{"id":12643,"date":"2022-07-31T13:47:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-31T20:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12643"},"modified":"2022-07-31T13:47:24","modified_gmt":"2022-07-31T20:47:24","slug":"july-ends-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=12643","title":{"rendered":"July ends hot!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the best color on the Naneum Fan this last week of July.
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\nOften called \u201cYellow slime mold\u201d, but it is not a mold nor a fungus.
\nNamed Fuligo septica<\/em>.
\nInteresting Scandinavian folklore
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fuligo_septica<\/p>\n

Great photo here:
\nhttps:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/000\/slime-molds.htm<\/p>\n

Mine is on the top surface of a butt of a cottonwood that was too hard to split. This does not fit with the habitat description usually given, but it looks like the second link photo from Mt. Rainier.
\nA sometimes name is \u201cdog vomit\u201d. A couple of days after the bright yellow look the stuff has coalesced into a smooth brown and yellow that does resemble dried vomit. <\/p>\n

This image gives me a chuckle. I can’t find the original source. It appeared on an Ohio police site in 2019 and has been seen in a dozen other places since then. No offense to poodle lovers. \"\"<\/p>\n

And writing of guns: I carried most of mine over to the winery. Phyllis fixed supper and we were joined by another couple, he a part time dealer in guns.
\nThe plan is for him to sell those old ones and then I’ll buy a semi-auto pistol. The cash will be more than enough. The extra will be available to pay for the high-priced gasoline now being sold. Make and caliber not yet decided. <\/p>\n

Today, Sunday, is the last of our \u201cheat wave\u201d \u2013 also called summer.
\nI’m 180 miles from the Pacific Ocean and have a mountain range in between. This makes for a hot and dry July and August.
\nThe graphic here shows the daily highs in yellow and the lows in green.
\nLast year June was the hottest. The last 2 weeks of July, this year show almost an exact fit. We are expected to cool starting Monday and be down to 78\u00b0 on Thursday. Beyond that, they are not sure.
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\nOther happenings.
\nThe 1983 Fleetwood travel trailer is gone \u2013 to Megan and Kevin’s place. She is the CWU geographer and head of the scholarship committee. Their place is about 5 miles away. Kevin is a handy type and can fix the couple of injuries the outside has. Inside is 99% great.
\nOver at the vineyard, the well\/pump is failing. A new well was drilled this week with a 10\u201d diameter. It will take a few days to reconnect. Cameron has the small backhoe to dig the trench. That’s good. Meanwhile the vines haven’t gotten there full need of water, each block getting 3 hours rather than 4 hours. Still they look good.
\nAbout 9 miles down river is \u201cThe Gorge at George\u201d \u2013 a major musical festival venue. The place was visible last evening with the stage and lights. Something called \u201cWatershed Festival\u201d was in progress with Sunday be \u201ccountry\u201d day. I recognize Miranda Lambert’s name and can put a face to the name, the others are not known or not as well known to me.
\nIt is a nice setting and Cameron was the wine maker there for awhile.
\nGoogle Earth will take you there: Search for \u201cGorge Amphitheatre\u201d<\/p>\n

All for now
\nKeeping Track on the Naneum Fan
\nJohn H. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is the best color on the Naneum Fan this last week of July. Often called \u201cYellow slime mold\u201d, but it is not a mold nor a fungus. Named Fuligo septica. Interesting Scandinavian folklore https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fuligo_septica Great photo here: https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/articles\/000\/slime-molds.htm Mine is on the top surface of a butt of a cottonwood that was too hard … Continue reading “July ends hot!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-issues"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p72iNf-3hV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12643"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12647,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12643\/revisions\/12647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}