From The Warm Side

The Front porch and I visited long enuf to say Good Morning, for me to take a picture and then throw some goodies out for the birds. 30 seconds, max, before I beat a hasty retreat from the onslaught of 11° air. Brrr. 70% humidity, fair skies and calm winds have been mutually agreed upon by the We-Gues and OBACE.

I had a visitor this morning! Well, he visited the yard while I looked on from the warm side of my window. Does that count? Makes for a guaranteed blurry picture when shot thru not-so-clean glass.

And then there are these two!

Ok. They aren't visiting me. They came for the goodies I left out there for them. Works fer me!

Dinner Was Great But

Family dinner at B and K's was most excellent. Afterwards, a whole lotta laughing and reminiscing while going thru old pictures. But, a big BUT here, Trusty threw a shoe on the way home. Flat tires... There's nothing good to say about them. L was driving. I'm so glad he was. He stay's cool and calm when everything in me wants to panic. We gimped back about a third of a mile, maybe more, to the nearest gas station where an attempt to put air in the tire resulted in an ear ringing explosion right in L's face. Thankfully, the blast itself was inside the wheel well, pointing toward the car. All is well. A sum up, L says his ear is fine this morning. He can hear clearly out of it again. And, although the donut, a pathetic excuse of a spare tire, was ALSO flat, it held air, did not explode and got us safely the 12 miles or so home. So, I'm done here. Betcha know why. Things I gotta do, and tires I gotta buy this morning. May your life be as flat tire free as possible, and may no tire EVER explode in your face. EVER! As for the Front Porch weather report,

we currently have 26°, mostly cloudy skies, 84% humidity and cal..... whaddaya mean calm winds!? CALM WINDS, MY SWEATY FOOT!!!! My hair doesn't fly around all over my head and stab me in the eye when the winds are calm, you LIARS!!! Humphf! :) Over it now. 

I had 2 visitors!!!

Though both are wonderful, the Bluejay thrilled me to no end, cus it's the first time I've actually had one pose for me in months and months! 

LIVE LAUGH LOVE, Travelers! Probably one of the best ways to journey thru life!

Pink Eye Possibly

Purdy out there! 39 tolerable degrees on the Front Porch. Even with 10 mph westerly winds and 22 mph gusts! In my shirt sleeves no less! I'm off to a family dinner at K and B's house so I must be brief. Gotta cake to finish making. Nuttin' in me head today. Except a possible case of conjunctivitis. PIFFLE!! I'll find out tomorrow. Maybe. Can't see the doc till I call him. Can't call him on the weekends. Because, after all, we are only allowed to be sick Monday thru Friday, right? Toodles, my Fellow Travelers of this most Excellent Universe. And may your life be conjunctivitis free!!!

I love the Hulk. This guy looks like he's NEVER brushed his teeth! We know that's not true. Dr. Banner would most definitely brush on a regular basis.

:)

Pathetic Mush

The Front Porch was a wonderful place to be. At least for 15 minutes. Cold air and a chilly breeze limited the amount of time to comfortably spend musing the morning weather. 29°, mostly cloudy, 75% humidity and calm winds. No screaming at the Weather-Guessers this time. Calm the wind were for 15 minutes. I didn't feel the air move at all, until the end of my stay outside.

Hummm... need new slippers... We got a dusting of snow last night. Literally. A dusting.

Looks purdy, this dusting of the snow. Ok. Struggling mush! :) Whoopsie. I meant to type much, but I like mush. Leavin' it! Obviously, I got nuttin' when I spend 10 minutes writing such pathetic mush. Or gruel. Gruel sounds more accurate. Doesn't gruel sound awful? I'm DONE! Have a great grand and glorious day, my Fellow Travelers.

