[18:50 UTC-4]
[+59*F....cloudy....winds: southeast@7 mph....humidity: 80%....barometer: 30.13 \/ ]
[rain forecast to begin around midnight to night and continue intermittently through Friday AM]
[Now Playing: Orlando de Lassus [bio] "Psalms of David" [music]]
   Walked three times today....first just after 08:00....got some peppers...Pablano,Italian, and cherry....I only ever had cherry peppers pickled or preserved....but the raw pepper has a pretty good kick to it....I like it but will use them with a light hand....also needed some Sambal....a different bland then I normally buy....decided to try it....besides it was 20 cent cheaper....if you've read this slag heap I call my blog before you are aware that I tend to frugal....sometimes to the extreme....
   I mentioned last night that I had gotten some Romanian cave cheese at Aldi...decided to go back this afternoon and get another wedge and store it....some ted onions and a wedge of Manchego  cheese had never tried it but will consider adding it to my cheese inventory when available and a round of Queso Fresco....I love me some cheese....but I don't mean the typical sliced variety....I mean "good cheese".....
   And basically just before I sat down to write this entry....just a walk for walk's sake....right before sunset....except it was totally overcast so it was more like the light was connected to a dimmer switch....
   Have spent the rest of the day in my rooms....online as I usually do....still have a few things to finish for the day....and I stayed up later than is /usual for me....so will probably make this an early night [knock wood] night all....

[20:43 UTC-4]
[+50*F....clear....winds: n/n/e@6 mph....humidity: 72%....barometer: 30.39" /\ ]....
[forecast is for nice weather tomorrow....and then intermittent rain Tuesday through Friday]....
[Now Playing: "Hec Ramsey" [pilot][link]]....
   Has been a quite pleasant day today....temperature in the mid-50's F, and during the day a nice breeze....that is if you are a lover of Fall weather like I am....got an earlier start to the day than /usual....not the best day of online Poker I've hand....butt not the worst day either....about 09:45 decided to take a walk over to Aldi to pickup enough food to  hold me to Saturday if the weather is as predicted....while picking up what I needed in the Aldi "fines" section found a cheese I've never had before...Romanian cave cheese....used some with my /usual egg white dish for second meal....quite nice....but the thing is that with "fines" when it's gone....it's gone....and may never be there again....if they still have some next time I there will pickup another wedge or two and store it....it was time for another visit to the ATM to pickup my "walking around money"....
   Mid-afternoon....decided to take a walk....did stop at the convenience store.....so went out the back door  and used one of my short cuts....which once the snow flies will be impassable....but as I stepped outside there sitting on the back lawn was a small white tailed deer....really not that rare a sight in these parts....must have been a yearling....but I was concerned that he might be injured so approach very slowly....he got up and opened the distance between us but didn't run away....on the way back he was still there but this time he jumped in to a hedgerow....didn't get a really good look but I pretty sure it was a button buck....definitely a yearling....although I live on the western age of a small city....it's quite common to see all kinds of wildlife....a couple of years ago at dusk one night I saw in the same general area a red fox, and of course canada geese, squirrels, raccoons, and the occasion skunk....not to mention feral cats and dogs....and a vast assortment of birds....and of course the flying rats.....seagulls, crows, and pigeons....and the occasion hawk and turkey vulture....and come to think of it wild turkeys....in fact if you go west a few miles out of town to the "Perch River Preserve" there are bald eagles there as well....and more waterfowl than you could shake a stick at [link]....
   Still have things to take care of before I call it a day....nite all....

