Good Morning All. Clear and 30° here on the ranch; today's high is forecast to be 54°, but so was yesterday's when it reached 59°. Upper 70's return this weekend, lots of sunshine to dry out the place. There's no standing water left in any low spots any more.
Well, my pond didn't get as full as I thought, or a lot more water soaked in Monday night. I'll go with 55% full instead of 85% as posted yesterday.
When at 100%, the water is covering that area in the lower left of the picture. Dead weeds and fallen tree limbs litter the shoreline. While I have never had fish in there, several turtles and frogs will appear from somewhere, I don't know where, when it warms up next week. It's not full enough to attract migratory ducks yet, but I don't see them on the southbound flight every year.
For the 47th year in a row, I had no trick or treaters last night despite leaving the porch light on. I was prepared with two fresh candy bars and a Reese's cup.
Good news yesterday from the doctor's office where I did the "capsule endoscopy". All clear, no problems. The problem to me is that after the three medical procedures, endoscopy, colonoscopy, and capsule endoscopy, they cannot find the source of the initial internal bleeding. Wife says it's the Aleve that I was taking for the sciatica; which has for the most part gone away without any further treatment. I still do some stretching exercises which may be the reason.
Rather long post this morning, so I will make a separate post for the series of HO scale layout pictures from the Texas City Museum.
Tom O - Yep! It's time to change those smoke alarm batteries with the time change. What are we going to do when the politicians go to DST all year long???
The guy checking while I teased him said 8 called in sick for the 3rd Monday in a row. Can’t fire them he said “as we need them when they show up“.
That's the story I get at the grocery store as well. Monday when I was grocery shopping, I noticed that five store managers were setting up the cold storage display, while several grocery carts full of frozen turkeys blocked nearby aisles. I asked my neighbor the department manager about it and she said that most of the overnight stocking/set-up crew didn't make it in Sunday night. She had no room for the turkeys in the back freezer and had to unload them into the baskets in the aisle, and her guy and the truck driver were still unloading them. She was expecting the display case to be ready when she showed up Monday morning.
I believe that you and Terry will be successful in your eminent domain squabble, but I have seen it backfire before. Some friends fought it and got a lawyer. Yes they got more for their land (for widening a highway), but after the legal fees, they received less than was originally offered, to the tune of over $10,000. They had to pay taxes even on the money that the lawyers received as well as the land sale.
Troy - If you have a Kroger card, good for discounts and fuel points, they've been tracking you for years. I can log into their website and review my purchases, prices paid, coupons used and discounts received; for every one of my trips there, regardless of which store that I use. I never really looked at how far back it records my history, but I have looked up purchases over a year ago. They use my history to determine which coupons to send me every month. I have used it at their service desk to get refunds when I couldn't locate my receipt. It even has a small picture/icon of each item! I don't have their app on my phone, I clip digital coupons from the comfort of home in my bathrobe. But I also believe that phones are for talking to other people, not for downloading apps or taking pictures. I'm just old-fashioned I guess.
Sherrel - I sure wish that I had seen this museum years ago. It has given me some ideas that I can still incorporate. I highly recommend a visit there for anyone who might happen to be in the Houston/Galveston area. The whole museum was great to visit, not just the train layouts; and at $5 admission for seniors, well worth it.
Todd - I wondered where our starlings were this fall.
Regarding the automatic windshield wipers, I think that I can get used to them and like them. It was just a surprise to realize what was happening.
Yes, today is All Saint's Day in many Christian religions. Tomorrow is All Soul's Day, or to the Hispanics here in Texas and elsewhere, Day of the Dead. More on that tomorrow.
Everyone have a wonderful day.