mowed and trimmed

out front, cool enough early....lots of people out mowing and trimming still, sounds like. Also went to the store because I decided I wanted french bread to go with the beef burgandy which is in the crock pot for today....they had loaves for a buck....also got three ears of corn for a buck....I had a grilled swiss with steak and onion for lunch, with Fritos and a pickle.....I should turn on some music to listen to, instead of lawnmowers.....I'll need to think of something to go with corn on the cob for a dinner....maybe a pot roast sandwich on french bread?

walked over

and watched the band for a while....sort of a southern rock and general pop cover band....I saw them last year too, I'm pretty sure....it's ten 'til nine and I'm in my living room and I can still hear them playing.....I think the bands usually stop at nine? There will be some kind of thing going on every Thursday evening up until around the time school starts in the Fall.....PC graduation happens sometime soon, and when the college is out, then things in Clinton slow down even more....it's like a DVD in slow motion, and then you push the thing for double slow motion, almost stop-frame like.......it's great, very relaxing.....

never did

reach 70 yesterday.....got to around 64 that I saw.....I'm getting ready to go and mow the back weeds, cool and shady out there this time of morning.....there's a band at the train tracks tonight....the town square....the ad said there would be food from Steamer's and from Wilson's Snack Bar....the Snack Bar stays open 'til eight at night now, I should go there for dinner some time.....they have the ultimate greasy burger basket....

56 outside

and about the same inside, at 11:21 Wednesday morning....walked, went grocery shopping.....got the fixings for beef burgandy with carrots and mushrooms, and I'll have shrimp fried rice again one day, and today I'm going to treat myself to steak and an artichoke.....chicken salad sandwich and slaw for lunch, breakfast was oatmeal.....they predict 70 by late afternoon....we'll see.....

storms in the upstate

the power went out during the 5 o'clock news, right when they were talking about the winds and rain and hail....just wind here so far, but I bet some oak limb fell on a line somewhere.....that seems to be what usually happens....the city grant writer got some stimulus money to identify and trim problem trees, but it will be months before any trimming actually takes place....well, my laptop and DSL still work even if the power is off....because of the ethernet cable? Don't know how it works, but it does....I don't rely on WiFi.....radio waves are subject to too much trouble....

seasonal weather pattern

the time of year when it is clear in the morning, and starts clouding up with a chance of rain in the afternoon, wind from the west.....a "lake wind warning" in effect, because there could be 25 mph gusts if you are out in your fishing boat....but it was lovely out walking in the morning, sun starting to come and go now around noon....I was looking for Cuticura Ointment, since the can I've had for decades finally got used up....but couldn't find it at CVS or WalMart, but at WalMart they said to try the little local pharmacy in Clinton, since they carried lots of "the old time remedies, like black salve and such"....well, I went in the little drugstore yesterday, but they didn't stock it, but they did order it for me and got it here this morning. I thought that was good service for a $4 item.....I could have ordered it online, but this was quicker and cheaper, the old fashioned way of doing things....there's nothing like Cuticura for spider bites, or for when you get snagged by a thorn on a vine....my lawnmower shed has both spiders and thorny vines.....

oatmeal variation

I bought some half-and-half last week, and this morning got around to trying it on my oatmeal....that'll work....Sunday night was leftover country rib and slaw....don't know what's on the menu for today yet....I'll figure something out.....I've got some chicken salad to make a sandwich for lunch.....mild weather this morning, with some breeze....chance it will sprinkle some in the afternoon they say.....the weeds are getting high in the back yard again, but I don't feel like messing with that today.....