#winterizing

[ahedderick]

Frosty

   Friday evening I finally got the ‘thermal barrier’ plastic put up on the window near my bed. It’s amazing how much difference one little layer can make in heat loss. My husband and I insulated the house and put in new windows in about 1988, and we certainly took care to install them right and tight, but there is still a tiny draft that can be felt around the edges of each frame. The plastic cuts that down dramatically.

   So, that PLUS an extra blanket on the bed PLUS sleeping in a longsleeved shirt/sweatpants, and I was fine. Snug as a bug, as it were. Makes getting UP in the morning all that much harder, though. (Also there‘s often a 3am trip to the wood stove to fill it up. Not *necessary*, since the regular furnace will kick on if the wood stove isn’t keeping up with the cold, but every little bit helps.)

   When I first moved into this house, by myself, the windows would be covered with ice on the INSIDE in weather like this. We suffered greatly that one summer, doing the insulating, but boy has it been worth it.

(The blue tape in the photo above is a type of painter’s tape that I especially like because it comes off very cleanly when it’s time; no adhesive residue left behind.)

Oh, and while I’m critiquing the house, I have to admit that the builders, in 1932, made the unusual but excellent choice to site the kitchen sink and bathroom fixtures on interior walls instead of exterior ones. MOST kitchen sinks (in old farm houses in our area) were on an outside wall and had a window over them, so Mom could look outside while washing up. But that means the pipes freeze in winter. My kitchen sink is one the opposite wall from the window, and we never have to worry about the pipes.

[forsythiahill]

Winterizing and Winter Benefits of a Lean To Greenhouse

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[happyheidi]

𝖲𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝖼𝖺𝗍𝗌 ❄️

𝗑 - 𝗑 / 𝗑 - 𝗑 / 𝗑 - 𝗑

[koddlet]

personal rules for winter ❄

[winternimbus]

hey um! with KOSA looking more and more closer to passing, email and call your reps to prevent it from passing! especially with ~3 days (as of the 2/23/2024 update on this post) left until KOSA is decided bad internet bills is a helpful site with an easy to fill out forum that does not take long to complete stop KOSA is also another good site w/ a prefilled out message you can send (with resources for those not in the U.S. too!), and much like bad internet bills, it has an easy to fill out form that does NOT take long to complete EFF has a comprehensive analysis on the bill--and allows you to take action, helps you look up and contact your representative. your phone number is required, and this seems to be the longest of the three to fill out, but it is AS important as the rest this is very important! because this will effect ALL of us, not just usamericans! this is something that has the power to irreversibly ruin the internet as a whole

[soranatus]

Dreaming of Good Times

A wonderful Pokemon chinese animated short film directed by DaiWei (All Saints Street) and produced by MTJJ / HMCH studio (Legend of Hei) for Chinese New Year.

Youtube link

[catchymemes]

[sarakipin]

🌲🦌🏹🐺🌲

[daily-spooky]

[wolxoltl]

Time really is a flat circle.

[minteehell]

Robin’s winter outfit made me feel things…

Bonus comic :

[yuumei-art]

From autumn 🍂 to winter ❄️

[leehallfae]

@/girlglimmer (x) // @/christmas-winter (x) // fireflies - suzanne siegel // “orange and blue” - sarah jarosz // beautiful night - momcilo simic // christmas eve - julia andreevna petrova // @/hunting-brother (x) // @/bluecapsicum (x) // suzanne siegel