To Chip or Not?

This morning wasn't as cool as yesterday.  Our overnight low stayed in the lower 60s (F).  This is summer, after all.  For the next week, at least, daily highs will be hovering in the low to mid 80s (F).  That's fine with me.  We might get a little rain on Monday, but the odds are 50-50.

Yesterday was a somewhat busy day.  There was yard cleanup.  My fence is now cleared of branches and luckily the damage could have been worse.  The top supporting bar has a new angle, but is still standing.  I still have a ten foot limb in my backyard, though that should be gone by sometime on Tuesday.  I also began tackling the limb on the other side of the fence.  Limb is the wrong word, to be more precise, I have a tree top lying there.  That sucker's going to be a challenge.  Also, I've been thinking of buying a wood chipper.  The thought of renting one had also occurred to me, until I saw the cost:  $200 for 4 hours, almost $600 for a day.  I can buy one that chops branches up to 2 inches in diameter for $194.  I'll have to go out and measure the diameter of the branches.

Beside the yard cleanup and getting my lawn mowed, yesterday was sort of a meh day.  Because I was outside so much, I moved my upper body workout to this morning.  

My Roma tomatoes are beginning to turn red.  I have 2 Big Boy plants, one has tomatoes, the other has zilch, and my eggplant has.... eggplants.

The rescheduled White House Correspondents Association (or whatever you want to call this group) was last evening.  Here's a pic from Al Jazeera.

I was too busy playing Balder's Gate 3 to pay any attention as to what was happening on social media.  Not that I missed anything.  Orangie, who likes to think of himself as the ultimate showman held a small rally that, without his paid cultists, left the room embarrassingly silent.  While cabinet members and their staff laughed because this is what sycophants do, the rest of the correspondents showed Orange how little he is appreciated.  Even the Washington post's leading headline was about his insult laden speech, and that it drew stunned silence.  As a result, he will lie today.  Are the bells beginning to toll for the Orange Anus?  Stay tuned.

 

Chip This

Well, it's Saturday and I get to go back to work.  We've already had a rain shower - more thunderstorms are supposed to be on the way, though nothing severe.
I went to see my new Optometrist yesterday, she works for the VA.  Very nice.  She seemed somewhat surprised when I told her Kilmore Eye Ass only had me putting drops in one eye.  That explains why the pressure in my left was higher than the pressure in the right.  Also interesting, was that the high pressure in the left eye was not high enough to actually warrant treatment, nor diagnose as being true glaucoma.  Maybe it's a good thing I'm no longer going to Kilmore Eye Ass.  I signed a waver.  They're going to be sending her my medical records.
Looking at the pile of limbs and branches behind my back fence, I have to admit to pondering the purchase of a wood chipper.  Most of the debris is three inches or less, and the wood chips would provide a really good mulch.  There's also the possibility I might be able to use it on any thin Republicans who get too close to the house.

Wouldn't this be just dandy!

And I guess there's a lot of bipartisan shrieking going on because the Idiot Jerk is caving to the Chinese... you know?  ZTE?  As I said before, you need to keep in mind that both he and Ivanka have trademarks in China and nothing is more important to the Idiot Jerk than those trademarks.

My roses are also beginning to bud and bloom.  I took some pics yesterday out front.

That's the orange bush.

And the yellow bush and the orange bush.  There is also a yellow rose bush inside the fence, as well and one that's blood red, one that is white, and one that is white and pink..  When they're all blooming at the same time my yard smells heavenly.