Subj : Stormy To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Tue Sep 24 2019 11:48:00 Hi Nancy! BM>> Well, 86øF is 30øC, and seems like anything in the high 20's was BM>> getting unusually hot. And I don't want it to be in the upper 80's in BM>> the house here! NB>> Ok, then, that is still sweltering for them... And, agreed, I don't NB>> even like the indoor temps to get into the high 70s, for that NB>> matter... :) BM> Over the years we've slowly adjusted the house temperature upwards for BM> air conditioning, partially as a means to keep the electricity bill BM> reasonable but we're also not uncomfortable and glaring at that last BM> degree waiting for it to display the magic number so we can turn on BM> the air. NB> No a/c here, so even if it is too hot, all we can do is wait for NB> it to cool down outside so that we can use that to cool off the NB> house... :) "Here" being at The Pond, right? Here (my 'here', in Iowa) not ususual to get into the 90's and occasionally the lower 100's for actual air temperature - heat index not uncommon - so air conditioning of some sort almost a requirement. ...Yesterday did get into the mid-80's but not that warm in the house; put put the fan in the window up here last night and overnight; won't be doing that tonight as supposed to rain/thunder- storm. NB>>> Also possible that another bush self-planted within the Burning NB>>> Bush... possibly a bird-dropped seed, even.... :) BM>> Very possible. We have a bird bath near the Burning Bush and the BM>> birds do like to hop in to the safety of the bush, so a random seed BM>> planted that way would not be remotely remote! ...Should find out in BM>> about a month if what is there is the Burning Bush or something random. BM>> I think it is Burning Bush as there's a long branch which I'm BM>> reasonbly certain I remember turned orangish-red last year. NB>> Is it called Burning Bush for flowers in the spring or for red leaves NB>> in the fall....? Or both....? BM> Red leaves in the Fall. And it doesn't flower so it's generally a BM> shrub to give greenery along the fence. And the birds like it because BM> gives them protection at the nearby bird bath. NB> If there's no flowers, then there wouldn't be any seeds.... True. And even though the nights are cool (mornings have been in the 50's and 60's this week) I haven't seen any sign of redness int he leaves yet -- is a little too early; Fall just started Monday. BM> ...A couple of birds were sort of keeping an eye on me and 'yelling' BM> at me when I was trimming -- get away so we can take our baths! NB> Or just wanting you to leave their bush alone... ;) "You're too big to perch on the branches much less the twigs!" BM>> ...Also noticed the Sun is lower in the afternoon: when BM>> started the trimming project I was just getting almost-full shade by BM>> the time to get ready for Dinner. Lately the latter part of the BM>> project I'm shaded (by trees). NB>> It is getting to be that time of year, after all... :) BM> Yes, just all of a sudden it seems to be really dark out when I get BM> up. Gradual change suddenly realized. NB> It does sneak up on one... Little by little! I was fiddling with the configuration file for ansiweather later last week mainly because it was raining and the umbrella character did not show up properly (at least to my eyes); fixed, or at least better. Did also add the sunrise and sunset times; was 7:00 and some seconds; now - Sunset => Tue. Sep. 24 2019 @ 18:56:58 so 'lost' three minutes in less than a week. Also changed the display from one long line to a list format: barry@NZXT:~$ ansiweather Current weather in Bettendorf => 73 øF - Wind => 11.41 mph SSW - Humidity => 56 % - Pressure => 29.91 inHg - Suunrise => Tue. Sep. 24 2019 @ 06:51:17 - Sunset => Tue. Sep. 24 2019 @ 18:56:58 NB>>> ... He aint dead; he's electroencephalographically challenged BM>> Umm, the shrub's not dead, it has become ready-to-use kindling and BM>> firewood?! NB>> There you go... BM> If we did the fire pit thing might be useful. Pretty sure can't have BM> an uncontained fire. NB> Safer to have it contained, anyway... :) True. ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... Intense: Where campers sleep --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .