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Good morning from ATX. Currently 65°F. We've received lots and lots of beautiful rain over the past 18 hours. Power went out a few times. Should let up soon.

I really enjoyed basketball yesterday. Happy for TTU. Hope they beat UVa come Monday. Plan on watching NCAA women's championship late this afternoon.

My usual chores are on today's agenda. We'll check back later. As always, y'all take care and behave.
 
Had a falcon as a neighbor for a couple days back in '12. Called him Signore Falco.
Bunch of great video of he and I communicating, him flying.
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Definitely not Falco but a Buteo, likely an immature Red-tail Buteo jamaicensis but don't bet the house. Linky
"Señor Buteo" is indeed a fine neighbor as ground foraging woodland generalist that knows exactly what a squirrel is good for has found parks and suburbs suitable places to live. He would like to thank you and happily accept an occassional fowl bird to subsidize his predatory nature.
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Definitely not Falco but a Buteo, likely an immature Red-tail Buteo jamaicensis but don't bet the house. Linky
"Señor Buteo" is indeed a fine neighbor as ground foraging woodland generalist that knows exactly what a squirrel is good for has found parks and suburbs suitable places to live. He would like to thank you and happily accept an occassional fowl bird to subsidize his predatory nature.
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Thank you for the clarification. This is the 1st community Ivs shared w...sending video to dailymail for story.

Anyone ever work w them?
 
Had a power outage for about an hour or so while I was cleaning the workshop. Kept right on going but without music or lights. Now I'm building the table I mentioned yesterday. Started out just seeing how things were going to work and one thing led to another.

Came in to have a bite and I have to say, this casserole tastes very very good! An overnight ride in the fridge made a big difference.
 
Good morning D-League

It is a pleasant Saturday morning and the coffee taste mighty good this time of day. Temperatures will be in the 80's by mid afternoon. I am headed down to Indian Rocks Beach for a few days. Staying in a nice little cottage on the Gulf of Mexico. Old school. Celebrating my 52 year wedding anniversary.

On this day in 1967 my Commanding Officer gave me a 3 day pass to marry my fiancee of two years. I was stationed at Fort Knox, KY and we were married in Ashville, North Carolina. When I picked up my pass the Captain said you better come back here a married man, and stay out of Louisville. I really didn't have any money back then making less than $100 a month as a soldier boy so my girl gave me a $20.00 bill and said "let's do this". I had saved my money and bought a ring so that cost was covered. North Carolina required a pre-marital physical exam by a doctor and a blood test. That cost me $6.00. (still have the receipt). Our marriage license was $5.00. I gave the preacher man $5.00 at the First Baptist Church in downtown Ashville to marry us and we had a few dollars left over to buy some gas and get back to the U.S. Army.

That is how you did it 52 years ago. They said we wouldn't last 6 months. They were wrong. Oh, the reason we picked April 7 as our wedding day. Because in 1967 the NCAA tournament was over and I did not want our future anniversaries to conflict with the NCAA basketball tournament. It was finished by the end of March in those days.

Belated congrats.

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I had a guard gander for a while. Real good at it too,
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. . . until "Suede" (Sister's yellow lab) retrieved it for me.​
Well yes, I should have said gander because it was the male protecting its mate. Swooped down and barely missed me. My mother had a pair when I got back from Germany after my first tour and she had them in the yard fenced in. Could not get in unless she put them away.
 
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Hey Everyone,
I hope you all are off to a great Monday. It's a rainy 60 degrees here today with forecasted on/off thunderstorms today.

-Are they still playing basketball? I heard that there might be a game tonight, but I'll have it tuned into the Braves/Colorado Rockies baseball.

-I'm getting a new water pump today for my old toyota. It's still rolling strong with 214,000 miles on it and now, I'm entrusting it to my oldest son to drive.

-Take care of yourselves out there, eat healthy, get plenty of exercise, and keep the stress levels low.
 
Not sure if anyone mentioned it but that call in Auburn game......isn't that the same call that was made against Tn that put Auburn there to begin with, both baseline corner shot attempts? But I still maintain it was two bad calls.

The refs in that Vir./Aub game did one heck of a job the first half. Maybe the best I've seen all year. They let the kids play within reason, it had a flow. How long did that half last? Maybe 40 min. or less. That doesn't happen if you don't allow the flow to develop and stay in it.

Gotta work until 11-4. So y'all keep her tween the ditches. FCC
 
Afternoon D.
Golf was fun Saturday, weather was great.
I made it to church yesterday, did my duty as an usher.
Moved the hot tub from the garage to out on the back patio yesterday...Redneck Riviera can commence for the summer.
Put the lawn furniture outside too.
Watched the women's game last night, I'll watch tonight....mize well.
Nuthin else...
Had BIG Cheez-its and ham salad for lunch for those of you that were wondering.
 
Good morning D League

The weather is nice and the Chamber of Commerce is happy. The Yankees come down spend their money and go home. At least the good ones do. Life is good.

I am going to break my no basketball to watch the game tonight. Go Texas Tech

That reminds me of an good old joke:

Do you know the difference between a Yankee and a Damned Yankee?

A Yankee is a person who was born up north.
A Damned Yankee is a person who was born up and moved to the South.
 
Celebrated annually since 2014.

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Dad used to load one coon dog (a red tick) and my dog (Rex)(Dad was teaching him how to coonhunt.) into the trunk of our car (a '49 Chevy) and off we would to Maw Maw and Paw Paw's (about 20 miles away) to listen to them run coons. Those two would do some farting. I was little (about 7), but I had to go with him to learn about coon hunting.
 
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