Hi Nancy!
NB>> Starting with this message, I'm removing the "Resend" from the
NB>> Subject line... should make things a little less confusing... :)
BM> OK, thanks -- you know me and updating those subjects!
NB> I'm not all that great at updating them either, but avoiding
NB> confusion is a good reason to make a little effort... ;)
And I thought confusion just helped keep us alert!
BM>>> That probably would be a good assessment! The rest of us can come up
BM>>> with alternate uses which may or may not via viable -- for some reason
BM>>> 'emergency housing' had popped in to my head. Pile around a few HESCO
BM>>> barriers like so many Lego blocks; no idea on the roof.
NB>>> A very large tarp....? <G>
BM>> <chuckle> I was thinking that; how supported didn't immediately come
BM>> to mind. Though I'm thinking BIG rooms/areas: gymnasium-sized.
BM>> Smaller areas would require shorter roof supports which would be easier
BM>> to obtain or create.
NB>> Large enough, and one could just fasten it down on the tops of the
NB>> barriers.... Maybe some tentpoles judiciously placed.... ;)
BM> Tent poles would probably be the best. No real reasoning, just seems
BM> to make sense.
NB> I'm almost picturing a circus Big Top... ;)
That would work!
BM>> Locally a lot of crowd-events have been cancelled or
BM>> being modified ==> the Bix (foot) race is going virtual; the John Deere
BM>> Golf Tournament cancelled until next year. (Both are international
BM>> events.)
NB>> Our International Jazz Festival was postponed to October... we shall
NB>> see if that holds or not.... It's usually held the end of June, and
NB>> draws major crowds.... :)
BM> Equivalent here is probably the Bix (Beiderbecke) -- this year being
BM> held virtually July 31st and August 1st.
BM> https://www.bixsociety.org/index.html
NB> Almost time for it now.... ;)
This weekend! ...Haven't heard much about it this year: usually the
week before advisories about street closures which leads in to the event
information.
NB>>> Nothing to say.... generally, if at that sort of party, sat on the
NB>>> outskirts and just observed others making fools of themselves... ;)
BM>> <grin in agreement> I'll admit to being a sort of 'social wallflower'
BM>> - drinking has minimal appeal to me. I do drink, but one will probably
BM>> last me at least an hour. "Getting wild and crazy" just isn't me. To
BM>> modify, 'always the designated driver, never the partier'.
NB>> Wild and crazy isn't me, either.... if there's a good single malt
NB>> available, I'll have some, but those are for sipping, not guzzling...
BM> Right. Plus sipping allows for longer enjoyment (and a smaller bar
BM> bill, and probably no hangover!).
NB> Exactly. :)
Sort of along that line The District in Rock Island (IL) is a several
block pedestrian mall with small shops, bars and restaurants. Due to a
past spike the bars had to close an hour earlier (from 3 a.m. to 2) for
a month. The mayor was trying to maintain or at least extend the 2 a.m. closing
but the alderman voted to go back to the 3 a.m. closing. One of
those 'will be interesting to see what happens' with that hour re-
instated.
BM>>> Yes. The other day she was entertaining a white moth. Don't recall
BM>>> how it start but she had a ~3/4" moth on her finger and it was just
BM>>> sitting there, quite contented, every so often stretching its wings but
BM>>> made no attempt to fly off, so no fear on its behalf. "Mr. Moth" got a
BM>>> tour of the deck in the back yard, placed on a couple of small statues,
BM>>> stayed on them for a while walking a little, then Autumn put him back
BM>>> on her finger to continue the tour. Eventually to the front yard, then
BM>>> returned. Finally she placed him in a potted plant on the deck, in
BM>>> the shade, Mr. Moth sort of 'looked around' for a minute then crawled
BM>>> under the flower.
NB>>> Sounds like she could have a career as an insect "whisperer"... ;)
NB>>> Rather impressive that the moth was willing to go on the whole tour
NB>>> like that... ;)
BM>> We thought so!
NB>> And she probably just took it as a natural thing, that the moth would
NB>> want to be taking on a tour of the yard by her.... ;)
BM> <chuckle> Yes -- she did sort of realize it wasn't the usual for a
BM> moth to hang around like that, but as he did then enjoy each other's
BM> company and let's explore together.
NB> Probably hasn't happened again since... :)
Oddly enough yesterday! The moth almost seemed to be the same one: a
little bigger. Towards the end he did seem to be tired: Autumn had him
doing some tricks which he did do rather perkily at the beginning but
seemed to be tiring out. We did persuade her to give him a nap -- ended
up a few naps as she'd let him rest for a few minutes, get antsy and
figured that was long enough and want to play/go back to training. At
the end she did put him on a flowered shrub near the fence.
NB>> And if you are getting the same heat wave we're getting,
NB>> everything is likely to be put on hold for a little while... ;)
BM> It's been a 'little warm' here lately and will continue through
BM> Thursday: has been hitting the mid-90's with heat indices in the low 100's.
BM> Work up a sweat watering the flowers after dinner!!
NB> Almost all of July has been too hot here... we keep having Heat
NB> Advisorys for indices in the high 90s/100 or so... We're in one
NB> as I type, as a matter of fact....
We just finished one of those last weekend; did some work in the latter
half of the morning after things dried from the overnight humidity
and/or rain. Afternoon and evening just too hot.
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