Lots of schmutz in the air today. Our air purifier started sounding like a 747 trying (and failing) to take off from Newark, so I figured Elon was back to blowing up Starships in Texas between Special K binges and using his face as a catcher’s mitt for some pitcher’s high hard one.
But nope. Just windblown wildfire smoke and dust from Mexico, according to the local press. A health alert* has been issued. And warmish, too, so much so with the doors and windows closed that I finally caved and turned on the air conditioning. We must think of Miss Mia Sopaipilla, after all.
* Health alert not provided concerning side effects of the Second Amendment.
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Been pretty hazy up here, too. I was wondering if there was a fire nearby as it looked like the Air That Can Be Seen was swirling up from the south. Thanks for the link to KOB.
More wind today … dunno if it will be blowing schmutz in or out.
Calm up here.
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Here in the Mitten State we too are getting smoke from the Canadian wildfires. And they are pretty far away from us according to maps. The sun this morning was pure red and the air quality warnings are in effect. After a bike ride yesterday I had a headache later. Could have been the Sauvignon Blanc…..
Yeah, when I took a good look around at the haze (the pic really doesn’t do it justice) I thought I’d take the day off.
It’s not like I’m training for anything. And hacking and spewing over the handlebars doesn’t exactly sing the praises of cycling’s health benefits to the uninitiated.
“So that’s one of the healthy people? I’ll stick to beer and TV in the La-Z-Boy, thanks all the same.”
Down here is SE Arizona, we are desperately waiting for some promised rain this afternoon and night. All the vegetation in the area, city, desert, and forest, are showing signs of stress from severe drought. We are going to spend tomorrow night in a camping cabin at Kartchner Caverns State Park. I hope we can sit on the cabin porch and watch the rain fall. That would be a great way to start my 76th trip around the sun. Sone Barrio Rojo amber ale will ease the entry into my next year.
“Promised rain” is about all we’ve gotten lately. Well, actually, we heard a little rain hitting the skylights at bedtime the other night, but it didn’t last and didn’t even register in our rain gauge.
Fingers crossed, Hoss. Rain would make an excellent b-day gift, que no?
Indeed it would! I couldn’t ask for anything better. Thinking of renting a cabin again in October for Sandy’s b’day. Or, maybe a little later in the month to see the Orionid meteor shower without a bright moon.
Are you sure that wasn’t donny the oval office chair heater pissing down on you on a low level flyby from his new stealth air farce one.
Perhaps you should be happy that it wasn’t from air farce 2. Thump! Splat! Ick! Eeeewwww!
The ‘90s FEMA joke about California was that they had Four Seasons: wildfires, mudslides, earthquakes, and riots. Turns out, California was just, once again, ahead of the times and a trailblazer for the rest of the country.
Was gorgeous up here today. Did a ride up most of the way to the top on Hyde Pk. Road, but turned around before the summit. I was cooked.
That looks like a nice climb. Was there a lot of traffic on the road? Have you ever ridden up the Tesuque Creek Trail? That looks like a nice mtb option.
The climb to the ski area from Fort Marcy is indeed a good’un. When we lived there it was a regular part of the velo-menu. Herself and I even got married at Hyde Memorial State Park, which is along the way, at the steepest bit that was called (naturally) “The Wall.”
The nearby trails were likewise excellent. I haven’t ridden them in forever, but they used to focus the attention nicely. Not a flat stretch to be found. And more of a cool, green alpine environment than the spiny, rocky, sandy trails I ride these days in Duck!Burg.
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Yup. You seem to have evaded the guard dogs, claymores, and perimeter guards. Well done indeed.
In case anyone’s wondering, K found himself locked out of the clubhouse by person or persons unknown. Technology is not your friend. I will tentatively sound the all clear.
Would have been easier to infiltrate a Jewish march in Boulder, CO.
Never one to miss an opportunity to be an asshole, Stephen Miller provided some thoughtful analysis at Spaceman Spunk’s “social” media sideline, claiming that the suspect had “illegally overstayed” a tourist visa.
“He was granted a tourist visa by the Biden administration and then he illegally overstayed that visa,” Miller wrote in a post on X. “In response, the Biden administration gave him a work permit.”
I’m surprised Miller even uses X anymore, since his wife bailed on DOGE to follow Spaceman Spunk out the door. You’d think he’d want to spend some quality time with the teenage runaways in his walk-in freezer.
Well, we got 0.5 inches of rain in the last 12 hours. In some parts of the country that’s chicken feed. But, here it’s a gold card.
Step right up and buy a piece of the American nightmare for $5 megabucks. You get a gold card with a cool picture on it, work privileges, and free membership at maralardo. That will eliminate the nation debt in two or three weeks, right?
Rain! Yay! Lucky you. We have our fingers crossed here.
Is today your birthday, or was that yesterday? In any event, happy happy joy joy, etc. And many more, of course.
It’s today mi amigo, and thanks buddy! I’m five years ahead of you, I think. I got what I wanted for my day. Rain!