http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ en-us chasames2003@yahoo.com 2008-07-31T10:19:00-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/030934.html Thursday, 9:05 am: The last day of the month, my last blog of the month. That sounds ominous. And it must be Thursday which is; "talk to the family back in Deutschland day". All is well in downtown Europe.... 30934@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-07-31T10:19:00-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/030790.html Saturday, 10:15 am: There are a few free minutes to write a blog for today. Shortly it is off to the garden and cut the lawn and an assortment of other green-thumb chores. No wind, no rain and no... 30790@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-07-26T10:51:23-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/030606.html Tuesday, 10:30 am: Yesterday - what a day! It rained 1.89 inches. Oddly, though, throughout the day it was dry and reasonably pleasant, and we were able to drive into Madawaska to buy a few provisions and barbecue on... 30606@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-07-22T11:50:44-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/030496.html Saturday, 9:10 am: A nice foggy Saturday morning. Earlier the visibility was just a few hundred feet. Not being too inclined to work in the mist I opted, without much coaxing, to stay indoors and type today's blog. We... 30496@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-07-19T10:12:21-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/030152.html Saturday, 8:30 am: As always, we are busy these days. Ruth has been harvesting our strawberries and turning them into tasty desserts [see photo below]. Admittedly I steal several when she isn't looking. Although stained red fingers give me... 30152@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-07-12T09:05:49-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/029907.html Tuesday, 7:30 am: July is here and the wood is stacked, so life must be good. The lawn is growing so quickly that I am on a three to four day cutting cycle. Most of the brush clearing is... 29907@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-07-08T08:33:49-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/029744.html Wednesday, 8:00 am*: Another remarkable week, with lots of rain. Any outdoor activity ground to a halt. The last four days of June we had more than two inches of rain: For the entire month we had 4.72 inches.... 29744@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-07-03T10:17:06-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/029519.html Thursday, 7:30 am: Here it is, almost the end of June and a few days into summer; I can’t keep up with it all. Supposedly I try and stay on top of things, but lately I have let it... 29519@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-06-26T09:06:58-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/028949.html Monday, 8:40 am: Not surprisingly; it’s raining, actually it’s drizzling. Somewhere in there, there is a fine distinction between rain and drizzle. A few weeks ago I heard on the radio a weather presenter use the term “calm wind”.... 28949@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-06-16T10:09:52-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/028670.html Wednesday, 10:20 am: The weather has been dramatic the last two days. With lightning, thunder, wind and heavy rain, it’s also been spectacular. The NWS weather radio was all abuzz with warnings. As for today it has been tapering... 28670@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-06-11T11:25:11-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/028405.html Saturday, 3:50 pm: It’s a battleship gray day. As an alternate to working outside and clearing brush in the drizzle, we are listening to music from Ireland via the Internet on Midwest Irish Radio. I suspect this is the... 28405@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-06-07T16:58:10-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/028013.html Sunday, 8:30 am: Where does the time go? We have been busier than ever working outside. Tomato plants are in the ground and assorted vegetable seeds have been sown. Brush clearing is a never-ending job, but the reader has... 28013@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-06-01T09:22:47-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/027630.html Saturday, 7:50 am: A lazy morning, what else? A few chores have been done and it is break time. Actually I didn’t work very hard, or too long, but then the day isn’t over. Fortunately I don’t set high... 27630@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-05-24T09:17:15-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/027342.html Tuesday, 9:35 am: We are back from a brief drive to upstate New York via southern Maine and New Hampshire. Everything was kept secret because it was my sister-in-law’s fortieth birthday and my brother had a surprise party planned... 27342@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-05-20T10:19:05-05:00 http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/026981.html Tuesday, 1:00 pm: Too much work: I feel like a cowboy, what with clearing brush, mending fences and all. The weather has been great which means more time spent outside. The ever invasive Red Dogwood is everywhere and requires too... 26981@http://weather.mainetoday.com/blogs/grandisle/ 2008-05-13T13:58:59-05:00