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Farmers must kill 4.2 million chickens after bird flu hits Iowa egg farm https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/farmers-kill-42-million-chickens-after-bird-flu-110625158 More than 4 million chickens in Iowa will have to be killed after a case of the highly pathogenic bird flu was detected at a lar...

Disney song writer Richard Sherman has died at 95.

Now that the weekend is over we have our first day of summer weather. Humid, high of 83F.

Mrs. V is off picking up her oldest brother from his dialysis appointment.

I am waiting to observe the trash collection.

The excitement never stops on the Circle.

That storm passed just south of our home in Wichita Falls. Got Red Code warnings on my phone.

Our older daughter and SIL both graduated from the University of North Texas in Denton so we kind of know that area.

After two great sunny weather days this weekend today on the actual holiday it is cloudy and cooler with rain on the way. East End traffic is lighter than expected today. We may not set a new record. Since the schools here don't let out for summer vacation until the 3rd week of June, tomorrow is a s...

Not only but also I wanna know why the bourbon has fled Because it can't compete with North Fork bourbon distilled using local rye and potatoes. ;) https://www.stageleftwineshop.com/thumb/thumbme.html?src=/images/sites/stageleftwineshop/labels/long-island-spirits-field-and-sound-maritime-bourbon_1....

Radio reporting that the Bethpage Airshow (actually on Jones Beach) parking is full. Heavy traffic in that area has forced major LI highways to close. :o The good news is that if folks are jamming Jones Beach they are not coming to the North Fork. ;) Porch report- Two more Circle cottages have opene...

Burma Shave.

Turkeys have fled.

Two more cottages on the Circle are opening up today.

People walking and bicycling thru the Circle.

Lawnmowers mowing.

Radio reporting that AAA is expecting record Memorial Day traffic in NY this weekend.

So, nice day after a day of rain and the Friday beginning a holiday weekend. You know what that means. Yes, gasoline-powered lawn care! :mad: Our neighbor's (to the right) daughter is doing his lawn now. She is a lovely lady but not being a commercial lawn care person with large equipment it will ta...

Mrs. V is about to leave to catch the ferry to Connecticut for her early music workshop. Getting an early start to avoid holiday weekend traffic. . Warmest day yet. High will be 80F. Then things will cool down just a bit for the weekend. Large crowds expected on the North Fork due to forecast of nic...

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...