Our real Estate agent came down with Covid after a trip to Germany. We may or may not be seeing him in person this coming weekend. A zoom call may be in the offing.
Popup storms coming and going around here. Another typical Atlanta summer.
I’m happy to see that “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is now available for rental on Amazon Prime and Apple.
The house windows have been cleaned earlier today although I suppose we could have chosen a slightly cooler day to have this done. Still, this is summer in Atlanta and we didn’t have a lot of time to get this done.
We just finished watching the long final episode of Stranger Things and of course it leaves the viewer waiting for Season 6 in some trepidation.
Just got back from Kaiser Permanente where I had my eye pressure checked once again. Eye pressure is good (meaning low) in both eyes which is what I want to see! Pun indended.
These photos were taken with my Fujifilm X100. The two photos that were taken inside the house in front of the window turned out to be shot at 12800 iso so I used Deep Prime in DxO Photolab 5 to clean up the resulting noise. It does a good job.
A blazing hot deck for July 4th
A replacement Door Stop
Metallic Flying Insect checking what’s outside the window.
Heather Cox Richardson is always worth a read and particularly so with this piece written for July 4 a few years ago and which she fiddles with and republishes since it continues to be relevant.
I know it’s the 4th of July but I’ve spent all day hiding out from the Atlanta heat as well as trying to make my computer room look tidy for when the real estate photographer arrives.
This image shows illustrations from Vermont’s Dog Chapel which is definitely worth a visit. It’s in the St Johnsbury region of the state.
A friend got stuck on a back road in N Georgia Mountains yesterday. He was using Waze which led him up an old forestry road full of rocks and deep muddy puddles. Both Apple and Google Maps avoided the route suggested by WAZE.
A Woman of No Importance is definitely worth a read and I was happy to see that Netflix is showing a movie that follows the wartime exploits of Virginia Hall and two other women. It’s worth a viewing but I definitely recommend the book about Hall which describes an even more exciting life for this woman that was depicted in the movie. Really this is a life that is designed for a TV series on PBS or whatever!
It’s a busy July 4th weekend for us as we get our house ready for real estate photographer.
Passed my annual dermatology checkup this morning. Now on to the general physical next week. I’m older enough now that part of the physical is a check on mental acuity involving memorization and drawing of a clock face with a specific time added.
We are working our way through VEEP for late night entertainment.
Back in Atlanta and reassured to have a popup thunderstorm come through the neighborhood.
If you are on Facebook be careful what you say about abortion pills. Look here and here for how Mark Zuckerberg’s company with dealing with people who use the wrong words in a FB entry.
Listening to a segment on the “Skeptics Guide to the Universe” podcast on health problems associated with sitting for two many hours a day while sitting in a car for a long 5 hour drive. Not a good piece to listen to.
We are big fans of “The Skeptics Guide to the Universe”. Their podcast is essential listening for long car trips.
Waiting to have lunch at Polly’s Pancake Parlor. This place seem to be permanently busy not matter the weather, day or season!.
And so glad we can go straight into watching episode 1 of Season 2 of TUA!
We are watching the final episode of Season 1 of “The Umbrella Academy”.
I feeling a little better today than yesterday thanks to getting a little more sleep. We had a celebration of my sister-in-law’s life here in Twin Mountain and the event was a success. It could have been about 10 degrees cooler, I suppose, but at least we didn’t have to contend with rain or wind.
A lot of people are reading Rebecca Traister at the moment. We need a way forward.
A couple of my friends went to the Midnight Oil Final Tour concert last night. I’m envious as well as nostalgic for another time.