Denver/Boulder Radar

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Weather Underground Longmont

Longmont And Chicago Weather Graphs

I was online comparing Glen Ellyn to Longmont weather and found this web site which lets me post html into the blog. Theses are averages from 1961 to 1990. I wish the data was more current. This is from usclimatedata.com. Now I'm off to find another source.

Haters Gotta Hate

Have you noticed the new target of the haters in this country is Muslims and more specifically Syrian refugee Muslims? Mexicans are off the hook for a while. Perhaps because they are likely Catholic and not Muslim they are not to be feared as much. But wait, many fundamentalist "Christians" don't count being Catholic as being Christian, but still, they aren't Muslim so it is OK. Why are we not worried  about people from France and Belguim coming here? I don't understand, from what we know right now the Paris terrorists were all from France and Belgium. Not scary enough for the fear mongers to work with?

I'm surprised Trump has not yet proposed the wall between the United States and Mexico be extended ALL around the country to keep everyone out.

The Borowitz Report agrees.

A Fall Afternoon

This afternoon I sat in the back yard enjoying a cigar and a tasty Clown Shoes Chocolate Sombrero Stout. As the sun went down it cooled off and the squirrels came to visit and scrounge around the bird feeder. They were enjoying seed I had dropped while cleaning and refilling the feeder and leftover homemade focaccia Sharon had put out earlier. I saw one black squirrel which surprised me because while I had seen many of them last winter, I have seen none all through the summer. Do they migrate? Earlier today I had put an old air compressor out at the end of the driveway. When Lee retired it from service I took it on about 10 years ago and it served me well. But it had a slow leak and I had acquired another one to replace it. Someone tracked me down in the back and asked if I was giving it away. I was pleased that someone who would use it found it and it did not end up with as metal scrap. I told them it was old but worked fine but had a slow leak and required 20 amps. They were thrilled.

While I was out enjoying my cigar and stout I finished a book by Don Petterson "Old Man on a Bicycle" - A Ride Across America and How to Realize a More Enjoyable Old Age. A most enjoyable book by a man who has lead a remarkable life. Find it on Kindle!

 

Fall Bike Ride And Veterans Day

A late afternoon ride to a big park in Lombard. They have a nice playground, pool with water slide, disc golfcourse, sledding hill, lots of open space, and a Veterans memorial.

I moved my music related stuff into the newly painted sun room/music room at the front of the house. We have been here for twenty one years and this room has languished as we never decided what to do with it. Last week I pulled everything of the room and called Todd and asked him if his pai ters cou,d strip wallpaper and paint the room. Lee put up crown molding and it was done all for about $1,200. It looks nice and the acoustics are wonderful.

Halloween

Not much activity here at Casa Jordan for Halloween. We had a cold and rainy day and by sunset the trick or treaters were gone. We gave out a combination of kazoos and candy. The kazoos were well received. I sat by the front door, on the inside, played my ukulele and kazoo, Shelby watched the door, and we waited for kiddos. Sharon had that duty before I got home and she didn't see many kiddos either.