Saturday Symmetry

Few more photos from our **sleet/rain/freezing rain event January 26, 2026

There is no snow the white you see is a combination of **

And I might add this post was on auto post as you are reading this on Saturday, January 31

I expect we are awaking to snow (thankfully just snow no ice)

 

Nature, Final Feature and Feline Friday

 

Our hosts for Nature Friday  LLB Gang   

At 8pm Saturday, January 24, a bit of snow and sleet started to fall. This is not snow.   About 11 pm it turned in to all it is a combination of freezing rain and sleet 

Photo taken at 8 am Sunday, January 25, 2026

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As you saw on yesterday's post, we had a sleet/freezing rain/and a wee bit of snow event earlier this week.  In case of a power outage, we had plenty of blankets and gas logs to stay warm; however, I was very concerned about NO coffee. I bought a TAL ranger pro thermos.

The info stated, it would keep hot beverage hot for 14 hours.  WooHoo I ran hot water thru my coffee maker at 12 noon on Friday at 10 pm Friday night it was still HOT.   My idea was to make coffee on Saturday night so we would have hot beverage on Sunday. BUT as the saying goes 'the best laid plans of mice and (wo)men always come to no good end'. At 10 pm Saturday night I warmed up the thermos with hot water.   I made coffee, added it to the thermos at 10:30pm.  When we got up at 6 am 7 1/2 hours later.  The coffee was barely warm...so I asked Gigi Google about this.

Short answer is:

Water stays hotter than coffee in a thermos primarily due to a smaller temperature difference between the hot water and the ambient air, resulting in slower heat loss. Coffee is often served hotter and cools faster because heat loss, through conduction and radiation, is proportional to the difference in temperature, meaning the hotter liquid (coffee) loses heat more rapidly to the environment and oils in coffee make it cool faster. 

Longer more scientific answers are at the end of the post.

Click here Hostess Miss Mimi

Flashback January 29, 2010

In observance of Puzzle Day.....which is Friday, January 29th.

Mom and I have a math puzzle for you all to work out

x+y=1bc

January 30, 2010

The answer to yesterday's puzzle

Madi and I add a disclaimer here since neither of us are mathematically inclined!!

is below.

x(Mom) + y(Dad)=bc(1 busy cat)

GOTTCHA!!!
MOL LOL BOL AND LOLTIME (laughing out loud tears in my eyes)

Longer answer to why water stays hotter than coffee in a thermos

Reasons for Temperature Differences:

• Temperature Difference (Delta T): Hotter liquids, like coffee, have a larger temperature difference with the surrounding air compared to warm water. According to thermodynamic principles, a higher temperature difference leads to a faster rate of heat transfer.
• Initial Temperature and Thermal Mass: Coffee is typically brewed and poured at a higher temperature than water for tea or other uses, causing it to lose more energy over time.
• Thermal Conductivity and Insulation: While a thermos uses a vacuum layer to minimize conduction and convection, and reflective, silvered surfaces to reduce radiation, no insulation is perfect. The higher the temperature of the liquid, the faster the heat will eventually pass through this insulation. 

Thoroughly poetic and Thankful Thursday #247

Thankful Thursday hosted

VERY THANKFUL TO REPORT THE GEORGIA CREW'S POWER WAS RESTORED AT 2 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. IT WENT OFF AT 8:30 AM LAST SATURDAY MORNING.

 THANKFUL FOR ANIMAL SAFE SNOW MELT. OUR HOUSE FACES NORTH
WE COVERED THE PORCH STEPS AND SIDE WALK WITH IT BEFORE THE MESS STARTED.
I ADDED MORE SUNDAY.  MONDAY MORNING IT WAS 32 DEGREES YAY I HEARD ICE DRIPPING OFF TREES. I WAS ABLE TO SWEEP ICE OFF STEPS YAY SNOW MELT.

Thankful the critters heeded my warning to stay off Chipmunk Highway which was covered with sleet, ice and freezing rain. January 30.  They constantly run back and forth all day long. 

Also very thankful we HAD no where to go.  More on the wintry event on tomorrow on Nature, Final Feature Feline Friday tomorrow.

