
Ozarks Boy,” Earl said, “I thank you
“For
your thoughtful, culinary gift
“But
if I don’t eat those odd foods you mentioned
“I
hope you’ll not be miffed.
“See
I’m just a plain old Ozarks hillbilly
“Who
never ka-bobbed a shish
“Or
fileted a mignon (whatever that is)
“Or
ate any unusual dish.
“I
grew up eating a simple diet
“That
was within my parents’ means
“Every
night it was beans and taters
“Or
for variety, taters and beans
“I
developed a taste for simple foods
“Served
from kettles, not fancy tureens
“So
just give me taters and cornbread
“And
a heaping plate of beans.
“Oh,
sure, I’ll eat a little sausage
“And
no meatloaf’s good as Aunt Irene’s,
“But
when it comes to real good eatin’
“Just
give me taters, ham and beans.
“Rich
foods make my belly hurt
“Like
I’ve been kicked by a couple of fiends
“So
I stick with God’s simple fare
“Cornbread
and buttermilk, taters and beans.”
“Earl,”
my friend, “I wholeheartedly agree,
“It
must be in our hillbilly genes.”
Then
I turned to the waitress, smiled and said,
“Darlin’,
two plates of ham ’n’ beans.”
I
don’t care what foods are called the best
By
professors and educated deans
Nothing
beats a simple meal
Of
cornbread, taters, ham and beans.
Oriole
drops by for a visit
Backyard
birdwatching is fun
Friday,
April 18, 2008
A
Baltimore Oriole dropped by our backyard Thursday to have a few seeds.
No, he wasn't a baseball player; he was a brilliantly colored bird. My
wife and I were both thrilled to see the little feller perched on a
feeder. She saw him first in the early afternoon while I was at work. He
came back in the late afternoon after I had arrived home and sat down in
our den/office where we can work at our computers and look out the
window from time to time at the bird feeders to see who has stopped by
to visit.
Backyard
birdwatching is great fun. If you'd like to get started, Lowe's
has a great how-to article for beginners. Lowe's sells a bird feeder
that I recommend; it's an anti-squirrel feeder that works. When a
squirrel puts its weight on the perch, a lid covers the feeding holes.
When more than one grackle sits on it, the feeder closes. However,
several little birds can eat; even a couple of moderate-sized birds,
like Cardinals, can sit on it and eat.
The
Oriole enjoyed eating from the sock of finch food. My wife told me
Orioles like fruit, so I stuck half an orange out on the end of the
shepherd's hook that holds one of the seed feeders. I didn't see the
Oriole today, but maye he'll be back with friends Saturday.
Saturday
is supposed to be sunny and warm. It would be a great day to stop by the
Lowe's Garden Center and pick up a shepherd's hook, an anti-squirrel
feeder and plenty of bird seed. You might also consider a hummingbird
feeder. They ought to be plentiful around here soon. I'm going to cook
up some new nectar Saturday and refill my five feeders.
Some
gardening news
Classes open to all
skill levels
Friday,
April 18, 2008
I'm
hoping the weather is nice enough that I can get out in the yard and start
cleaning it up and gettting my garden put in. The weatherman says it should be
fairly nice.
Today
was gray and overcast. The 5 p.m. observations at TheOzarkChronicle.com's
weather station showed 49.8 F as the temperature with humidity of 76 percent.
Rain amounted to 0.9 inch. The low was 49.6 F and the high was not aviailable.
Wind was from the south/southwest.
Speaking
of gardening, a series of Monday night classes will start at 6:30 p.m. April
28 at the Pulaski County Courthouse in Waynesville.
Here’s
a look at the topics and speakers planned for the four classes:
April
28: Three
beekeepers kick off the gardening series.
William Vierck; Bill Swingle and Don Moore, President of Mid-Missouri
Beekeepers Association, cover the history, habits and hives of bees, and
demonstrated beekeeping kits. They
outline best gardening practices to reverse declining bee populations.
Don Moore tells gardeners, “never spray insecticide on an open
blossom, not even soapy water - the least toxic of insecticides.”
