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Jun. 19th, 2025 11:28 amWe are developing a fine crop of white clover in our "lawn" to provide more bee-forage. Wife thinks that grass lawns are boring. One of many ways in which our world-views agree.
Always check power
Jun. 18th, 2025 07:13 amAir temperature 61 F, wind south gusting to 25 mph, cloudy after rain showers. Bit of a computer scare this morning, machine woke up and accepted my password, but then the cursor wouldn't move. After assorted thrashing around and two reboots, I replaced the battery in the trackball . . .
No idea why I didn't get the red LED warning of low battery.
No idea why I didn't get the red LED warning of low battery.
Tuesday metal bird report
Jun. 17th, 2025 04:03 pmC-17 parked in the visitors' lot at the airport/base, even though the runway is closed again. Not a priority mission, it would seem. I could see construction trucks out on the runway, wetting down the fresh concrete and clearing away dust. They are on a 3 or 4 day schedule now, open and closed, until they complete repaving the runway.
Other than lime trees, there's little new in the floral department. No identifiable roadkill.
Got out on the bike, across town and around detours and home. Still sorting out the route while that bridge is closed. Did not die.
15.25 miles, 1:35:30
Other than lime trees, there's little new in the floral department. No identifiable roadkill.
Got out on the bike, across town and around detours and home. Still sorting out the route while that bridge is closed. Did not die.
15.25 miles, 1:35:30
A sign of the times
Jun. 17th, 2025 07:50 amRecreation in the Maine woods remains dangerous. But this one is peculiar. I suspect that the men involved lacked "documents" and that is why they vanished before help arrived . . .
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/06/16/central-maine/pedro-quizhpi-dies-canoe-capsizes-papoose-pond-maine/
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2025/06/16/central-maine/pedro-quizhpi-dies-canoe-capsizes-papoose-pond-maine/
Sunday floral report
Jun. 15th, 2025 12:48 pmFirst wild roses in the bog, birds-foot trefoil, bladder campion, St. John's wort, orange hawkweed outside of town and the multi-head yellow hawkweed. Black locust trees blooming, lots of blue flag iris. Milkweed leaves and stalks, but only saw one preliminary flower head.
Only roadkill seen was a gray squirrel, although I passed several blood patches including one large enough to have been a deer. Not-roadkill, an adult raccoon crossing the road in front of me in an urban area. No geese at the cemetery pond.
Got out on the bike, upriver through that construction zone which was idle for Sunday. Did not die.
15.42 miles, 1:30:20
Only roadkill seen was a gray squirrel, although I passed several blood patches including one large enough to have been a deer. Not-roadkill, an adult raccoon crossing the road in front of me in an urban area. No geese at the cemetery pond.
Got out on the bike, upriver through that construction zone which was idle for Sunday. Did not die.
15.42 miles, 1:30:20
Still going quackers
Jun. 15th, 2025 06:58 amAir temperature 49 F, wind near calm, fog at the airport and visibility 1.5 miles. Reports of frost and hard freeze up in the northern reaches. Should be able to get a bike ride in a few hours. Elder Son reports two duck families on his walk yesterday. 'Tis the season.
Ignoring chaos
Jun. 13th, 2025 11:13 amGot the salvia planted around the lamp post, after digging out about a foot of light potting soil and replacing it with "planter" soil. For some reason known but to the precast concrete shop, that lamp pole is well off-center in the planter. Maybe it was intended to be rotated 90 degrees so that the post is offset toward the street. Anyway, we have bee forage available again. And the lawn crew showed up as I was typing this.