[19:53 UTC-4]
[+65*F....cloudy....winds: west@6  mph....humidity: 97%....barometer: 30.05" /\ ]
[Clear tomorrow and Monday....then rain predicted for at least part of the Tuesday through Friday]
[Now Playing: a mix off Youtube featuring what I've always called oompah  music [link]]
   It didn't rain as much today as predicted but I just checked the weather and if the current forecast holds true....will have to taken an inventory of my pantry and frig and walk both tomorrow and Monday for supplies....both days because there is a limit to what I can get in my sling bag....besides Aldi and Price Chopper are in opposite directions....probably Aldi tomorrow and then Price Chopper on Monday....but that's the advance plan....by Monday will probably have a better idea if there will be periods when it's not raining for those four days....probably will  be....but hopefully during daylight hours....now Price Chopper is open 24/7 except for 36 hours a year....the close early evening on Dec. 24th and re-open in the morning of the 26th....but my night vision is not what it once was....and in fact it never was very good....
    Besides a brief walk this morning....I've been buying my granola bars at Ollie's and needed a package....only find that they were gone....they still have the fruit and grain bars but not the granola bars but there again that's Ollie's....when their gone....there gone....maybe never to return....will just have to put them on my list for Aldi....but stopped at Dollar General on the way back to my rooms [both stores are in the same plaza]....and got a jug of veggie juice....
   The rest of the day has been spent as/usual....quietly and online....still have to put "Trollie's Game Room" to bed in an hour or so....checking on FB at "The Farthest Side" and check my email....apparently some site I visit has sold my email address again....not as bad as sometimes....a year or so ago....I was getting 40+ spam emails a day....oy vey....and then there's the friend request from a "sweet young thing" I don't know who's FB account was started with in the last couple of days....now I was in point of fact born in the morning.....but not this morning....I've been online since 1996 at home and before that at work....and remember the Nigerian Scam and went toe to toe with meowers  [also see Meow Wars]....I never open spam and never friend someone on FB I don't know....besides from modding the group....I know what to look for....I always go to their timeline and check their likes....
   Now before I write a novella....nite all....

[21:56 UTC-4]
[+63*F....fair....winds: south@9 mph....humidity: 58%....barometer: 29.97 \/ ]
[intermittent rain is forecast to begin around 04:00 tomorrow and continue through 20:00]
[Now Playing: Mozart "Requiem in D minor [K-626]]....
   Spent the morning watching some TV....and for a change not half watching/half listening while I play solitaire online....just sat back in my recline and enjoyed the shows....of course that was after playing poker online for 2 hours and 20 minutes first thing this morning....a free site....no real money is involved only game money....
   Then this afternoon decided after the end of the movie I was watching ended...."Underworld Evolution" not my usual type of flick but I have been know to watch a movie I'd normally not watch if there is a member of the cast I find....well....attractive....in this case....Kate Beckinsale....hey  I maybe 72 years old my next birthday....but I ain't dead yet....now where was I....what was I about to write....and why.....after the movie ended I decided to take a walk....needed to pickup a few things at Price Chopper....and while there decided to walk up to the other side of the plaza first to T J Maxx....got a bag of yucca chips....not only had never had them....but was unaware that there was such a thing....not bad....another bottle of a different spice I don'r have....usually just checkout the food aisles....but walk into the men's department....I carry when I shop a sling bag but I've been looking for a smaller one, to use when I'm just walking....just in case or to hold a water bottle....had though about a fanny pack but didn't find one I like....but found one in T J Maxx the right size and while you could probably use it as a shoulder bag....the strap is long enough to use it as a sling back....and as is typical of T J Maxx it was a know brand....marked well below retail....so I now have my small walking bag.....I'm trying to fall asleep while I write this have already put "Trollie's Game Room"  to bed for the night....a quick look at "The Farthest Side" and it's time I put myself to bed.....nite all....

[20:26 UTC-4]
[+55*F....fair....winds: southwest@# mph....humidity: 88%....barometer: 29.84 /\ ]
[ except for Saturday where rain is forecast for most daylight hours....clear through Monday]
[Now Playing: another mix off Youtube [link]]
   The rain ceased right around noon today....but returned toward dusk...originally was to rain most  of the daylight hours....I had been watching NCIS reruns on the USA network....but the last couple were ones that I didn't especially like....so took advantage of the break in the weather and took a run to but Big Lots and Aldi....went to Big Lots first....got 3 of the cherry/limeade which Aldi hardly ever has in stock....and then to Aldi....when I was there Tuesday they didn't have any of the fruit flavor sparkling water....but apparently since Tuesday they had restocked so picked up a couple bottles of the raspberry flavor....so right now I have a week's worth....I only drink one per day with my 2nd meal....which is my "big meal" of the day....the rest of the day I eat small meals....snacks really....and even my "big meal" isn't that big....I find my health is better if I eat small meals several times a day rather than 2 or 3 large meals....
   Have spent the rest of the day as I routinely do....I am a creature of habit....and prefer an orderly style of living....there are those who accuse me of having OCD....to which I always respond that I don't have OCD....I have  CDO....it's basically just like OCD but I insist that the letters be in alphabetical order....[hehe]....we have recently added a few new moderators to "The Farthest Side" crew....so the work-load has eased off a little....I enjoy the work there....and I like the vetting process because I get exposed to groups and pages while reviewing a prospective member's timeline and likes that I have added to my following page....rarely to my "likes"....I am by nature apolitical....but I like to be exposed to both sides of an issue....and then usually end up with a position somewhere between the two opposing points of view....but seems that in the current political, social, religious, moral climate in the USA the word compromise has become a "dirty word"[link].....I am extremely conservative....but I also believe I have no right to expect others to follow my POV....we all have the right to chose....and as long as your choices have no effect on me or my family and friends....then it's none of my business....but if on the other hand you ask my opinion....you will get it....
   Time to put "Trollie's Game Room" to bed and a last look at "The Farthest Side".....nite all....

