Welcome to the month of August!

Welcome to the month of August! - I did my stretches and ran a mile.
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 80 to 101 degrees, slight breeze, humidity around 28 percent, hazy skies.
According to the National Weather Service: “Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 97. Calm wind becoming southeast between 4 and 7 mph. Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. West southwest wind between 3 and 11 mph.”
Sometimes we get so upset with events in the world that we have to do something even though it won’t affect any change. I’m talking about how we’re destroying our planet. The oil disasters that are going on in the world, the Gulf and in China are very upsetting to all of us. If we didn’t use so much oil the oil companies wouldn’t have to go to these deep water extremes to drill for it. But what do we do? What can we do? We really have to take control of how much we pollute. Cut down on what we waste and what we use. Earlier last month I bought some more solar panels to add to the ones powering my home. Today I bought an electric conversion kit for my bike after spending a whole lot of time searching online for the past couple of days. The kit includes a front hub motor, lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) 36Volts 10Ah battery, along with a back mount rack and a few other items. I should get the kit by next week or so. I’ll install it on my bike and let you all know how it goes. It may not get me to town but it will get me around up here and to my mailbox that is six miles away. It’s a start!
I watched a movie called “Underworld: Rise of the Lycans” (2009). I don’t usually go in for vampire/werewolf movies but the Underworld series do a dang good job keeping me entertained!
I did my stretches and lifted weights, practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.

Monday 02

Monday 02- I did my stretches. I pulled a leg muscle so I ain’t going to be running for the next couple of days, dang it!
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 80 to 101 degrees, SE/SW 6 to 18 MPH, humidity around 24 percent, hazy skies.
According to the National Weather Service: “Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 102. North northwest wind at 7 mph becoming east southeast. Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. Southwest wind between 10 and 13 mph becoming light. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.”
I went on over to Stoney’s to check on the place, do my laundry, and run his car for a bit. While my clothes were in the dryer I went over to take some pictures of the insides of Andrew’s house he wanted. After that I dropped by for a visit to Mac’s and chatted with him for a long spell. I got back to Stoney’s and my clothes were dry and headed on back home.
I went for my evening walk.
I read aloud from the astronomy textbook “Astronomy Today” and finished the chapter on Meteors.
I’ve been going outside the last few nights but it has been overcast. Tonight was the same but I just sat there for over an hour hoping to see something. I did! I saw five meteors shoot across the sky.
I did my stretches, practiced my guitar, wrote to my journal, posted it to the web, and called it a night.