Good Morning All. Partly cloudy and 69°, might hit 90° later on. Barely reached 82° yesterday which was quite pleasant. If the NWS is to be believed, we will have a week of cooler temperatures after today, but their record for May so far has been pretty dismal. My prediction is rain here and there, occasional sunny days and dark nights!
Yesterday's grocery trek was uneventful, but took longer than anticipated. Got some liquid chlorine at Home Depot for the pool, it was actually less expensive than the last two years. Picked up 40 lbs of charcoal from Sam's Club and got my right hearing aid fixed. Then picked up a prescription from the pharmacy. Wow! It was a tier-4 drug and I had a whopping copay of $46. Then it rained on the way home, something that wasn't even remotely in the forecast. Didn't rain at home though.
After lunch, I cut a few 4' logs into ~16" pieces of firewood and stacked them and some others for next winter. Spent about an hour cleaning and straightening the 8' x 20' storage room. Part of it was still in disarray from when last years tornado blew part of the roof off it. Yep! I'm still cleaning up stuff from that tornado. Made Shrimp Scampi for supper last night. The thought once again wandered through my mind about how we're being fooled by the process called "de-veining shrimp". That ain't no vein! We're really disemboweling them!
What I'll do today depends on what gets my attention first. Should I mow again, gather logs and stack them, weed the garden, or something else altogether. I hear the trash truck out there as I type this, so I also have an empty dumpster to work with for the debris from the storage room.
While I did visit the train shed yesterday, I really didn't do anything notable. Straightened stuff up and prepared for the next phase of under the layout 120v wiring. I have to decide what to do with 45 years worth of Model Railroading magazines that are taking up space and have to be moved every so often when I do some work. I always kept them for reference, but I haven't unboxed any in a really long time. I do have a list of what I considered interesting articles, but I don't have time to reread any of them. Haven't boxed any issue since 2021 yet either.
Bob - I think that 12 gauge wire is overkill for what you are going to do. I'd use #14 myself. The benchwork looks really nice
Kusojiji - OK, I understand now. I did not have any Post-It's Tuesday, but is a wonder that I remembered all of those needed stops. When I do the Thursday grocery trek, I have a list that also has the additional stops listed. Of note though, I stopped at Home Depot on Tuesday for some stuff and I should have gotten the chlorine then, but forgot! Would have saved a stop yesterday. When you live as far from civilization as I do, combing errands on a single trip is a must.
I can definitely relate to the beard. During the 80's and 90's, mine was close to nipple length. It used to embarrass my kids when we would go out to eat somewhere, and I would tuck it into the neck of my tee shirt to keep it out of the way in restaurants. I still refer to it as "the napkin that goes with me".
Regarding onion harvest. They preserve best if you let the tops die back completely and fall over before harvesting. They can still be tied up and hung in a dry place. I grow several hundred in my garden, I harvest in late May and let them dry in the sun for about a week before trimming the roots and tops. I store mine outdoors under a porch roof and they will generally last until the cool weather returns in November or December.
Tom O - I think that "California casual" just means to come as you are! Shorts, sandals and tee shirts with your baseball hat on backwards.
Everyone have a fabulous Friday, and a good weekend.
