Fine Conditions

..... highlights of the s GWN

Its not winter , thus our teams are winning
the T.O. Blue Jays are 1 game out of 1 st
the football Argonauts won last night

Whoo - hoo

as well ,Milos Raonic beat R.  Federer at Wimbledon

We are on a roll

Weather was stormy late afternoon and evening but straightened out this Am. Sunny , partly cloudy but neat

" All the News ............. ?? "

' I get all the news , I need from the weather report ' intoned Paul Simon

Let's hope that the line is true
We got rain and we needed the water
I watered the lawn on Wed and gave it a good soak
I'm not a lawn watering kind of guy
Let the grass be grass - brown for summer , green for autumn

But I felt , as though that I had let the lawn down

And we get sprinkles for 2 of 3 days.
Normally , not enough to even wet your whistle
however , since , I watered probably enough to soak in

Were you expecting more

One Summer to the Next

or suffering through a heat wave

This set will be our 12 th day above 90 F
We ran home from the 'bee , cowards and all
Figured the heat would build all day and sleep would be uncomfortable

the rationale , we bought where we did , for the short distance from home
kinda zip up and zip back

The S Ont zone is missing rain- I know , we complain and complain but
when its not there
and it isn't
the grass and crops suffer

We now possess a 2 nd back up , hard drive
yes , the right one 3 TB
basically , the needle on the external hard drive capacity didn't move when the back up was done

Juno

... is a space probe launched from earth 5 years ago. Last night , Juno was inserted into the orbit of Jupiter. Firsts for Juno               a)   longest traveled solar powered space instrument
 b) largest probe ever to reach into the outer planets. 
c) closest orbit of Jupiter

Due to a thick cloud cover Jupiter is a secret right now.
Over a prolonged period , Juno will use 7 ( ? ) different instruments to analyze the composition of the planet.
Juno will be affected by intense magnetic fields and extremes of particle bombardment
As a finale . Juno will crash into Jupiter , hopefully recording data that will verify and expand the information gathered.

Juno is also a movie w/ the storyline of a young girl , pregnancy and true love. Yes , its cute but also gets fairly gritty , in its own way.

And it is not a city in Alaska.

We get a 2 day ( ? ) heat wave w/ slight humidity
Sort of a toaster oven thingy

Role models , we all need them , I think
my problem is that its everyone that I know
Crikey , talk about , low man on the totem pole

On the external hard drive. Recall that this will represent the second back up for the computer and third copy of personal data that is always recommended.
The first order produced a fake HD. At the store , I looked at the label and it said 2 TB , not 3. Mistake. They took it back and I re - ordered. Customer Dis - service , actually helped. The nice lady listened , asked for some time , called me back.
To wit , I get exactly what I ordered or thought that I was ordering - five days late.
The Source , electronics , sent and e mail and this info included a tracking code. Yesterday , nada , no  information available except that it shipped.
to -day , though , bingo bango its in T.O. at the central warehouse
Woo hoo , its a day away.
BTW , the nice lady said it would be slower coming b/c of the holiday. Right -o.
Now , what box did they send ???? 
the Right Stuff ?     ( I've been watching this movie while ellipticking )

A " Dandy "

as in ' I'm a Yankee Doodle dandy .... '

Penned by Geo. M Cohen ,way back when. Geo M. received the Congressional Gold Medal , the highest civilian award given in the U.S.

Happy 4 th to my American friends

the Big Fake - eroo

Do tell !

Obsession is something that I need to deal with

I get on these kicks

The latest is Chatham Artillery Punch
In the movie , ' Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil ' starring Kevin Spacey and John Cusack , the lead character is offered Chatham Artillery Punch.
The story line goes that Gen Sherman was wined and dined and served Chatham Artillery Punch. The balls and lovely ladies plus the punch mythically dissuaded him from burning Savannah , Ga , the way he did Atlanta.
The host says : do you like it
guest ;  strong
host : Chatham Artillery Punch - seven parts liquor , three parts fruit

If you look up CAP , you find recipes that include tea , gin, rum , whisky brandy , champagne . lemons etc.
Usually , the CAP is mixed in a horse trough or whatever you have that holds gallons
We were at a bar and I mentioned the CAP , the guy next to us , goes out and comes back w/ the champagne. What else could I do ?
Our bartender added whatever I said and we added the champagne.
CAP for five or so or 3 really drunk people.

The name derives from the Chatham Artillery , the oldest military unit in Georgia. Way back , the CA switched hosting duties for  socials w/ the Republican Blues. the host duties were taken seriously and one CA commander decided on inventing a punch to start festivities. The CAP was born.

Our British visitor was coming and I'd been ordering Cape Cod s
which are vodka . soda and splash of cranberry. 
So , why not , fake some CAP.
My current recipe and I've been doing serious research and testing
Ice , soda , cranberry juice , syrup ( fruit juice ) , brandy and champagne.
The soda is cheating b/c the recipe normally uses cold tea as a chaser. But soda is fizzy and doesn't kill the champagne.

The Canadian flag is still up and comes down probably to - day.
Why ?? The flag is cheap and gets beaten up pretty bad if it stays up ( experience )

Weather is phenomenal , yes , we got rain but that was needed 
to - day blue sky and sun

Born on the 1 st of July

............ its CANADA Day
# 149 since confederation

Oh , Canada

We only shoot what we intend to eat
( mostly )

I'm supposed to fly the flag 
Well , its not always what I think is going to happen

To wit , the first year that I got out the flag , I proudly put up the flag

The  first comment  ,  ' Hey ,where did you get the pole ? '
Come on !
the pole ????

It is a 20 ft - er and it came w/ the house up in the garage rafters , along w/ the 6 ft wings off of a paper and wood airplane

There is an official Canada 150 tulip , the tulip existed but only when the gardeners at the Parliament nurseries went looking , did they discover how much this one tulip looked like the flag.

BTW , Canada's history of tulips on Parliament hill goes back to 1945 , when a grateful Netherlands Gov't sent 100 000 tulips as a thank you to Canada for participation in the liberation of their Home.



Flag went up and is drowning