Coffee anyone ?

[GLENMAR]

My place has seen much needed rain the last 24 hours with more on the way. The veg garden looks great. I am collecting eggs for hatching. Looking forward to relaxing with the dogs this evening after work.

 

[drstratton]

Good morning everyone!

I'm heading to town with a friend today. We'll have lunch and then I'm helping her teach a fused glass class that she's doing. I help setup, cleanup and help people cut the glass if needed and to answer questions. It should be a fun day.

Have a lovely day all!

 

[Weldman]

Power back on. Need to go outside to do chores, not too excited about that with all the thunder. I’m always aware of all the metal, gates, wire fences, etc. I can wait.

Back when I was a young lad there was a thunderstorm looming no thunder just gloomy clouds down in Beaumont, TX. My dad had an infatuation with CB radios to be the biggest arsehole with the most power on the radio in the area. Anywho... running out to open the gate as always when he left or came I ran past one of his antennas just as a bolt of lightning struck it and hit every other antenna which knocked my arse out. Don't know if struck or not, but that's all I remember with a bright light.

 

[Blue Sky]

Quarter sized hail at 4 this morning. Weather radio woke me up (along with 2 redundant alarms). I brought the Maremmas inside as the storm was twice warned. About 2 minutes of hail, not much wind or lightning. The sister storm was recharging as it passed so only light rain. I haven’t heard about damage locally yet. The Maremmas and Sophie were taking turns pestering each other and me til 5:45 all clear. Roof looks ok. Trees, roses and garden took a beating. They will recover. Have a good day everyone.

 

[fuzzi]

Back when I was a young lad there was a thunderstorm looming no thunder just gloomy clouds down in Beaumont, TX. My dad had an infatuation with CB radios to be the biggest arsehole with the most power on the radio in the area. Anywho... running out to open the gate as always when he left or came I ran past one of his antennas just as a bolt of lightning struck it and hit every other antenna which knocked my arse out. Don't know if struck or not, but that's all I remember with a bright light.

I had a similar experience as a teen, walking my dog down the road on an overcast day. There were woods on either side of the road. Suddenly I instinctively crouched as did my dog. There was a blinding light at the base of a tree less than 10' away. We ran home in time to meet my sister's fiance coming to find me. I was told there was a loud boom, but I never heard a thing.

 

[fuzzi]

P.S. Still no rain.

 

[fuzzi]

Keith is back!

Keith and the Stoic position on adversity, demonstrated last morning.

5:45am. Keith approaches the new gate the farmer installed on Tuesday. The new gate is reinforced steel with a magnetic latch and a secondary bolt that requires opposable thumbs. The farmer has spent £140 on this gate. The farmer feels, briefly, that he has solved Keith.

Keith looks at the gate.

Keith assesses the gate.

Keith does not, at any point, become frustrated, anxious, or visibly disappointed.

Keith does not pace. Keith does not bleat in protest. Keith does not, in any observable way, treat this as a setback.

Marcus Aurelius wrote: "The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way."

Keith has not read Marcus Aurelius. Keith does not need to. The new gate is, in Keith's working model of reality, the most interesting object on the farm. The new gate is a project that has been delivered to him fresh. The new gate represents three weeks of upcoming work that Keith now has, where previously he had only the old gate, which was, by Tuesday morning, finished.

6:14am. Keith begins the assessment.

12:08pm. The assessment continues.

3:30pm. Keith has not yet attempted to open the gate. Keith is gathering information. Keith is, by every observable indicator, the most patient animal in this county.

Tomorrow he will return. The day after. The day after that.

He will not get angry. He will not give up. He will not, at any point, treat the gate as anything other than what it is, which is the next problem, which is the only kind of problem worth Keith's time.

The Stoics talked about this. Keith did this.

The gate is the way.

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