01-04-2014, 01:23 PM
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Perihelion 2014
Happy Perihelion Day!
Also, around this time of January is when we see the latest sunrise in the northern hemisphere. Might even be tomorrow -- I forget. (I was surprised to learn a few years ago that the days with the latest sunrise & earliest sunset aren't on the winter solstice.)
So we're well and truly on our way out of winter! That's how I like to see it, anyway.
Now to do some shoveling and skating on the river...
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12-21-2014, 12:10 PM
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12-21-2014, 12:25 PM
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Time to get the BBQ out now that the days will be getting longer. lol
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12-21-2014, 12:33 PM
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It's been a horrible few months of winter so far..
Not that we've had a lot of deep snow, it's the lack of sunshine that spoils the winter for me..
Check out the solar gain from a house down the road..
https://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/...ems/R7wQ304012
The last few months have been partly cloudy, or completely over-cast..
Normally on the Solstice, I go out and take a picture of the long shadows.
Shadows are in short supply this year.. 
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12-22-2014, 10:43 AM
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Xringer - I know exactly what you mean.
I have a pack of junk batteries & a few panels on my garage, and for the first time in 4 years had to run a generator this month.
At least it hasn't been brutally cold so far this winter!
PS: December doesn't look pretty, but February 2014 looked horrible in that solar gain graph!
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12-22-2014, 11:35 AM
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Xringer - I know exactly what you mean.
I have a pack of junk batteries & a few panels on my garage, and for the first time in 4 years had to run a generator this month.
At least it hasn't been brutally cold so far this winter!
PS: December doesn't look pretty, but February 2014 looked horrible in that solar gain graph!
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I think they must have gone to Tampa during February and shut down the system before leaving..
Or, it was just broken down and they didn't notice..?.
Here's a house just up the road and they did okay last Feb..
https://enlighten.enphaseenergy.com/...tems/xWg834525
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12-22-2014, 11:52 AM
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Happy winter solstice!
Down here in the "dirty south" I am still BBQing this time of year. Cooked up some fajita marinada just the other day!
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12-22-2014, 12:46 PM
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Tyler?? Isn't that in Louisiana?  LOL!!
When I was a kid down in Del Rio, we used call anyone north of San Antone, a danged Yankee..
Please don't talk about 'fajita marinada', because I just had a store-made chicken salad sandwich.. Gag, gag..
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12-22-2014, 01:20 PM
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Tyler is a bit more like Louisiana than Texas now that you mention it...
...sorry bout the sandwich. You just can't trust that store bought stuff!
We do a lot of cooking...food is amazing.
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12-22-2014, 09:17 PM
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I grill all year round, up here in New England. A hot charcoal fire is a great thing in the cold of winter. I have grilled standing on 16-18" of snow and ice next to my grill.
The winter solstice is my daughter's half birthday, so we celebrated that, as well.
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