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Morning Roll Call - July and August 2019 CLOSED

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June 30, 2019
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CLOSED - PLEASE USE SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER

Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch! Welcome to July 2019. We had a strong Sunday morning storm to ring out the month of June on the Front Porch! Welcome to July 2019. Going to be a busy day tomorrow if we do not have more rain. Remember that May - June are CLOSED now.

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DaveMcKAuthor

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Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

LydiaN586309

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Good morning Front Porch Peepers!

The week has been a good one thus far and Friday is just a day away. So I'm doing my...happy dance cuz that's the way I feel today!

Hope all is well with everybody out there on The Porch. Be well and be good to you!

Lydia

n566192l

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Greetings,

I watched a News clip of a rehabilitated sea turtle being set free from Point Pleasant. I am sure this turtle was doing its Happy dance. .. Love to see things like this. Be well and happy. We live in changing times. Bulletproof backpacks. For one

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this first Friday of August! We are having a great run of weather with high temperatures around 80 and with lows around 60 and no rain.

Golf was not great as it seemed my putter died!

Oh well that is golf! Next week will be better, I hope!

Hoping everyone has a great weekend and may you coffee be perfect!

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Hi, Peeps, Happy Friday!

We're getting a break today...no storms yet and it's 82, feels like 84 which is no biggie at all and the best... with lower humidity...really nice!

@LydiaN586309 ...I do have to have some milk, 3 creams is too many, but gosh darn cute!

@DaveMcK ...Coffee is always perfect, or is that Purrfect? N.

Ahh, coffee!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good afternoon to everyone on the Front Porch on this first Wednesday of August 2019. The tornado sirens went off for our monthly alert at noon today. We are looking at temperatures in the lower 70's over the next few days. The outlook for golf tomorrow morning is good.

Hoping everyone is able to adjust to the epidemic we are facing in this country! We seem to be so far from any partisan agreement. Sorry, enough for this topic here on the Porch today.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

n566192l

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Dave,

I think I saw on the news tonight, It was National Lighthouse day. I hope you are doing well. Nancy

catwoman500

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Good morning , Porch Peeps. Happy International Cat Day!

Sunny, 77, and just a little sticky after storms went through yesterday afternoon and evening. Lots of training going so there were many flooded roads in the area and tons of water rescues. Fog this AM may have caused a small plane to crash in someone's backyard near here...no survivors. I'll have to ask my friend if she heard the crash.

@LaDolceVita ...YIKES! That hairdresser's price is not even close to being acceptable! Is there a senior services department in your area? Maybe you could call them for some suggestions.

Nothing else exciting going on here. N.

A day just for me? WOW!

Look, up in the sky. Is it a bird?...Is it a plane? It's SuperCat!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this Friday morning from Wisconsin! We have great weather out with temps in the upper 70's during the day and around 60* af night.

Yesterday was a great day for golfing and I played quite well. Hoping everyone has a great weekend!

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Hi, Everyone,

Oh, what a beautiful morning! It was 64 earlier with no sign of humidity, going to around 85 later. Went to sleep with bedroom windows wide open and a sheet and light blanket. Woke in the middle of the night to pull up the comforter! WOW! How refreshing!

The sun is shining brightly and the goldfinches are munching on the coneflower seeds. Wish I could snap a photo, but they are too fast for me and fly as soon as the door opens.

Tonight is dinner and game night for me so I’m looking forward to that. Hope everyone can enjoy a good weekend, N.

One of our favorites

DaveMcKAuthor

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@n566192l. @Frozenoem

Lobsterman in Maine catches rare, 1 in 100 million cotton candy lobster

Cotton-candy lobster caught!

Melanie DaSilva

FALMOUTH, MAINE (WHDH) - A lobsterman caught a rare cotton candy lobster off the coast of Maine last week.

The Town Landing Market in Falmouth, Maine posted a picture of the rare lobster on their Facebook page.

John, the lobsterman who caught the lobster, works for the market.

The lobster has a blue, purple, and pink color to it, just like cotton candy.

According to the market, cotton candy lobsters are a rare 1 in 100 million catch.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

Frozenoem

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Today will be hot and steamy in the 80’s, partly thanx to the storms that hit repeatedly last night.

When the day begins in the 70’s it’s a given.

Heads up to dog owners and people in the Southeast and coast to coast (just for a little more joy) keep them out of the Algae Bloom Or Cyanobacteria Lakes, etc. Let’s hear it for warming temperatures👎.

Clean Lake would be the following vs. Algae bloom.

There’s a reason up here we wipe down props and boats before contaminating another lake, pond.

Clean non-Algae bloomed lake

https://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2014/09/blue-green-algae-causing-hundreds-of-dog-deaths/

Personally, I only let my guys/gals swim in clean water, where you can see to the bottom or dang close.