May
5: Topics include “Armadillos, Deer, Rabbits and Moles in the
Garden,”presented by Missouri Department of Conservation’s Jim Braithwait,
and “Successful Blueberries” presented by Emily Brown.
Brown offers pitfalls and practical knowledge for harvesting a large
crop of the antioxidant-rich blueberry.
May
12: Geniece Brandes discusses ‘Improving Clay Soil.’ Brandes includes
Lasagna Gardening – a method of layering compost materials that are usable
earlier than traditional compost piles. Sue
Goodman presents ‘Worm Farms and Worm Castings.’ Goodman explains
materials and systems to produce worm castings, which are considered “black
gold” - a ready-to-use fertilizer that does not need over-wintering in the
soil.
May
19: Flower topics conclude the course.
Andy Weiss presents ‘
Missouri
’s Natives,’ with logical reasons for specific garden selections, and Mark
Routh offers ‘Much about Perennials’ including plant propagation and new
North American perennials.
The
cost is the same for a person or for a couple/family; $5 per night or $15 for
the entire course. It includes one
set of handouts. To insure a set
of handouts, please pre-enroll by phoning Pulaski County Extension at
573-774-6177. Registration forms
are available at //extension.missouri.edu/pulaski. All levels of
gardeners are welcome.
Wild article
Do you have what it takes to live here?
Thursday, April 17, 2008
This has been a beautiful day. The predicted rain didn't
show up, and the temperature rose to 79.1 after an overnight low of 55.7.
We've got an 80 percent chance of rain Friday, according
to the weatherman.
Here are a couple of excerpts from a
wild article in the Mother Earth News about the Ozarks that I ran across
today:
Furthermore, if you have children and genuinely love
them, don't cripple their minds by subjecting them to the low level of
"education" that prevails in such parts. The public schools
naturally reflect the attitudes of the local voters . . . who are for the most
part ignorant, want to stay that way, and have no use for ideas brought in
from "outside" by upstart city folk. (Incidentally, how you look has
little effect on your acceptance. If you dress well, you're a city dude and
therefore suspect. If you have long hair and want to live simply, you're a
hippie and even less welcome.) ......Since few progressive people are moving
into the portion of the Ozarks I'm referring to, alternative schools are
almost non-existent and are not likely to be established because of lack of
interest. Do you want your children to be decently taught, and to come under
the influence of other youngsters at least no more ignorant and savage than
they are themselves? Then spare them the stunting effect of deep-country
residence, with its non-education and warping social contacts.
This article was published in May 1975. I guess things
may have been a little different back then. Let's see, where was I? Oh, yes,
after having my mind crippled, I graduated in 1971 from a public high school
supported with the tax money of the ignoramuses who live in these parts. By
the time this article was published, I had completed three years at the
University of Missouri in Columbia, including one year of journalism school.
Somehow with my crippled brain and my education from
non-progressives, I managed to graduate from the University and then go to
work as a reporter and editor for about 30 years. I'm no genius, but I managed
to raise two children who are employed, going to church regularly, paying
taxes and voting Republican.
Enjoying birds--Part II
They add color, music to the lawnscape
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
I don't categorize myself as a birder, and I don't belong
to the Audubon Society, although I've attended meetings of the local chapter
and enjoyed them. I just watch the birds in my backyard, read about them in
the books I've picked up over the years and check out the Missouri Bird Calls
tape at the Rolla Public Library every now and again. That's the extent of my
birding.
Oh, yes, I feed them regularly, too.
And I photograph them when I get a chance. Here are a
couple more photos I took recently in the backyard:
I think the first one is a junco. It's a small bird.
The second one is a mourning dove, which I like for two
reasons. One, I love the call of the dove. That call sounds like the Ozarks to
me. In fact, the calls of the dove and the whippoorwill just sum up the Ozarks
for me.  Two, the dove makes some mighty fine eating. My son-in-law likes to
hunt them, and my daughter serves them cooked on a bed of rice. Umm-mmm;
mighty fine, mighty fine.
I'm not sure what the third one is. I think it is a brown
thrasher. At least, I hope it is. If you know for sure what it is, write me at
rdh@theozarkschronicle.com.
