💃 11 the of mai

💃.... going to the dance 

' boro is mainly sunny w / high cloud cover. sun at 80 % and seems still

the set up
I have a corner computer stand or desk, a three tier affair. The footprint is small and I look out on the street. not a great angle but I still have an 200 + degree sightline. I can watch traffic coming and going on our wide corner [ really a small cul de sac ].

I type and drink coffee of a morning

OK. " going to the dance ". The JHU Bluejays are record holders for the most National Championships [ maybe ]. The have won 44 National titles but some of those were awarded by Press Organisations and not a tournament result. At the time, of course, the only game in town

Well. They're back, w /  a chance 

Downstairs in the house. For approx. a month, the downstairs toilet would randomly begin to fill [ unused ]. I adjusted the water level in the tank, no joy. The test : let the tank fill, turn off the water supply. Wait.
Yepper. Over, approx 40 min the tank emptied.

This AM, decided to do something. water level good. Water condition dingy to jet black at the bottom of the tank. Touching the black goo [ really ] was akin to oil sludge.
And that's what it was. Research on G ... named the ' black stuff ' as deteriorating rubber dissolved in perhaps manganese precipitates.
I removed the flapper w / some effort and headed for the Depot. No one was available to help so I beelined it for Plumbing.
Well, quick visual and lo and behold the black part that I carried from home was sitting there, new and packaged. BUT not a flapper, it is an ' actuator ' [ still it cost $ 12 ]

Flushed out the goo. Slipped [ yes, popped right on ] the ' actuator ' on and done.

Testing is going on, to see if the tank emptied on its own or is it sealing

Definitely, self satisfying

🐦j ' S may 10

 🐦j ' S ...  Hi ! Leacock peeps 

sunny in the  'boro and we have spring - everything, sunny, green and growing

the Kings of Spring, title, was used many years ago, by Inside Lacrosse to announce the beginning of the NCAA Div 1 lacrosse season. Approx 70 teams, playing a mixed schedule of league and non league games.
The ' dance ' is the 16 team field selection [ by committee ], that ends in late May to highlight this knockout tournament for the Div 1 Championship

This season, JHU qualified for the B1G final and lost to Penn State. The Committee opted to rank the JHU Jays as # 8 and bracketed them against Cornell, the Big Red. In the incestuous world of NCCA lacrosse, there are always connections when teams meet.

The JHU mlax, bussed up to Ithaca, NY for Saturday s game vs Cornell.
On the year, both teams were brilliant and peripatetic, w/ four or five losses each.
The game was a lock in, brawl. The final goal in O / T was scored by Hop.
Nine goals and 3 saves, earned the win. What ? 3 saves. JHU s Gelinas stopped 3 shots. Hit posts and high and wides count too as shots.

Congrats to Jays. Making something out of a ' what the heck ' season.

 Connxns. JHU coach, Milliman, left Cornell to be at Homewood. 

At first, I thought ' who will they play next, # 1 Notre D or Jacksonville '
really ....  ??

you got there, that's good enough - how many teams are dying b / c you got the chance

on paper Cornell was favoured w / bigger studs and healthier team overall. But when JHU holds you scoreless for 21 min, the other 39 better be brilliant [ and wasn't ]

let s cheer the moment [ hey, real life lesson for me too !

🕉 Leacock peeps hello

  🕉 ... on May 9 th

sunny ish, high cloud but sun poking thru

green and growing .... coffee and typing .... world seems to be going about this business

and rain came late afternoon BUT we had our fish chips already in the house. Basically, a slow to slower day.
The UK folks did call for M ... mostly. The clan is gathered in Deby.

Fish and chips was a winner. So, ' winner, winner - fish and chips dinner ' Oops. that is not a ' winner '

🆑 for the May day 8

 🆑 ...' boro is dampish looking foliage looks still ou there, skies are cloudy

was thinking last night, that I used to run out and add garbage to the cans before 7 [start of pick up s ].
well, I did get up pre - 7. Didn't go out tho ' [ its the thought that counts ]
going for coffee, now

a follow up of sorts : my previous backpack had the disadvantage of a small outer side pocket, ostensibly for a water bottle - a small bottle. I re - jigged the pocket w / a flexible tie to support a taller bottle.
however, the new traveller backpack came w / a larger [ minimum a litre ] and I thought - perfect. then it dawned that a litre plus bottle weighs 2 # at least.
Planning for overseas I went to Dollar Store for souvenirs. One souvenir was a 2 cup bottle ' CANADA  label and multi coloured Maple leaves as decoration '. The top has a tip up straw affair. Love the size and carry it around the house.

Hello Leacock peeps

well, unbeknownst to friend A ... my Birthday lunch was a treat of Japanese [ ? ] curry and a seafood skimpy Chow Mein [ great noodles tho ' ]
I  stopped off at the bakery for butter tart s and Bake well tart s. A beer to follow w / out a doubt

Arsenal, peripatetic follower that I have become, are in the Champions Cup.
The boys of spring, JHU mlax play a 1 / 4 final game tomorrow, away in Itahca, NY

 

💱 for the 7 th

 💱 ..... of the month Typing and no coffee. actually only been awake [ for real ] since 8:45 thus a late beginning

Coffee as a life raft

At the risk of being both repetitive and seemingly to be stupid, I'm going to say I do not get Facebook. I don't know what I'm doing on it. I think of it as communication but obviously it's communication that I don't relish or I don't favor one of the two. I'm thinking of dropping out of Facebook again. I think I said this 3 years ago and I think I'm back on that beam

🎒 ... VI of V

 🎒 ...' boro is wet and getting wetter. temperature will be 50 ish. and mostly still

typing and coffeeeee ! please be done ... yes 

Hello former Leacock ites or not former but always  ??

the day stretches out 

then. it's Kentucky Fried rat for lunch 
of course, the afternoon brings blue sky and sun [ plus you can see your breath ]

Come sit by the fire. Come as close as the air share in a memory of gray and wonder in my words, the mystery of changes. Gordon Lightfoot

""" Sit by my side, come as close as the air

Share in a memory of gray and wander in my words

And dream about the pictures that I play of changes """ the real lyric

🛋 May fifth in the ......

  🛋 cloudy ' boro, rain expected and mid fifties for temperature

coffee and typing and ...Hello Leacock peeps. 

not much doing here, sloggily coming awake

visited a friend. quiet visit

where do we go from here - is the question
and the answer is not often positive