[19:41 UTC-4]
[+70*F....fair....winds: south@9 mph....humidity: 67%....barometer: 29.73 \/]
[rain predicted to begin tomorrow around 08:00 and continue through 17:00....clear on Friday]
[Now Playing: "Music for Reading" [link]]
   Although it didn't rain here today....it's predicted for most of the daylight hours tomorrow....I awoke quite stiff and sore....because it was damp and the barometer was falling and my knees and feet tend to re-act to those conditions in a very uncomfortable day....and when I did my morning/afternoon dishes I realized I was almost out of dish-washing detergent....but as I usually buy it at Ollie's....and didn't think I had enough to Friday....decided I'd better walk today....just a short trek out the backdoor and down the hill....on my way past the oak tree I disturbed a grey squirrel that was busy harvesting the acorns that have fallen from the tree....which I hardly support his actions....the more he stores for the winter the few I have to step on....and my feet are tender enough with out that irritation....but while at Ollie's found some chili lime salt which has now taken it's place with the rest of my spice collection....and yes....I did remember the dish-washing detergent....
   Because of my poor night vision coupled with some balance issues from my essential tremors I never walk at night anymore....and the daylight hours are getting progressively shorter at this latitude....[43.9748* North]....by the winter solstice we will have just over 8 hours of daylight....so I must plan my walking based not only on weather conditions but on available light....but because of the possible severity of our winters and that there may be days I just can't get out whether it be for reason of the weather or that my knees and feet just won't allow it....and add to that the simple fact that I'm not as spry as I once was....I always stock up on canned and packages food item every fall....my winter pantry....some years I barely use it....and there have been a few years that I've been done to the "bare bones" of it....
   Well the day is coming to an end....still things to do before I sleep....nite all....

[21:42 UTC-4]
[+54*F....mostly cloudy....winds: calm.....humidity: 93%....barometer: 29.87" /\ ]
[Now Playing: Corelli "12 Concerti Grossi" op 6 [link]]
   Was a cool, damp day, and with the lower temperatures and high humidity when I walked around 10:00 this morning although it wasn't raining there from time to time a very fine mist in the air....you feel the moisture if not always saw it....my /usual morning walk to Big Lots....never really go for anything specific but usually find something I want....this morning a couple of bottles of fruit flavored sparkling water....Cherry Lemonade....and then off to Aldi for just a few food items....among other things got some nice Italian salami and of course some bananas....in my youth I played mid-field in what we in the USA call soccer....but to the rest of the world it's Football....also ran several 20'K road races....2 marathons including Boston....and some cross-country....and am prone to leg cramps....aka: charley horses....and the potassium in bananas helps to alleviate not only the severity but the frequency of attacks of them....so I have a banana every morning as part of my first meal....speaking of cross-country the last season I ran was in the Fall of 1969....50 years ago....couldn't do that today....I'd trip over my cane.....
   And then an afternoon walk to Price Chopper....a couple of graffiti eggplant....some sweet potatoes...a chili...and some golden beats....all will find their way into an egg white rustic frittata that is the main course if you will of my daily second meal....accompanied by the above mentioned sparkling water of one flavor or another....and a small piece of dark chocolate....today the frittata was vegetarian....but some days I'll add some bacon, sausage or good german speck [link]]....
   It's getting late and I'm trying with limited success to not fall to sleep while finishing this posting....so will sign off....nite all.....

