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MORNING ROLL CALL! JULY - SEPTEMBER 2020 "CLOSED"

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June 30, 2020
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I have decided to move to September from here as our posts were down due to Summer. Hoping you are all well!

Good Morning to the Front Porch and Welcome to JULY 2020 Goodbye JUNE 2020.

Hoping everyone has a great First Day OF JULY 2020.

morning roll call! ! ! july - august 2020 clo

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wvgirlforever

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@catwoman500 hope things don't get too bad for you with the storm coming up the east coast. Here is the mid-west it's a beautiful, cool & sunny morning. I could open up the window last night and turn off the air conditioner as it was in the 50s. It's supposed to be even cooler this evening. It will go back up into the 80s toward the weekend. As I am fairly new on here, is it ok to ask everyone who posts on here regularly to tell me the state where you reside. I can tell you seem to now each other fairly well because of the conversations you have about what each other is doing. I hope each of you will have a wonderful day. Stay well and stay safe.

Marilyn

How I miss this during this time of year. Youngest grandson 🙂

youngest grandson

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this first Tuesday of August 2020. We are sitting here watching Tuesday morning news. We have hurricanes too the East of here and wildfires West of here with the Virus all around me.

I pray that you all be safe and stay well!

Many gardens have never looked so good!

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

MsStretch

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Looks like we dodged the bullet in my part of Virginia -- 50 mi. S of D.C. Or I slept through it. 😴 Woke up to clear skies, calm winds. Everything soaking wet, but we did get hit with some hellatious storms yesterday afternoon and evening. Not a lot of storm detritus lying around from all these trees. At one point, emergency alert to take cover immediately due to tornado in area came BEEEEEPING over my phone. Dodged that one too. Furkids were out to greet me none the worse for wear. (Except Stellar. 😥 Finally had to accept he is gone. Bless his little soul.)

@catwoman500 , @Frozenoem , and anyone else N of me, hunker down and be safe.

@wvgirlforever , great action shot of your grandson. He looks like a natural!

Frozenoem

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Looks like we have dodged storm for now, mountains will keep storm further West into Vermont and Western MA.👍

Not totally out of problems tornado watch and high winds expected - gale force to 50-60 mph. Power outages perhaps, everything light has been pulled inside. Battery packs are charging, and camp stove at the ready with percolator, coffee is necessary survival equipment.

Friend from up near wildcat sent me picture of his visitor yesterday, captured on trail camera. Just another day in Paradise.

Playing with chainsaw comment just means trying to ensure it starts when or if needed.Versus cussing at it for not starting. Hate using old bow saw to cut downed limbs, especially with the size of limbs around here.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

OscarE1968

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Good evening Everyone hope you all had a wonderful Tuesday !!!!!

DaveMcKAuthor

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Good morning to everyone on the Front Porch on this first Wednesday of August 2020. We are sitting here watching CBS Wednesday morning news. The boat is at a Lighthouse in Port Washington, Wisconsin . We have watched Brewers baseball the last two evenings. Enjoy your morning coffee and stay safe, stay well.

Posted by Dave the Lighthouse Keeper

catwoman500

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Hi there, Porchers!

@wvgirlforever …Alive and well, here in the Philly burbs. Thankfully we did not lose power. 5 tornadoes touched down in the PA/NJ/DE area. Over 300,000 without power.

@MsStretch …Glad you made it through the storm. I did move my purse and cellphone to the bottom of the stairs, right in the center of the first floor of the house between 3 doorways just in case.

We had a wild and wooly day yesterday!

It was scary for a while during the tornado warnings. I heard a loud thud and looked out all my windows but saw nothing, Then later I saw that it was a limb that came off the big tree in the front, but it’s still attached to the tree. Missed the picture window, but squashed the heck out of my forsythia bush. It may be covering the gas meter, too! I called the tree service this AM and the arborist will be out Friday AM…of course he only assesses the damage and then it may be weeks before the actual crew can come out, especially with how busy they will be after this storm. Other than that, I don’t even see much debris. Best part was we didn’t lose power. The lights were flickering for a long time, but the power held so I consider myself lucky. If it wasn’t so darn expensive, I would have had a complete in-house generator put in years ago when I got the estimate. Now it’s probably thousands more than the $13,000 it would have been back then!

