MORNING ROLL CALL L JUNE 2026

OK then I’m kinda here, heat has taken its toll on me. A/C will hopefully go on today. Someone gave me an offer on the house and I’m trying to clean it up and out.

I really, really don’t need 9 rooms finished or 3 rooms unfinished or the 2 1/2 bay garage, etc.Also tend to wonder if I can keep heating with wood and oil.

With luck he’ll get financing and I’m off to NH or the flatlands. So if you don’t see me here often, I’m around.

Froze

Hi Nicole

Yes ....finally getting Notifications.....

Hi Therapist4u,

TakeThatStepTODAY mentioned you in a post!

Take care Nicole!......

and all y’all PORCHERS>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

@DaveMcK  @catwoman500 @MsStretch @Frozenoem @LaDolceVita

☮️  🌩🌦~Allen 🌈  ⛵  🌞

Hello Porchers!  I am tired from the heat and daily rain but otherwise OK. I take a nap after lunch and wake up groggy due to humidity.  It does not dry up long enough to mow the yard and walking is harder than normal and more hazardous.  I mean snakes.   Have only seen 2 copper heads since moving here but I would not like to step on a large black snake either.  Does not look like a change is coming any time soon in the weather department, although it can shift quickly here.  Oh yeah, dead branches on trees get saturated and fall, happening a lot lately.  

My doctor's appointment was canceled  at the last minute due to the PA not showing up so I have to get psyched up again to drink black coffee & hurry up to make an 8:30 appointment.  

Somehow I must make time for Hotel Portofino, I really liked it last year.  Location a big plus!   One of my all-time PBS favorites, Doc Martin had a wonderful location too.

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Hoping everyone has a great weekend. 

We are watching the Olympics. How about you? 

Our favorite sport is swimming.

2 of our 3 daughters swam in college on scholarship at UW Milwaukee.

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Hey everyone.  Really nothing new to report other than to reiterate the heat and humidity. Yes, @Frozenoem , climate change is here and it's real. 🥵

Some of you might remember the turtle 🐢 who showed up on my deck last year to imbibe in the furkids' leftovers.  I posted a pic or two.  Trudy is back!  I had marked her shell with a spot of fingernail polish and it is her!  Otherwise, the chickens next door get the leftovers.  And in return, I get fresh eggs.🥚  Can't beat that.  I had offered to pay for them, but the neighbor said just throw the chickens some leftovers now and again, and I asked even cat food?  Oh yeah, they love pecking at those seafood shreds and assorted crunchies mix. 🐔

And our resident raccoon showed up with a baby in tow recently.  My neighbor/landlord leaves crunchies on their deck, so this goldish-colored raccoon has become a regular visitor.  I've seen Giorgio bop her on her head, but no harm done.  They tolerate each other, sometimes ignoring each other.

So there's my update -- wild critters.  Thinking recently it's a nice time to become a hermit oblivious to the world, but I keep forgetting to turn off those darn news alerts on my phone.

Doctors?  Don't even want to go there, but wishing everyone the best for the travails they are going through.  It sucks. 

Speaking of wild critters, I'm going back to watching the bear cams at Katmai🐻🦈, my current guilty pleasure and diversion.  (Don't ask me how I became one of 'those bear peeps'. 😁)

Yesterday evening was another very stormy evening here in Southern Wisconsin.

Heavy rain and winds as high as 80 mph which are strong enough to take the rooftop of a house.

We got the rain with 60 mph winds.

Today we will not see any rains with the possibility sunny skies this afternoon.

@Therapist4u   I am laughing at your question about bravery in going to doctor.  I am a chicken and that is why I hate going to the doctor.  I guess no-one really likes going.  I feel like a whiner, knowing you and Froze have been through and still going through the mill.   I did make an appointment to begin the annual testing procedure week after next.  I feel like I would like to have calcium score because I have been on lowish carb high fat diet for 15 years.  Cholesterol tends to go up with age and bone density goes down.  So will have bone scan  also.  

Where are the ladies on the Porch?  @MsStretch,@SummerOnTheWay1  and Catwoman, please report in.

Geez it’s hotter than that dbl. hockey sticks place, or at least in my little backwater.>90* and dew points, honestly can say it felt like Phoenix for a week.Only major difference rain & thunderstorms daily.

Still haven’t put A/C on but, that will change soon with more temps in the 90”s.August temps in July in the mountains of Maine (yeesh).

Fourth of July was pleasant with rain and boomers.

No kids blowing digits off or animals being spooked.

Spent the holiday at Old camp and returned yesterday?

Have to avoid sunshine for 2 weeks, new script.Note-

to weather gods stay in 90’s no problem.When weatherstripping on garage doors melt to concrete, it could be a sign.

Stay hydrated y’all

Froze