Saturday will be the longest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest night south of the equator. I love the extra daylight of summer, but I’m glad I’m not in the Land of the Midnight Sun - that’s a bit much, methinks.
Any exciting plans for the extra non-dark time?
Just another day in paradise for me. Carry on.
Happy Moanday!
First! It’s good to be juvenile! 
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 65 Amurrkin out and N.O.S. with a predicted high of 87 and mostly N.O.S. for the day. The big plan of the day is to spiff da cave. Other than that, who knows. Sup shall be bbq sammiches made out of the leftover poke roast, coleslaw, and fries. Easy peasy and nummy! I love Summer. As y’all know I am a Summer baby. The extra hour or so of daylight is nice but does not effect me that much since I am now a retired drain on society.
Now I need more caffeine and to feed rumbly tummy. Then, onward into the day. Rah.
Happy Moanday Y’all!
Afternoon, mumpers! It’s warm over here although the sun’s gone and we have grey clouds so more humidity than I’d like. The cats are powering through by sleeping, which I consider to be an entirely appropriate activity for today.
I like the longer lighter evenings this time of year, I don’t think I could deal with constant daylight though, I do like something to remind me when night arrives. I suppose if you live with it, you get used to it. There will be a virtual solstice wossname from the 'enge, man…might watch that one on my 'pooter.
So today marks the start of our busiest time of year and this time we have the added joys of not being able to do the majority of the work on our usual systems so a huge amount needs to be done manually. That’s probably going to fall to me and my boss, I foresee some interesting times ahead and more than a few unladylike words being used!
Happy Moonday!
Another chilly morning, but I dressed appropriately today. Also the sun is shining which helps.
I have a lot to do today, feeling overwhelmed.
The guy is supposed to come cut the grass, and my son and I had a talk about his laziness and not wanting to do anything.
He said to let the guy cut the grass today, wouldn’t be nice to cancel last minute, and he will take over after that. It’s ridiculous for me to pay to have the grass cut when my son can do it.
One good thing about this guy though is, he identified a lot of the stuff that is growing in my yard, and what I had suspected was poison ivy is poison ivy. I guess I am not allergic anymore because I have pulled it out by hand, and the dogs run through it all the time.
The hardest thing for me right now is I need to take time off irk to get things done, and then I feel guilty because I am not irking and making money.
I think the summer solstice is a sad day, because that is the longest day of the year and now the days will be getting shorter.
**sari **- I have the same feelings about the days getting shorter. But what’cha gonna do?
Just finished about an hour anna half of yard work. I raked up a metric buttload of magnolia leaves from the front yard, pulled some weeds, deadheaded my iris, yanked up some Virginia creeper, got rid of whatever was growing up thru my white azalea, and cut back some wisteria that was getting out of control too close to the house. Frankly, all of our wisteria is out of control, but as long as it stays on the fence or the side hill, I’m OK. When it starts grabbing at me when I walk by, I’m less pleased. I fear it’s becoming sentient. :eek:
When we went to Leonardtown yesterday, I pulled in at our favorite BBQ place - the sign on the door said “Closed Indefinitely” 
I hope they come back. They’re not as good as the BBQ we had in FL, but they’re about the best around here.
**FCD **actually slept thru the night in bed last night - first time in weeks! He’s out in his office now, trying to get back into his work routine. Now, if I could just get him to set up some PT visits… he’s being ever so pigheaded about that. Go figure.
Morning all. I wish the mornings came later, the sun keeps getting me up about 6am, unless I put on the eye shades. Getting to 80F today, but it’ll be in the 90’s before the end of the week.
Made the to-do/dining list for the week, watering the yard Wednesday or Thursday is the major new thing, no rain is expected until next week. Also the new Culver’s Butterburgers place opens today so I need to try them out.
Hang in there, Sari; just take the jobs one at a time and get them down to a manageable level.
FCM, you wear me out just reading of your yardwork. I need to reseed grass in some places (all the housework the past couple of years have left some dead spots) but don’t know if this is the proper time or to do it next spring. Ah well, guess I can do some research.
boo fae, unladylike words??? The thought of it…
Everybody have a great week now.
First day of vacation! We had planned a trip to Colorado for tourist activities, but neither of us are quite ready to stay in a hotel. I will spend this week working on projects around the house. First up is to panel a garage wall with plywood and install a wall track system to better organize the shovels and rakes and implements of destruction* I need to replace the faucet on our kitchen sink and build a wood rack for the face cord of split pecan I have ordered for my smoker.
*“You can get anything you want at Alice’s Restaurant…”
**MetalMouse **- dunno about your little corner of the world, but hereabouts, supposedly the best time to seed is fall. At least that’s what we were told when we wanted to get our back yard seeded this spring. The guy will be out tomorrow to do some weed control and driveway removal, and put down rocks around FCD’s building for erosion control, then he’ll come back in the fall with topsoil, seed, and straw.
The driveway that’s being removed is the gravel, etc, that used to go from the back gate to the basement. The part from the shop to the basement will be dug up and used to fill the swale between the shop and the paint shed. Then he’ll add dirt to extend the lawn, and finish it with the rest of the yard in the fall. We need to mark how much of the gravel we want to remain for Roxy’s play area.