-LiveLaughLove-

Anemometers

Neither Phone nor Camera could capture the color in the sky this morning. Another 'ya hadta be there' moment. I hope you were. There, I mean. And if you weren't, then I hope yer there next time! No visitors this morning, but I admit I didn't look for any. I was too busy trying to admire the beauty of the sky while simultaneously trying to digitally capture it. Once again I was reminded I can no longer multitask. SPARKLY! I wonder if I ever could? Multitask, I mean. Not important. 38°! Felt AWESOME on the Front Porch!! One of the We-Gues musta got outta their chair and actually stepped out on their front porch to checked the weather, cus they got it right this morning. Overcast is a bit of a stretch, but I'll give 'em that. Lotsa clouds meandering the skies out there. 60% humidity. I must always accept their reading with regards the humidity. But not without squinty-eyed suspicion. OBACE is not equipped with the appropriate tools with which to judge humidity for itself. 8 mph SW winds with gusts up to 17 mph is affirmative. OBACE has a highly sensitive anemometer. I had to look that up. Wonder how you pronounce it? Well, for Pete's sake... umm, hi Pete. Later dude... Google it!...  AN-EH-MOM'-EH-TER. Alrighty then. DONE!! I'm done. May your built-in anemometer enjoy the delicious breezes this world sends our way!!! Simple pleasures are great!!

Toodles Travelers!!

Microscopic Moments

Look at that sky, would ya!!? Yer right. Had ta be there. Trust me, it's purdy on the Front Porch. 32° of a most delicious... umm... wait. What?... Whadda mean calm winds, people? The We-Gues are napping on the job again. The tree tops WEREN'T still while I was out there, LIARS! Where was I ? Ah yes, a most delicious breeze that felt so wonderful, 92% humidity and partly cloudy skies. Yummy! In the second picture, hidden in the branches, low and left of center, is my visitor this morning. Nothing like fumbling for a camera while your photo op flies away. He stayed long enuf to caw a good morning. Or maybe he was laughing at my struggle to get my blasted camera outta my blasted pocket. He was a purdy fella, sittin' there watching me, posing for a picture that I

DIDN'T GET BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET MY BLASTED CAMERA OUTTA MY BLASTED POCKET!! 

I feel better now.

May your day be a great one Travelers with any moments of irritation microscopic in duration! 

Love and Happiness to you, as always!!

Lake M Is Back

This series of WIP pics couldn't quite capture the depth and scope of Lake M. It's a dry lake most of the time. But when we get a lot of rain it gets very deep. At least it's not a solid sheet of ice!

!LIARRRSSSS!

My uvula got impatient. Overcast, my fleshy hangy thingy!!! It's RAINING out there. That deserves a moniker of 'Rain' or at the very least 'Light Rain' or 'Showers', We-Gues. HUMPHF! The rest of the weather recipe my hangy thingy agrees with. 36°, 89% humidity and 3 mph vrbl winds. Yep. Done now. Must go see if Trusty needs the scraping of the ice and such. I swear there was half an inch built up on Trusty yesterday morning. The ice scrapper couldn't live up to it's job. No scrapper can do what a chisel can to do. And I'm NOT taking a chisel to Trusty! Love and happiness to you, my Fellow Travelers!

Unknown Precip

The We-Gues have proclaimed, in all their augury wisdom, that we are currently experiencing "Unknown Precip". Huh? I can say, without any doubt, that OBACE experienced a massive but harmless pelting of icy rain during it's brief visit to the Front Porch. Nothing unknown about that. It sounds so cool! Wait, let me clarify that. Icy rain hitting the trees, the Porch and the ground sounds so... so... musical, sorta. It didn't feel bad either. Like a tiny massage on my face and hands. The rest of the weather is thus- 32°, 85% humidity and vrbl 7 mph winds out of the NE with 20 mph gusts. A most delightful winter ice storm recipe. While out on the Porch I looked at the short little legs on my Trusty and wondered, "how much EBT do I have?" hmmmmmm.....

 

Ok, I been thinkin', "if L can do it, I can do it." Then L came in and said "I wouldn't go anywhere in your car." No insult was intended toward Trusty. L happens to like Trusty. But Trusty IS a light weight and truly does have very short legs. Decisions... decisions....

