Signs and portents
Wore a (light) jacket for the morning walk. Breezy and about 50 F when I headed out. Some trees starting to turn, mainly ash and red maple. Beechnut husks on the sidewalk. No cat friends.
He loved Big Brother
Air temperature 41 F, northwest wind about 4 mph, sunny. Overnight low 36 F, skirting frost. Fewer gulls in the park. Maybe the chill has slowed emergence of their prey.
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So, Fearless Leader is going to designate "antifa" as a terrorist organization. My parents were "antifa" -- anti-fascist. So was most of that generation. That's how we won WWII . . .
Have some dry humor
Air temperature 60 F, wind northwest about 6 mph, partly cloudy. Elevated fire weather danger today and probably for a while, as we have drought conditions across much of the state, up to and including extreme. Trash out.
Gulls working the park
Air temperature 58 F, wind southwest about 5 mph, overcast. Light mist or shower overnight, drying off now. Watered the salvia in the planter out front anyway. Asters and chicory doing their evasive maneuvers, blooming below blade height in mowed areas when they'd really prefer to be 2' tall.
Transient passage
Air temperature 48 F, wind near calm, partly cloudy. Appointment early, then foraging later. You'll have to save the world without me.
(Yes, the title is redundant . . .)
(Yes, the title is redundant . . .)
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City mower herding the gulls around the park. They don't want to leave whatever mayhem they pursue. And I'm sure the mower leaves a swath of injured bugs behind.
And so it begins
Air temperature 48 F, wind near calm, partly cloudy claimed at the airport but hazy clear out my window. I have turned up the heat for a couple of mornings now. We still need rain.
Whether 'tis nobler
Air temperature 50 F, wind near calm, sunny. Gulls driving game on the far side of the park, whatever their game may be. Walk later. Still not interested in power over others.
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Accomplishment maybe. We have seal-coated about 90% of the driveway and run out of seal. Now, do I leave it as is or buy another pail of seal and finish an edge we never use, then double coat the actual 10' path we drive over? Anyway, done for the day.
Sunday morning blahs
Air temperature 55 F, wind southeast about 3 mph, cloudy. Alleged to be showers in the vicinity. Gulls working the park. Whatever is drawing them seems to be continuing, and doesn't extend to our "lawn" and those of our neighbors.
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No Man Is an Island
No man is an island,
Entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were:
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were.
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
No man is an island,
Entire of itself;
Every man is a piece of the continent,
A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
As well as if a promontory were:
As well as if a manor of thy friend's
Or of thine own were.
Any man's death diminishes me,
Because I am involved in mankind.
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee.
Saturday miscellaneous report
The large brilliant purple asters have started blooming on this route. Most of the loosestrife is done, phragmites seed heads nodding in the breeze, chicory and goats-beard still blooming.
No interesting metal birds out at the airport, but had a group of geese browsing the roadside grass along the dead-end spur of road leading to the fence gate. One of them kept a wary eye on me as I rode past, both ways.
Either a mink or a young otter lay dead next to the road, dark brown fur, weasel shape, furry tail. Also, gray squirrel and probable red squirrel dead on the asphalt, all at different locations.
Got out on the bike, mid 50s F when I started so I put my ski top on over the bike togs. Sweating by the time I got home. Did not die.
15.75 miles, 1:29:34
No interesting metal birds out at the airport, but had a group of geese browsing the roadside grass along the dead-end spur of road leading to the fence gate. One of them kept a wary eye on me as I rode past, both ways.
Either a mink or a young otter lay dead next to the road, dark brown fur, weasel shape, furry tail. Also, gray squirrel and probable red squirrel dead on the asphalt, all at different locations.
Got out on the bike, mid 50s F when I started so I put my ski top on over the bike togs. Sweating by the time I got home. Did not die.
15.75 miles, 1:29:34
Vacillating day
Air temperature 46 F, wind near calm, partly cloudy. Need to get the driveway swept in advance of seal-coating tomorrow, because the weather looks possible. And the oak/squirrel equation is leaving a mess on the asphalt. Would like to get a bike ride in, if the world warms up a bit.