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 Wednesday morning, Moosekind, and happy Shakespeare’s 461st birthday! It’s a delightful morning here, 60 F. now, on its way to 79 F. Blue skies, sunshine, and not much wind, only 5-10 mph. Actually, it would be a perfect day to start my garden but I’m too busy.
Had the night from hell—I have been visited by the same affliction as last year. This involves a horrible itching on my stomach, which leads to my scratching, which in turn leads to swelling and redness. I hope I get that prednisone prescription TODAY. Meanwhile, I have a prescription left over from last year that helps, but I can use it only twice a day.
We are all under so much stress it’s unbelievable. The actor who was a shiftless cowboy until four days ago is now a hotel proprietor and my romantic interest. I have to tell him how awful he is before snatching his Stetson off his head, putting it on my own head, and proclaiming “MARRY ME!” I put the Stetson on sideways last night, so will have to work on that. Last night’s rehearsal went a little better, but I have to tell the new Lank not to smile at me while I’m abusing him verbally.
Anyway, enough of this theatrical chitchat. Had the night from hell, of course, from leaping out of bed to stamp on the floor (luckily there are no apartments under us) because of leg cramps. The carpet cleaners texted Dearly and said they’d be here between 12 and 6. Bummer. I have to be dressed and in Makeup at 6 sharp. May not get dinner today.
Wishing a good St. George’s Day to all who celebrate it, and a good day to all at the Pond. Nothing but doom lies beyond, I fear. Blessed be.
It’s 62 heading for 82 and trying to be sunny. Clouds are moving in. Possibility of rain for the rest of the month but whether or not we get precipitation, we will get clouds. Sigh. Yesterday we generated 20.2 KWHS and the m-t-d at 314.2 gained a little.
Bruises are still uncomfortable but the swelling on my left leg is going down so that’s good. Got milk yesterday and it’s still on the 2-gallons/$6 sale so that’s good too. Meanwhile, I’d best be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Bfitz, hope you become more comfortable as the day goes on. Goodness, aren’t we all in a state! Do you suppose it’s because we’re old or something?
Good morning, 48 and the sun is shinning on my garden today. I did clip ivy with Bri yesterday afternoon, but she is young and strong so she does most of the work. I clipped the low stems, she did the rest and then cleaned up all the clippings while I put my leg up. Gardening while 80 is humbling. I don’t have plans for today so I’ll listen to music for a while and then find something to do. Best wishes to all.
You did a good day’s work. I just went to the gym but didn’t wear myself out, have been away from it for too long. It’s good to know our physical limitations and to take naps when we can.
Good morning. I was running a bit late, so just a 20 minute walk for exercise — but that’s better than nothing. There’s a neat planetary convergence this morning and tomorrow, but even walking on the roof of a 4-story parking garage, I can’t see the horizon. Bummer.
Good morning, meeses! Thursday …
It is 59 degrees in Tucson 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 84. Sunny skies are in the forecast. I slept a little later than usual and my snooziness was rewarded by the perfect image of the waning crescent side by side with the Morning Star just over the mountains in the pre-dawn semi-darkness as I surveyed my skies.
The Internets say that the Melon is going to leave Washington to spend more time with his family, oh wait, actually with his failing automobile manufacturing business that he irreparably damaged by flying his white supremacist hate flag and driving away his entire customer base. I feel no sympathy for the investors in Tesla who lost money – they followed a person (not a plan) and a person who is a self-proclaimed genius but without doing the important research: what kind of human being is he? Turns out he is one of the worst people in the world, a sociopath whose entire world view revolves around preserving white male dominance. I am not going to believe he is truly gone until his entire Department of Gawdawful Excretions is shut down and the white male incels running it are fired and sent home to their mother’s basements.
I have many things to do today as yesterday I was so tired from the late night and early morning I had spent on my client’s project that I just moved from place to place. After a good nights sleep, I am ready to carpe diem.
See all y’all later!
Love this:
…my snooziness was rewarded by the perfect image of the waning crescent side by side with the Morning Star just over the mountains in the pre-dawn semi-darkness as I surveyed my skies.
Lyrical!
Depending on the widget I look at it’s either 59 or 68 (my bet is somewhere in between actually) heading for 77 and although we started out bright and sunny the clouds are already moving in. Sigh. Yesterday we generated 12.73 and the m-t-d at 327 is losing ground. We’ve 7 production days left in April. We shall see what we get.
Rocky night and later start than I’m happy about. Oh well. It doesn’t really matter I guess. Early or late, my boosting doesn’t seem to be getting/keeping people housed or fed. But I’ll keep doing it anyway. Just in case. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good Thursday morning, Meese! We open at 3 p.m. today, and I have to be in Makeup at 1:20. That’s just enough time to prepare a light lunch for Dearly and moi.
Yesterday was as perfect as perfect can be! Flawless blue sky, and so forth and NO WIND. Many, many dogs were out walking their owners. We had a high of 81 F. and expect the same today. Right now it’s 78 F.
Today is not quite so fair but it’s OK. Wind up to 11 mph. I walked to the woodworking shop this morning and received a highly interesting tour. Some pieces of equipment looked like miniature guillotines but weren’t. Many were marked with a “2” inside an orange circle, meaning “Don’t use this machine unless there’s someone else in the shop with you.”
In exchange, I rehearsed my actor colleague’s lines with him. He’s doing quite well for someone who didn’t know he had to step into this role until Saturday!
Got to get moving. Wishing a good day to all at the Pond!