[19:42 UTC-4]
[+67*F....cloudy....winds: southwest@9 mph....humidity: 94%....barometer: 29.68" /\ [the rain has stopped....finally....predicted to begin again around 03:00 tomorrow and continue thru 13:00]]....
[Now Playing: "Chant $ Polyphony from Medieval England" [link]]
    It's been a wet, damp dreary day here....haven't left my rooms save for 2 trips to the lobby....one for the breakfast buffet and the second just awhile ago for my evening toffee coffee....rained most of the day....and was threatening to rain even when it wasn't....didn't stop until after sundown....just before 19:00....I'd hoped to get to Aldi today....but I don't like walking after dark....my night vision is shaky at best....and if I get "hit" by a bright light...virtually nil....plus with my balance issues walking in low light and wet....possibly slippery conditions....don't sound to me to be very much fun....and something to be avoided....ergo....once the rain stops tomorrow....will probably take my usual Tuesday walk to Big Lots....and stop by Aldi on the return to my rooms....besides with the damp conditions and low barometric pressure mt joints have been both very stiff and a higher than usual level of background pain....not a day for a walk....
   Have spent the day online....nothing worth watching on the old boob tube....which is a common occurrence....truth be told if I had to pay for the TV service I'd probably not have it....but a land line, TV, WiFi are included in my monthly rent....as are the breakfast buffet....and a weekly visit from housekeeping....not for everyone I admit....but it works well for me....I don't have a cellphone....I have no need for one....
   Today is the first day of Autumn....always my favorite time of year....I love the colors of the leaves....and the cooler weather....only drawback is that Winter in the Northcountry of New York State comes far to soon on the heels of Autumn.....years ago I was playing golf on October 31st....and by the time we got to the back nine there was 2 to 3 inches of snow on the ground....but since we knew that it would probably be the last round of the year we continued on....nite all.... 

[20:37 UTC-4]
[+76*F....clear....winds: south@8 mph....humidity: 74%....barometer: 29.89" \/]
[rain tomorrow staring around 06:00 through 19:00....that starting up again about 05:00 Tuesday through around 14:00]
[Now Playing: today's "My Mix" off Youtube [link]]
   Except for going out to the lobby around 07:00 to get a corn muffin and a black cherry yogurt from the breakfast buffet....I spent the day online....the usual....Poker, Spades,Bridge & 11 different solitaire games....and a bunch of time modding on "The Farthest Side"....I only had the TV on briefly while eating my second meal....and I do mean briefly....wasn't squat on....and that includes several hours of the games of the National Football League....frankly I'd rather watch rugby....or the "real" football....which I played at the small college level many moons ago.....mid-field....
   But about 18:00 decided to take my evening walk....It  was still 84*F....but a cooling 11 mph breeze....and not overly humid....nice walk....and stopped on my way back at Dollar General for a small cup of ice cream....it's a summer thing with me....I almost never eat ice cream in cool/cold weather....but it's nice after a walk in the warmer weather....
   Still things to take care of this evening so will sign off for now....night all....

[19:08 UTC-4]
[+73*F....sunny....winds: southwest@2 mph....humidity: 64%....barometer: 30.13" \/ ]
{Now Playing: Haydn "The Creation" [link]]
   Have spent my typical quiet day....except for a early afternoon walk up to T.J Maxx and Dollar tree....just some snack food and another bottle or two of spices....some new....and some old....but almost used....also a sit down out on the back lawns with a toffee coffee....just enjoying the mid-evening breezes....
   Have spent as/usual part of the day on "The Farthest Side" vetting new member requests....hit 33'K members in the group today....
   Really absolutely nothing on the old boob tube to watch today....and haven't really spent that much time on YouTube today either but I always  have something playing in the background when composing my posts....more for the "white noise effect"....and it helps me concentrate....
   Autumn officially begins Monday....weather is predicted to be nice tomorrow....but rain Monday, Tuesday Am and Thursday....and the temperatures are cooling off into the mid-60's during the day and in the 40s at night....the first frost of the year can't be that far away now....
  I've always enjoyed the fall colors....and even more now that with my current living arrangements I don't have to rake the leaves once the find there way to the ground....especial the times when they were encouraged to hasten there falling by heavy rain....what a mess....
   Still have a few more things to attend to this evening.....nite all....

