Sunday (08-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

The scraggly doe that has stayed near my house all winter came up onto the patio.  At one point it started nibbled on the newly emerging tulips. I need to get the electric fence up and working again.

Daily Electric Energy Used (66.6 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (60.2 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Lots of sun. A deficit of 6.4 kWh.

Weekly Electric Energy Used (447 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (321 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. A deficit of 126 kWh.

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Wednesday (04-March-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Doe lurking at night just outside the patio. 

Daily Electric Energy Used (60.2 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (59.1 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Lots of sun. A deficit of 1.1 kWh.

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Saturday (01-February-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

House Finch at the bird feeder, a young scraggly doe eating grass just outside my back door, and a worried doe watching.

House Finch at a bird feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 900, 600 mm, f/4, 1/1250 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)
House Finch at a bird feeder. Image taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 900, 600 mm, f/4, 1/1250 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)
Scraggly Young Doe. Image taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1400, 600 mm, f/4, 1/1250 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)
Scraggly Young Doe. Image taken with a Nikon D5 camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 1400, 600 mm, f/4, 1/1250 sec). (DAVID J MATHRE)
Wary Doe. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/6.4, 1/60 sec) (David J Mathre)
Wary Doe. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/6.4, 1/60 sec) (David J Mathre)

Daily Electric Energy Used (73.2 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (8.4 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Mostly cloudy all day. A deficit of 64.8 kWh.

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Friday (31-January-2020) — New Jersey

Backyard Wintertime Nature in New Jersey.

Scraggly young doe just outside my back door.


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Daily Electric Energy Used (79.4 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (14.9 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Sunny in the morning. A deficit of 64.5 kWh.

Monthly Electric Energy Used (2315 kWh) from Sense Home Energy Monitor and Monthly Solar Electric Energy Produced (766 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Previous January Electric Energy Used (3001 kWh) and Solar Electric Energy Produced (738 kWh). So better than last year. The Geothermal HVAC system was able to keep the house warm (~62-64 °F) with the emergency resistance heating only needed once. The background electric energy usage includes the indoor hydroponic gardens and server backups and upgrades.

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Wednesday (18-December-2019) — New Jersey

Backyard Autumn Nature in New Jersey.

Ice storm yesterday with some tree limb damage. The sun came out early and things started to melt. The solar fountain in the bird bath was running. The young doe continues to stay close to the house. The turkey vultures were out looking for a meal.


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Click on the above image to access my PhotoShelter gallery with the individual images in the following slideshow.



Click on the above image to access my PhotoShelter gallery with the individual images in the following slideshow.



Click on the above image to access my PhotoShelter gallery with the individual images in the following slideshow.


Daily Electric Energy Used (84.8 kWh) from Sense and Daily Solar Electric Energy Produced (25.5 kWh) from SolSystems and Locus Energy. Rained much of the day. Overall a net deficit of 59.3 kWh.

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