🍆 ... twenty eight times .....

  🍆 .... the sun has been  round the ......  Eternal Blue

Coffee and typing. Sore wrists, sore bum / sore finger - Pli - Stix has its revenge

a bit dull out there / cool / wind is stirring

🌃 on the 27 th ....

  🌃 ...... of the month. A quiet morn, some misty white up high in the Eternal Blue
coffee and typing.

on the horizon, chore wise. Pli - Stix, or a ribbon of thermoplastic that is stuffed into asphalt cracks and then melted [ by me ]

follow up : sitting on my bum, struggling w / black thermo plastique. Procedure, is to cut small lengths and pack the Pli - stix into the asphalt crack. Well !
Myabe b /c its fall but that stuff didn't want to go into the ' abyss '.
Finally, after much trial and error [ mostly error ] The solution ......
Cut the licorice length wise [ even twice, to make 1 / 4 thickness pieces ]

Then pack the thin slivers into the crack [ narrow at the bottom ] MELT and let cool, pack again .... repeat if needed
Yes. Eventually, most of the 22 ft crack or seam got treated ...
whats left is finish and go over spots where more Pli - stix is needed .... yes, re melt

all in 3 1 / 2 h

🛻 twenty six days in .....

  🛻 ... carry on truckin ' ... the only way

patchy sky and still air ...  a good feel

I am working on the cracks of doom [ the driveway ]No, not big but need attention OR
re pave the sucker [ $ 5 500 estimate ]. So, do a litte work now

Interesting event at the Home Depot. I drove 10 Km to a branch that had Pli - Stix. This product is asphalt repair substance in a licorice diameter strand. You unroll the licorice and stuff it into the crack. Then melt the licorice [ asphalt repair ] into the crack so tht it binds and fills

I had to ask for help. The associate got a ladder truck and took down the Pli - stix. I said ' wait b / c I need 20 ft in total '. While I am reading the description - the associate yells down ' hey, this is what I need too ! '
Weird.

🏡 on the twenty fifth

   🏡  ... the view is lovely ... dun in dominance and the Eternal Blue is slightly hazy up high

typing and trying to wake up. For the day : did a search for paving tar

found some. how useful [ ?? ] moved some dirt to the front of the drive where re - grassing needs doing

helped the neighbour figure out how to re install a roof rack and load a ladder

Decided to stop early. could do more but ' sufficient for the day '

🛶 26 / 10 - 24

  🛶   .... the long term outlook for weather. certainly, a stable fall. Up and down swings seemed to have been dampened [ El Nino ? ]. Further along, mild ??? temperatures for late fall into Winter

typing and coffee [ done ]. the cleaning neighbour is here.

sparkling day, full sun / Eternal Blue

not much got done

I did exercise. Elliptical - free weights, calisthenics for 35 minutes and 400Kcal 
Oh yeah, sweat.

⚓ ...the twenty three of octobrinus

  ⚓  ....... and Eternal Blue is near perfect ..... cool tho ' 38 F o / night

Coffee and typing  .... is always satisfying

The disappearing day. Breakfast was homemade curry on rice [ made rice b / c leftover rice wasn't enough. Made two trips to the curb to add garbage to the bin
and retrieved the paper
Played on the Chromebook. 
Really, shaved and did some picking up
Lunch.
Alright, did nap but ...... the day was over .... get ready for dins

We air fried corn and pan fried the sausage. Dinner

THE DAY .... omg !

🚐 ... two two of ten ....

  🚐 ....... Fall time is here ...... still dark out there - yes, up at 6AM 

searched Amazon, played casino .... 

aha. lunch day for the old guy [ A .. invites me ]. We go for noodles at Yogi s Noodles in a food court.

Earlier, I did some shovelling and hauling to fill a void between the area to be asphalted where the driveway got dug out. There was a ' landscape feature ' here read mixed fill and boulders.

Well, the crew dug out the mess and moved some boulders. The refill crew prepared the apron for grass. So, I figured to try and repair the area so that it looked to be all grass ready. Even if they do not sod the whole area - I can re seed and grow grass myself. 
Thus, I'll get a neater more attractive result.
Oh, some srew guy chopped out the stump that I was waiting for some animal to eat it or carry it away [ kidding [. Overall, then I will have a nicer appearance down there

An experiment. Since, I did the grunt work this AM, I thought my workout could be just the elliptical for 35 minutes. E Z P Z !. No sweat.

No way, Jose. Pouring sweat after 15 minutes. In the end. The numbers Av BPM 118 and Kcal 427 - match the values for elliptical, weights and calisthenics.
You see, I've always assumed that the weights and calisthenics were the highest Cal burners

WRONG.

I have maybe, 15 songs in Files - Audio on my phone. Eclectic is one descriptor. Tonight, I heard and recalled why ' New Moon in the Old Moon s Arms ' is so important.
The title describes a phenomenon that occurs when the new moon is seen apparently being embraced by the old moon. This occurrence has cultural, emotional and religious significance for different peoples.
The Anastaszi of Southwestern America, especially held the event as significant.
The composer, Michael Kamen, was asked by the National Symphony to create a suite [ eight or nine movements ]. Kamen took the image of ' new moon / old moon ' and created a 'mood ' poem. Almost ethereal and floating, it moves through a sequence of ideas - impacted by Anastaszi folklore.
Subsequently, a drum and bugle corps, the Phantom Regiment, used the elements of ' New Moon / Old  Moon ' to produce a show for Drum Corps International, season and Championship. The Corps called the show ' Into the Light '
This relationship brought me to the Kamen musical adventure ' New Moon / Old Moon '

I still hear the low brass, sounding the images - the mood poem and adventure .....