Tuesday, 9:25 am: After a period of self-induced inertia, this writer is once again blogging. So on to today’s mental hologram. As usual, there’s a lot to do around the old homestead. Our lawn is growing so quickly that I am on a three to four day cutting schedule. Luckily our riding lawnmower does the leg work; I just point and cut, occasionally dodging low hanging tree limbs, as I want to keep my head attached between my shoulders so I can see where I am going.

Our ursine neighbor -- Ursus americanus -- Black Bear

Cosmo, our Border Collie, is sitting next to me on his pillow, and appears to be supervising my writing. I think he is really waiting for a cookie and could care less what I am doing as long as he is somewhere in the food [snack] chain.

No more severe weather since our last tornado warning two weekends ago. Somehow I envisioned Wizard of Oz. type of weather, which didn’t pan out. Luckily Margaret Hamilton* didn’t show up and move it up a notch.

This past weekend was my Mel Brooks movie marathon on our DVD player. Of the three films we watched, it’s tough to say which movie I enjoyed the most. But I’ll live with that uncertainty, it make’s life more interesting.

* Margaret Hamilton played the Wicked Witch of the West.

Current values from our Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 56.4° [F.]

Barometer: 29.864 & rising slowly

Humidity: 76%

Wind: NW at 3 mph light & variable

Visibility: > 3 miles under cloud base

Skies: Variable cloudiness, ca. 50% cover

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 46.4° [F.] at 3: 25 am

High wind: 10 mph at 9:07 am