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Old 01-04-2014, 02:23 PM   #81 (permalink)
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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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Old 12-21-2014, 01:10 PM   #82 (permalink)
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From: Sol in snow - Page 6 - Pontiac Solstice Forum


Happy winter solstice 2014!
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Old 12-21-2014, 01:25 PM   #83 (permalink)
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Time to get the BBQ out now that the days will be getting longer. lol
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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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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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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!

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..
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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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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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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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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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