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I’m surprised anything grows in the garden. I fenced off the vegetable garden. We’ve tried every deer resistant plant out there and they still eat the flower buds.

The comet is quite low in the sky. We get only about 15 minutes to view it before is sets behind the tree lined horizon. It’s due west on the compass if you can get to a point to see the horizon. It is visible soon after sundown and initially appears as the only star in the western sky. We never got to see Halley’s because of storms and clouds.

Woohoo AC is back. Great to hear from you.

So far, it’s been a big science. On Monday, the area was bombarded by a solar flare that left a portion of the sky neon pink for an hour or so. Then, the past 2 nights the Tsuchinshan Comet and its longtail appeared in the evening sky. It was only visible for about 15 minutes after the sun was down…[Read more]

Rain, what’s rain? We have a 34% chance of rain a week from Wednesday. Upside, nothing but sunshine even though the highs will be in the 60’s.

Wifey is doing okay. They couldn’t bust them due to an infection. That’s scheduled 2 weeks out. Until then she has to live with a stent.

Wifey went to stay with the daughter on Monday while the son in law was on a business trip. Monday afternoon she comes down with a bout of kidney stones. She’s got a spongy kidney and this her 5th bout with them. Doc sends her for lab tests and cat scan. Tuesday morning, he gets the results, calls and tells her to get to the emergency room.…[Read more]

Hah, when we had our house with fireplace, an ember popped out and burned the floor. Before wifey got home I went and bought a carpet. Wifey loved it, “I always wanted a carpet in that room.” She never saw it and never asked why I decided to get it. From then on, I closed the screen in front.

Where did Alabama go last weekend ? They weren’t…[Read more]

Was that tree fresh cut or a widow maker? Fresh wood is not easily split. This place has a gas fireplace. I’ve thought about removing the burner. but stories like yours make drop the idea quickly. I prefer wood as it has greater heat output. The one we have is purely aesthetics and sucks more heat out than it creates.

Alabama did look great.…[Read more]

My buddy outside Atlanta had almost 30″ of rain over 2 days. Fortunately, he’s on high ground. The low ground around him was flooded for 2 more before he could get to a grocery store. Even then, the shelves were sparce. No dairy, deli, seafood or meat since the employees couldn’t get in.

Back home, the grass has already started to green up.

Finally broke the drought with 2″ of rain over 2 days.

Journey is one of my favorites but never saw them live. Maybe you bumped into this one. It rolled through while I was on Facebook. This guy is encouraged to try out for americas got talent by students at the grade school where he’s a janitor. He would sing in the halls while working. He sang Don’t Stopp Believing and nailed it. Well, he won…[Read more]

Nah, just got lucky. A friend had planned to go but had to sell is tix. Saturday night on campus with nowhere else to go. I thought we were going to watch as piano player / lounge act for the rest of the night when they first rolled the piano on stage. I’ll bet 3/4’s of the kids there never heard of him. The place wasn’t even sold out, maybe…[Read more]

We saw Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden last year. He’s been playing there once a month, and selling out, for about 5 years now. We first saw him back in 1974. He wasn’t even the headliner, opening for Roger McGuinn. McQuinn was the lead for the Byrds before going solo. Anyway, Joel’s band was late arriving due to traffic on the PA Turnpike,…[Read more]

Retro concerns are always iffy on the vocals

Summer has been blown away with the wind from the north.

I hope the weather was better than predicted. It’s been beautiful here, just no rain and the grass flowers and shrubs are toasted.

Gymnastics meet, baseball and football games today, Baseball tomorrow.

Has she danced the recitals? Up on stage for maybe 3 minutes, but you have to watch 12 other groups of kids you don’t know until it’s her turn.

All of the hubbub about a tropical rain deluge and nary a drop fell. Western wind blew it out over the Atlantic. I spent the morning culling dead grass and overseeding for the intended rain, now I have…[Read more]

Supposed to see the remnants of the Texas storm later this PM, but when you look at the radar, it seems the storm is splitting just south of us and heading NE and NW just enough to miss us. We may see 0″ or it could be 3″.

Oldest grandson is playing Pop Warner football, cornerback and tight end. QB rolled out toward him and he had to decide to…[Read more]

too cool for my liking. I prefer hot. I’ve trying to get wifey to consider somewhere down south, but she hates humidity. Arizona and New Mexico are too far from the kiddos.

There you go, a way to keep him a part of the band.

The weather has been perfect, blue skies and mid 70’s, but we could really use some rain.

It’ll be interesting without Dusty Hill on bass. Beard or no beard ? I wonder if they’ll do a missing man tribute at some point. ZZ has its own sound and appearance; I can’t imagine them letting that change in any way.