Put some water out there for the animals and birds that can't come inside.

I do Rick, plus I put their food over in the shade of the pine tree.

I'm all unpacked and everything is put away!  Now I have to get some stuff ready for Cindy to take back with her.  Some she'll leave at Courtney's and some go all the way. 

Keep out of the heat!

Ok, if nobody's hanging around here, neither am I.  Cathy came over and spent most of the day here.  We did some shopping and I made dinner for the 3 of us!  It was a nice visit.  Cindy is back on her computer finishing up her day's work and here I am.  Cooper isn't coming to stay tomorrow because Frankie has the day off.  But she did say she might be by to give him a bath and then leave him while she runs to the store1 

When I finish here, I'm going to turn on the TV and probably fall asleep in front of it.  I was up at 5 a.m. today and my eyes are fast entering the click shut phase.  I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a happy tomorrow!  Make the day your own in every way and then let us know how you did that!!!  Good Night Everyfriend!

I'm in and out of here several times a day, but being I rarely do anything there's little to post about.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOhtZdINkY0

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Good Morning everyone! It is going to be another very hot day today (and for the next week or more).

Jane, nice to see you got home okay and had such a nice time.

Oscar and I both were watching for the doe yesterday morning. She didn't come back. The birds seemed scarce too, but Oscar seemed intent on keeping an eye out for quite a while. This morning he was already off his perch when I got up. Nothing was moving, again no doe and no birds in sight at all now.

 

Good Morning to Everyfriend!  I'm up and attem but not as early as usual.  Frankie has the day off!  She said that she'd be over later to give Cooper a bath.  She only has a shower at her apartment and she tried to do it there a couple times but it didn't work.  He got away!  I don't mind because it gives me a visit with her.  However, she usually leaves him here to dry off and hits the grocery store the same day.  I always get my list ready and she picks up the stuff for me that I need!

MG, too bad about the deer not coming back!  It could still happen!  Keep your eyes open!

RICK....WAKE UP!!!

Gotta go get dressed and make my bed.  Cindy is already up and at her job on the computer.  When one of her customers calls and it's an open conversation, I am so impressed with what she does! 

I guess I better get on the ball and get my day started!  I wish you all a good one...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!  Drop by when you can!

have a good midday everyone. I read but have a very short remember span. had a very good father's day. both of our Deuters came by and brought Me a new office chair, they bought it together. My wife knew what they were up to, but they wouldn't let her Shre in the expense. it is overcast here today. top of the day everyone

Lloyd

Quote from: Lloyd Hammond on June 19, 2024, 12:43:13 PMhave a good midday everyone. I read but have a very short remember span. had a very good father's day. both of our Deuters came by and brought Me a new office chair, they bought it together. My wife knew what they were up to, but they wouldn't let her Shre in the expense. it is overcast here today. top of the day everyone

Lloyd

Hello Lloyd  ---  Good to see you post .

We just hit the 90° mark.  Keep in and cool everyone.

Good afternoon.
We were up and running ...well one in a wheelchair and the other one a "fast" walk .

Went to Kyle's appointment then onto Costco....I will NEVER go that late in theday again!! Talk about an ant hill of people! Managed to get whewe needed
 then to Staples for printer ink. Grabbed a bite to eat atDairy Queen,ate some and brought the rest home for dogs and crow.

Jane, looks as if Rick is awake now.

Lloyd good to see you.

MG .the doe may come back .

Unpacking  done now to do the fine tuning..

Hi, Lloyd!

I don't know about the doe. One of the grounds people was out this afternoon cutting back the lower branches along the tree-line. Looks like there are still a few to nibble though. Interesting that he cut only half-way along the parking area. I didn't watch the whole time, so I don't know if he went the whole way down the side of the grassy area though. The rest is untouched.

MG - Oscar will likely see the Doe before you do.

Good morning..

Nice misty rain happening, taking away one job I had to do to today. I won't be sorry if the heat wave doesn't happen again today.

Jane, are you settled in? Getting back into your routine?

Patricia, I wouldn't mind if you sent cold air this way.

MG, there was a moose in the city we go to, she has now been traquilized and relocated .

Rick ,do you get another uncomfortable day hot there also?

Better start the day...

Good Morning Everyfriend!  I didn't get in last night before I hit the hay!

No, AMY, I'm not getting into my routine!  Cindy is still here and Christy came up from Maryland for a visit and will stay until Sunday or Monday.  Cathy is in and out so she can visit with Cindy too.  And Cindy's "growing-up" best friend is in and out!  It's a bit busy around here.  I also have Cooper daily while Frankie works and Christy brought her little doggie along.  One good thing, these kids will cook something when they're hungry and so far, all I've dealt with is main meals and I always have help!  I don't know how these kids turned out so great but I must have done something right!

Almost forgot, son PHIL is the busy one but he's even been around when he can!