[17:56 UTC-4]
[+69*F....sunny....winds: west@2 mph....humidity: 57%....barometer: 30.24 \/ ]
[a nice weekend in the forecast....Saturday & Sundays highs in the 80s F....rain Monday & Tuesday turning colder with highs only in the mid-60's F]
[Now Playing: "The Best of Tallis" [link]]
   I'm posting earlier than /usual tonight....have spent the entire day so far in my rooms save for my morning trip to the lobby for the breakfast buffet....have to pickup a drop on the free poker game I play around 18:15....and then it's my intent to just go for an evening walk....just a walk....no saying that I may not get the urge to stop in somewhere but right now just a walk....
   Haven't spent the time online as I often do....but USA network was airing 10 straight episodes of NCIS....most of which I really enjoy....now typically I will turn the flat screen so I can see it from my desktop....but today for the most part have spent the day in my recliner and just watch the episodes....thankfully the flood of new member request on the FB group "The Farthest Side" has at least for today leveled off to a more routine number....and my attention there was not as much required as it has been for the last few days....so decided to take the day off as it were and just veg out....

[19:19 UTC-4]
[+65*F....sunny....winds: north@6 mph....humidity: 55%....barometer: 30.26 \/ ]
[weather  nice through Sunday....rain predicted for Monday]
[Now Playing: "Best of 40s Jazz" link]]
   Just got back from one of the longer walks I take....I like to "chart" my online game play....and draw lines and boxes to organize mt notebook and tables that I use....have been looking for a 6" rule/straight edge....the usual 12" rule would be clumsy to use....couldn't find one....there's store nearby called "School Daze" that I thought probably would have one like I was looking for if anyone did....walked in ask the clerk if they had one....and they did....I took one look and realized I had one exactly like that when I worked machine maintenance some 35+ years ago....it was even the same brand name....I wonder where I lost that one....????....
   Other than that have just spent my usual quiet day....online....basically no TV....just  nothing worth watching....although I usually have music or an old TV episode playing off YouTube when I'm online....
   Had a weird dream the other night....I was apparently looking out a window and it was snowing....first light snow and then blizzard conditions....I'm still wondering if it was a dream or a premonition of what will shortly probably be  happening outside my  window....I've seen a foot or better of snow fall in October....and as late as mid-May in these parts....at some point this year I'll flip the vintage Watertown pix in the header with the winter season in the footer....unless I do a massive redo on the blog itself....which I haven't done in quite awhile....one of these days the whim will strike me....and I'll will.....
   Have day's end things to do on "Trollie's Game Room" and check in on"The Farthest Side" on FB....good night to you all....

[20:19 UTC-4]
[+61*F....clear....winds: east@4 mph....humidity: 63%....barometer: 30.19 /\ ]
[nice weather through Sunday....daytime temperatures in the 70's*F through Saturday....and lower 80's*F rot Sunday]
[Now Playing: Romantic Classic: music of Mikhail Glinka [link]]
   Another very pleasant late Summer/early Autumn day....I'm normally up by just after 05:00....to many days in the past of having to be to work by 07:30 or even earlier....and online and already playing poker online [free site....only faux game money ever changes hands] by 05:30....never rolled out of bed until just before 06:00 so the timing of today is a little out of sync....
   I had determined yesterday not to go on my usual walk to Big Lots today....really didn't need anything....generally just as we said by in the day "window shop"....but somethings always manage to find there way into my sling bag....but while checking my pantry and frig this morning....decided that I probably should walk to Aldi on Wednesday....then the light bulb lite and if I was going to Aldi....I was 3/4 of the way to Big Lots....so right after 09:00 headed to Big Lots....did find a couple of things I didn't know I needed before I saw them there....then back to the rooms by way of Aldi....and picked up the few things I needed there.....
   Been a busy day on the group I'm a moderator for...."The Farthest Side"....no explanation but we are getting 2 to 3 times the number of new member requests....and each one has to be vetted....and that is one of the main jobs that a mod has to attend to.....need to check back in there and because of my late start this morning it will  be an hour or so before I can put "Trollie's Game Room" to "bed" still waiting for the last drop of the day....
   Did take a early evening walk on my usual loop...got to the turning point....right across from the plaza....where Price Chopper is....decided to get some fruit and check if they had gotten anymore Japanese eggplant....they hadn't....got the fruit and a couple of "baby" purple eggplant....and stopped in the lobby for my nightly toffee coffee....night all....

