Well, the forum took a bit of a beating overnight, and one of our downspouts is currently taking a bit of beating from one of our local woodpeckers. But these simple noise-making episodes tend simply to pass away in the long tun like so many posts from the puerile. Meanwhile, NWS has another reasonably nice day lined up for those of us able to practice our social distancing out here in the grand old Sweet Spot. There's nothing quite like it at any time of year, but it's about to enter one of its most impressive phases. Can't wait! It was in any case just 41 degrees around sunrise this morning, but we'll be using these current AM hours to climb up into the 50's and from there, we'll make it halfway to the 60's before all is said and done. Overnight showers did give us about a quarter inch of rain, but the last of those has cleared out by right about now, and we should have at least partial sunshine from here on. All that will set up the arrival of a nicer stretch of weather that should carry right on through the weekend and the coming week as well. It is April now after all, and that's no joke.
A fox was meanwhile checking out the back patio area as I began my trip out to retrieve the morning paper today. I don't think he (or more likely, she) was able to make off with anything more satisfying than some spilled bird seed, but that areas is a regular hangout for tasty squirrels, chipmunks, and mourning doves, so it will serve as a 7/11 -like grocery shopping spot once kit-birthing season ramps up.
Haven't seen any of out deer friends yet today, but we did have a lone specimen munching away in solitude late yesterday just off the east side of the property. It's quite unusual to see just one deer at a time, so I scouted around to see if I could detect any companions, but there were none to be found. We'll probably get a dozen or something later on today to make up for it.
Meanwhile, some of us responsibly home-bound folks are getting a little tired of Trump's daily coronavirus campaign rallies knocking so much other programming off the air. Even bad programs would be better than listening to the likes of the My Pillow guy expounding on his sick personal hogwash on ten supposedly different channels. Fifteen minutes of Fauci a day is about all anyone really needs. Time to start pulling the proverbial plug on the rest of this pointless partisan babble. I mean, let's start recognizing this crap for what it has become at this point.
In other news, Toronto's ban through June 30 on all public events does not specifically include Blue Jays games, but it would hardly take much to make that point specific should MLB start making noises about trying to play before then. The PT Barnum Series between the Cubs and Cardinals has meanwhile been officially torpedoed. That was set to have been played in London on June 13 and 14. I wonder if the Baby Trump Balloon would have been there.
As a public service reminder, FCNP has confirmed that even residents of Falls Church City should (as best thay can) complete and return the 2020 Census questionnaire following instructions that were recently mailed to them. There is no
Are you a dope in a dump? question, so you can put aside your fears on that front.
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