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[Albert1434]

Aloha All 

Another Smokey Day

 

[Marty]

1 minute ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All 

Another Smokey Day

 

Good day, young Albert.

Take care now, ya hear?  

[Marty]

42 minutes ago, dughlas said:

G'day y'all. There has been a distinct turn to the weather from yesterday. Warm, humid and mostly overcast. It was 73/23° with 87% humidity with nary a breeze when the pup and I left for our walk at 5:30. Both temp and humidity have increased slightly since then. I'm going to try puttering about at some outdoor chores until my head says no more. I already feel the effects of the weather as a dull swollen ache.

G'day, bro!

Wet morning here, but drying up now with a watery sun trying to come out and play. Around 17°C/63°F. But at least the wind has moderated considerably. I might see if I can use some garden twine later to try to get most of the peas back off the ground and tied to the netting they were growing up. Most of the pods haven't swollen yet, and are likely to either rot if left on the wet ground, or just get eaten by slugs.

Edited August 22, 2020 by Marty
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[Bucket1]

A hint of Spring here, 20C and sunny. It was nice outside  

[Bucket1]

Hello young Albert

[Bucket1]

Hi there Marty

[Marty]

49 minutes ago, Bucket1 said:

Hi there Marty

Hey, bro!

[Headstall]

2 hours ago, dughlas said:

G'day y'all. There has been a distinct turn to the weather from yesterday. Warm, humid and mostly overcast. It was 73/23° with 87% humidity with nary a breeze when the pup and I left for our walk at 5:30. Both temp and humidity have increased slightly since then. I'm going to try puttering about at some outdoor chores until my head says no more. I already feel the effects of the weather as a dull swollen ache.

The extreme heat is back.   Hey, bro.   Take it easy today. 

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha All 

Another Smokey Day

 

Sorry, buddy. Stay safe.    

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Bucket1 said:

A hint of Spring here, 20C and sunny. It was nice outside  

Sounds nice! Hey, B-man!  

[Headstall]

1 hour ago, Marty said:

G'day, bro!

Wet morning here, but drying up now with a watery sun trying to come out and play. Around 17°C/63°F. But at least the wind has moderated considerably. I might see if I can use some garden twine later to try to get most of the peas back off the ground and tied to the netting they were growing up. Most of the pods haven't swollen yet, and are likely to either rot if left on the wet ground, or just get eaten by slugs.

Hey, Marty.   I think air conditioning has spoiled me... I can't seem to take the heat like I used to.   I have noticed an increase in grasshoppers lately, especially around my peppers and tomatoes. 

[Albert1434]

Aloha Gary and thanks

[Marty]

36 minutes ago, Headstall said:

Hey, Marty.   I think air conditioning has spoiled me... I can't seem to take the heat like I used to.   I have noticed an increase in grasshoppers lately, especially around my peppers and tomatoes. 

Hey, Gary

Hopefully the grasshoppers are causing no serious harm to your crops...

Personally, I don't mind sharing some of the food I grow with the wildlife. Not sure what my reaction would be to a plague of locusts, though...

[Page Scrawler]

43 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Gary and thanks

Hey, Albert.      

[Marty]

Did you know that the study of grasshopper species is called acridology?

Some species of grasshopper are responsible for swarms of locusts.

Locusts are the swarming phase of certain species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae. Swarming behaviour is a response to overcrowding.

The largest recorded locust swarm was one formed by the now-extinct Rocky Mountain locust in 1875; the swarm was 1,800 miles (2,900 km) long and 110 miles (180 km) wide, and one estimate puts the number of locusts involved at 3.5 trillion. An adult desert locust can eat about 2 g (0.1 oz) of plant material each day, so the billions of insects in a large swarm can be very destructive, stripping all the foliage from plants in an affected area and consuming stems, flowers, fruits, seeds and bark.

Millions of plague locusts on the move in Australia

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grasshopper

[Headstall]

28 minutes ago, Marty said:

Hey, Gary

Hopefully the grasshoppers are causing no serious harm to your crops...

Personally, I don't mind sharing some of the food I grow with the wildlife. Not sure what my reaction would be to a plague of locusts, though...

We already have one plague.  

[Marty]

3 minutes ago, Headstall said:

We already have one plague.  

You referring to the pandemic? Or are you saying Canada's suffering from a plague of locusts?

[Valkyrie]

It's bluefish hot here too.  My mom and I got rid of a bunch of stuff.  We took several boxes of papers to a local "shredding day".  They ask a suggested donation per box to go to the Rotary Club.  We also took a whole bunch of stuff to thrift store.  There's lots more to get rid of, but it's a start.  

