Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania that we each inhabit.
Welcomings will be posted at the start of each week (usually Saturday night with a Sunday date). To find the posts, just bookmark this link and Voila! (which is Moose for “I found everyone!!”).
The format is simple: each day, the first moose to arrive on-line will post a comment welcoming the new day and complaining (or bragging!) about their weather. Or mentioning an interesting or thought provoking news item. Or simply checking in.
So … what’s going on in your part of Moosylvania?
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Good morning, meeses! Wednesday …
It is 82 degrees and sunny. Tomorrow we will be into the hundreds and monsoon season begins. I am going to have to do my morning walk at a different time. A neighbor I met at the pool was doing laps – she said she used to walk but it was hard on her feet. Maybe I will do early morning laps once I get my eyes fixed; it is really hard to deal with eyeglasses at the pool.
Still not looking at news. It is demoralizing to have to see tRump every freaking place again.
See all y’all later!
Jan, I loved walking in the PT pool. With the resistance of the water it was good exercise and great for balance. I really miss it. Also, laying back with a pool noodle and “cycling” with my legs was a good exercise, comfortable and not too tiring.
Good afternoon, 59, cloudy and another slow day for me. Despite my plans I did get to tired last weekend so now I’m paying the pain/fatigue piper. Oh well, I will recover and will continue to muddle along. Best wishes to all.
Bookchat is up, if anyone is here this evening.
Thursday Meese. 57 here in Kingston NY going up to 78. Wondering if we will ever get to hear any news on cable tv other than about the Orange Menace.
Puerto Rico/USVI
Good morning. Did my 30 minutes — it’s already 81 even before dawn, very depressing, bordering on alarming. Bookchat went well last night. Hope my music one (not this Saturday but next) goes as well. In the office — love the a/c that I don’t have to pay for.
Caribbean Matters: Marcus Garvey
It’s 64 heading for 87 and sunny. It’s supposed to stay sunny today. We shall see. Yesterday we generated 18.8 KWHs so while the m-t-d of 227.5 isn’t on track, at least it gained a little. If it really does stay sunny today (and no more power outages) we should gain a little more.
I have no idea what the heck was going on but some heavy equipment, at least one “cherry picker” and I don’t know what else, was parked – with engines running and lights flashing – about 100′ down from my house. On the west side so the lights were flashing into my bedroom from 10 pm to 1:30 am. Then most of it moved off and the one that I couldn’t see clearly, the one with the brightest of flashing lights, backed itself complete with beeps down to the end of the block. At least the end of the block being so much lower than my house meant the lights were no longer flashing in my bedroom. I don’t know when it finally left but it wasn’t there when I got up at 6. I had a sinusitis flare about the time the noise and lights stopped. sigh. Very groggy this morning. It was hard to even do my 1st 10-minute session on the treadmill. Oh well.
It’s difficult to put a coherent sentence together right now. Today’s boosting may get interesting. But I’d best get to it anyway. Holding the Good Thoughts for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Ye gods, bfitz, I hope you can get a nap! How is the injured finger?
{{{Diana}}} No nap I’m afraid. But the finger is better. I can type with it, if I’m slow and careful. moar {{{HUGS}}}
Good Thursday morning, Meese! Gorgeous day in Ashburn, 69 F. now, going up to 85 F. later. We have beautiful blue skies and sunlight, which is why I’m washing the bathroom carpets. They can dry all day on the porch when the sun shows up, for tomorrow it will rain.
Still working on the Summer Solstice Ritual, tearing out my gray corkscrew curls in the process. The people attending won’t be Pagans, so we can’t do the invoking the deity and calling the quarters thing. Never mind, I’ll think of something—-I usually do.
Have given up watching the news, now that it’s all DFG, all the time. There is my blood pressure to think of.
Going to bake cheese and celery bread for tonight’s dinner, and a baked version of Eggplant Parmegiana that has all the flavor and none of the fat from my Italian vegetarian cookbook. I’ll have to Google what to do with fresh apricots.
Off to a very busy day. Wishing a good Thursday to all at the Pond!
Good morning, meeses! Thursday …
It is 82 degrees in Tucson with an expected daytime high of 98. Sunny skies are in the forecast. It is officially monsoon season although the weather guys said it would be a while before we see the rainy part of the monsoon. Monsoon has to do with a shift in the winds that happens to bring rain – I need to read up on it again to try to understand the nuances. Last year I missed the first monsoon rain because I had to travel out of town – I understand that when the first rain hits after two months of zero water the smell that rises from the desert is “unique” and often gaggifying. I should be here for it this year. In any event, it will be nice to get my car rained on, I don’t like wasting water to keep it clean and only get it washed when it is pretty bad from bird “visits” and such.
I have no interest in watching the news when it features the orange fecal smear. I have been very selectively clicking on articles I know won’t trigger me. The Supreme Court did something good – protected tribal rights – and I am hoping that they continue the streak they are on of not destroying democracy. We have our fingers crossed over the student loan cancellation ruling as it would help my daughter (and others like her) to not have to pay back her undergraduate loans. She could use the money she saved to get her new post college life started.
I had a busy work morning, got my walk in before it got too hot and now I will settle in with my local newspaper and take it easy.
See all y’all later!
Good morning, 61 and partly sunny outside my window today. I was going to help Sue clean this house today, but she has rescheduled so I’ve lost my focus. I do feel more rested so I may find a few more flowers to plant in the shade pots. I planned to use white inpatients but I may be to late to find any. Best wishes to all.
