Brisk but lovely morning on the back deck in the moonlight and the dawn sky ( Read more... )

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Up to the 9th i worked with some intensity, focusing on a meeting the morning of the 9th where we would present a work estimate. Lo, by the end of the day Thursday the 9th, "too big" was the response to the work estimate, "let's do it again." I had a feeling of "senioritis" and was so Done with work, happy that we would start afresh on Monday ( Read more... )

EEEEEEEE. The cicada are here. I love the genus name, magicicada. I'm trying to focus on the magic part and not dwell on the OMG bugs part. Also i am participating in cicada safari and wondering how many is too many entries in iNaturalistI am better from the cold, still on alert for coughing. Just fought off a cough with a cough drop -- i would ( Read more... )

Good things on Sunday: I raked. I figured out how to tighten up my house shoes so i am not flopping around at the edge of twisting my ankle. That plus the new orthotic insoles should address one source of discomfort. That's good for safety and good for thrift because i had bought expensive house shoes on the theory that quality is worth it... and ( Read more... )

Good Yule, god Jul, and merry Christmas and a festive turning of the season ( Read more... )

Today's random research: looking at buoy sea images in the Gulf of Mexico led to gazing at bathymetry along the continental shelf, led to "What are those round lumpy things west of the mouth of De Soto Canyon?" led to depressing research results about coral destruction after the Deepwater Horizon blowout but also learning the location was referred ( Read more... )

Kitchen adventure. I tried making blender rice bread. Massive fail. It did not rise much, and i didn't get it in the oven until it subsided (rye was much more forgiving ( Read more... )

From Wednesday morning ( Read more... )

So far i think my only Idalia disaccommodation will be an Amazon shipment that was due on Thursday. Wednesday there were warnings that the overnight rains could lead to flash flooding. Schools were cancelled, which seemed ridiculous, and the delivery notices went through some churn. So, i think it might have been an initial cancel of deliveries ( Read more... )