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Post by Dan McLaughlin on May 31, 2019 7:15:36 GMT -5
Have good ones.
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Post by brucemacneill on May 31, 2019 7:28:21 GMT -5
Good morning.
Yesterday afternoon at Scotch O'Clock, aka 4:00, the air temp was 98 in the shade but the pool was 87 and the Scotch on ice was probably around 37 So I went with pool and Scotch. It was a short Summer and we'll be in the low 80s today with possible rain showers. I should get up some ambition and do something but that hasn't happened yet and may not.
Happy Friday.
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Post by billhammond on May 31, 2019 7:32:01 GMT -5
Thank you, Canada, for the forest fire residue in our air, making for gorgeous sunrises and sunsets to somewhat offset the diminished air quality. Gonna be near 90 degrees today, I can live with that!
I might get up early tomorrow and motor over to a fly-in breakfast at a grass-runway airport in beautiful Amery, Wis., we shall see.
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Post by kenlarsson on May 31, 2019 7:50:08 GMT -5
good morning
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Post by Cornflake on May 31, 2019 7:55:49 GMT -5
Good morning. It'll be 70s-90s here. The skies will not be cloudy all day. My to-do list includes taking a walk, doing laundry and buying groceries. Enjoy your day.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on May 31, 2019 8:18:22 GMT -5
Morning all. 80 here today is the forcast. Never got to mowing yesterday. Limbing some trees took longer than I expected, and there is more to do. And I undertook repair on one of our raised beds, The 4x4 square of two by eights had split apart, the cheap assed brass woodscrews actually breaking and the soil spilling out the now two inch voids at the corners. So I got to dig out, by hand, the impacted soil so I could reset and screw the boards back together. That was fun. Not. But, it's coming along and I'm about halfway done. I might finish today, but lunch with the old farts at a Thai restaurant might interfere with the best laid plans. I also roto tilled and amended the soil in prep for Anita's pole beans and tomato plants that are still sitting in pots. Yep, we are a little behind the curve here. Oh well.
Mike
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Post by dradtke on May 31, 2019 9:02:44 GMT -5
Morning, all. Back after a quick 2-day trip to Miami for a site visit. I spent more time in the airports and on the plane than I did in the client's building. Now I'll spend a week drawing and discover all the measurements I forgot to get.
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Post by paleo on May 31, 2019 9:52:28 GMT -5
Just arrived at my cabin. Brought one of the garden tractors to keep up here during the summer. Will spend a good portion of the day. Mowing and trimming, after I get a pot of coffee going.
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Post by millring on May 31, 2019 10:41:24 GMT -5
If you spend a lot of time in the woods as I do, you've probably at some point observed a phenomenon I witnessed this morning.
It was early morning, so the sun was just over the horizon, but it was a curiously burning orange ball. I could see the sun if I looked to the east and found a break in the forest. Mostly, though, I couldn't see the sun for all the trees surrounding me.
It was also just late enough in the morning that the sky overhead was a combination of open blue and slightly overcast gray.
As I walked through the woods, almost everything in my field of vision was lighted cool -- reflecting the blue and gray of the sky above.
But -- and here's the phenomenon I'm talking about -- as I rounded a bend in the trail, deep in a surround of heavy underbrush was what appeared to be a glowing-orange campfire blazing.
It wasn't a campfire. Obviously. But what it was was a small spot of brush that was being illuminated by the orange sun I could not see. Somehow, through one small tunnel in all the tree's umbrella and past all the underbrush, the sun had found a way to light up one small bush in the middle of the darkest part of the morning forest.
There should be a name for that phenomenon. I'll have to come up with one.
Anyway, curiously that sun is still orange at midday. I'm guessing there must be something huge going on to the west that has cast debris way up into the atmosphere. That's what this color sky usually means.
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Post by paleo on May 31, 2019 11:02:04 GMT -5
If you spend a lot of time in the woods as I do, you've probably at some point observed a phenomenon I witnessed this morning. It was early morning, so the sun was just over the horizon, but it was a curiously burning orange ball. I could see the sun if I looked to the east and found a break in the forest. Mostly, though, I couldn't see the sun for all the trees surrounding me. It was also just late enough in the morning that the sky overhead was a combination of open blue and slightly overcast gray. As I walked through the woods, almost everything in my field of vision was lighted cool -- reflecting the blue and gray of the sky above. But -- and here's the phenomenon I'm talking about -- as I rounded a bend in the trail, deep in a surround of heavy underbrush was what appeared to be a glowing-orange campfire blazing. It wasn't a campfire. Obviously. But what it was was a small spot of brush that was being illuminated by the orange sun I could not see. Somehow, through one small tunnel in all the tree's umbrella and past all the underbrush, the sun had found a way to light up one small bush in the middle of the darkest part of the morning forest. There should be a name for that phenomenon. I'll have to come up with one. Anyway, curiously that sun is still orange at midday. I'm guessing there must be something huge going on to the west that has cast debris way up into the atmosphere. That's what this color sky usually means. Forest fires in Canada, smoke at high altitudes.
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Post by aquaduct on May 31, 2019 11:02:43 GMT -5
Anyway, curiously that sun is still orange at midday. I'm guessing there must be something huge going on to the west that has cast debris way up into the atmosphere. That's what this color sky usually means. Thank you, Canada, for the forest fire residue in our air, making for gorgeous sunrises and sunsets to somewhat offset the diminished air quality. Gonna be near 90 degrees today, I can live with that!
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Post by david on May 31, 2019 12:40:06 GMT -5
My friend just purchased a Browning Superposed 20 gauge that I am anxious to see. So I look forward to getting together with him Saturday morning to shoot some skeet and trap.
Aside from various weekend tasks, I will get to dog sit my son's puppy on Sunday and perhaps take it to my friend's house to cheer her and her ailing son.
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Post by mnhermit on May 31, 2019 16:58:57 GMT -5
Planted some vines and pampas grass (pompous grass) where the donkeys used to be. Back to weeding and mowing.
Better days y'all
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Post by jdd2 on May 31, 2019 19:41:58 GMT -5
photo credit to the Bonner Springs, Kansas, police department:
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