Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania that we each inhabit.
Welcomings will be posted at the start of each week (usually Saturday night with a Sunday date). To find the posts, just bookmark this link and Voila! (which is Moose for “I found everyone!!”).
The format is simple: each day, the first moose to arrive on-line will post a comment welcoming the new day and complaining (or bragging!) about their weather. Or mentioning an interesting or thought provoking news item. Or simply checking in.
So … what’s going on in your part of Moosylvania?
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Good “morning”, Motley Meese! The week begins …
Morning low of 73 degrees in the Desert Southwest 🌵 with an expected daytime high of 99. Sunny skies are in the forecast.
Have a great day, all y’alls!!
Happy fathers day
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Its 58 here going up to 81
A friend and her daughter are weeding and planting my garden which i can no longer do – nice!
Puerto Rico water troubles continue
Good you have help with the garden Dee. I’m getting used to having help, but it is an adjustment.
I’m not used to having help and want badly to do things
Good morning. Yesterday at kickboxing, I accomplished one of my goals for the year – I got up from the floor! I’ve been not doing floor exercises for so long because I can’t (couldn’t) get up. I had to use the roundhouse station to push/pull up on, but I did it. Not ready to do situps on the floor & get back up on a regular basis, but this was the first step. Anyway, that’s my news. Happy Sunday & Father’s Day.
{{{anotherdemocrat}}} Yay! for 1st steps. Healing Energy. Moar {{{HUGS}}}
crisis continues
Beautiful art work
62 here in Kingston going up to 70 with rain
It’s 76 & 99% humidity, heading for 88 heat index 96, and cloudy. Didn’t open the house today. Maybe in the morning. Yesterday we generated 18.08 KWHs and the m-t-d at 289.7 gained a smidge. Which it’s likely to lose today. sigh.
Welp, wherever the water went yesterday morning, it didn’t go inside the ductwork. Or not enough to worry about. There was no standing water in the vent or duct. The wood of the floor around the duct was saturated and there was some evidence that some water had gotten around the vent. But there wasn’t even standing water there and the top of the duct had a layer of dust on it. The only thing the vent guy could think of was that I’d managed to shut of the water faster than I thought I did so there wasn’t as much water sprayed everywhere and most of it stayed in the house. I’m still glad I called him – better to pay $150 for an emergency visit and not need it than thousands for mold abatement.
The kitten is 2 months old, weights 2.4 lbs, and is a girl. No microchip, not on the list of lost cats/kittens at the vet clinic, and the neighbors I’ve talked to haven’t a clue. So I guess I have myself a beautiful gray baby cat. (So we did the full exam & started her on her shots.) She’s exploring right now. Freddie still hisses at her. Bobbie started to bop her on the head a couple of times yesterday but stopped when I yelled at him. A couple of months from now she might be big enough to rough house but not at 2.4 lbs.
Managed to vacuum this morning, which is why I’m a little later than I have been lately. Definitely not before time. But now I’d best be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Bfitz, I love your cat stories! I hope you name the new kitten “Princess.” I grey tabby offered to adopt me once but I just didn’t have the time or energy then. Have always regretted it. Glad the water situation seems to be under control.
Good Sunday morning, Moosekind! My plans are to work before and after the buffet Father’s Day brunch. Right now I feel tired after enjoying my second cup of coffee. As a rule, I don’t have time to drink the second cup. I will remember my father today and the priceless gifts he gave me: an abiding love of English literature and deep reverence for the marvelously expressive English language.
It “s kind of a “blah” day in Ashburn—sunny but a little breezy. The high will be 87 F. A delicious breakfast, which included fresh strawberries, has been had, and now I want to rest my back. It doesn’t seem to like it when I’ve been vertical for a couple of hours.
Have a lovely, restful day, all at the Pond!
Good afternoon, 66 and sunny in Bellingham today. Ron and I baked a rhubarb strawberry pie and a rhubarb custard pie this morning and now we’re going to a Dad’s Day barbeque at Erich’s house. Best wishes to all.
Good morning. I skipped walking, but I packed a gym bag. Gonna try 30 minutes on the elliptical after work. Only news here is the heat. Have as good a day as Monday can be.
Glad you mentioned Monday I am still in Sunday
It’s 68 heading for 80 heat index 85 overcast and raining at the moment. The rain’s supposed to stop in another hour but the clouds aren’t going anywhere. sigh. Yesterday we generated 12.12 KWHs and the m-t-d at 301.82 lost more ground. And will lose more today although the rain is welcome.
The kitten seems to be OK with being Jenny Gray. Cloud’s ignoring her. That could be discomfort. He goes in for his OA injection today and he’s been pulling at his fur again so I’ve got him back on the gabapentin. Bobbie and Freddie are both still sniffing at her. But whereas Bobbie is sniffing and walking off (and even groomed her once) Freddie is making “I don’t like this thing” noises. Not attack noises or anything like that, but he’s going to be the one who needs the most attention to make up for there being a baby in the house. New cats are expensive. So are old cats. But they’re worth it.
I’d best be about my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
bfitz, I’m sure that word has gone out in the catmosphere to go to the house of the Caring Human: “She will help you.”
It’s nice to be loved.
Good Monday morning, Moosekind. It’s 82 F. in Ashburger today, with thunderstorms predicted at 2 p.m.
Nora was supposed to come over to glue my false eyelashes on, but if the weather is dangerous, I don/t want her to come.