MG it sounds like you've been watching for the deer1  Maybe the doggies will tell you if them see it out there!

Gonna be another hot one today.  The temps are going into the 90s again!  We already how one doggie walk this morning and it wasn't too bad at 7:30!   I wish you all a good day...better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!  Make it your own in every way and PLEASE....share it with us!

Quote from: Amy on June 20, 2024, 07:19:54 AMRick ,do you get another uncomfortable day hot there also?

Predicted above 90° temp's through Sunday. TG for A/C

TG for A/C

Rick, amen to that!!

Stay cool..

While I may not see my doe again, Sue has been seeing a doe and fawn in her neighborhood for several days now.

For a relatively small number of years, we've been getting more and more black bear sightings in developments. They have been coming down into yards, mostly across the river just above Harrisburg proper. But this year, one was sighted somewhere a few miles away by or near the Wertzville Road, aka: "the backroad to Carlisle". Just last week there was a report of a black bear even further down from here towards York in, I think, Adams County. All those old orchards are likely a big attractant to bear as they are deer. A few winters ago, someone reported seeing a bobcat just up the road by a few blocks from where I lived at the time. My next door neighbor found a huge turtle navigating her yard a few years back. Last seen, it had apparently traveled up a steep wooded hill from the creek, crossed the road (risky business) and started on down the other side through her yard heading towards the Susquehanna River. Hope it made it, but that way it would have had to cross the highway and railyard, then go around or up and down another steep hill. All it had to do was continue to float on down the creek to get to the Susquehanna. No one else, to my knowledge, mentioned seeing it. Maybe it was a frmale looking for a safe nesting site.

Good late morning, Amy, you don't want our weather. Or perhaps you do if yours is in that heat dome they're talking about. Ours is in the mid to late eighties.

We've had gusty, erratic winds that have increased one large fire to the south with some smoke. Tuesday's forecast is more thundershowers and gusty winds, hail.

Tomorrow is the solstice and afterward, we'll be on the downward side of light until the winter solstice, December 21st, when it begins another cycle and light increases. Tomorrow will bring parties and celebrations with store sales, streets blocked off for food stalls, exhibits, loud music, and marathons, boat races, including a one thousand mile speedboat race ending. And the Midnight Sun baseball game with no artificial lights beginning at midnight. The Seattle Studs will play the Fairbanks Goldpanners.

The only time the game has been canceled in its 64 years was in 2020 during the pandemic. The Goldpanners have sent over 200 players to the majors, including Barry Bonds, Tom Seavers and Dave Winfield. 

The entire city will be partying with noise and loudspeakers 24/7, with the main carnival area less than two blocks from me, unfortunately. I won't expect much sleep those two nights.

I spent yesterday rearranging, watering plants, and deep cleaning while moving and re-arranging furniture. Today will be more of the same. The weekend will be the last part of tidying up, including the automatic oven clean. Then I will be ready for the structural inspection on the 27th.

I do this every time for a 10-minute walk through and a nod...

I'm hoping there is some cooling down for all you folks suffering in that heat.

MG, it's interesting to read about your wildlife sightings. We have a lot of wildlife, including an estimated 200 moose living within the city limits, usually by one of the creeks or sloughs in town. We've had a few stories in the past where moose have entered a bank, retirement home and mall via automatic doors. Although we rarely see them other than during winter. They crossed the rivers, and entered the city limits to get away from the wolves.

In the suburbs, there are bears, black, grizzly, and Kodiak brown. Heading south, there are caribou, musk oxen and Wood Bison, a larger cousin to buffalo.  Although, I've noticed fewer sightings and incidences than what there were from my childhood.

An interesting fact is that caribou and reindeer are the same animal. Reindeer are the domesicated version.

From an article decrying self checkouts;

" There's a term for the steady decline of so many aspects of contemporary life, online and off: enshittification. Coined by author and journalist Cory Doctorow in 2022, it initially referred to a decline in service quality on the part of tech giants who had so thoroughly captured users that they could extract value from them without being sensitive to their preferences or needs. Social media platforms, for example, hoover up your personal data and, in return, fill your timeline with bots and trolls. Or rideshare services gouge you because it's busy hour and you've hit surge pricing, but you have few other options because the apps crushed the taxi industry and public transit sucks."

  Hard to accept that tomorrow is summer solstice.....I am enjoying every bit of these nice long days. 

We have had a couple of nice cool days and they sure have been enjoyable.  Last night we went to an outdoor concert in the park and boy was it cold.  I fixed nice salads for us and boy we could have used some warm soup instead‼️ Hotter weather is to return now. 

PATRICIA, we managed to get us an Alaskan Cruise finalized this week and we are super excited. It is later this summer.  Your state is one of the last three we need to see visit to say we have been to all 50 states.  The Dakotas and Minnesota are left.