I had to share this picture of Geralt looking for Queen Zuleyka's Treasure sunken somewhere along the Coast of Wrecks. I love maps that help point in the right direction when gaming. But an arrow marking the spot? I LOVE IT!!!

GAME ON, TRAVELERS!! Whatever your game may be!!

Witcher Under The Potion

Here's a screenshot of Geralt with a few potions in him. Thank goodness for F5. Quick save is what its all about in gaming!

**heavy sigh** You know, this is a dead brain's desperate attempt to find something interesting to say. **heavy sigh** I'm gonna go make me a hamburger!

Helicopters

WIP is a little different today. For 2 weeks we have been watching these helicopters fly by. Sometimes one, like in the pic. Sometimes two or three. Are they noisy! I keep running out to the Front Porch to take a picture, but they are usually too low and the trees obliterate the view. Ok. Nuff said. current weather- 31°, 64% humidity, 8 mph NE winds causing a 24° wind chill and overcast slies. * sigh * I type slies instead of skies an inordinate amount of times when composing these blurbs. Well over 50% of the time. What the...? How the...? Why the...? *humphf!*... *sigh* I'm just gonna file this one under "Tis A Mystery And Shall Remain A Mystery Cus It Ain't Worth Burnin' Up Brain Cells Over It" category. That works!:) Obviously, I got nuttin this morning. So we're DONE. I played my game (Witcher 3) and glued photo's (Dennysville 2015) ALL day yesterday. I must say I enjoyed every minute of it!! Speaking of Witcher... hang on a sec...

Long white hair, several days growth of facial hair, serious scars and cat eyes. Geralt of Rivia. Witcher extraordinaire. You should see his face when he drinks potions! I'll try for a screen shot next time he decides to tie one on, so to speak. Have a great day and may all your games, whatever they may be, bring you countless hours of enjoyment. But don't forget the rest of life. 

Love and happiness Travelers!

A Winter Fanny Plant

You know that procrastinating thing? Well, it's my day off!! It's not procrastinating if its yer day off!!! First thing, I planted my fanny on the Front Porch.

That's right, a full fanny plant. Currently, the weather conditions are such that a lengthy and comfortable stay on the Porch was totally possible. 36 delightful degrees with 79% humidity, 3 mph NE breezes, overcast skies, slippers and flannel jammies. No precipitation is expected. 

Twitchy paid a visit.

Of course, the treats I threw out for him helped encourage said visit. Kept a close eye on me.

 

He's so cute. Or perhaps she? Maybe there'll be little Twitchy's come spring!

That Procrastinating Thing

You know that procrastinating thing?

Yeah...

33, 89, calm, overcast. WORK WORK WORK! What am I, a mole or a troll!!?? 

BOTH!!!!

**HUMPHF!!**

Love and Happiness, yawl. Yawl make it worth it! :)

Procrastination Skills

I practiced my procrastination skills a little too much today. Running late. You know what that means. The things I wanna do (this being an example) will suffer, so that the things I am forced to do (like work for example) will not. *heavy sigh* OBACE tested it's equipment this morning, confirming the We-Gues current weather conditions. 23°, fair, calm and 88% humidity. Yep. Quite nice out on the Front Porch. At least for 5 minutes in flannel jammies and warm slippers. DONE! I have to be done! Don't wanna be, mind you. Hafta be. 

Te quiero Travelers!!

I looked and there he sat, guarding his territory!

Good Morning, Twitch.
  I hear a crow outside!...

