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~Solar Flares~

~Solar Flares~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* So I recently learned what “CME” means….. …..Coronal Mass Ejection….. *****(National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Explanation)***** This last weekend there was “one-of-those” or several of those that hurtled towards and hit the earth…on our side of the planet….. It kind of brings you out of your navel-staring moments and makes you look at the broader spectrum of things….. …..like the Universe and stuff….. It puts things in perspective…I guess?  Like…the galaxy’s a pretty…

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~~*~~May Day~~*~~

~~*~~May Day~~*~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* It’s the First of May………….May Day….. May Day celebrations date back to ancient times….. *****(Some May Day Festivity Fun Facts)***** Bonfires…Maypoles…Flowers…Fertility…Stews…Barbecues…Baskets…Dancing…May Wine…and the May Queen….. It’s a holiday that’s halfway between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice….. …..and the rhythm of the Seasons continues….. The temperature down here is starting to hotten up…we’re running headlong into summer….. And I don’t want to….. …..let the whining begin….. Graphical Tropical Weather Outlooks   |…

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——-Bees…Again——-

——-Bees…Again——-

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Well…Here Goes….. I’m about to do it again….. I love the little bastards…(they scare me so)…(I feel like I owe it to Mother Nature to keep trying)….. Down here in sunny sub-tropical Florida…starting up new bee hives is usually done after the commercial citrus bloom is completed….. …..when the beekeepers have more time to evaluate their hives…make new ones…and follow the blooming spring…as it follows the sun’s seasonal warming northward….. If you think…

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We Have A DollarTree Streaker!

We Have A DollarTree Streaker!

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I’m thinking about hanging out in the Crafts Aisle at our neighborhood DollarTree store….. Apparently we have a serial Streaker(!?!)…in our county…and he’s only hitting DollarTree stores(!)….. He ran through our local DollarTree last week…AND I was even at the DollarTree last week(!)….. …..and I missed him….. …..I’m so disappointed….. My older daughter just gave me this news breaking gossip…after coming home from our store….. She noticed we had a full-time security guard…and…

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…..(What?)…I’m Old?…..

…..(What?)…I’m Old?…..

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Well…I got a lapel pin in the mail….. I didn’t ask for it….. It was a bit startling and a surprise….. …..just when did THAT happen(?)….. …..Fifty frigging years(!?!)….. You gotta warn someone…before they unsuspectingly go to their mailbox and open up an unassuming envelope(!)….. I guess it’s been that long…I suppose it would be easy enough to figure out with basic arithmetic….. …..(I don’t want to)…(but that does explain a lot of…

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~~~?Have You Heard?~~~

~~~?Have You Heard?~~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Maybe you haven’t heard….. …..but there’s going to be a total eclipse of the Sun today across the U.S.A….. Maybe it might have slipped by unnoticed….. But I’m here to let you know….. *****It’s going to happen today***** *****(Mark Twain and Bing Crosby and Eclipses)***** It was a surprise in the book and movie—“The Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur’s Court”—but it’s happened in a lot of books and movies. *****(from…”The Simpsons” to “2001…

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*The Lumber Pick-Up*

*The Lumber Pick-Up*

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* We have a deck project planned….. That’s a story all by itself…but THIS story is about getting ready for that next story….. Decks need wood and other stuff………….that’s a given….. …..bags of cement…joist hangers…lag bolts…post…levels…chalk…curse words…and wood….. …..lots of wood….. Two by four’s…two by six’s…deck panels…all in varying lengths…and we went to pick them up from our local/friendly Home Depot store….. Thirty-nine boards…total…along with other accoutrements….. …..that’s a lot of wood…and that was…

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It’s April Fools Day Again

It’s April Fools Day Again

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* If you’ve forgotten that today is April Fools Day…there’s still time….. I’ve accumulated some of the newly suggested ideas for April Fools high jinx….. *****(Suggestion Page #One)***** …..some are oldies but goodies…some are this year’s new creative ideas for your use….. *****(April Fool’s Day Suggestions #2)***** …..some are just down right cruel….. *****(Wikipedia & April Fools Day)***** Here are some texting ideas for April Fools….. *****(April Fool’s Day Texts)***** There seems to be…

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~Easter Is Just Around The Corner~

~Easter Is Just Around The Corner~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Sunday will be Easter….. The dinner and the baskets have been planned….. If you’re thinking we’re a little old for Easter baskets….. You’d be wrong….. They are hidden better…and harder to find….. …..my younger daughter still believes in the Easter Bunny…and that’s all the excuse I need….. So Easter is in full swing here….. There will be multiple Easter baskets…filled with jewel-colored grasses and treats….. Of course they’re packed with (a little) less…

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~~Sloane & The Vapors~~

~~Sloane & The Vapors~~

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Sloane has a delicate digestion….. She needs to partake in a bland diet….. My daughters and I swear she is rotting from the inside out….. We’ve discovered that this hound CAN NOT be given eggs to eat…Ever Again!….. ………….!!!EVER!!!…………. You see…it’s Springtime…and all the hens are cranked-up into over-drive with regards to egg production….. So as a result…it is easy to find errant eggs…on forgotten/impromptu nests….. …..and because we don’t know how long…

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