IS TODAY SHORTER THAN YESTERDAY?

[Nasoosie]

GOOD MORNING TO ALL!

That earthquake, according to the news, actually knocked Earth off its axis slightly, and shortened our day by a few seconds! I just heard a news blurb, and will have to go online and research the latest facts about that event. Also, the resluting tsunamis leveled homes and wrecked boats on many nearby and distant little Pacific islands, it seems. 8.8 on the Richter Scale is HUGE, but to move the entire earth on its axis boggles my mind.

Second day of March, and about 20 degrees here-----a perfect temperature, actually. When I walked to the trailer yesterday without snowshoes or skis on, I discovered our snow cover is deeper than I thought! There are some places in that short span of my yard where the wind has drifted the snow to hip deep! I had quite the struggle to get there and back! Actually, I was hoping I could walk on top of the older, more frozen stuff, but unh-unh! Molly was trying to follow me and was diving like a porpoise in the deep stuff! It saddens me to realize just how long it will take for this stuff to melt down this year. I guess I had better make reservations for Memorial Day weekend anyway, at my local KOA where I usually go, and if I have to cancel, I'll do so.

My comatose girl had a GREAT day yesterday, but her alert behavior turned to somewhat manic at the end of the day---I am now thinking manic-depressive behavior. I would so rather have her manic, as she was able to finish a Global II test and score an 84 on it! She was awake all day long for the first time in several months. If it was due to some medication she didn't take, or due to some med she DID take, or due to her not swigging Nyquil at night to get to sleep, or just a mood swing for her, I wish I could find the formula or the recipe to keep it going!

Coffee is ready, so stop in and tell us about your day! I'm off to study the scientific facts about Earth's axis movements!
Have a nice day, y'all!

[carold]

Morning all from rainy Sarasota. No tennis, so guess I will go to the gym. tGM still has about 5 days left of painting in NC. Seems as though all the windows and french doors have mucho panes (15 on each door and there are 6 of them) and the panels cannot be removed The only decision I have to make today is whether to leave the shades and front visor down to keep it cozy, or open everything for some needed light. That's great about your student, Soos. Somehow, the material must be getting into her brain even when she seems out of it. Kudos to you. Well, off to read other posts and eat my oatmeal with fresh blueberries. carold

[BarbaraRose]

Geez, I thought it seemed like a shorter night! Yaawwwwnnnnn! So our days are now 23 hours and 59 minutes and 58 seconds long now?

[Acadianmom]

They were saying that the water in Lake Pontchartrain, which is over by New Orleans, was sloshing around like water in a bath tub 11 minutes after the earthquake. It's over 4,500 miles from there to where the earthquake was.

The rain that came through here yesterday is causing trouble on the East coast. More snow for some people. Our ponds were down about 3' last September when it started raining. I can't tell you how many times they have overflowed since then. We will be wishing we had some of that water along about August.

The Cattle women club I belong to is having the monthly meeting tonight. Maybe that will get me moving. I need to go to the grocery store and hate to go to town.

Martha

[mtngal]

Happy Tuesday morning travel pals. It's raining, again!!!! Yesterday I went for a lovely hike in our foothills. One of the good things about
this much rain is what I call 'winter waterfalls'. These show up in our gullies for the day or two after a big rain and then are gone. I love these
seasonal creeks and try to remember them during the long dry months. Also got my bookkeeping for the month done yesterday and the dreaded mammogram for another year. Now for fun, meeting friends for coffee and maybe a movie (due to rain!). Wishing you all a fun day!