This morning I woke up with a nosebleed, which has not happened in years. After I took care of that, I made blueberry muffins. I felt so frail this morning I rested in a chair after breakfast. We’ll see how it goes. I meant to get so much accomplished today!
Wishing all at the Pond a good day!
Good afternoon, 63 and sunny in Bellingham. We had lots of fun yesterday so today I’m restlessly resting. We’re cooking a solstice dinner later and will eat outside and light the candles in remembrance of our Heidi, our dog who passed 4 yrs ago today. Elsa, has filled our lives with doggie fun and love but memories of Heide will always be with us. Best wishes to all.
Good evening, meeses! Monday …
It is 100 degrees at 6pm after getting to 108 this afternoon.
My day started with cleaning up a big Microsoft mess left over from the weekend which I got mostly done but it stretched into the afternoon. I had three errands I needed to run and got them all done so that is good. Tomorrow I do not have any plans to go anywhere and I am hoping it stays that way! I have two things to do at my desk tomorrow and I am determined to get them done.
See all y’all tomorrow!
Tuesday Meese 61 going up to 70 here in Kingston
Jan you might like this
There have been a lot of excellent games over the past few days. The Sparks v Liberty game was one of them even if you might not have liked the outcome. The emotion that choked up Nneka Ogwumike at the end said a lot. She saved the W with her fierce advocacy and determination to have the CBA be a real change. I rooted for the Sparks because I want to see them in the playoffs. The Liberty is a lock but the Sparks will need help.
Good morning. Evening exercise went okay, which for something I’m not used to is good. I have an idea for a dinner muffin: cornbread with vegetables and cheese mixed in. Something I can eat quickly at work before my workout. Anyway, that’s what’s going on here.
It’s 69 with 98% humidity heading for 79 heat index 83 and cloudy. Probably all day. Yesterday we generated 10.02 KWHs and the m-t-d at 311.84 with 8 production days left in the month is woefully behind. However I got the electric bill yesterday and between mid-May and mid-June we produced 128 KWHs more than we used so that’s good.
Our Old Man – Cloud – is creaky and not responding as well to the OA injections as he did originally. The vet tech said it’s a known issue that some cats develop a tolerance to the drug around the 1 year mark, which we’re at. The vet said to keep a close eye on when Cloud seems to start feeling some relief and when it seems to stop. If he’s not getting at least 2 weeks of relief, we’ll stop the monthly injections and just increase the gabapentin for pain. So. I’m waiting for that start point. Meanwhile little Miss Jenny Gray is fitting into the household as if she’d been here her entire very young life. Bobbie’s acting pretty much normal, just watching her play sometimes but otherwise being about his own routine. Freddie is still a bit needy and is still sometimes making noises at her when she comes up and touches noses with him. But he’s almost back to his normal routine. (I’ll keep the windows open as long as I can because Freddie really loves lounging in them and watching the world outside.)
Lang replaced the intake hose yesterday so I have a working toilet in my bathroom again. This is Natalia’s last full week at the university. Next Tuesday is it. (She may sign up with RazorTemps to pick up some income a little later – beats delivery gigs or Walmart greeter – but she’s got a whole lot of stuff to get done she’s had to put off first.) Meanwhile I’d best get set up for my boosting day. Holding the Good/Healing/Protecting Thought for everybody. {{{Meeses}}}
Good Tuesday morning, Meese! It’s 68 F. in Ashburn.
‘Tis raining steadily, much to my delight. Last night we experienced a teaspoonful of rain in Loudoun County, but you should see what the storm did to parts of Fairfax County! Mah Gawd! Trees falling on roads, houses, and cars, power outages, it is terrible. No humans or animals were injured, thank Goddess.
My plans for today include trying to identify the diamond earrings, carelessly put away with all the rhinestone earrings; getting my hair done; taking care of the nail emergency; picking up the dry cleaning; and doing a little bit of shopping.
It’s 102 F. in PARIS, of all places, 95 F. in London. People have died, it’s so hot, and in Europe they tend not to have air conditioning because as a rule they don’t need it.
My nose started bleeding again last night at bedtime. Dear Goddess. I’ve turned off the a.c. and opened the door to the screened porch to get some free humidity. Tonight is “Open Mic” night, so I hope the bloody nose doesn’t start up again while I’m dancing. I’ll be mortified if does! My plan is to cram my recalcitrant size 8 feet into the silver shoes I’ve been breaking in for the last few days and flitting off down the hall to join the rock’n’roll. No sex or drugs, unfortunately.
Wishing a good day to all at the Pond.
Good morning, 60 and sunny in Bellingham. I’m going to try a new therapy for my knees today. The arthritis in my knees may be to far advanced so I’m trying to keep my expectations realistic.
Our son is continuing to slowly improve but when he gets tired the pain flares so we didn’t eat dinner outside last night. He starts PT next week and I hope he’ll have some help managing the nerve that’s sending so much pain down his arm.
Best wishes to all.
Good luck with the new therapy!
Good morning, meeses! Tuesday …
It is 106 degrees on the backyard thermometer, on its way up to 111. I got my walk in this morning at about 6:15am when it had not reached 80 yet. The problem with a very early morning walk is that I am ready to call it a day after I walk and that is not going to work well! I will have to figure out how to have a post-walk second wind without using top much caffeine.
See all y’all later!