Sunny day today...

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New day working in the salt mine...can you pick me out?

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Two words fire and hurricanes. At least with hurricanes if you are high enough (elevation) it might be ok but that air conditioner bill!

Is there a Camp Crystal Lake around here?

Picture of where I used to work at before they escorted me out with security. 32 years and this is how they treat you nowadays? Building on the right next to the canal.

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No snow here only flurries. Just tired of seeing only dead stuff.

I heard someone say that the cultivated morels don't taste as good as the wild ones.

Trying to positive but talking about morels got me thinking on this news report yesterday. Two mushroom hunters here found a body of a small kid (estimate 5-7 years old) that had been killed about a week ago. I hope they catch who did this.

FULL story below.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/child-body-found-indiana-sellersburg-b2060097.html

Is that "lake effect" or are you not near Erie?

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Generac used to run commercials on whole house generators that started at $1,999.00 but that was before COVID. Not sure what they are now but I did hear they had a 5 month backlog on them.

I had some around the house I told my brother and a friend of his was doing the yard work and pulled them up thinking they were weeds.

Also had one of the solid white bleeding hearts they are good looking too. Yes I do have a green thumb.

OK punkin I'm getting old and all these keys look alike.

Frankly it worries me as I am correcting a lot of my posts lately and I have my glasses on.

Just a word of WARNING. A friend of mine a few years ago starting talking about Redtail hawks and how he was in Indianapolis on the southside and watched this Redtail hawk come down and just snatched this cat (size was somewhere between a kitten and a full grown cat) from a alley and just carried it away. I'm sure a puppy would be within it's weight limit too so I would keep an eye out just in case. But frankly it's coyotes that I would really be worried about they are everywhere even in the cities.

No dog? They love to hate those squirrels! This happened about 25 years ago I was outside in the car waiting on my brother and looked over at a squirrel balancing on the top of a 6 foot wooden fence teasing my brothers dog by flicking it's tail at her. Cruel little thing knew what it was doing and just loved it. Kind of giving the dog a

Never been to St Petersburg mtdouble but have visited and stayed awhile in Sabastian, Vero Beach, West Boca Raton, Marathon (1 whole month) and loved everyday I was there. But those summers I don't wish on anyone. Know a few snowbirds that drive between here and there or even better fly. The only down point about Marathon was every morning I would wake from a dead fish smell coming from the ocean.

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Kind of looks like Utah but I could be wrong.

My first house I bought and lived in for about 15 years the back property line is at Conrail's tracks. The house was built in 1927 and I was only the third owner. The guy before me owned it for three so you can do the math. The house had the single pane wood windows that shook when the train would run by. Someone asked me if the planes from the airport bothered me and I always said no the trains drown them out. Indianapolis airport is close by also and sometimes the planes flightpaths are near.

I am in the process of selling the place to my brother in 2008 but I also liked the place. By the way I also changed the windows so they don't shake and it is quieter in the house.

punkin your mum will be in my prayers and wishing her a speedy recovery. Visit her when and as often as you can as it helps her along.

My mother a few years ago had to have her spine glued together and I was there everyday I could. Those visits make their day and helps them while they recoup.

Beautiful! What more could I say? Just a few years ago prices were pretty low there.

We had a little more here 3 tornadoes (2 E0's 85mph downward/ 1 E1 86-110 mph) Lucky the closest was tow counties over from me.

Funny they look cooked before they are cooked.

I remember once my grandmother when she was alive took us down the railroad tracks looking for morels. I was 10-11 and found two good sized ones and that was the only ones we found. I felt good at having a keen eye back then not so much now with these bifocals.

They look great and haven't been there and I live in Indiana.

Can you see if he would have hit the start button on the pin? Shenanigans they would have screamed!!!

They will buy you what? A half tank of gas maybe?

I was forced into retirement at 57. I guess that is what happens when your new boss wants you out.

Nice deer and turkeys. Did he recognize you? That's a lot of years. Keep us in the loop about the fishing.

golfingdad1 you win Black Bear trumps everything almost. Except cougar, brown bear, etc. you see where I am going with this.

littlecammi our Nikola Tesla!

I prefer your picture instead of my day 97 degrees, heat index around 110 degrees and humid.

I haven't seen one of those since the movie "Phone Booth". I always remember the (quote lady) who kept telling him to get off the phone!

Reminds me of a James Cagney movie 1942 Captains of the Clouds. Pretty good show and having to do with Canada's move from bush piolets to an air force for WW 2. If you watch look for some of other actors you know.

ReadyPO thank goodness it wasn't worse. Silver Maples IMO should never be planted on a property as they are soft wood and attract Carpenter ants which are not as bad as termites but cause the next amount of damage to homes. That storm missed me as we had lots of stormy looking clouds but no rain.

Thought here find out where the sewage line is from the house to street. Had to replace mine just a month after buying my house and cut 2 trees down and had them grind the stumps. Total bill for all of it $5900.00. Could have bought a pin for that amount of money.

No, the drain was working when I first bought the house and I did have a home inspector look at the property. But home inspectors will tell you if I can't see it, they aren't responsible for it. Which I have to agree with. Some advice I have learned the hard way is this. Homes and cars if you are buying used the owner is ALWAYS hiding something. It's a good one to live by.

But those days are long! The sun never sets if your far enough north, or at least very little.

If that was Lake Erie wouldn't you be afraid those fireworks would set it on fire again? If you look very closely I think I can see a boat from Canada slipping into US waters. Boat people?