[Marty]

3 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

It's bluefish hot here too.  My mom and I got rid of a bunch of stuff.  We took several boxes of papers to a local "shredding day".  They ask a suggested donation per box to go to the Rotary Club.  We also took a whole bunch of stuff to thrift store.  There's lots more to get rid of, but it's a start.  

It's probably time I started getting rid of some of my years of accumulated belongings...

[Valkyrie]

19 minutes ago, Marty said:

It's probably time I started getting rid of some of my years of accumulated belongings...

I'm finding some really cool things.  Nostalgic items and such.  It's amazing how much stuff we accumulate throughout the years.  

[Marty]

2 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

I'm finding some really cool things.  Nostalgic items and such.  It's amazing how much stuff we accumulate throughout the years.  

Oh, I don't want to get rid of really nostalgic things. But there's stuff I have that is really just taking up room.

I'm not quite as bad as some of the examples in the following article (I hope), but I do sometimes worry that I might be slowly approaching that stage...

https://scienceofcaring.ucsf.edu/health-public/recognizing-and-addressing-hoarding-significant-senior-health-concern

[CassieQ]

7 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

I'm finding some really cool things.  Nostalgic items and such.  It's amazing how much stuff we accumulate throughout the years.  

Some of my most treasured possessions are small boxes full of old "stuff".  I lost most of my belongings in a fire back in 2012, and my memory is very poor, so I don't have a lot of memories from when I was young.  I found a box that had been saved full of old love letters and notes from my friends in college.  It's nice to look through every once and a while.    

[dughlas]

3 hours ago, Marty said:

G'day, bro!

Wet morning here, but drying up now with a watery sun trying to come out and play. Around 17°C/63°F. But at least the wind has moderated considerably. I might see if I can use some garden twine later to try to get most of the peas back off the ground and tied to the netting they were growing up. Most of the pods haven't swollen yet, and are likely to either rot if left on the wet ground, or just get eaten by slugs.

I hope you were able to make some repairs to the garden.

The day has brightened considerably from this morning's overcast. Now mostly clear with a few puffy white clouds. If out working in it the sun is strong, doesn't take long until sweat runs. I spent some time cutting back a wild rose bush in my lower yard. It was badly overgrown nearly 20 foot in diameter. It abuts the border between my yard and my neighbor. Several years ago a large maple tree along the edge of my yard came down as the result of an end of October snowfall. The snow was a heavy wet snow and the tree was still in foliage. The limbs weren't able to bear the weight and most came crashing down. At the time my neighbor was burning wood to help heat his home and the tree would provide enough wood for an entire winter. We cut the wood into lengths to fit his woodstove and then stacked those along the border of our property's to begin to season. By the time it came round to splitting the wood he had developed some back issues and my migraines were at their worst. That wall of wood still exists and has become overrun with weeds, etc. He said something to me the other day that when cooler weather arrives he would like to clear the wood away and clean up that area. While he no longer does he it as part of his job he is a qualified heavy equipment operator. His plan is to borrow a backhoe from work and use it to clear the space. He'll also pull some young mulberry saplings that are growing there. Today we talked and I said I was going to remove those roses bushes. He said if I cut them back he'll pull the remaining roots when he does the others. That is an enormous boon. Those bushes have been growing that for at least 40 years. Periodically I would prune them and clear out any deadwood. The base stocks of those things are as big around as my thigh. If I did it I would need to grind them out. I got roughly half the job done before I needed to quit. Now the pup and I are relaxing under the tree enjoying the breeze. Well I am, he just fussed at me. Likely because his spot at the foot of the lounge is currently in the sun and he wants me to move the chair. Guess I best get to that, he is afterall more pampered than Clo.

[dughlas]

2 hours ago, Headstall said:

I think air conditioning has spoiled me... I can't seem to take the heat like I used to.  

I know it can do that to me that's why I make it a point to sit outside each day. I have a nice shaded spot where there is often a breeze with a comfortable chair and a small table. I take an ice cold drink in my insulated cup, a bowl of fresh cold water for Thistle (I float a few ice cubes in the bowl to help the water stay cool) and my tablet. Maybe you can find a similiar spot. I noticed the heat and humidity are not quite so unbearable since I acclimated to them while I was at Mum's. The weather here lately has been similar to what June was like there.

[Albert1434]

1 hour ago, Valkyrie said:

I'm finding some really cool things.  Nostalgic items and such.  It's amazing how much stuff we accumulate throughout the years.  

Funny you say that Val Steve lost all his paintings in a fire that was so sad

Edited August 22, 2020 by Albert1434