Rain in Burbank right now.

 The rain started early AM. 

The parade is 48 hours from now. May the weather system continue to move and move out.

Added note. The horse show yesterday was well done.

The Monday storm was even worse.

 My previous post mentioned wind but not rain, snow melt and flooding. A car swept away with two deaths and other serious impacts.  Power out to nearly half the population. Long lasted impact to funds for road and bridge repairs must also be on the list

The howling wind striped twigs and pine cones as well as huge limbs and entire trees.

A storm with extreme wind just moved out.

Today we had six hours of wind gusts near 50 mph.  This storm charged north from Florida to Canada. Trees down, power out and flooding were all serious results. 

Nap in the car.

 Spring and fall naps are toasty.  Summer naps  can be sweltering.  At camp  I can't open the windows because of mosquitoes.  

Winter naps quite often are too cool,  cold  or frosty. The  rocker recliner inside today was the location. 

Icicles on the edge of the roof.

When the temperature is well below 32F the sun melts a thin layer of snow. The droplets reach the cold edge of the roof and freeze. More droplets run down the accumulating ice and the icicle grows.  The roof flat surface is warm, the free fall air at the roof edge is not.

The initial melting happens because the roof presents a flat face to the sun. Energy from 93,000,000 miles away is significant.  The sun heats a flat surface but not the air.  The air (scattered molecules with large space between) must gain energy from some warm surface. 

Time spent online.

 Time spent on the phone with sons.

Time spent on the phone with siblings.

Time spent walking.

Time spent recording (initial entry or summarys) in three personal  logs.

Time spent praying.

Prays needed!

 PLEASE.

Illness for one so two did not travel.

 A food filled day on Thursday. Walk on Thursday, walk on Friday, and walk today. Each family member is back in place. Colorado, Connecticut and two and two who did not travel in MA and Maine.

OVER THE HILLS AND THROUGH THE WOODS

 One arrival this afternoon,  one this evening and then Thanksgiving  Day (2 plus 3 plus 2). Accommodations here and there. 

Busy baker bustling. 

Giving thanks. 

Public transportation to an island.

 I walk to the convenient bus stop,  get off  in city center,  walk to the ferry terminal then ride out and back to Peaks Island.  The city walk is under two miles round trip.  I do this about once a year.  A bit brisk today with the wind chill on the top deck.  I was awake well before 4AM  so today I also did my three mile loop.  

How to thin out piles of paper.

 I must not know how.  Why? Binders, files, notebooks.  
More than ten of each.

New month and a collected state.

 New Hampshire is next door but we had not collected it. Now we have.

Stay one night and eat one meal.

Utah, Nevada, Montana, Hawaii and 

A random radio station with a message.

 WRATH - oily rags.
Anger - reaching the combustion point.

Discard the rags. dlj-10/30/2023

A few truths!

 The only person I control is myself.

If you ask is that my business, the answer is it isn't.

One of my truths is to walk away.

Some are good hosts, others very good.

And recently even others pretty much a blank stare.

No comprehension of how to be a low middle host.

Plod (x 5). Plod, plod.

I was asked, do I miss it?

 Do I miss teaching young drivers?  I answered that I miss having specific and structured work .

Show up to drive with students for four hours. Show up to teach a three hour class. Show up to shovel snow off the car. Show up to shovel the car out of a TOO BIG snow bank. 

You hear me. Some things are more fun than others.  Watching the improvement (rapid improvement) was always fulfilling. More than eight out of ten became focused and skilled.  Those with existing bad attitudes mostly  did not change.  I can relate follow up stories for a few. 

Each fall I drive to a home for ashes.

 I took photos this year again.

Picked up trash again. Not much a couple pieces. 

Reflected and observed.

My morning task today, 10/13/2023 dlj

This is the Day

 Many tell of the power and joy as they acknowledge the words,

THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE, LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT..

This is the day the Lord has made.

Birthdays of son, grandchild, and great grandchild.

 October 9, and 14 and 18.  Ages of 1971, 1998 and 2022.

One of the three is (of course) super cute and the youngest.

Smooth Log

 Unedited writing (a rough log) is just that. 

Even after writing rests for weeks attempting a smooth log is fraught with challenges. 

A script or cursive rendering is even more difficult. 

Writing for the future reader may well need blemishes. 

