Friday, May 31, 2024

Strange Day Yesterday

 Cool and very humid to start the day, then a miscommunication that I ultimately straightened out, and then more wild weather and a strange quality to the light. Storms possible again today. Plenty of rain though, and that is good. No hail for me, and that was good. Interesting, at least. And that was good. 






Brushing up on the foundations of mathematics, doing puzzles, attending to one of the gardens, etc. have kept me busy enough, and the usual beyond that. Not exactly a daily "grind". More like a well-worn and comforting routine. And that is good. 

Thursday, May 30, 2024

Cloudy Humid Windy

 More rain today would not surprise me at all. Hopefully, nothing severe this time around. One year ago we had so much small hail it covered the ground like snow. No no no-- we don't need that. But rain would be swell! Rain as much as possible before it turns hot and dry. Amazing how rapidly the "summer" is passing! 








Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Wild Weather

 Some areas around Lubbock really got hammered. We were lucky. Lots of rain, but none of the bad stuff. No power outages, for instance, no really damaging hail (I got none) and no damaging winds. Levelland seems to have been hit pretty hard. North of us, some damage and flooding, and so on. Dodged yet another bullet. 








Rain chances and mild temps continue through the week. Nice. 

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Days Like This

 I like to be outside before sunrise, enjoying the cool air of morning, with a cup of coffee. I make my coffee strong, like the sour brew Alley Oop drank, back in prehistoric Moo. The environment I've created, just for me, behind a privacy fence, is much like prehistoric Moo. Of course, I have no Stegosaurs, but there are animals to keep me company, of another sort, and I enjoy their presence. More than I'd enjoy any human presence, I can tell you that, now that I've renounced the human name and the human game. I've been there and I've done that, and the time to withdraw is upon me. No one can give me back what I lost some years ago, so, for all practical purposes, screw it. Alienation is appropriate, I think. And isolation can be bracing, like a brisk, chill wind. 







No, is what I have to say-- no to this and no to that. 


Monday, May 27, 2024

Problem "Solved"

 My difficulties yesterday had little to do with anything but Google, and their lack of policing of the blogs hosted on Blogger. Some dispense malware and are stuffed with ads, but they are profitable for Google, so.... sometimes blogs like mine are tainted by association and if you have a good browser guard and an ad blocker, there can be problems. But I got some help online and now know what to do when this happens, and it is likely to happen again someday. That's the downside of being associated with Google. So be it. Nice day yesterday. Great outside. Not too hot, and very, very pleasant in the late evening. This will be a hot day, though not extreme, and the rest of the week should be quite good with rain chances! Not bad. 







It would not surprise me at all to find someday that I will be forced to have at least some advertising on my blog. I do NOT want to monetize, have no need to, but I seem to be running on corporate charity, and I wonder how long THAT will last. 

Sunday, May 26, 2024

Blog Sabotaged? UPDATE!

 I don't know what happened. My pics are being flagged as malware. Makes no sense to me. I hope I can get this sorted out. It might be a blogger issue. Nice morning here. And I had hoped to add more pics. Let's try this... (there's nothing wrong with my blog. The issue seems to be with Malwarebytes browser guard. I have reported the problem, but meanwhile I've allowed content for this site, so that I can view the content.)








Saturday, May 25, 2024

Memorial Day Weekend

 Quite hot today but not so hot tomorrow, and next week looks to be quite mild: cool mornings and warm days with rain chances every day. Not bad at all. Windy today, too. The dry wind and heat might not be a good combination today. 







I'm done with everything I needed to do today, all well before noon. Last night I got everything watered. I'm well pleased with the work I did earlier in the year. 

Friday, May 24, 2024

Not Swampy

 Cool, actually, and the day will be mild. The extended forecast does not have a lot of heat in it, and rain chances increase next week, with plenty of very pleasant days, into June. So far spared from triple digits. A mild and wet summer would please me greatly. 







Remain a sceptic, and maintain distance. Eschew the "holy books" and study the sciences. 

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Swampy

 Cool but very humid this morning, with a light mist. The wind is picking up and we should have drier air later today. It was great yesterday and I accomplished more than I thought I would. It was a sort of vintage evening. Very nice. Hard to believe it is nearing Memorial Day. The summer is passing rapidly from my point of view. The whole year is passing quickly. One's sense of time changes as the body ages. 







There are a lot of witless people staggering around in search of some cult, some authority figure, and the dumber the cult is, the sleazier the authority figure, the better they like it. Just check out the buffoons hawking "salvation". They attract a lot of zombies who are more than willing to send money. But they have no idea what they've bought into. Thinking is painful and difficult for many. Being independent and bucking the herd's group thought is simply too hard for them. They WANT to be sheep, and the fleecing doesn't bother them at all.