[19:08 UTC-4]
[+64*F....fair....winds: n/n/e@4....humidity: 53%....barometer: 30.07" \/ ]
[weather forecast to be dry through Saturday....with daytime highs in the mid to up 70's F]
[Now Playing: "Lt Ellis of SHADO" [link]]
    Was quite a pleasant day today....got my usual early start....played some Poker [free site]....had a good session....and the usual play of online Spades, Bridge and assorted Solitaire games....decent day there as well
   Included in my first meal every morning are either a fruit/grain bar or a granola bar....I alternate one or the other everyday....Lately I've been getting them either at Aldi or Ollie's....but I've found a "trail mix bar"....that I really like and needed more....and Ollie's has them....well at least for awhile anyways....if they have it now there's no guarantee they'll have them tomorrow or every again....but there are a couple at Aldi I like as well....but they did have them today so I got them....and a box of fruit/grain bars as well....would have needed them by weekend....got a bag of chips and of course the small cup of ice cream....but that will end once  the weather turns cold....just don't have the taste for ice cream when it's cold weather....
   And the change of seasons is fast approaching....there's a big Oak tree next to the path on one of my "shortcuts" not passable in winter....but every two years the ground underneath it and the surrounding area is littered with acorns....which can make walking through them slippery....besides them stepping on them can make your feet uncomfortable....
   I'm on a messenger board on FB for admins & mods....and I hate the little popup screen....so I've changes my bookmark for FB from my Timeline to the messenger group....I get a full size screen and can access everything I need on FB from there....been a very busy day on the group....a higher than usual number of member requests....so spent more that the usual amount time vetting requests....
   Off to put my other blogs to bed....night to one and all.... 

[19:03 UTC-4]
[+59*F....cloudy....winds: west@3 mph....humidity: 86%....barometer: 30.09" \/ ]
[it didn't rain near as much as predicted....clear through Friday....daytime highs in the mid-70's F ]
[Now Playing: Hornblower episode "The Frogs and the Lobsters" [link]]
   The rains predicted were much short and lighter than forecast....and was quite windy but decided mid-morning that a walk was required....decided to take a walk up to Dollar Tree and T J Maxx....not looking for anything in particular....but rather as direction in which to walk....didn't find anything at Dollar Tree....but there were one or rather two items at T J Maxx that found there way into my cart and then my sling bag....another bottle of a spice I did't have....and a bottle of capers which I had used the last of the other day....
   Have spent more time than /usual on "The Farthest Side" today....we have had more perspective member requests than normal....even for a weekend....total membership hit the 32K mark late last week....and because of are no-politics policy we tend to "vet" new member requests very closely....
   Besides that just spent a very quiet day....over the last few days have noticed a significant spike in the number of spam emails in my primary account....and I'm wondering who sold my email address this time....have only started to use one new game site just recently....but really have no real guess what the source is....
   Time is fast approaching to put my blogs to bed....and do so for myself....nite all....

[21:04 UTC-4]
[+63*F....cloudy....winds: southwest@8 mph....humidity: 79*F....barometer: 30.11" /\ ]
[Rain forecast to begin earl afternoon Sunday and continue through 02:00 Monday]
[Now Playing: "Hec Ramsey" pilot [link]]
   Walked early to Aldi today....rain didn't last as long as predicted....just picked up a few things....and yes I got bananas....also basically walk late afternoon....just to walk but did make stops at the convenience store, Ollie's and Dollar General....basically just what back in the day we called "window shopping"....but did end up with a Snicker's ice cream bar....
   Besides that just a quiet day online line....basically nothing on TV and nothing on yesterday except for a 4 games of American Football....not a really fan but I may catch some of the Buffalo Bills game....grew up about 20 miles east of Buffalo in a rural dairy farming area....
   I'm running up on the time that I would have to re-enter my WiFi password....and since I'm off to bed soon....can't see the point....would rather be able to do it tomorrow morning then bother with it tonight....so I'll cut this short....night all....

[19:48 UTC-4]
[+67*F....cloudy....winds: s/s/e@13 mph....humidity: 54%....barometer: 30.21" /\ ]
[rain forecast to begin around 02:00 and continuing through earl afternoon tomorrow]
[Now Playing: Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" [link]]
   Decided to walk early afternoon to Price Chopper...I needed some poblano peppers....and wanted some Japanese egg plant....which their were out of....ended up with a baby eggplant....common purple variety....which I've had before and a graffiti eggplant....which I've never tried but have always wanted to....also a couple of mini baguettes....I had one a few days ago and made a sandwich out of it....which i enjoyed greatly....I was going to wait until tomorrow  but with the bad weather predicted decided to do it today....although if the weather clears as forecast I may take a quick trip to Aldi tomorrow....
   Just another short walk just before sitting down to write this post....watch the first part of "Mad Max" this morning....have seen it many times....decided about half way through that I would rather take the aforementioned walk than watch the rest of the flick....
   Have spent the rest of the day....as I usually do....online....Poker, Bridge, Spades, and 11 different solitaire games....and spending time on "The Farthest Side" an FB group that features the Larson cartoons....most of the time vetting new member requests....and checking posts/comments which we take very seriously.....we enforce a "no political posts or comments policy"....too many sites have been ruined by them....the sole purpose of the site is to enjoy the cartoons.....and have fun....besides there are numerous groups where you can vent your political opinions....you  do it on "The Farthest Side" even once and you get booted....
   time to button up my blogs for the night....and then put myself to bed....night all....