White Wilderness

26°, 88% hum., calm winds and light snow. Very light. During my lengthy 2 minute expedition out into the white wilderness known as the Front porch, the "light snow" we are currently experiencing saw fit to pelt me with at least 6 or 7 snowflakes. This onslaught of frozen water crystals made me stop in my tracks and ponder, was it actually snowing or was that the roof dripping on me? The cold seeping into my slippers from the copious half inch of snow surrounding them, broke through these profound and insightful thoughts, forcing my acute instinct for survival to turn and make the arduous 2 foot journey back to the warmth of the house. I suffered no ill affects from my excursion into the wilds, other than a strong yearning for my forgotten cup of hot coffee and wet slippers. May all your trips into the wilds see you unharmed, enlightened and safely returned to the warmth that is your home, my Fellow Travelers. And may Love and Happiness be with you, wherever you go.

Oooh! I hear the train whistle!... :)

Snowing

Snowing!! It's snooooowing! Almost all the winter snow up til now had disappeared. Warm days and a lot of rain had us down to bare ground. Til this morning. It's a light snow. Not even an inch has accumulated. However, the We-Gues are saying 1 to 3 inches of snow possible today. Currently the Front Porch is enjoying 26° of light snow, 5 mph vrbl winds, 84% humidity and the abscence of my company.

Yep. That's as far as I went out on the Porch. Far enuf for a WIP was as far as I wanted to go. OBACE didn't even have a chance to warm up it's climate evaluating equipment. We're taking the We-Gues at their word this morning.

L is about to snovel show! Must help. It's a moral imperative. Be back!...

No snovelin' show yet. L has decreed it unnecessary until later, when there might actually be some to snovel. Werks!

A 3 G day to you my 3 G loved ones!

Green Star Universe

I need to go to bed. Work is pestering me head and it's not even tomorrow yet! 3 days off, without being sick, has been GREAT!!! Before I say goodnight I wanted to post a couple of pictures that are, sadly, of the "you really had to be there or have one of your own to see it clearly" variety. But I'm posting them anyway!

Can't see a thing! Blast it. I thought it would look a lot better than that. *heavy sigh* Anyway, L and S got this

as a Christmas gift. L trained it on the trees in the back, set it on No Motion, Random, Green Light Only and it looked like a piece of night sky landed in the backyard!! I'm talking some serious PRETTY here!!! And soft on the eyes, unlike the computer monitor which I am turning off inna couple of seconds so I don't get a headache. 

Goodnight!

Two Twitchys And Masterful Maneuvers

I stepped out on the Front Porch just in time to witness an epic territorial battle between 2 Twitchys! Twitchy 2 was foraging in the M Woods while I scrutinized the little fella thinking "Wow, Twitch, yer growin' up. You look bigger today than yesterday." Next thing I know, there were 2 of them racing around and around and up and down the trees, chittering at each other the entire time. The big guy finally beat it across the street via the phone line, while my good-ole Twitchy, in all his dinky glory, sat atop the phone pole on his side of the street cussing out the interloper in Squirrel Speak. Quite the verbalist, my diminutive Twitch! When he was finished throwing curses at the Twitchy imposter he came back and posed for a picture. Who am I kidding. He spotted me on the Porch and started chewing me out for eavesdropping.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Front Porch, the Sun was trying to warm up our 35° day as it peeked thru the trees. 59% humidity, calm winds and fair skies was being served up with that 35° entree. Delish. The calm weather breakfast before tonight's stormy dinner. Latest forecast predicts 3 to 5 inches total accumulation between tonight and tomorrow. I have Pepsi, toilet paper and battery operated candles. I'm all set. Bring on the snow! Oh, and 2 more things. 1- A warm house whether we have power or not. And 2-  Let's not forget the gas powered snowblower. A top-notch, first-rate, five-star, blue-ribbon, grade-A, must-have invention (for those of us in snowy climes) if ever there was one!!! And, even more importantly, the never to be forgotten and ALWAYS to be much appreciated, masculinely muscled, human who maneuvers the magnificent snowblower with such methodical mastery!!!

THANK YOU!

My wish for all today, may you have a top-notch, first-rate, five-star, blue-ribbon, grade-A, must-have invention for your neck of the woods when you need it. Whatever that invention may be! Just don't forget to thank the magnificent human who masterfully maneuvers that invention.