All of a sudden another weeklyabcxyz

 We now have only two, not three cars. Charging the electric car in the garage with never a fill up of gasoline. No check engine lights and no oil changes. I smile checking my current age and my age when the car is ten years old.

Ingrained

 Ingrained into the Japanese education system is cleaning up after yourself.

Wanting to watch a random U tube, I searched for Community clean up.

Many videos showed up, but one asked why is Japan so clean?

Added to extended season post+++

On top of extended tourist season, we have an extended mosquito season. Just a mosquito here and there but usually there are none by September. Plenty of wet conditions to explain why the mosquitoes are here.

HMMM. Will a few of the spring hatch be now unavailable?

An extended season.

 Sunday, yesterday we had a choice. Ice cream at THE FROSTY or onion rings. I had just finished my clam chowder and dark beer. She was in the mood for onion rings. 

So why extended season? The Frosty has always closed on Labor Day. Now a week later it was still open.

Praise the Lord,

 let the earth hear His voice.

Also thirteen praise in Psalms 150.

Each year is a blessing.  Now at 77 plus two days.

Some of the stones at older cemeteries documents age of passing by 

YEARS

MONTHS 

DAYS.

dlj, 9/4/2023

BOLT of lightning.

 Not twelve weeks. About six weeks.

When you see _-------

When you see a young woman madly in love with a man who constantly demeans her, you feel bad for that woman. When you see millions of women madly in love with a man who demeans everybody, you feel bad for your country.    dlj 8-23-2023

all of the words above so true but  not written by me.

A Portland Press regular Saturday writer. Robert Skoglund

Not only cloudy but damp.

 Here at camp we have seen many days with multiple rainshowers.

Wet feet, wet tools, and wet working surfaces (no fun).

Projects languish.

Summer instability, TRW+

 The symbol TRW+ means strong thunderstorms. About midnight, near noon and an hour later thunder and gushing rain hit us. 

My rain gauges recorded over one quarter of an inch for each event.

Maine crops are diminished because of this wet summer.

Upbeat or disgust___

 Here at camp water level is falling. My fascia replacement task continues. I have completed over 40 feet of replacement or modifications.

Disgust lingers in self talk. Over fifteen million liars appear to continue servicing ________.

Whoopi Goldberg taught me as above.

Four generations.

 Kathy (my kathy)

Stephannie (spelled as shown)

Rose (mom) see below.

Celeste Rose. day and date OCTOBER, 2022.

Kathy, a great grandmother (x3)

Family arrival day 1 and 2.*****

 This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Seven (7) days.

Weeklyabcxyz means write and post something every seven days. 

Here at camp we refer to the Weather Bug APP to stay abreast of middle and farther out likely weather changes.

Thunderstorms mentioned for today. Verified!

Summer is on schedule.

 Around the early to middle of January cold (sometimes bitter) settles in. In the same way mid July is T-shirt weather time.

As Tony our Log Church summer pastor says, summer is a time to reflect. Jesus says you love, I'll judge.

By the way, I had a mellow three mile walk on my longer loop walk.

WHEN? I started before 0500 hours.

FAST, fast.

 At times I enjoy reading the dictionary. Fast, a word of great variety.

July 1, 2023, Saturday

 Albert Einstein.

One of his quotes talks about the mysterious. Everything is not fully explained by science. 

On many levels and in similar degrees.

Sunday January 1, 2023 a post.

 So many ____, _____, and cowards. 

Love lifted me.

 Enlighten Southern Gospel on Sirius XM. 

I listen to the lyrics briefly. 

Let Jesus lift me out of the anger. LOVE LIFTED ME. 

There is more to this post.

We have been back at camp six days.

 Our sibling zoom zoom travel started Thursday and ended last Sunday. All eight stood for a group photo. Now the outlier is back to rain at camp.

There is good news. My beginning and end of the year procedure is to use garbage cans as a temporary water source. Later  I fill the very long lake intake plastic pipe. I had success yesterday. Water is now pulled directly up from the lake. 

A summer long source of non potable water. 

All eight siblings in one spot.

 A bit of a surprise.  The oldest with the longest drive also helped triplets celebrate. 

6/5/2023 A Monday*****

 My spouse is her elder by less than Sixty days. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU )*

I saw a t surrounded by green.

 

WEEK IN REVIEW -- #

 Green Tea - Bigelow now has Kathy's Veterans plates. 

The interior of the Odyssey was top drawer. The engine issues with that 165,500 mile Honda are now in the past.

