Posted By RichC on May 16, 2024
I don’t recall how the subject came up, but Brenda and I were talking about our first and then second house in NE Ohio … the one I have some of my fondest memories in — the kids were about our grandchildren’s age. It was located on “Ground Hog Hill” in Hudson Township when we bought in 1986 (yes there were groundhogs) … before developing the neighborhood across Stow Road or even putting in Brafferton Ave along the side of our 5 acres (map 2011).
=> Oh … now I remember, we were talking about “ground hogs” when Drew sent us a security came video, but here’s a still!
Anyway one thing lead to another and I pull up the property on Google Maps to see what changes have been made. I looks as if they’ve expanded a bit more around the pool and may have rebuilt the old pole barn? Nice — and again, good memories for ThrowBack Thursday #TBT.
And speaking of old memories, her are a couple of interior photos Brenda’s sister took of my mother-in-law’s 1983 Ford Mustang before we sold it in 2011 (didn’t include them in the old post … so I will below).
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Posted By RichC on May 15, 2024
U.S. inflation eased slightly in April, with a key measure of price pressures slowing to its lowest level since spring 2021.
The consumer-price index, a gauge for goods and service costs across the U.S. economy, rose 3.4% in April from a year ago, the Labor Department said Wednesday. So-called core prices that exclude volatile food and energy items climbed 3.6% annually, the lowest increase since April 2021. Both figures were in line with economists’ expectations.
Investors saw positive signs in the report that the Federal Reserve’s inflation fight is gradually slowing down the U.S. economy. The yields on 10-year Treasurys, which fall as prices rise, ticked lower. Stocks advanced, continuing their march higher in May.
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Posted By RichC on May 15, 2024
This archiving of leftover weekend photos is becoming a trend on My Desultory Blog and since it is a space for me to mark events and save photos, I suppose it will continue?
Last weekend while celebrating Mother’s Day (along with my birthday) … I started pool opening process. I’m not sure how many more years I’m going to be able to horse the pool cover around by myself, but I’m thankful to be healthy and agile enough to still do it.
The water is always putrid no mater how much pool closing chemicals are added … and believe it or not, it has looked worse. Let the sweeping and filtering begin!
Besides uncovering the pool, I also notice a couple broken boards on the swing and slide play set. So I took the opportunity to use my new homemade Table Saw Jointer Jig to cut some of Katelyn and Drew’s wood (oak) to replace the broken cedar boards. Since I had some leftover boat finish from a long time ago, Deks Olje, I used it to seal the wood. I think I’m going to save putting it on the swing-set until my granddaughters are here to help?
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Posted By RichC on May 14, 2024
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Posted By RichC on May 12, 2024
While picking out a card for “the mother of my grown children” this year, I couldn’t help notice how inflation has impacted the price of greeting cards. Perhaps when I was in the business of putting ink on paper, the price per sheet as it were, I wasn’t really given too much thought to each copy (I was focused on the profit margin in the total project). But now as I notice that every greeting card is priced well over $5 in the display rack, it is an eyeopener (I sound a grumpy old man — GOM?)
Dollars and cents aside, this is not the day to be posting on the fiscal issues we’re dealing with, but the day to appreciate and show respect for the moms in our lives. I had two of the best in my mom and mother-in-law in my life (photos below) … and now have two of the best who have picked up the torch and demonstrate what it is to be a great mother too — Happy Mother’s Day, Brenda and Katelyn.
Thank you Brenda for being a great mother and grandmother … and Katelyn for being such a wonderful mom to your two daughters. I love you both very much.
My mom in 2010 and Brenda and her mom in 2015 (MomC and MomH)
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Posted By RichC on May 11, 2024
On Friday May 10, 2024, I started noticing the beautiful northern lights (aurora borealis) photos showing up on my X.com social media feed. They were so impressive that I told Brenda that we would need to go outside in the evening. While glancing at my skywatching info, I also notice that the International Space Station (ISS) would be passing overhead at a little after 10PM as well (photo below break) … so we made it a date.
Since I finally fixed the Kubota Zero-Turn diesel problem with new filters, fuel and injectors, I was also able to finish up the back lawn as it was getting dark (thankful for the extra hours of daylight). My conclusion was that the fuel must have been tainted as that’s the only conclusion that I can come up with? Thankfully it was not the injector pump ($$$) or even worse a bent valve or damaged seat in the head. At about 800 hours, I was not ready for an engine rebuild.
Back to the northern lights photo — I think Brenda’s iPhone14 must have enhance the image a bit since it was not quite this impressive in person (although still very beautiful) or on my aging iPhone 7 Plus (poor photos). I did not put my Lumix GX8 on the tripod, but might consider doing that if we have another clear evening?
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