 Toodles, my beloved ones!!

Shirt Sleeve Weather In Short Doses

Good morn... Good afternoon! It's bright and rather warm as far as winters go in these parts. 33°, 45% humidity, fair skies as the WIP will show, and 7 mph winds with 18 mph gusts. Shirt sleeve weather, as long as your not outside for more than 10 or 15 minutes.

Must go already. Places to go, things to do. You know the drill- L L L L L L D and LOVE and HAPPINESS to boot!!!!

Yesterday

See this fella here? Big ole Gray Squirrel. He was looking for food in the leaves as I stepped out the door to go to work yesterday. Totally unconcerned about my presence on the Front Porch, he was in no hurry and my head screamed PHOTO-OPP!!!! Camera and I finally got our act together and started snapping away, hoping one of the pics would be a clear shot of him when he lifted his head. Didn't happen. Twitchy appeared outta no where and attacked Gray. This sent Gray straight up in the air about 3 feet and even tho I know it isn't possible within the laws of physics, I'll swear Gray was already running forward long before he hit the ground again. Twitchy was right behind, ready to draw blood if necessary to defend the winter stash he worked all summer storing away. I was too busy laughing at the antics of these two to depress the Camera shutter button any more. I followed them around to the back yard. All the action was over by the time I got around there. But Twitchy sat for a moment on the fence post guarding his territory.

Will Be What It Will Be

I keep trying to shake off this mood. But sometimes the reasons for a blue mood are real and heartbreaking and deserving of the mood. So this mood will lift when it's able. In the meantime, Grampa taught me not take my moods out on anyone. So, without any more apologies, the Front Porch Report will be what it will be until it isn't anymore. I'll keep it up because those the Report and it's message of 'I LOVE YOU' is for, matter far more than anything else. So, ONWARD!!! I must visit the Porch! I haven't done that yet! BRB...

The WIP is a 'straight across the street' shot cus I like the way the sun was just startin' to touch the tree tops. I also chose it cus I didn't take but 5 pics before 9° drove me back into the house with a frozen pinky finger and stiff clothes. 52% humidity, calm winds and fair skies. OBACE and the We-Gues have been getting along lately. Makes me think something's askew with the world. Putting the pessimist aside, I had a delightful visitor! Twitchy!

He posed for me several times but any wisp of photography skills I possess have fallen asleep, along with Camera's motor. I'll work on waking these skills one day with a new Camera. Until then, we're happy to to have the pictures we get, Camera and I. A most wonderful way to preserve a memory! May your day be the most wonderful it can be! Love and Happiness to you, ALWAYS!

Worthless Babble

Tons of Crows out and about and not a single photo op from any of them. They were agitated for some reason. Most likely something was in the neighborhood that they viewed as predatory. It's 42° warm on the Front Porch. Breezy describes the 5 mph windage quite well today, and partly cloudy is an apt observation. The We-Gues must be wide awake this morning. 2 days of rain has melted most of the snow away.... what a bunch of worthless babble. Done here. Got nuttin'. "G'day to ya and throw a shrimp on the barbie for me!"... Shrimp? Must be a sizable crustacean if one is all you need and it can be thrown on a barbecue without slipping thru the grill. Google... "shrimp on the barbie", a phrase made popular in 1984 by Paul Hogan in a series of commercials for the Australian Tourism Commission. Shrimp is an American term. Australians call them prawns. Also, the title of a movie with Cheech Marin. I remember. Kinda cute, inna a chick flick kinda way. DONE. SO DONE.

LIVE LAUGH LOVE

And may your days be headache and nauseous free, FOREVER!!
Addendum:
There are some HUGE shrimp out there! Shrimp that won't FIT on a standard barbecue, let alone slip thru the grill!!! Who knew!?
Well, I didn't, that's fer sure. I do now.
Google, then Images. Check it out. But beware the photo-shopped crap.

