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Good morning, good people! Hope you are all in fine fettle this Saturday morning!

A bit rainy here, but it is needed. Errands have been run, and we can stay out of it.

Grocery prices are holding steady and shelves are still well stocked. Nevertheless, we did prep some and got 3 days of beer, as recommended. You just never know.

Friday morning, I was to meet an elderly couple at the courthouse to get the info for their wills.

While waiting, I visited with my old friend/client, the country maintenance manager. Seems one of his best county employee pals was also a county deputy, who came up to join us. We talked about the food stocking warnings, the implement of the draft starting in December. Then, it got super interesting.

The deputy is Ukrainian, has lived here 7 1/2 yrs, spoke of being in the Ukie Army, raised in the Soviet Union, and so on. When I talked about how the Russian military taught patriotism vs. ours, which is making money for the MIC and bankers, his eyes widened. When I told him I had visited Russia and 5 or 6 former Soviet countries, that I fully understood Russia won WII, and we just jumped in at the last moment to be the hegemon thereafter, he gave me a hug, said he had never heard that said in this country before. He said we needed at least 4 hours to chat over some Irish whiskey and a cigar, and I told him one day, we will just do that.

My maintenance guy will try to set it up.

Woohoo!

I wish we could get a few folks together with him and learn some damn truths about the world.

Happy Friday everyone. Photos, memes, music, videos, or what ever else you've come across that helps take you out of the gloom, post it and help take us out of the gloom too.

When I left for Oregon earlier in the month, gas was $5.99. When I returned 5 days later the price had dropped to $5.79 where it's remained. Some prices from this weeks visit to the grocery store, 1 doz jumbo eggs $6.99, ground beef $4.99 a lb, red onion $1.99 a lb, 7 oz Swiss cheese slices $7.49, 8 burrito sized tortillas $5.69. On the weather front, mostly sunny skies this week. Overnight lows in the mid 50s and daytime highs in the upper 70s. Got some rain last night and there's more in the forecast for this weekend. Halloween may be a wet affair for the trick or treaters tomorrow night.

The first 6 photos are from the Cedar Wetlands Preserve, a 45 acre coastal bog. The boardwalk in the first photo extends a 1/2 mile into the bog and ends up at a strange looking cedar tree. The last 7 photos are from Munson Creek Falls. The mushrooms are Sulphur Tuff mushrooms. I was told they are poisonous.

On this day in history -

Good morning everyone.
Well we've gotten our rain, finally.
It started early Sunday and hasn't let up since. Mostly sprinkles, but heavier at times. It certainly is washing the late summer pollen into the ground and raising the humidity everywhere inside and out.
Welcome relief from the sneezing attacks.