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Jacqui

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Good Day all you chatters! Here in the Central VAlley of California we're experiencing a beautiful Autumn. The days are now in the 70's with nights dipping down to about 50F. It's very pleasant weather for working outside. The mulberry tree has started dropping the leaves that are way up on the top part of the tree. Looks pretty messy on the ground. Today I think I'm going to start gathering up leaves and getting the desert tortoise hibernaculum ready for winter.

What do you all have planned for the day?

They lose the top ones first?
 

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I would hate to be the person taking care of cleaning the kitchen after a meal like that!
Actually, cleaning after hot pot dinner are quite easy, especially we use paper plate and cup. To clean all the plate used for all the ingredients also very easy because all ingredients are uncooked, no oil what so ever, just quickly rinse it one more time under the running water should be fine.
 

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Good Day all you chatters! Here in the Central VAlley of California we're experiencing a beautiful Autumn. The days are now in the 70's with nights dipping down to about 50F. It's very pleasant weather for working outside. The mulberry tree has started dropping the leaves that are way up on the top part of the tree. Looks pretty messy on the ground. Today I think I'm going to start gathering up leaves and getting the desert tortoise hibernaculum ready for winter.

What do you all have planned for the day?

We ate too much last night.......So we planed to do nothing. May be take a nap, after this posting! ! :p:p
 

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In other words you're NOT ready for winter? :rolleyes:

I get ready for winter in late November -December depending on any cold fronts dipping south. We even have falling leaves here in Florida :p I miss the four seasons though. I use to live in New Jersey where we had fabulous winters. I used to love going into New York City and shop on 5th avenue and Rockefeller Center. I even went ice skating in their famous rink near Saks. Those were the days!
 

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Lunch break and I am realizing how easy it would be to just drift off to sleep.
Sometimes my husband takes a nap in his car on his lunch break. For my job I sometimes use a translator and we meet at different locations. She is always sleeping in her vehicle when I pull up
 

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On my overnight shifts, I often stop half way home a nd take a nap or even out in front of the house.
 

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On my overnight shifts, I often stop half way home a nd take a nap or even out in front of the house.

My son-in-law works in the Monterey Bay area during the week and comes home Friday night. It's about a 4 hour drive. He sometimes rides the motorcycle, sometimes drives his truck. He always has to stop on the way home and take a nap before he can continue. One time he was sleeping in his truck and a cop tapped on his window and told him to move on. I guess an accident on the highway is better than a 'bum' sleeping in his truck alongside the road.
 

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Hi all!

I guess there was supposed to be a meteor shower last night. Did anyone catch it?

What I want to know is - if the earth is spinning, why don't I see a different sky each night? When I look at the sky I see the same stars every time. And this morning, a full 8 hours later I see the same sky I saw last night before I went to bed. What is in my little section of sky is what I identify as the little dipper. Same view I always see. Can someone enlighten me as to why I'm not getting a 360 degree view of the sky?
 
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Hi all!

I guess there was supposed to be a meteor shower last night. Did anyone catch it?

What I want to know is - if the earth is spinning, why don't I see a different sky each night? When I look at the sky I see the same stars every time. And this morning, a full 8 hours later I see the same sky I saw last night before I went to bed. What is in my little section of sky is what I identify as the little dipper. Same view I always see. Can someone enlighten me as to why I'm not getting a 360 degree view of the sky?

To get a 360 degree view you'd need to be in space, LOL That's one of the great things about seeing the same stars/sky every day/night. It's so stable, dependable, and reliable that time can be measured by it! The little dipper actually is seen on the other side of the earth when you're experiencing daylight. What would be neat to see are the stars during the day and different seasons.
 

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Testing my photo posting ability since I can't on another thread: 1477066307516.jpg

Huh. Wonder if the issue on the other thread about the Redfoot in Holly, MI is because of the forum it's posted on.
 

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On my overnight shifts, I often stop half way home a nd take a nap or even out in front of the house.
Oh......Sorry! ! !

Overnight shift are tough. I been there before.........:(:(
 
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