Windy And Warm

Rain took away a lot of the snow. It's still windy and warm. I love it when the forecast says we have a predicted high of 46° today and at 7 am we are at 48° already. 89% humidity overcast skies and 9 mph winds with gusts of 20 mph. My wind chimes, which should have been taken down and stored already, were just singing away. A nice impromptu soundtrack for a delicious morning. Felt wonderful on the Front Porch. Done. Head can't do this. Hurts and the monitor glare is nauseating this morning. A great day to you, my Fellow Travelers. May the wind lift your hair and caress your face in a most wonderful way! Just one of Nature's gajillion gifts, bestowed on us to enjoy!

A Back Porch WIP. Ooo! I hear a crow in the front yard!

Mouthy fellow! And keen eyed. I opened the curtain only a couple of inches to get Camera's lens a peek thru and he spotted it! Flew off the second I trained the camera on him. After he warned the others of course. I can't seem to take a decent picture to save my life right now. Humphf...

Heat Wave

We're having a heat wave. 49° on the Front Porch as of 6 am. Here's a 6 am WIP:

I know, right? Can't see a thing. Or hear a thing. The Front Porch is being battered by 18 mph winds that are gusting at 40 mph. The storm door was almost ripped outta my hand when I opened it. The storm sounds awesome, although somewhat scary. We're gonna have downed trees all over the state. We lost power for 1 second at 5 am. Just long enuf to reset the microwave clocks to 0. The rain out there isn't falling. It's flying horizontal. Came right in the open door. Got me and Camera wet. I'll take another WIP when it lightens up a bit. Maybe from the window instead of the Front Porch...

Here's a 7 am WIP:

Went out on the Front Porch, which is now enjoying 48°, 86% humidity, overcast and breezy. That's what it says. Breezy. The winds are clocked at 21 mph with 43 mph gusts. Breezy? The word breeze conjures up a gentle wind that lifts the hair and caresses the face. That is NOT the wind visiting the Front Porch this morning. There's nothing gentle about it. I'll admit it's not a hurricane, but breezy? The We-Gues need to get their thesaurus out. Windy or blustery, even gusty is a better choice of word in this case. Done. Obviously I got nuttin. Again. Humphf... A good day to you, Travelers. I always got at least that for you. Along with the hope that Love and Happiness find you today and all days. Also, I'm hoping, so much, that a certain dream, for a certain person, comes true for them, soon. Soon.
One more thing, I had a visitor. He was sitting in the big tree by the street. Camera is losing it's little motor. Getting it to zoom and focus is quite the struggle for it now. But I am reluctant to get a new one. Camera has been such a good companion. I'll stick with Camera til the very end!

This was the best Camera could do given it's current health:

I couldn't tell if this was a red squirrel or a chipmunk. We have a tiny little red squirrel roaming the neighborhood. He's no bigger than a large chipmunk. Twitchy little guy, fast as lightning. I'm thinking this might be him. Ok. Done. I'm so done.I'm trying, really.

Must I Leave The Cave

We have a whole 2° on the Front Porch. At least the winds are calm. No wind chill to contend with. 76% humidity and fair skies top of the morning weather breakfast. I don't wanna leave the cave yet. Blasted paycheck. What a tyrant. Oh well. When I stepped out on the Porch I hadn't checked the weather yet so the 2° came as a bit of a shock. I stood frozen on the spot for so long listening (I heard a crow somewhere), looking (not a creature was stirring nearby) and trying to feel the morning... which isn't an easy thing to do as 2° is pretty numbing... anyway, I stood still so long my right slipper froze to the Porch!! That was a rather new experience. Walked right out of it trying to turn around and open the door. A bare foot on a 2° porch is not a pleasant sensation. My right heel is still slightly angry with me for that one. Done. Got nuttin. Movin' on. May your naked heels never tread on ice in 2° weather. LIVE LAUGH LOVE, my Fellow Travelers!

Chimneys... doncha love 'em?