I need to contact the guy who took care of all our trees earlier this year. There are a few more things I want done that I can’t or won’t do myself. His crew did a good job, so I’ll get him back here. Luckily, I just found his business card on my desk, so yay.
Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. It’s raining. Gordie did go out just before it started, and got to shoot his mouth off at Brody the GP, to boot.
Move Down Uner for half the year?
Yesterday, DH tackled by far his longest walk post-fracture, to a nearish 7-11 (needed to return some Redbox movies). Google Maps thinks the round trip was about a mile. He isn’t noticeably limping today and says the leg feels better than he expected it would after that trip. Progress is good. He’s due to start a light-duty thrift store gig Wednesday (would have started this one in March except for the lockdown).
Me? Usual Moanday “donwannas”.
Go for it! A lot of unladylike words really helped in my recent air conditioner disassembly saga. 
In other news, I went to a lovely backyard picnic at a friend’s house yesterday with some of the people I would have seen this past weekend at the Cook Forest F&I event. Many weenies and burgers were consumed, along with pasta salad, deviled eggs (which were not on a fancy egg plate – sorry, Swampy), chips, fruit salad, fruit crumble, cheesecake and ice cream. I was stuffed!
I don’t normally post in the MMP, but I came to say this. 
Carry on.
Dangerous drop-bears. :dubious:
I am shocked to hear so many Mumpers know unladylike words. Swampy, do you have a fainting couch I could borrow?
I did make it into town today, to the pharmacy; bad choice of day, really, this is the first day most shops have been allowed to re-open, so of course town was full of eejits. Even the pharmacy staff weren’t wearing masks today either…
Anyway, bees checked, mine were present and correct, but the ones I collected a few days back did not appear to be there; it’s a wee bit awkward, it looks like the guy whose bees they are (were?) went and re-did the hive up all nice and proper, with an extra box put on and a guard in the front- problem is, that’s not a good idea with a new swarm. You want to leave them alone for at least 3 days before disturbing them at all. I think, while trying to do the right thing, he’s scared them off. That’d be the second collected swarm that scarpered. It happens occasionally, but twice in a row isn’t normal. I wonder if I should say something…
Anyway, I also have a minor happy 'cos I saw not one but two critters which are a first for me today; one being the closest thing we have to hummingbirds, a hummingbird hawk-moth (they fly exactly like a hummingbird and confuse people). I’ve seen them overseas, but not here before, despite one moving into my old area, resulting in a whole bunch of people I knew, knowing I’m an animal nut, coming and telling me they’d seen this weird critter and proceeding to describe it. It went on for over a week, I started wondering if it was following me round going 
I also saw what I’m pretty certain was a female cuckoo, sitting on a post out in the open and calling, which is so unusual to see and hear that there are barely any recordings online, and most of them are pretty bad quality.
I’m the anti-summer person. I look forward to the solstice so that days start getting shorter. Having the carpets cleaned today. I’m working off a card table in the garage. Ursala Kitteh is in the closet hiding under a blouse that fell of the clothes rod. Later the a/c guy is coming for the yearly a/c check. Hey, my life is exciting.
Filbert
I was raised in the ghetto and have spent my working life in restaurant kitchens at first and then construction sites. I work hard at it, but my general vocabulary can make Al Swearingen from Deadwood back away…
Start a thread. Teach us your goddamn beautiful fucking ways … please? I always thought I could make sailors blush, but perhaps your g---- c---- p---- mouth can learn me a thing or three.
Pendejo. 
Ditch mowage is complete, plus a few other areas that need the push mower. I’ll drive John Deere tomorrow. I’m done for today.
The gutter cleaner/pressure wash guys are coming tomorrow morning. I need to be sure we shut all windows when we get up. It’ll be nice to have it all done.
Supper tonight will be sketties and salad. Till then - chillage.
Washer is fixed. Something electrical, mumble, mumble, mumble. I don’t care. Barkeep, clean sheets all around!
I like longer days and shorter days. Longer days mean I can be out walking later and remind me of my carefree youth, when everyone had to go home when the streetlights came on. Shorter days are cozier. I used to prefer shorter days, but since I can’t drive or see much in the dark, I’m not as wild about them. Walking after dark is like floating in space, only you don’t trip in space.
My gym is not going to reopen, apparently. It’s a 24Hour Fitness, which as you may know, is shuttering 1/4 its locations. Mine is not on the canceled list. Nor is it on the opening list. The phone doesn’t even ring there. It’s like it got wiped off the map. A friend said she saw trucks hauling away equipment. There’s one other gym within walking distance, but it’s pricier, and I don’t know if it’s reopening.
nettie, yay on hubby’s successful walk.
hippy, you’ve got the song going through my head. “Walk right in. It’s around the back…”
OW, I’m SO glad you got to see the Cook Forest folks AND partake of culinary yumminess.
nut, I think swampy will be using the fainting couch when he discovers OW had deviled eggs that weren’t properly served on a deviled egg plate.
I taught teens too long to be shocked by anyone’s language–not that kids swore in the classroom, but the halls were like a longshoreman’s convention. Once the superintendent decided to clamp down and ordered us to round up kids who cussed in the hallways. Before the first bell rang, the principal’s office was crammed, and kids were lined up way down the hall. End of that campaign.
I’ve seen one at my trailer in the woods in central Arkansas, USA.
Are they the same species? Someone may have taken some overseas with him in WWII.