AstronomyEnjoyer

It no longer rains. The lawn has undergone desertification and Shai-Hulud is on the prowl. Spice Melange hangs in summer zephyrs that give no moisture. I'm making a stillsuit in my basement as we speak.

Headed up to a car show at Weirs Beach today - Dad and an old Navy friend of his wanted to go and I didn't have anything planned, so I had them pick me up and take me along. Nice day for it for sure. But damn, the perception of what makes a "cool car" really does swing wildly from generation to generation. I couldn't peel my Dad away from the slew of C2 Corvettes they had there. Meanwhile someone had brought a BMW Z8 that I couldn't take my eyes off of, ha! Anyway... If ya got a lot of money to blow and space to boot, do yourself a favor and buy a low mileage Testarossa, 348, F355, etc. One day, those cars will be worth a lot of money, And nostalgic Boomers will no longer be around to pay $400,000 for a mass-produced Chevy, lol.

52.0° this morning. Perfect summer low as far as I'm concerned.

Oh, wow! Blow boater really shouldn't be heeled so nicely through that cut, but makes for an awesome pic!

Only 0.03" on the day so far, lol. May: 3.33" June: 2.84" July: 1.76" MTD

Nope! Have had a ton of help from my Dad. Contracted out all of the concrete work as well.

Correct! Inside stairs will work for boards up until 12ft or so. Past that? No chance at the pivot.

2x12s at 16" centers was a bad choice. Not much of an update - but for your entertainment I've linked a 10 minute video showcasing the my struggle of setting just one of those things in place. =>

I think it's Wyckoff.

0.17" total here today (so far). Absolute deluge - I'm pairing up animals in the yard as we speak.

1.17" from that line. Tripled my MTD, haha.

Hmm, I think this one is gonna get me.

Woof, only 0.07" today. Up to a whopping 0.39" MTD.

Nah, unfortunately not. I want to capture data on the Eagle Nebula, but thin cloud cover to the south has foiled that as of late.

Yup! Not a bad little public course. Very close to home, nice views of Mt. Kearsarge.

Hopefully the golf went better at the other Sutton, lol.

Hey, I'm about to head out to Sutton to play a round! Different Sutton, unfortunately.

Got 0.11" and a couple good bangs outta that cell.

Barn update! Not as far along as I was hoping (for early July), but rafters are starting to go in place. 20ft 2x12s take a bit of muscling to get in place. 6 down, like uh, 42 to go.

I picked up a whopping 0.05" from that. Hoping the flooding isn't too bad.

87.4/71.3° today. Didn't realize I lived in New England's Death Valley, ugh. Silly little 8000BTU window unit has been cranking away all day. Poor thing, haha.

Those three consecutive mid-month days with the heat index well above 100° broke me. For the first time - and to my everlasting shame - I have installed... Not nearly enough for the whole house of course, but it provides a safe haven (in the guest bedroom) should it be necessary to retreat from the heat!

Same up here. I'm watching in Spanish, ha!

I split the uprights on every storm yesterday (no measurable rainfall), and so far, the same today. Even had a cell just pop up inches to the east of me. No rainfall whatsoever here today so far, ha.

That's an imaging artifact from the sky gradient. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dither