 Today is Poetic Thursday hosted by our pals Teddy and Angel Sammy at Two Spoiled Cats

Today's photo challenge

Mirror, Mirror on the wall

The lovely young woman looking at me

 was a shining light in her prime.

If we could speak, the tales 

we would share.

I'd tell her to enjoy each moment in time, 

not to rush the precious hours of her youth.

Time passes quickly, memories and the journey along the way

 are forever.

Wordless Wednesday

 

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at

 Comedy Plus   

Lovely little lamp belongs to my daughter.

Happy Tuesday with Kat

 

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at Comedy Plus

Dear Auntie HiC,

Whenever Mom relaxes on the bed, I’m always eager to join her!

I love having Mom all to myself.

It’s a special time for us both. 😻

Do you kitties & pups enjoy snuggling with your peeps?

❤️ Kat

Dearest Tabby Nephew Kat

I love how you and Mom love and snuggle...

Auntie HiC's angel Milky-Way da tabby was a snuggler too

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IMPAWTANT BREAKING NEWS FROM 

my nephews, Kat and Rocky and Niece Cali  and their staff.  We have been without power since Saturday.  Our County was most badly affected in Georgia.  At the Peak of the storm 84% of the county was w/o power.  That has been reduced to 58%.  We live down a dead end dirt road and are on the bottom of the list for power to be restored.  We order a Generac Generator before Christmas but it's not scheduled to be installed til mid February...😟" We gave a wood burning stove that we are all gathered around.

Sending warm hugs and love and we miss you all

Mom says to tell you all that we 3 furry friends are oblivious to any problems.. normal for cat right?

Your 5 friends in Georgia

Awww Monday: my little stools and Reminder FFF

Hostess Sandee at Comedy Plus 

Thank you

  

While visiting Angel Madi's favorite sissy and brother in law and the grandkitties

We said Awww what a cute stool...then she showed us it is magical

It folds up for easy storage ANYWHERE

I supports my itty bitty tiny petite (NOT) body, has foot grips

and a handle.

Of course I had to buy two.  They were from Big Lots

Friday, January 30 is FFF hosted by YAM aunty 

She made lovely new banner for 2026 below.

Click here to visit YAM

Thank you all for the fun comments OMCs OMCs

Snowy Flashback 2010 and 2018

BREAKING NEWS TODAY JANUARY 25, 2026

Thankful we have mostly sleet today...there was freezing rain early. Sleet does not stick to trees or power lines like freezing rain

WE HAVE POWER...so far.

The rest of the story will be featured on FFF and Nature Friday

Hugs Cecilia

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January 4, 2010

Below is another fountain in the Gardens at WRAL it too froze in motion.

This is one monster icicle

As of 6pm on Saturday 1/8/18 Raleigh had over 180 consecutive hours of temperatures below freezing and many days only 20 degrees and some nights in the single digits...VERY x 87 million unusual for us.  WRAL TV has a fountain in front of the tv station.

To keep the water pipes from busting they have to leave the fountain running or drain it completely.

Over the years it has become a very popular place to take winter photos.

This one was taken 1/6/18

We are tickled pink to say our high yesterday was a balmy 46 tropical degrees

Saturday Symmetry and Shadows

 Afternoon sun setting photo taken from inside

The weather geeks are threatening us with some very nasty freezing/snowing/sleeting weather beginning early afternoon today thru Monday.

Today's high 29 low 19 wintry mix, Sunday high 26, low 18.

Whatever falls will freeze and there won't be much melting til at least Wednesday.

I hope and purr we keep power and I can check in with you tomorrow.

Nature and Feline Friday Flashbacks

 

Our hosts for Nature Friday  LLB Gang   

Photo taken on January 16....OMCs/OMDs our daffodils buds are about to open.  Years ago we had over 200 bulbs planted.

Our Rock Garden receives about 4 hours of sun starting at 11am in the winter.  And I might add out of 200 these are the ones that still flower. All the others just sprout greenery.