Happy to read you are getting settled back in at home JANE, after your nice family time away.

AMY, you and Kyle seem to be back at your daily tasks as well.  Costco is one heck of a crazy place most all the time, so I understand what you are saying. 

RICK, I do not recognize the name Dave Bate. I started in CO Repair then moved to line assignment before my hubby rode up on his big white horse and swept me away and took me to Germany. My dad was supervisor in plant for years.  Then retired as a training manager at ma bell training center here in Denver. My brother was top craft doing business lines then subscriber line carrier. He started out climbing poles as did my dad.  When my dad first started after ww2 he hung on the side of mountains putting in lines all over the state of Colorado. Not something I would ever wish to do.  When we drive up to Vail we always comment on the wires we can see high on the side of canyon walls and think about my dad. I tried to go to the site you shared but could not find a place to sign up and join. 2 of my dads brothers also worked for ma bell.  One was an engineer here in Denver the other was outside plant in Wyoming.  My husband started as a a dial administrator in traffic when he got out of USAF then moved to engineering and did several jobs in this capacity.  Ma Bell was a great company, as we all know, but divestiture pretty much ruined it for all of us. 

We enjoy all kinds of wildlife here in our area also MARS.  I take a lot of picture from our video cameras of them moving about. 

Time to get some dinner started.

Have a great evening.

Denver - I'm guessing Dave Bate was way back there in SeniorNet. He lived in Oregon and was a big computer help here.
My brother, three years older than me, worked for N.Y.Tel - started as a Splicer's helper and then worked his way up. His best assignment was the Bloomingdales Installer. Later into "Special Services" including NYC's OTB stuff. I followed his lead but was lucky in starting right off as a CO Switchman (having studied electricity/electronics in High School.) Eventually took a Foreman's job in our first electronic switch, and ended up in Trunk Assignment - converting records to computer. Then ----- retirement. So many different jobs, and training. My need to fix things remains.

Regarding "The Association of BellTel Retirees" I couldn't find a place to join either (didn't look too long) so sent them an email asking about it. If you're of the mind to, their Phone No is 1-800-261-9222.  I've been a "member" pretty much since the beginning, and appreciate their efforts on our behalf. I'm one of those who's Pension has been sold off to an Insurance Company.

Good morning...

Another hot one again today! Last evening we had a heavy down pour,plants were sighing with relief out there.

Busy day playing catch up..the faster I go the behinder I get it seems. Need to use up some strawberries so a strawberry rhubarb pie is in order.

Picked up some probiotics to see if the will help Babe and the girls at the pet store gave me a sample of raw food for her...not so sure about that but will try it.

Jenny , I usually go just when it opens and 20 - 30 mins later I am out the door!

Patricia, I refuse to use self check outs. I go to a cashier and when asked if I would like the self check out I tell them no, and when people use them they are doing cashiers out of a job. The store usually has one girl over seeing 4 -6 check outs!

 MG ,we have all kinds of wildlife here not the variety of what Patricia has but a lot.  Nice to see them about. When city folks come to live up here and copmplain about the animals I am quiick to tell them you are in their (animals) home so you behave , as they were here first.

Jane, enjoy your time with your family..routines can wait.

Better get the day started..

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Evening, Good Night and Good Morning!

I've been up and attem for a while....met Cooper on his arrival, took him for his morning walk (Christy and her doggie, Lennie went with us).  He's had his breakfast and he told Lennie, in no uncertain terms) that he doesn't want to play with her. 

Cindy is up and on her business computer and I think Christy is in the shower!  Day is on the way!  I don't know what kind of plans they've made for today.  We had lots of company yesterday and last night.  Cindy is arranging her time so she can spend some with family and long-time friends while she's here.

I guess I better get going.  I still have stuff to get done!  I wish you all a good day....better than yesterday but not as good as tomorrow!  And don't forget to share it with us

Almost forgot...It's still "hotter'n blue blazes" around here.  That's one of my Dad's expressions!  Bye for now!

A bit East of Jane, we are starting at 82° this morning. Looks like three more days in the 90's, but with some rain each day. That should help raise the humidity (Bah).
I note that the "net" is a bit slow - last night and this morning - so don't be surprised if it looks like S&F is down. It's not.

Rick ,we are at 64° at the moment. I have turned the a/c off and opened the doors and windows. We have had a light rain and it is still overcast out. I sure don't mind this weather but really disliked the heat dome effect!!

Rammel, you're having Oklahoma weather! Miss Ellen should feel right at home!!!  She took her Nanny twins to a splash pad in the park the other day and said she let them get her wet. They loved that!

Over in Senior Learn, the page where you can reply, is not there.  Now my computer is wonky, and it's probably me.  If anyone has ideas how to fix/find it, please state your name, rank and serial number (LOL) just joking!