And as as soon as the grass dries need to finish mowing the front yard. For all my years of chainsaws, weed whackers, etc today I’ll be reduced to machetes and crosscut battery powered for trimming some errant maples in the yard. Done in by ethanol in my saws and need to play with new seals - my language became colorful when I noticed.🤬

After that it’s back to playing pin cushion for phlebotomists. If you meet a Lefty be sure to wish them a great day - it’s our day.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

n566192l

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Frozen,

New Jersey has had a problem with this algae bloom. Several of our lakes have been closed to swimming this summer. However, some pet owners failed to heed the warnings dogs have passed away due to this.

I need your help. What is Elegant Stinkhorn.? How do I safety get rid of this. Someone mentioned it was by my storage area on fort Monmouth. Or do I just leave it be? Thanks 😊.

We are going to be getting some storms and high winds today. I have something funny to share. I was walking my friends 🐕, the dog started digging in this one spot..So I am thinking Mickey is making a great place to poop. Well, all of a sudden out of the ground come these flying locust. I wish I had a video of just my face when all this was happening. Just wanted to share. I had no idea locust lived underground, boy did they get the Wake up call that day.

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch this morning! Have a great day today. I have been out of town for a couple of days.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

LydiaN586309

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Good Morning, Front Porch Peepers!

Hope all is well with everyone here. I had surgery last week to remove what thankfully turned out to be a non-canerous growth from my back. The surgery itself went well, but the mass was very deep and once removed, required three layers of stitches (inside to out). A very good friend came out and stayed with me to do my wound care and dressing changes every day. Couldn't have done it without her! So I am well on the mend now and just wanted to peek my face onto to The Front Porch and wish everyone a good day and a blessed weekend!

P.S. -- Is anybody else getting the feeling that Fall is right around the corner. Well, I'm getting the hint as some of the trees in my neck of the woods are already turning colors--from green to orange. Just a few leaves, but enough to make me think Fall is a-comin'.

Lydia

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on this cloudy and rainy day on my Front Porch! Yesterday was a nice day on the golf course but I must have left my game in the back of my car as I was just not hitting ball well on several shots.

Hoping everyone has a great weekend! There seems to be a touch of Fall in the air today so I hope we get several more weeks of Summer.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

MsStretch

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No fall here in VA yet, but that's OK. I can do without hottest Julys on record, but not really into cold weather at all.

My deck is getting ripped up today. It's ground level, but stepping out front door may require some acrobatics. Balance beam, anybody? It's because it is on ground level (and I am told built in winter on frozen ground) that it is rotting out due to ground moisture, so time for new deck. One advantages of having a landlord, they fix broken stuff.

Frozenoem

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@MsStretch

Please don’t say Fall not yet. It’s still 73* and have no desire to start hauling in firewood. I actually filled my oil tank.

I hear you on landlords and wouldn’t mind one about now.

The joy of opening a garage door at -35* this winter, and not noticing that it was frozen in ice says, I need to fix top section and replace broken glass.🤬🤬

Hate contractor grade, finger jointed crap doors, at least the barn doors lasted 80 years. These new ones replaced sections twice in 15 years.

Time to play insanity has passed.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on our Front Porch on Monday August 19th. It is 64* now with a high of 81 with sunny skies today. An early start today because of an early tee time today. Tomorrow I will have to get up earlier because of an 8:00AM tee time.

Hoping everyone has a great week!

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good afternoon to everyone on the Front Porch on this Tuesday in August. Golf was a bit of a challenge for our group of four today. The rough had not been mowed in several days and the fairway was wet form dew. Not the greatest of playing conditions to say the least and our score card reflected it.

The weather for the next several days is for a high of 80* and a low chance of rain. Hoping golfing is better Thursday morning. How are those of you doing on the East coast dealing with the possibility of heat, rain and wind today?

As for the iced tea vs iced coffee I like both. I buy unsweetened iced tea by the gallon bottled from the store and I use leftover coffee to make iced coffee.

Iced coffeeIced tea

Iced tea

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

Frozenoem

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@DaveMcK

As long as the temps don’t hit 88-90*+, I’m golden. Above those temps I melt.

Rain ask me Wednesday, lightning same just checked the connection on my lightning rods, every year.

Sweet tea like the Arizona brand is great, the stuff they used to serve in some chain restaurants in the south were good for gagging - too much sugar. Shoney’s maybe?

As for iced coffee here, cold brew only served in restaurants in town. The leftover hot coffee becomes ice cubes. Same as @n566192l .

Time to return to search for elusive 3,4, and 5amp AGC fuses, finally dragged the speakers into house, and my Amp needs fuses.

Or else the possible *-in-law will be wounded, for touching my 50 year old speakers. Have had them awhile and don’t want to re-cone or re-solder connections, ever🤣.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

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