Good Morning and Weclome to Monday everyone! Wide Awake dark brew is ready and I'm on my 2nd cup. Hope you all enjoyed your weekend!

There will be a full eclipse on April 8th...it will be almost full here...92 or 96%.

Have a great Monday!

Gerry

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Meeting at the Eagles tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning everyone. Gerry we're hoping for clear skies on the 8th for the eclipse and I'm on my 2d cup too. A good day for donuts it is Connie. Hoping your Monday is a good day and not a moanday!

Good Monday morning and don't get fooled today!

Got a lot done outside yesterday, but barely made a dent in getting everything cleaned up in the perennial beds. I'm having to get fencing to keep the chickens out. I don't mind them scratching the mulch out as I just go along with the leaf blower and blow it back in. But they scratch my plant into tiny shreds! We've had so little rain here over the winter that the chicken poop is epic everywhere.

Severe weather predicted here this afternoon and tonight, so maybe it will wash some of the chicken poop away!

Congrats to the eclipse. Over here we won't get anything.

It's well worth the effort to get into the very narrow 100% zone, if possible. There is an enormous difference between an amazing 100% eclipse and the pretty dull 99.x%. And that's no April fool's joke.

Good morning everyone.

It's another beautiful day. I'm off to Pilates and then I'll spend some time clearing up the garage. It's been a huge job because I have no basement in this house so I have to pack everything up carefully and put it down in my 3 ft crawl space, which is thankfully well-lit, clean and dry.

Good Monday everybody!

Regarding this from Fogfighter "It's well worth the effort to get into the very narrow 100% zone, if possible. There is an enormous difference between an amazing 100% eclipse and the pretty dull 99.x%." I guess I've only seen the 99.x% of eclipses because I have never quite understood the fascination.

Happy day to you all!

It's about the corona. It doesn't appear until 100% The Sun's corona that is. Not the virus.

I can understand how an eclipse would have scared the bejeezus out of our primitive forebears, though. It feels odd, even if you know what it is.

Odd and rare

Several years ago, we had 100% here. I've never been through something quite so eerie. Don't even know how to describe how strange it was. We were in the pool as it was a hot summer day and light and sound just got so strange and unnatural. I agree, hagatha... I can see why it would have scared our forebears!

Good Morning Connie, soot, Draclvr, Fogfighter, hagatha, oldbroad and everyone! As always the Wide Awake double dark brew is ready to start your day.

Looks like the weather across the country is going to be stormy today thru late Wednesday.

Hope you all have a good day.

Gerry

I can remember seeing a near total eclipse from Africa when I was a boy, and the sudden unnatural hush as all the birds and animals went into nighttime mode for several minutes.

Good morning everyone. I got to experience a 100% eclipse once and it was awesome! For a few minutes during the day night returned and the stars came out and then slowly the night faded and the day returned. Just as Lex noted "the sudden hush of birds into nighttime mode" it was incredible. Yes indeed Draclvr and Hagatha, I well imagine it would scare our primitive ancestors. Thanks for the coffee Gerry!

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. Lunch and the season finale of The Way Home with a friend today. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good Tuesday morning! Wow, what a night. Storms everywhere in the state. I've heard of at two tornados on the ground last night, but haven't heard of any damages. We had 3 big storms go through at 11, 1 am with tornado warnings going off and one at 3 am with constant lightning, but no thunder. I got up at 7 to let Bella the Bloodhoound outside as there was no way she was sleeping outside last night! Then I went back to bed for awhile.

So, that WADD brew REALLY hits the spot this morning, Gerry!

Thank goodness I got the grass cut yesterday. The first cutting always takes so long - almost 3 1/2 hours on the little tractor to cut about 3 acres. Some of the grass was so tall I had to go over it 3 times - I said we should have baled it! Hubby just hates to have to watch me do it, but his back is so bad right now there is no way he could ride that little tractor. I did it all myself for years after my 2nd husband died, so it's not like it's new for me!

