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Summer Starting to End on the Farm

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It has been good spending time on the farm. I really had forgotten how quiet and dark it is here. It can actually be a bit unnerving. The leaf doodle bug was put to work in the forest. However, it looks like the car will be going back on the road. We can say it failed field trials,but that would only be partially true. The better utility value at this point is more suited to getting a teenager back and forth from high school. The mycological aspects of the farm did not disappoint. The pics of these shrooms are not photoshopped. The coal stove (very heavy) is loaded on the truck. It will be rebuilt in Georgia if I can save it. Coal stoves are increasingly out of production. When they are gone they are gone. The small wood stove is now in its place. The pic of the red sky in morning was indeed a warning of weather. We had strong storms and tornados in Upstate NY. Although I was travelling much that day in the area, I missed the worst of it.
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Still trying to be in three or more places at the same time. I took a picture of my three key rings (collections). Left to right--- California, Georgia, New York. I am sure there are some from NY that are not needed anymore. But still... A picture of Angie's plane on final for Orange County airport on her way back. A picture of Angie with the Gwinnett mall (walking distance from the house in Duluth) where The Netflix show "Stranger Things" created and filmed "Stargate Mall" in Season 3. A real chopper (#Derelict #Shovelhead) we saw at breakfast today in Orange County, CA.

West to East and back. A busy trip for sure.

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Last weekend I had a quick adventure. I flew to Tampa picked up a moving truck, got it loaded up at my Brother's and drove to Atlanta and unloaded. Then flew back to SoCal. I did manage to lose the keys to the rental truck. I decided that wasn't much fun, but I am sure I learned a valuable lesson, just not sure what it was. I also managed to take down a phone line across my driveway with the truck. Opps. We had dinner with my cousins in Huntington beach while they were out this way last week. It was a great dinner in a great place (Dukes on Huntington Beach), so much to talk about. It turns out my half-niece Marina is headed to Antarctica right now. I am very pleased she got into the program. It will be fun to watch her blog. https://www.the-strudel-is-real.com/

Geiger Counter reading

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I have pretty much finished the "sq foot expander" in the apartment. It is a nice office area and a nice comfy bed above. I took a pic of some guy's truck who sells garbage. Maybe he just picks it up. God bless him nevertheless. Gracie poses for a picture.
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I have been watching some of this stuff lately. I admit it. More brute violence than the finesse of rock climbing, but what ever works (or breaks). Better entertainment than regular rock climbing.
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We added a large Loftbed to the apartment. It has a queen size mattress and I can walk into the desk area without hitting my head. It is a very good way to double usable space, but you do need high ceilings. I built some stairs/steps to get into the bed around the back side. I was up in Long beach a couple times this week. It is about a 20 minute drive.