The wildly weird New England weather continued.
The photo above showed what my front yard looked like Thursday morning (left)
and what it looks like today, one day later. When the snow fell and encapsulated
everything I figured I’d seen last of the front yard grass until early March.
It was kind of stunning that it was all gone within one day.
My Favorite Panamanian is facing a different
kind of natural challenge down at our beach condo. The last couple trips there
the bedroom air conditioners haven’t been working right. She finally arranged
to have the air conditioning dude show up today and he found that the local ants
had set up shop on the mother boards for both external units. Apparently there
is an inverter that is a little warmer that the surroundings and the ants are attracted
to it and build their castle out of mud upon it. At least I hope that is mud.
I know from my lieutenant days spent
wandering the jungles of Panama that the insect life, especially the ants, are
worthy of respect but this is a little ridiculous. It will all be fixed by
tomorrow with replacement features that aren’t as attractive to our industrious
and unwanted tenants.
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; FBR - First
Blog Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA – Amazing
Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law, formerly known both as MEF – Most Excellent Fiancé
& MEG – Most Excellent Girlfriend; Wingman – my son
in law; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school
from my home town of Keene, NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great
Aunt = my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College Roommate – high school
friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved
in planning; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of
my wife – her US sisters, my wife is the 3rdmusquetera (musketeer); Buddy – AKA
the Wonder Pooch – family dog, a black lab – hates squirrels, died
in 2017; Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy,
son's dog, surrogate grandchild while awaiting arrival of the BRS; PanaGals –
female relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia –
inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we have lived
& their spouses; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close
friend and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife
(of course); First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday
of the Week; Excellent Boss – my former direct boss at
work; Deckzilla Dude – senior
citizen carpenter/contractor; Voices of Inappropriate Worth -
members of public who come to every Worcester public meeting to complain, all
are on public assistance along with demeanor issues
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