Fogbow

Foggy wrote: ↑Fri May 24, 2024 9:56 am Yeah, pine pollen is yellow ... and sticky. On everything.

Our pollen is mostly oak pollen. The LI pine barrens are mostly west and south of the North Fork.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Isla ... ne_Barrens

Sadly it is a very pleasant evening to be outside in NYC. Too bad today's rain couldn't have lasted longer.

Warm enough to sit out this evening.

Eight turkeys in the Circle just now.

Turkeys are social birds. Always come in groups.

When the Circle gets busier we won't see so much of them.

Paula Vennels, former CEO of the Post Office, has been testifying this week about her part in the scandal.

She is piece of work.

Pollen! Green dust on everything!

It rained on Tuesday (2+") so all the lawn care folks were out in force yesterday. I can't complain though... my yard guy was one of them. I will say, though, that the commercial cutters can mow so much faster with their large machines that the noise doesn't last as long as the homeowners with...

Rain! Thunder!

Messy morning on the North Fork.

Rishi Sunak calls UK national election for July 4 https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/rishi-sunak-calls-uk-national-election-july-4-2024-05-22/ British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a national election on Wednesday for July 4, saying Britons would be able to choose their future in a vote his Conse...

Alina Habba doesn't understand how random selection works.

Judge threatens to mute Giuliani during arraignment in Arizona fake electors case https://abcnews.go.com/US/rudy-giuliani-expected-arraigned-arizona-election-interference-probe/story?id=110436094 Giuliani appeared virtually after being served with notice of his indictment after his 80th birthday pa...

Beautiful day today, high in the low 70s.

Then rain tomorrow.

Then a gorgeous Memorial Day weekend which means TRAFFIC!

keith wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 1:34 am I don't understand.

Doesn't the USA have little coffee shops that roast their own beans on every street corner like we do in Australia?

(JK, that's a bit hyperbolic. Australia doesn't have roasting cafe's on EVERY corner)

Here on the North Fork we have those little coffee shops.

:bighug: When I relocated from Long Island to New Jersey many years ago I thought that Long Island girl Mrs. V might divorce me. ;) That move was voluntary. A few years later I was relocated involuntarily to Texas right after doing significant renovations to our NJ house. Then back to New Jersey. Th...

Trump says he will ‘never advocate’ for contraception restrictions after earlier saying he’s ‘looking at’ them https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/21/trump-contraception-abortion-00159118 Donald Trump insisted in a social media post Tuesday that he has “never, and will never advocate imposing res...

Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty to charges in Arizona fake electors case Former New York mayor one of 12 defendants charged with illegally trying to keep Trump in power after 2020 election defeat https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/21/rudy-giuliani-pleads-not-guilty-fake-electors-c...

City of Wichita Falls, Texas Government · Wichita Falls, for the first time since September 12, 2022 the combined level for Lakes Arrowhead and Kickapoo have exceeded 70%. This past week the combined level rose 6.3% for a total of 74%. Water customers remain in the Stage 1 Drought Watch restrictions...

We are summer+ people.

It is the last quiet week before the Memorial Day weekend when the North Fork will be inundated with weekenders, day trippers and summer people until Labor Day.

Quiet Sunday afternoon on the Circle. Mrs.V's cousins have headed home. Our neighbor's to the right daughters have left after mowing his lawn. Mrs. V and her remaining cousins are at a performance of the 1731 Meeting House Chorus. Our cats are napping upstairs. LIRR trains are on reduced weekend sch...

sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 4:30 am Maybe he meant MTT? Michael Thomas Tilson?

Yes.

Feeling old now. :( When I started college in Boston in 1969 Erich Leinsdorf had just left as conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The BSO brought in William Steinberg, then conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony, part-time to replace him while they looked for a new permanent conductor. Steinbe...

Hot weather poses new risk as thousands remain without power after deadly Houston storm https://apnews.com/article/houston-texas-storms-power-outages-86643a6d7decd28e971774e03b52e51d 77 Houston ISD campuses still without power, still hoping to reopen Monday https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/...

:roll: Trump demands drug test for Biden ahead of first debate https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4672061-donald-trump-demands-drug-test-for-joe-biden-ahead-debate/ Former President Trump said he wants President Biden to be drug-tested before their first debate. “I’m gonna demand a drug test too,...