The weather has been beautiful today. We're supposed to
get some rain tomorrow and Friday, but the weekend is supposed to be clear and
warm. I hope so, for I have a lot of yard work to do.
Enjoying birds
While muttering at the fat and sassy squirrels
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Goldfinches aren't feeding this afternoon and I hope
they haven't gone away. My wife's beloved Mom-Z down in Texas says her
experience with Goldfinches has shown then to be fickle. A flock of them will
come to her feeders for a length of time and then they'll go away and not come
back for a long time.  We've
had a bunch of them for the last couple of weeks. We've got two feeders up;
one is a sock feeder and one is a perch feeder. The two feeders have been
covered at times with about a dozen finches, mostly Goldfinches with some
purple finches and house finches joining them to add other colors.
We've got four seed feeders up, too, for the perching
birds. The dadblame squirrels have been giving me fits. Right now I'm looking
at a couple of nice fat robbers going after the birdseed. They'd be delicious
fried, along with squirrel gravy and fresh homemade biscuits, but my wife
frowns on that notion.
To try to calm me down, she bought a squirrel-proof
feeder at Lowe's. She also found some kind of pepper mixture on the internet.
According to the packaging, this pepper mix is supposed to put a bad taste in
the squirrels' mouths while giving the birds some additional vitamins and
minerals. I just watched a fat squirrel hanging upside-down on the
squirrel-proof feeder chowing down on the pepper-laced seed. Apparently, he
likes the new seasoning.
Tis is great backyard birdwatching weather. The
temperature is 63 degrees; no clouds obscure the sun. My neighbor just had his
yard service over to cut his grass, so my yard looks even more raggedy. Our
overnight low, according to TheOzarkChronicle.com's weather station was 32.1.
Life is good here in the Ozarks. I think I'll just sit
back, drink my lemonade and enjoy the birds and mutter at the squirrels. I'll
talk to you tomorrow.
Snow in spring
Our Ozarks oddball weather continues
Monday, April 14, 2008
Most of the thousands of you who monthly log on TheOzarksChronicle.com
read our reports of life in the Ozarks because you are thinking seriously of
moving here.
Let me tell you something: Be prepared for oddball
weather, and be prepared for extreme weather. For as long as I can remember,
Ozarks weather has been this way. This year has been no different.
Sunday morning I woke up and shivered when my feet hit
the cold hardwood floor.  When
I opened the door to let Sophie and Dixie Belle outside, I saw a layer of
white on the cars and the deck. I could see it was still spittin’ a little
of bit of something.
“Hey, honey,” I said when the dogs leaped onto the
bed and started licking the face of my wife who was snuggled down into the
blanket. “It snowed last night, and it’s still coming down a little.”
Normally, my wife loves snow. She grew up in a Southern
metropolis where snow was rare, and even a quarter inch would bring the city
to its knees.
“Oh, no,” she said. “This is going to kill the buds
on my Japanese magnolia.”
She’s been working with this tree since 2002 to get
some buds, and this is the first year that they’ve been plentiful.
“It’s also going to nip the buds of the rose of
Sharon,” she said of the plants I put along the driveway a couple years ago.
So, folks, that’s what you can expect of some springs
in the Ozarks. It doesn’t always happen that way, of course; sometimes the
weather moves smoothly from winter into spring and then to summer. Sometimes,
but not often.
TheOzarksChronicle.com weather station recorded a low
Saturday night of 27.5 F. The overnight low Sunday was 30.3 F.
A
freeze warning remains in effect from 9 tonight until 8 Tuesday morning for
areas of the Eastern Ozarks, “particularly locations along and east of a
line from Branson to Vichy,” according to the National Weather Service,
which includes Phelps County.
Notes the weather service: “A freeze warning means
sub-freezing temper atures are imminent or highly likely. These conditions will
kill crops and other sensitive vegetation.”
The good news from the NWS is this: “Tonight will be
the final night of freezing conditions in the
Eastern Ozarks
for this cold snap.”
So, friends, if you’re looking to move to the Ozarks,
understand that the weather won’t always be to your liking.
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