〽 7 th

 〽 and almost awake. roused at 6:30 A but tried to fall back again, nope
gave up and put on coffee

Tried to research 'trimming Dogwoods ' prior to doing, just that out front. basically, do not get carried away

coffee is burbling out there. the view .... is sunny, blue sky and green all over
I attacked the dandelions , last evening. 10 were hoisted out of the depths. a tithing is 1 out of ten - aha, not even close, maybe a tithe of tithe [ ????? ]

the campaign so far, has been to burn off the yellow flower and pods. hoping to deprive the plant of reproducing.  I reason that a lot of energy goes into making the seeds.
now, in moister soil, try to take out some root stock
ah, the struggle is the glory [ BS for sure ]

coffee is a big hit. or I take a big hit on tasting. ' aqua viva ' or Mother s milk or nectar of the Gods. Go Go juice. wake me up Scotty

a report. A fellow teacher and I tried to build on the Leacock CI re union buzz surrounding May 20 something, last year. On Facebook, there was some regret at missing the re union. And some desire to see the event repeated. and some nostalgia that wished for fulfillment

now, in a moment of naivety [or ???? ]. 
I announced F ... and I were going for beers at a pub. ' want to come ' idea on FB
6 showed up, then I got phone calls and texts asking 'how long would you be there '
not long but we agreed to shift to Tim Horton s - where ten showed up.
hoping to build on this, we opted for a meet up at Scarborough Town Centre food Court.
Reasoning that we couldn't pop up at a restaurant and have 30 show.
no worries, our max has been eight. Thus, thru Sept to May [ canceled February due to T.O. standard winter horror ] we soldiered on. Lowest was 6.
But the thought was ' if you care, we will be there '.
finally, last month, I thought, OK, my place for a casual do, a little more relaxing and convivial

well, the last six at that May meet up were obvious [and most loyal ]. however, some others were a conundrum. In a fit of me. mainly, its your house, invite who you want. I added 3 more

at now, 5 have responded and 3 in the air See, convivial.

overall, the attitude was, provide an opportunity, let s accept the outcome
many had ideas to grow the gathering but I resisted, deeming that if you need to drag them out - not worth the trouble

🚍 VI Jun MMXXVI

 🚍  ... singing in the rain ..... or did overnight. still rain chance and humid out there [ guessing ]. plus the wind is up, so the storm conditions remain

coffee and typing. the day begins

my reading content has taken a blow. I'm reading [ re reading ] " Conan ", the Barbarian, the Conqueror, the Freebooter, the Victorius in the Hyborian Age, after the fall of Atlantis

hero, villain, pirate, Kozak and mercenary. yes, done 'em all. don't you know.
wenches galore. mages and beasties

Robert E Howard authored the original stories and then others finished and expanded the storyline

Well there's a pattern forming and it's good. I've been complaining that I need help around the house plus admitting to feeling disappointed, worried etc

and we're getting it. A next door, neighbor named K. ...  is very good at organizing the house, disciplined, all those sorts of words and we've had her now for three Saturdays.

  Example, today she cleaned our bedroom. Yes the regular cleaning crew was here on Monday but they leave dust bunnies under the bed. So we asked K. ... could you take a look at the bedroom and while you're doing the dust bunnies clean the bedroom and she did

She made the bed Scandinavian style. Yeah kind of ..... I've since re - juggled the arrangement 

Then she went down to the exercise room which gets very little attention. And yep, did a great job down there too. We're pleased

OR I am pleased or better be b / c this is what I said that I wanted 

⛴ ... Jun V

 ⛴.... ferry cross the Mersey ..... sing it Beatles

overcast in the ' boro, sun trying to show up. predictions have us at 90 F - peaking today and falling off w / the chance of rain

now,  the afternoon, warming quite nicely, patchy sky and increasing humidity
lunch out was the Magic Noodle and the Magic Noodle special. Noodles in soup [ beef or chicken ]. tow small sides
all delicious.

oh, coffee was tasty not bitter and hit the spot, I woke up

🚞 we got Jun 4

 🚞 in the dark of 4 AM typing and no coffee

yepper, could not sleep. the house was 77 F and I turned on A / C [ set point 75 ]
but of course, much drier air as well

" ... I get all the news, I need on the weatehr report ...... " ala Paul Simon
Thus, sunny and slightly humid and already [ 9 A ] comfortable. Rain due soon

Coffee now and ready to function. Air fryer humming away w / my breakfast potatoes 
cut and wash and let sit in cold water. dry and oil and into the baskets 20 min .... or so

I figure that these spuds are a better choice than slamming bread into the toaster. Slightly more vitamins etc than the bread.
Oh, well, done and gone [ sprinkled w / cheese and and Old Bay Seasoning

OK. start the day [ BTW, that is an expression and not prophecy

🥉of Jun

 🥉.... the run of sun, continues in the ' boro.
typing and no coffee [ yet ]
An early appt at the dentist, tho '

dentist and escaped. always good to get out of there - not bleeding

JUnius 🥈 of MMXXVI

 🥈....... yes. I went all Latin for the title

sunny in the ' boro. and for the week ahead w / temperatures at 75 + or- but rain comes next

luckee you, nothing about keyboards and mice and dongles
oh, oh, bought a new dongle from Amazon. The current dongles are having issues. the newer models e.g. Benfei arrive w / greater transfer ability and power options. 

forgotten items. Arsenal Football Club of North London [ this last bit is important, it seems ] are League Champions 2026. The ' Gunners ' are a storied item in British soccer lore. Much reviled throughout the rest of the UK, as uppity and not tough enough ' like us ' up here.
Arsenal are the longest serving club in Premiership and First Division, not relegated to lower divisions since 1908 or such.
I can still draw a slight shock when I say ' I 've been or was at Highbury Football Ground '. Highbury, the original home of AFC has been replaced by the Emirates Stadium.
story. walking thru an airport, I saw the ' cannon' logo of Arsenal. I said to the gent ' Up the Gunners ', he replied ' sorry, what ? '. I went on to explain the connection and he said ' didn't know '

' up with the Arsenal, the Arsenal s our name
we play at Highbury and football s our game  ......
... we are the Gunner s , the best you have seen ....

no exercise today. went out and torched the dandelion heads and puffballs. This burn is like number 5 of runs

🥇 JUIN

 🥇... un official summer ... start in the ' boro w /sun and bright and greening

cool for summer tho ' 65 F. 

ah. the typing corner [ coffee in hand ]. Wowzers ! a real keyboard, rather large, full QWERTY  array, side display of functions and numeric pad w / ' enter ' key on the right

THEN. the optical mouse [ operated via USB, same one as the keyboard ] which had salt corrosion galore, now works - great. I spent some time scraping the white crystal stuff from inside the battery compartment and added a metal strip to increase contact by the positive battery terminal - VOILA she works

Some tinkering w / the interface for the mouse and Chromebook settings is needed. The cursor motion is jerky
BUT a functioning system. Easy to use. Large and slightly ungainly. 

Thus went to the Settings menu

 and found ' mouse '. Tested and the jerkiness was there. Scanning there was one option left ' accelerate mouse for further travel '. Jerky, going faster ?
Guess what - the mouse is now smooth.
Only thought is, the interface from Keyboard and mouse to Chrome is slightly disjointed
Altho ' the MK 320 box says ' chrome compatible '. Da - Da ! success