You all stay safe and well!

Stay close, but keep your distance!

Frozenoem

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Afternoon 84* and no storm damage👍, only lost power briefly barely a shudder on my UPS powering router.

@DaveMcK

Your picture of dog reminded me of two of mine, who couldn’t be trusted alone with my coffee cups. Rott/lab and Dutchies both would and did toss back my great ones from DD without spilling a drop. Regardless of number of no’s sent their way.

@catwoman500

Hear you on the generator backup, almost wish I had neighbors.

Until I discovered a simple transfer switch and another box for electrical does the same thing. With the addition of a manual start generator, less than $1000 Maine dollars. I’m cheap and admit it.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

Frozenoem

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Thursday 73* hazy hot and humid has disappeared for the next few days👍.

Trying to find enough shingles or steel roofing to do my garage isn’t so easy to find.👎🏻 Rather not put it off for another year.

Time to find another mask, and pickup my air pods from P.O. after that next coffee.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

catwoman500

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Good Friday Morning, Porch Peeps!

Gloomy here, humid but cooler for now. Started off with rain, then thank goodness it stopped long enough for my tree guy to come and survey the situation. He said it looks like a clean cut, so it shouldn’t be a problem. Also, it was not on top of the gas meter, whew!

As long as he was here, I had him look around and see if any other trees needed attention. Just 2 need some work, so he’ll work up the estimate and email it.

Looks like it will rain again. I have a load of laundry in the dryer…oh it just beeped. And, I unclogged the bathroom sink. So I’m ahead of the game so far.

@LaDolceVita ...Oh, I don’t like hearing that you are feeling so tired. It probably doesn’t help to know that during this pandemic, so many people are feeling the same. Wish I could send you some flowers.

Cheers!

@wvgirlforever ...YES! The last 2 nights I have had my windows open, too. I love it!

@LydiaN586309 ...Love that cat picture. Made me chuckle!

@DaveMcK ...It’s national lighthouse day!

Cape May, NJ

Time for more coffee...

Frozenoem

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No humidity 👍= comfy 80* a drip free day😷.

@LaDolceVita

Overly tired vitamins and power nap/sleep, I let my body tell me, what it requires.

Only a few surprising 12 hour sleeps, when I slept through alarms, I must have been tired.🤣.

Back to searching for those pesky shingles for roof, they have to match. Rather not need to buy in Vermont, Maine and/or NH no problem.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

OscarE1968

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Hello & good morning to all on the front porch 🙂

angeleyes64

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Live For Today, No One is Guaranteed a TOMORROW !

Frozenoem

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Sunday awoke to cousin in VA calling to tell me he was fine - huh?

Seems VA , North & South Carolina, TN had a 2.6 to 5.1 earthquake, this morning around 8 am.

Slight damage to his brickwork, and he lost a few bottles to gravity and slate floors.

Here it’s 83* and time to mow, think 5.1 is low on Richter scale?

But, figured I should ask how Y’all are doing.

It’s these times I remember we have a quake line running through Maine, and our 5.0’s have slept through.

Was going to suggest RadioShack dot com, if people want masks 50 for $20, and hand sanitizers if you can’t find locally. Yes, they do still exist RadioShack, even have one local store.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

MsStretch

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@Frozenoem , oh yeah, forgot about the earthquake. Happened SW of me. News reports say no damage done. I didn't feel a thing. 😁

Chill out, @OscarE1968 , as best you can down there in sunny, balmy Tucson. 🥵🚿

Frozenoem

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@MsStretch

Ever since ‘89 and Cousin in San Francisco he calls everyone for any tremor he feels.

His mother was a little irritated by his not calling her immediately. Can anyone say Sat phone and speed dial for cousins now.🤣

Keep suggesting 6.2 or 6.9 are call worthy. Nope any tremor is call.

Froze

And yes, after long days/nights, I'd still like to swing these hunks of glass , plastic and silicon against the nearest wall Come on retirement!

OscarE1968

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Greetings and good morning from Hot sunny 🌞 Tucson, Az 😁. Hope everyone has a wonderful blessed Sunday enjoying a cool refreshment On The Front Porch 🙂

OscarE1968

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@MsStretch thank you 😁 don't have plans on going out today it's 10 am and in the 90's

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