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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 09:47 PM
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Today is the first day of Summer, I spent this afternoon in my woods and
now have a fire going in my old cast iron pot in the backyard.

How did the rest of ya'll enjoy the day, hope it was a good one.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:15 PM
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1. 16 hours and 27 minutes of daylight today.
A fire sounds real good.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:17 PM
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2. Pouring rain...hail...thunderstorm warnings...tornado watches...
going on since about 11:30 this morning with one break around 6 PM. :scared: We did have a fire outside last night though. :)
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:20 PM
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5. We had our storm and flood on Monday.
My neighbor said the sky looked like when he was in WWII in combat, it was strange site.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:21 PM
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6. Yes! that's the sky! It was pea soup green this early evening.
:hi:
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:32 PM
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8. That's not good when the sky is a strange color.
:pals: :hug: :grouphug:

Hope everything will be OK.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:37 PM
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10. So far...so good... It is also "fish fly" time...
:puke: So I fluctuate between freaked out and grossed out. :)
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:53 PM
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15. So what is a "fish fly", we have big flying roaches that like to land in
your hair.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:59 PM
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20. They are gross little bugs that come in the millions and land on
Edited on Wed Jun-21-06 11:00 PM by MrsGrumpy
the walls of houses, windows, signs and the roads and look like this:



Some people call them May flies.

They smell like fish and look like some sort of nuclear accident. They don't bite but they are ugly and stinky as heck. :puke: We've got probably about 150 on our back door alone right now.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 11:11 PM
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23. You win, they sound awful.
Do they like to come in and say hello.
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Zookeeper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 12:37 AM
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26. I remember fish flies!
I lived near Lake St. Clair and we always had piles of them around this time of the year. They never really bothered me since they didn't bite or sting and, as a child, I found the fact that they appeared annually, for a brief time, to be pretty interesting.

I never saw one when I lived in Calif. And I have very rarely seen them in Minnesota.

Don't they have kind of sticky (not stinky) feet?
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 06:45 AM
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28. I live right off the shores of Lake SC (Jefferson) and they are
really bad this year. It hasn't been like this in ages. :puke:
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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:17 PM
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3. I spent a lot of my day
on my screened in porch sewing. Then served an
awesome lunch to some friends.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:36 PM
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9. That sounded like a nice day, my Grandmother sewed.
What did you have for lunch. I had chicken fried steak and all the good stuff that goes with it.
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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:57 PM
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19. I made stuffed portobello mushrooms
served on a bed of greens with strawberries & dip.

They were so yummy crabmeat roasted red peppers
green peppers onion scallions artichokes fresh
oregano and bleu cheese.

I was sewing pillows for my porch I have wrought
iron furniture which hurts your back without pillows.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 11:08 PM
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22. Sounds good. My grandmother sewed pillows, I have a few, she could
sew anything. I have no such talent.
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:19 PM
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4. Mowed the lawn
then collapsed under the A/C for a long nap.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:26 PM
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7. June as been rather cool here, I don't know who has Houston's summer so
far but you can keep it. I walked all over the woods today and didn't sweat, this is so strange.
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Nicole Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:45 PM
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12. I think we got your summer in Oklahoma
You sure you don't want it? I'm quite tired of it already.

It's been 90°+ for over a month now, some 100°+ days as well. I'm sweating walking to the mailbox.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:51 PM
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14. You can keep it. July and August will be here soon enough.
I know what you mean about sweating all the the way to the mailbox.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:39 PM
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11. I slept from 2pm to 7pm.
My basement became the after-party for some of my friends after the bar shut down. We were all up until like 8am partying. They left around 10:30am, but I didn't fall asleep until 2pm. Everytime I get a normal sleep schedule, I do something like this and fuck it all up.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:55 PM
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16. I work graveyard, so I think that is normal.
:pals:
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:48 PM
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13. Woke up to a flat tire
Went downhill from there. Real glad your day
was good.

:toast:
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:57 PM
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18. I have a friend who drives a large truck she really likes her job.
If I had the time I would go with her but I don't. I just have to be happy with the pictures.
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txwhitedove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 10:57 PM
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17. It was good to see the sun today. I updated my resume and
e-mailed it to several agencies/possibilities. Then got a mani-pedicure to make myself feel better and prepare to tackle the world tomorrow.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 11:01 PM
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21. Today is one of my days off, I work on the weekends in the summer.
Good luck with the job search, something will come along.:pals:
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 11:36 PM
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24. I went
to lunch with a friend, did a bit of shopping and tonight went to a Solstice service.

It was a perfect day today; bright, sunny and warm - it's now 10:30 and I still see the sun on the horizon. :-)
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 12:26 AM
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25. I was going to a Solstice gathering but I felt like being in my woods.
Today was a beautiful day.
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Zookeeper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-22-06 12:45 AM
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27. I took a long nap....
And I worked on a drawing of the Hollyhocks in my backyard. I'm hoping doing some artwork today, on the Solstice, will set the tone for the summer.

BTW, all three of the Zookids have been at summer camp for almost two weeks now. This is a first for me, to have this free time. I had great plans to renovate my house and paint the Great American Painting, instead I've slept a lot and tried to rest my last remaining nerve. ;)

I will have two of the three home in a couple of days.

Happy Summer Solstice to all!
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