Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

RS, are you still counting your squash?

Nope, they're all done at this point.

I did get a nice thank you from the lady at the food bank the other day who said the summer squash I provided were well received.

Between your flowers and your veggies that deer herd you have
must think you are one cool human. They will give you Lymes Disease in thanks...

LOL ... interestingly enough, we really don't seem to have much of that sort of thing around here.

While I don't doubt that they exist, there just doesn't seem to be much in the way of ticks in this area. Not really sure why.

It would be a very rare occurrence to pick one up outside and of course the cats are house cats and we really don't allow them outside (although The Woman is always wanting to let them out)

And we don't pet the wildlife so ....

Our hall clock:

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Hasn't worked correctly since someone (who didn't know what they were doing ... ) pulled a couple of the counterweights all the way to the top and jammed it. One of those things I need a roundtuit for ...

Grandmother's cuckoo clock is packed away, along with Mom and Dad's anniversary clock.

 

[daugen]

I stopped to vote but too many people. Will stop by later

same here. parking lot full, long line of folks inside spreading germs on each other.
I'll wait til late this afternoon.

 

[Rich B1]

We voted already. Walked in and was having our ID checked before the door closed. Only 2 other people voting. Timing was right…..there was a line by the time we were ready to leave.

 

[scootr]

Been mailing in my vote for many many years. Tracking shows it was received. They will text me when when it is counted. All from the safety and convenience of my home.

 

[newbury]

Been mailing in my vote for many many years. Tracking shows it was received. They will text me when when it is counted. All from the safety and convenience of my home.

Same here. Been living and voting here since 1984. I worked (before retirement) 1.1 miles from my house and the polling place was halfway. For many years I would walk to work and either vote on the way in or the way back. Very rarely any lines. But then it got so I was often on travel and had to vote by other methods.
Now Fairfax County, Virginia (maybe all of Virginia) has it set up with a choice to vote by mail permanently. Works for me.
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Had to drive my wife up to vote. Long story, won't tell.
But - @1400 parking lot was almost empty, was able to park real close and entire time from home to back home was 15 minutes.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Went back down an voted. Most of the line is due to a inefficient setup.

 

[rswyan]

We went down and voted, no lines or waiting.

Woman dropped me off here at the house and headed back out to get wet cat food and plant fungicide.

Will bring me back a Sausage McMuffy and hash browns …

 

[daugen]

BEF, glad you got in, I'm still waiting. I figured there must have been one big bottleneck in there.

So instead just put some meat candy in the oven. Boneless country style ribs, pepper jelly and a lot of spices on it.
375 for 50 minutes. Now I wait. Smells nice already.

 

[pennwalk]

56F now. Temperature dropped 20 degrees from yesterday. Still, it is a beautiful day. I didn't see the full eclipse of the moon. It was just starting when I saw it. When I went out later it was either hidden by clouds or down behind the trees.

The big leaf fall was last week. I finished getting the leaves up today. There were a lot. Compost pile it full. I think I will put the mulching blades on the EGO and chop up anything else that blows into the yard.

My wife decided to get both the covid shot and the flu shot yesterday. She is on the couch watching Netflix. She doesn't feel like doing anything.

I did vote. Not too crowded except people yaking outside the door in. Make a lane people.

Hope for the best.

Chris

 

[pennwalk]

I forgot to say that I didn't have a single number on my powerball ticket. That's probably just as well. That was so much money that it would probably have ruined everyone in my family. Just crazy.

Chris