I keep asking Andy how cold it got in the greenhouse last night. I’m curious because we’re not supplying any heat except from the sun and from what the heat-storing wall might radiate. He always says,
We’ll have to wait until the end of the month.
He has data loggers that record the temperature variations. He downloads them on the computer the first of every month and looks at them as graphs.
That’s no fun. I want to know how well the wall is doing to keep the temperature up at night, especially when it’s cold outside and we don’t get much sun. I don’t want to have to wait, then try to remember what the weather was like.
So he bought me a maximum-minimum thermometer as a present. How cool is that?!
It reminds me of when Kaitlin was little and we bought a birthday present for one of her friends. She wanted something too, which sounded reasonable, so I bought her a coloring book. When we got home I folded the brown bag around it to look as if it were properly wrapped and stuck a bow on it. She watched me do it, and when I handed it to her she said,
Oh! A present? For me?!!
Sometimes simple presents are the best.
December 19, 2019
That is a cool present and yes simple presents are awesome.
Yes! 🙂
LOL. that’s a sweet story.
I’m like you! don’t give me a dry old graph. (I never have liked graphs anyway)
I want to see what the thermometer says! xoxo
I don’t mind graphs so much, but I want to see the results now!
That is funny with Kaitlin…that sounds like how our daughters would have reacted. Or even more Lorelei. LOL I would be exactly like you with the temperatures! I so would want to know….and know now.
Yes, it’s a lot more fun to get the feedback right away.
I love that you got your own thermometer.
Thanks. 🙂
now that’s a great present…and one that is practical, in your face and not having to wait for the spreadsheet details. All you have to do now, will be to record what the weather was like next to “#details” you get. Love the memory expression as well…the trigger/s we seem to get.
My main documentation is to label pictures and add keywords. Over the years that turns out to be a lot.
A sweet response! Children are so charming!
They’re great role models. That was such a neat response to getting a present. It made me happy just thinking about it.
I have found there are endless sites on the Internet for me to keep track of the weather minute by minute so that keeps me happy. Oh wait a minute. I just read that we’re going to get rain and snow for Christmas. Now I’m NOT happy.
We want to know the temperature the plants feel, because they seem to be sensitive to it.
The best present is one you are happy to receive. Cost does not matter; the fact that someone paid enough attention to realize what would please you is what counts.
Linda: You’re right about someone paying enough attention to know what you would like. I’ve lost count of the number of presents I’ve had that I would have thought were obviously not to my taste. For example, the autobiography of Tina Turner. I’m absolutely not a collector of celebrity memoirs!
I agree, Linda, it’s the thoughtfulness that’s the gift.
A maximum-minimum thermometer is a very thorough check on the temperature. We don’t have any thermometers in the house, even a medical thermometer. We just remark to each other that it’s rather cold or rather hot! But my father was a temperature-fanatic and had a thermometer in every room in the house.
You would call us fanatics too. We have a lot of thermometers because we don’t have central heating and the temperature varies from room to room. They’re inexpensive toys, and I do love toys.