A clear day.

 Days and days of cloud and cool. 

Now the weather pattern has changed with apparent mild conditions for five days.

PRAYER - xxxx and ////

 Norman Vincent Peale.

He said, of course we can pray over the telephone.

Left to right: new to old

 

LAMY,  and Cross.

The three on the right are old. Sheaffer nib second from the right.

We use lake water at camp

 Somehow water must move through the pressure tank in to the camp plumbing. In the fall I drain water to prevent frozen and burst pipes. Yesterday I reversed the process and put back all plugs, reconnected pump and tank and  established pressure in the system.

If I lugged water at eight pounds per gallon I would move hundred's of pounds per week. Now we open a faucet.

Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment

 I will support and defend the Constitution of The United States.

Not done and not called out by the various constituent liars.

Prop up evil.

Hatred for our nation.

Dishonor to all killed in action.

Where stand you?

May 2023

 

The month of May (continued rain pattern)

 Days and days of either clouds, rain or on shore wind.  The result is cool temperatures.

My observation over thirty years follows.

By May 22 all trees have a full canopy of leaves.  My follow-on short-term observation is that seems difficult this year.

Silence

 Do not open the door, but listen.

an o

Honor  those who    S.

Settling in for days of rain and cloud.

 Our first April in Maine (1990) seemed cold.  As we found out in most of the following spring transitions, coastal Maine is always cold (cool) in April.  The ocean is cold and gives only biting cool in the warmest summer days.  

P.S. Much of May is the same.

So what is my point? I should not expect anything other than as above. My eighteen Aprils in Minnesota, four in South Dakota and eight in Nebraska gave swings of north wind cold to south wind warmth. The farm land and black soil warmed each sunny day.  The Gulf of Maine and Casco Bay do not.

Psalms 89:52 AMEN AND AMEN 

When do I put up a current post?

 I try to do so prior to seven days from the previous post.

This one is a day after a 787,000,000 dollar settlement. Various liars including many current constituents tolerated and claimed the lie.

Some are even those who at one time took an oath of office but scoff at past killed-in-action real Americans. May I be allowed to say too many Republicans are bowing at the feet of an incompetent moron.

Let me see, IKE, JFK, FDR even Nixon had pride in America. What a pathetic bunch we now must read about in the news.  Are you one?  

The test (or one test) is your top of the head knowledge of Abraham Lincoln. Selfless, honest,  brave.

A son and a second son!

 He is grandfather to three at the moment. His brother is in the air returning from a second family trip to Thailand. This time with spouse and two of three daughters.

Dry ground and a high in the sky sun.

 I finished kneeling and clipping longer twigs into shorter twigs. Organic food for the lawn. 

COVID - yes////

 By test and by loss of taste and smell. 

I did luck out and have start and stop cold symptoms. Dull ache in the throat followed by body ache ending with drainage.  THE END.

Coming back over and over!

 Friday the cold (illness) was lurking.  Full force body aches Saturday.  Apparently a lull on Sunday, but wet drainage all night.  Finally Monday night to Tuesday (right now) the battle damage is being dumped.  

COVID? No. 

For me I'm always amazed at the immune system precision. dlj/4/3/2023 Tuesday 

Tulsa, Oklahoma and Oklahoma City

 Depart Tulsa and arrive in Oklahoma City  on Thursday.  A time of reflection seen on all the older faces. Apparently hate a driver by now executed  Mc Vay. Does our most recent president have a history of hate? He certainly is a name calling cry baby (born in 1946). Difficult to list anyone not mocked by him. 

My disgust is with those who prop up an unrepentant bully.

 True or false , a bully of almost everyone. Quite a crowd you run with. SAD.

My unproductive name calling.  Am I allowed disgust? 

Proverbs 19:22. A third topic.

Is this who you are?

 How many people rioted at the U.S. Capitol?

More than 2,000 rioters entered the building, many of whom occupied, vandalized, and looted; assaulted Capitol Police officers and reporters; and attempted to locate lawmakers to capture and harm.

Jimmy Carter threatens to incite a riot if his Sunday school class is not allowed to bring coffee into his church classroom.

Real presidents.  Lt Commander Johnson (LBJ) navy officer.

IKE, Supreme Allied Commander

JFK had flaws but saved lives

Jimmy Carter with his navy crews went into a Canadian nuclear core in ninety second  shifts.