Single photos 

Click here Hostess Miss Mimi

January 23, 2010

Madi shares Secrets for Proper grooming:

1. Always be sure to wash your back thoroughly to control the build up of human cooties.

2. Remember the toes should be clean one at a time and stretch that leg out to tone your thighs

3. Don't forget to wash both sides of your face, behind your ears and
Remember to clean the corners of your eyes.


4. When cleaning your chin remember to hold your head back to stretch the neck
muscles otherwise you'll be doing 'double duty'. (MOL)

5. Most importantly get lots of beauty sleep in spite of the
horrid flashy beast.

Thanks for dropping by.

Madi and Mom

Thoroughly Thankful and Poetic Thursday# 246

Thankful Thursday hosted

Today is Poetic Thursday hosted by our pals Teddy and Angel Sammy at

 Two Spoiled Cats

 

This week's photo challenge which is also my thankful

A true story:

1967 I was a senior in high school

To quote Rizzo from the Pink Ladies in Grease 

We are seniors and we are gonna rule the school.

Prom Committee, our advisor was my all time favorite teacher

Miss Kilby, Home Economics and my homeroom teacher.

She needed volunteers...of course I raised my hand.

A bit too quickly it seems, she wanted at least two sets of parents to volunteer for Prom Chaperones.  

WHAT the heck my parents were going to my

PROM!!! So not cool.

The Parent volunteers were all teens in the late 1930's the only activities

were dancing. This prom went on record as the best prom in 5 years.

The chaperones turned into dance teachers.

They taught us all how to Jitterbug we taught them how to do the Twist. 

Oh do I wish there had been pictures.  The dance floor was hopping.

I was so very THANKFUL to have such cool, fun parents. I knew they loved to dance but had never actually witnessed such fancy foot work.

Side Note:

My daddy was an electrical contractor.  He volunteered to do all the electrical work for the special prom lights. It looked like a thousand tiny stars overhead.

It was just too COOL 

how they transformed the 

SCHOOL GYM 

Wordless Wednesday: Cali

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at

 Comedy Plus   



Dear Auntie HiC, 

Mom left the closet door ajar, and I sprang into action! 

I guess I should have thought this through before I made that leap. 

I leaped (leapt if you’re British) from the floor onto the top of the chest of drawers, and somehow, I managed to only knock off a small bowl of coins! 

Before I realized it, I had climbed all the way to the top shelf of the closet! Yikes!

Of course, the noise sent Mom running, and I must admit, I was relieved she rescued me! She said she hoped that I learned a lesson from this incident. What do you think?😹

❤️ Cali   (or as Mom calls me, “Little Stinker”) 

Dearest Cali 

Auntie HiC is clapping with glee and jubilation 

1.  What a great jump

2. Auntie HiC thinks everything you do is delightful and fun

3. I think every girl should leap at every chance she gets.

I think I shall now call you Cali Queen of Calisthenics 

Happy Tuesday: Fun facts with Rocky

 

 We thank our Hostess Sandee at Comedy Plus

Rocky not only are you kind, adorable and handsome 

You have just solved the 300 million year old question

what/who comes first egg or chicken

Lovingly Auntie HiC

Yesterday several of you mentioned that you thought the name 'Sanitary Fish Market (FYI it is also a restaurant)' was rather odd. 
As a child, it was my families favorite Seafood Restaurant.  Here is some info on why it was named Sanitary Fish Market and Restaurant

The Sanitary Fish Market & Restaurant in Morehead City, NC, got its name because founders Tony Seamon and Ted Garner wanted to signal its cleanliness, a contrast to typical messy fish markets, and because the building's owner required they keep it neat and not sell alcohol, ensuring a family-friendly, "sanitary" environment. 

Details of the Name's Origin

• Cleanliness Promise: In 1938, when they opened there were 12 stools.  Most fish markets were considered dirty; Seamon and Garner chose the name to assure customers of their commitment to hygiene and a wholesome atmosphere.
• Building Owner's Rules: The owner of the rented space, Charles Wallace, stipulated that no beer or wine be sold and the premises remain clean, reinforcing the "Sanitary" theme.
• Family-Friendly: The name was a deliberate marketing choice to attract families, distinguishing them from other establishments and projecting compliance with the owner's strict rules.