Can't wait to walk down to the road and see how much rain is in the rain gauge!

Good afternoon everyone. I was happily and mindlessly playing Fallout 76(which really is a remarkably mindless game) and the power went out. This place has experienced more power outages in 6 months than I experienced in Campbell River in the whole 8.5 years I was there.

Not sure what it's all about -- could be the fact that people let their hedges and trees grow right into the power lines; for example, my neighbour across the road has a 40-foot evergreen hedge, totally overgrown and weaving in and out of the power line. Not sure why the Municipality doesn't do anything about it -- maybe there's just not enough resources. Nanoose Bay is not a one-horse town. It's more like a miniature pony town.

Hagatha, I like the idea of a miniature pony town, but that hedge makes me think more of a mule...

Perhaps you should try to get everyone together to hire someone to trim the hedges!

Good Morning Connie, soot, lex, Draclvr, hagatha, Fogfighter, and everyone! Wide Awake Double Dark brew is ready to start your day.

It is raining here again and will continue all day and thru Thursday. High wind advisory too. Probably won't be able to go for a walk.

Hope you all have a good day!

Gerry

Good Morning Connie, soot, lex, Draclvr, hagatha, Gerry, and everyone!

Thanks for the WADDB Gerry.

We got an April surprise yesterday. Pretty much snow and accidents and delays on many roads. Now it has stopped snowing and hopefully back to normal soon.

Happy Wednesday Gameboomers

Good morning, Danish, Donuts and Bagels in the Break Room. I will be in Ruskin without my computer this weekend. Four of us are going to an Eagle Trustee school and Officer school. Music Bingo at the Eagles tonight. Enjoy the day and hug someone.

Good morning everyone. Wow, off to school in Ruskin...that will be a fun weekend Connie...enjoy. Gerry, the wide awake double dark brew is marvelous this morning...hopefully the rain will break enough for you to get in your walk. Fogfighter, you should see this area when we get snow or ice ... it is total choas! Hagatha, I don't imagine Nanoose Bay has the budget for that trimming work but I imagine the BC Hydro company does ... might be worth a call or email to them suggesting they trim tree's to save frequent repair costs if you can't get enough folks to hire someone local to trim as Lex suggests. Draclvr, it's getting to be that time of the year again as I cut my lawn last week.
Have a great day everyone

Soot and Lex, I live in a "special" neighbourhood, and by that I mean it's one of those places where people love the way of life and resist change of any kind. It's got a sort of exclusive enclave mentality. One does not fink on one's neighbour! As to hiring someone collectively -- that would be a several million dollar proposition. And without the property owner's wishes, that hedge isn't getting pruned any time soon anyway. It's one of the long-term residents, there's a semi-run-down trailer on the property, and I've never seen the person.

I've been told that a few years back there was a plan to put streetlights in the neighbourhood. Everyone was absolutely up in arms about it. Result; no streetlights. It's quite possible that the Greater Nanaimo District has just given up and BC hydro attends when needed.

I had an exceptionally lazy day yesterday so today is chores day.

Happy Wednesday!

I am with this "One does not fink on one's neighbour!" because my house is not well taken care of and it is not the business of my neighbors (although, of course, I might appreciate it if they'd like to come and take care of it themselves). I have trees up in the power & phone lines (just to my house I think) too but they actually seem to protect the lines from swinging all around in the high winds. Hopefully I will not put a jinx on us by saying that, we have not lost power due to storms or anything else for many years now. I am thankful for that and hope it stays that way.

Enjoy your day!

Where I live, the utility company comes by every 10 years or so and cuts or trims the trees away from the utility lines as it is also a huge fire hazard. Anything that grows under the lines is in their utility right-of-way/easement. And one of the main reasons I would not do well in a neighborhood where property values are a consideration. I like being by myself out in the country where we can do as we choose... although both hubby and I do take some pride in working hard to have a beautiful place out here.