{"id":12198,"date":"2021-07-24T16:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T23:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12198"},"modified":"2021-07-24T16:00:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T23:00:19","slug":"another-warm-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12198","title":{"rendered":"Another warm week"},"content":{"rendered":"

At near 4 o’clock the airport temperature is 92\u00b0. Southwest Idaho and adjacent Oregon are expecting three days of over 100 degrees. We stay 10 degrees cooler — still hot.<\/p>\n

I wrote last week that I got a voting ballot but had not received one with Nancy’s name. The State is efficient in this endeavor. The local court is not on top of such things. Nancy got a summons for jury duty \u2013 for several days in September. \"\"
\nLast week I wrote about WA’s mail-out voting and the fact that Nancy’s name was scrubbed from the list. The photo there was of the box in front of the County Courthouse where locals deposit ballots. Once I had to wait for about 30 seconds because employees were emptying the box. I did not have to get out of the car.\"\"
\nThis week I saw a photo from Marietta, GA showing the orderly lines of folks waiting to vote.
\n Note, they are outside and wearing masks. Since 2005 lines haven’t happened in Washington State – – rain, snow, or sun.
\nThis is proof there are parallel universes. <\/p>\n

On the home front there was some action on the deck. The floor (or deck)
\nis completed and the roof is covered (\u00bd with asphalt shingles; \u00bd with just a layer of sheeting). A window has been removed and the framing made smaller \u2013 waiting for a new one. Meanwhile, a door has shown up \u2013 not yet needed. I’ve reconfigured the nearby fencing to clear out the construction space.
\nThe planned fire-break road has been started. This is only worked on when the person has free time from work and family. Completion date is likely in October.
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\nI visited with a welder\/sign-maker about fabricating a sundial. My explanatory design is an image from the web, shown here.
\nThese can be made so complex that only specialists can decipher all that they do. Likewise, size and materials vary greatly.
\nThe arrow-like thing is called a gnomon and casts a shadow on the partial ring (with numbers). The gnomon has to be aligned with Earth’s axis, pointing at the north celestial pole (in the Northern Hemisphere). The numbered ring is aligned with Earth’s Equator.
\nThe name for this design is: Equatorial Ring Sundial.
\nIf you search ‘images’ for sundials you can find photos of hundreds. <\/p>\n

I got delivery of another 30 cubic yard dumpster on Friday. I ordered a 20 cubic yard one, but they were short, so brought the bigger one. This one won’t get filled as fast as the last one because stuff has to be pulled from the big shed \u2013 all unsorted, and the hay shed \u2013 partially sorted. It costs about $3.00 per day while it is here, so I hope it will be ready to go by August 13th, if not before. <\/p>\n

My iPhone spent last night in a refrigerator. Seems to have done no harm at 37\u00b0F. Why?
\nFriends are at the nearby home of his parents, now deceased. Thursday wife Kathy cooked and I went over there for dinner. Last night they brought pizza and salad here; then I showed them the constructions. We didn’t eat all the pizza, and so I carried the box to the frig with my phone on top, leaving the phone too. I got lucky finding it, but now wonder if it would have gotten a signal in there.
\nHe, Dale, is a wildlife graduate \u2013 now retired from WA Fish & Game. We could see deer {including little ones with spots, still} from the time they arrived.
\nI learned a new word: stot, and stotting \u2013 the sometimes bouncing gait of Mule Deer. It is a good day when I learn a new word. See here:<\/p>\n