Any United States citizen who does not fully know and respect the towering decisions (and follow on actions) of Abraham Lincoln is less of a citizen. Mr. Lincoln walked into Richmond, VA and into Jefferson Davis' office as confederate forces fell.  Assassinated less than one month later. 

I have heard someone say the various rioters should never have had jail time.

Truman, the buck stops here.  Truman, the buck stops here.

Kevin McCarthy third in line and a true supporter of rape.

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord

 let the earth hear His voice. 

Psalms 150. 

Thirteen praises.

Today I walked twice.

 Near sunrise less then my full route and now middle afternoon. Brisk 42F wind with clouds. Walk every day.

We traveled to and from our now two at home granddaughters.

 A city symphony orchestra performance today. Live concerts always deliver. The act to arrive, be in the audience, and share the same sounds and visuals is not possible by pixels on a screen.

My writing and documentation.

 I have months of comments. Look back.

A deposition (under oath)

 Most are careful not to lie under oath.  Many support the LIAR who took an oath of office with no intent to support the constitution of the United States.

So do they the constituent liars intend to say, OH, no need to take the oath of office. One hundred and thirty of the House also hate the United States and failed to honor their oath of office.

Sibling's birthdays (x7).

 I am number eight. What do we share?

We share a father (Rollin)  and a mother ( Doris).  

The children of my sons share two Maine grandparents.

Cousins look back and can say, your grandmother is also my grandmother.

Rachel and Rose share Gram Kathy with Sarah, Lauren and Ashley.

From my standpoint as husband to Gram Kathy, the five listed above have a real treat for a grandmother.

At the end of Psalms 41.     AMEN and AMEN

Let it be so, let it be so.

A major snow event?

 My forecasting skill has waned.  As I review this on Saturday, Feb 25, 2023, how much snow will be on  the ground?

The day after Valentine's Day.

 Snuggle.

Peanuts take on Valentine cards.

Large, small, expensive or not.

In the mail or in person.

We recycle.

a photo shop image.

 Jack Lemmon in asylum looking at whats his name,

quote,  " you still think you are president, don't you.

Over the cuckoo.  

Liar, traitor and coward.

Tell me about Pearl Harbor, tell me about 9/11.

At some level those enemies were not traitors or cowards.

Each of you who were in DC in person or in spirit have my disgust.

January 6, 2021 the day of the morons, cowards, and traitors.

dlj, 2/9/2023

the day after the yearly State of the Union address.

Work site; project management; schedule.

 Before COVID I was a volunteer driver. That means I had a place to be, a job to do, and a day and time to do the job. Now I will quote a bit of Longfellow as below.

"Make the house, where Gods may dwell,

Beautiful, entire, and clean."

from the sixth verse , THE BUILDERS

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

Once a month.

 It is called The Holy Donut.

NO snow to huge banks of snow

 Three storms in only days.

1/19 - 1/20 eight (8) inches.

1/22 - 1/23 over nine  (9.1 inches  ).

and 1/24 - 1/25/2023 snow with two inches of rain 

Old (older) people NEURONS

Create  new pathways i.e. neurons. 

By various items as following:

Unexpected activity. New locations. 

Confuse routine behavior. 

Rain, rain in January

 Thursday 26F with snow -- then warming to 50F with rain.

Not sure why the temperature fell from 50F

to 41F about 5AM this Friday.

Sunday before. Now Saturday *

 Every Sunday  after church we would eat out.  However most places required a wait.  So far Saturday morning is different.  STAY TUNED. 

Now it is 2023

 Will the Republican liars continue to dishonor the truth?

I served 20 years so everyone can vote for anyone.  In 2020 about one million did not vote for Mr Biden or for the one who took an oath of office in 2017.

Read up on George Washington's words regarding the oath of office. He expected all to hold him accountable. 

About one hundred and thirty House of Representative members continue as liars and cowards.

As Scott Taube said in February 2021, "beholden to an unrepentant bully. "

Dishonoring World War II killed in action  (KIA).  Did they (those KIA) willingly volunteer to die so a future Commander in Chief could deny he had any duty?  

CL, RP, PR, I think less of you. 

dlj 1/1/2023

Dale Johnson  LtCol USAF retired.

Real Presidents

Harry Truman, FDR, IKE, Mr. Carter Mr. Reagan

most all showed by writings and action how they loved The United States Of America.