Friday Meese. 56 here in Kingston going up to 77 and rain all day. Have been watching the Southern Baptist trainwreck (13 million members)
Some comeuppances are more entertaining than others. A just god would incinerate the leadership of the Southern Baptist Conference with a lightning bolt. But their members don’t care that their leaders are trash any more than the Republican base cares that their party’s leader is a pile of human garbage.
Southern Baptist women should all turn into Witches. Every woman in Wicca is a high priestess if she wants to be.
They should turn into humans and realize that they have agency and don’t need the menfolk to legitimize their lives.
Puerto Rico
If we get another four years of Democratic rule in 2024, I hope the mainland will end its colonizer rule of PR and Vieques.
It is just so hot. Ugh. Did my 30 minutes, no running today, too tired. Went to a birthday party last night, the a/c at the restaurant was broken, so I stayed 1 hour and went home. Not a long weekend in Texas, Monday is an optional holiday, but we’re open and we need enough staff to keep the phone lines open. Ironic, because it started in Galveston. Happy Friday, everyone!
That Texas makes their historical embarrassment an “optional” holiday is no surprise. Juneteenth is not a state holiday in Arizona but a lot of places are observing it. The federal government, federally chartered banks and the post office will be closed Monday so many businesses and institutions will be closed as well. The university will not have classes.
Doctors don’t observe Juneteenth either. I have two different appointments that day.
It’s 68 heading for 85 and sunny at the moment. Yesterday’s “sunny” got us 19.5 KWHs (possible in June is 25) and brought the m-t-d to 247. Still not on track but gained a little.
I found out yesterday that the Rainbow Bridge DK/Pootie Peeps meetup section welcomed bfskinner and Ekaterin earlier this month. Blessing upon them, the memories ever bright. Bless the folks/family who let us know.
I’ll need to close up the house in about half an hour. It’s going to be humid today. While 85 feels really good to me most of the time, but not if the humidity is really up there. sigh. Oh well. Pity I’ll be baking my pork roast in the absolute hottest part of the day. But that’s life. Meanwhile I’d best get on with my boosting chores. Holding the Good Thoughts for everybody. {{{HUGS}}}
Good morning, meeses! Friday …
It is 70 degrees in Tucson with an expected daytime high of 97. Sunny skies are in the forecast. As things heat up, the morning low will continue to climb as the heat of the sun warms the air so much that it takes longer and longer for it to cool down. By the end of June, the morning lows (after daytime highs over 100), will be in the 80s. The good news is that the Summer Solstice next week means the amount of sunlight will shorten again.
I finally recovered some of my time back after a too hectic week. This morning I had time to read some articles that interested me and took time to clear and organize my to-do stack which gets taller as things are simply added to the top when I am too busy to deal with them. I am not quite where I want to be on the sort but it is close enough to make me feel that I am the boss of the stack rather than the other way around.
See all y’all later!
Good Friday morning, Moosekind! Guess what, it RAINED! Not wildly, not seriously, but still, it did rain. That should dent the drought by .003 of an inch. Right now it’s 62 F., wanting to climb to 79 F. Not sure it’ll make it.
Far too busy this morning, then I had to run to Trader Joe’s. With nine-year-old Karl, the self-described “blueberry eating machine” arriving tomorrow, had to make sure to have all his favorite drinks and snacks ready.
Off to do whatever the hell it is I do. Wishing a good day to all at the Pond.
Good morning, 62 and mostly cloudy outside my window today. My very nice neighbor finally reached his limit with ducking under the red twig dogwood I’ve let grow as it wished. It’s now pruned back, he can mow his lawn without branches hitting him in the face, and I have a bucket full of twigs for future use. I should have done before he asked, but oh well.
Another neighbor is having a party on Saturday, celebrating the end of a big remodel and the upcoming birth of a new baby so today I hope to buy some flannel fabric and make three receiving blankets. Best wishes to all.
Good morning, meeses! Saturday …
It is 68 degrees in Tucson with an expected daytime high of 97. Sunny skies are in the forecast. A wildfire (the Oak Fire) is burning south and east of the city, in the Coronado State Forest, and closed down I-10 near Hiway 83. It is not endangering us – it is about 40 miles from Tucson – but it is a reminder that dry brush, heat and high winds are a hazard. No rain in the forecast for the upcoming week but we might see some the last week of June.
I woke up around 1am or so and could not get back to sleep so I sat in the cool morning breeze and looked at the shadows of my mountain. Lately, my dreams have involved very old times in my life and some of the twists and turns introduced by a dreaming brain have been disconcerting. I eventually went back to bed and grabbed a few more hours of sleep but I know I will be tired today. I am going to try to get a few work projects done and then sit and veg out – it has been a challenging week.
See all y’all later!
Good morning. 81 degrees even after last night’s severe thunderstorms. There was hail — I swear I heard one hit the flue on my fireplace. Any exercise I do will be inside. Going to pick up my groceries then scurry back in to the a/c.
It’s 69 heading for 89 and supposed to be sunny today. I hope so. We only generated 12 KWHs yesterday and the m-t-d is at 259. It is not possible to catch up in a single day to on track for even 500 for the month, but it’s always possible to narrow the gap.
The news is always bad. Partly because so much of it is and partly because the MSM is paid to report it that way. If a group wishes to overthrow the government, first they must convince a whole lot of people that everything is really bad, it’s the government’s fault, and the only solution is to overthrow it despite the pain and death it will cause to do so. So I mostly don’t read/watch the news. (It is a good thing that SCOTUS upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act though.)
Off to do my boosting chores. Holding the Good Thoughts for everybody. {{{Meese}}}