[20:18 UTC-4]
[+59*F....clear....winds:  northeast@7 mph....humidity: 65%....barometer: 30.29" /\]
[a nice early Autumn day tomorrow....but rain beginning over night tomorrow through late afternoon Saturday....
[Now Playing: Brahms "A German Requiem" [link]]
   Yes I realize that technically Autumn doesn't start this year until September 23....but living in the Northcountry of New York State....it generally makes presence felt quite quickly after Labor Day....and sometimes we have Autumn type weather in the later part of August
   When making my second meal where the last red onion was required....went to the pantry and discovered that the last onion....was well....well past it's use-by-date....so to the frig and discovered that there were but 3 green onions left....which I used....besides went looking for salami last night and found none in the frig.....so the walk previously planned for tomorrow was executed this early afternoon....and just another late walk....just to walk....
   When I was setting up my notebooks for tomorrows online gaming....I knew it would be the 13th day of September....but really hadn't thought about the fact that it would be Friday the 13....now I'm do not suffer from triskaidekaphobia....but I have in the past had friends who did.....
   I'm off to take a last chip drop of the day on Poker and put "Trollie's Game Room" to "bed" for the night....followed shortly there after by me putting myself to bed as well....night all....

[19:41 UTC-4]
[+74*F....partly cloudy....winds: w/s/w@7 mph....humidity: 81%....barometer: 30.04 /\ ]
[rain forecast overnight through early afternoon]
[Now Playing: a Hornblower episode "Duty" [link]]
   Well I guess I know now were I "fit in" in YouTube's perspective....a YouTube survey...."What year did you graduate from high school.....the earliest group was 1988-1980.....and then a box to check "other"......a person who graduated in 1980....would be 59 years old this year....oy vey....Alden Central Bulldog....1966....
   While checking my stats today both here and my other two blogs I saw a spike in the number of hits on all three blogs all from one country....Sweden....285 hits here....21 on "Troll's Poetry Corner"....& 97 on "Trollie's Game Room".....I do hope they aren't using my sites to learn proper English or even worse proper English grammar....[hehe].....my style is I fear rather unique and has been influenced a bit too much I fear by my studies in Latin, Koine Greek, & Biblical Hebrew....but for whatever reason they visited I say Welcome.....
   Walked early morning to Ollie's and Dollar General....and I had intended to go tomorrow morning to Aldi....but that was before I checked the forecast for tomorrow....ergo....extended my walk to swing by Aldi and pickup what I needed....
   Have spent as is my preferred style, the rest of the day online....tending to my duties on the FB group "The Farthest Side"....Larson Cartoons and others in the same style....tending to my blogs....a little YouTube....okay maybe a tad more than a little....in my defense there zilch on the old boob tube as/usual....I prefer to live a simple quiet life....with as little stress as possible....

[18:47 UTC-4]
[+67*F....light rain....winds: southeast@5 mph....humidity: 88%....barometer: 30.11" \/ ]
[Now Playing: "Hec Ramsey" pilot [link]]
   The light rain started a couple of hours before it had been originally predicted....which "canceled" the walk I had intended to take....should cease in an hour or so....by then it will be too late to walk....another storm is due late evening extending through mid-day tomorrow....
   I always go to Big Lots on Tuesday....usually I'm not looking for anything specific....but usually end up with things I  didn't know I needed until I  saw them on the shelf....besides if or rather when I find something....there's a 10% senior discount there on Tuesday
   One of my favorite fruits is opuntia....commonly called prickly pear [link]....but you rarely see it in these parts....there's a fruit stand between Adams Center and Adams that would have them once in awhile but I don't drive anymore....and it's way out of my walking range....so I'm wandering the aisles at Big Lots and there are bottles of Prickly Pear" soda....one of which now sits within arms length....nice....also ended up with a couple of Heath bars....and a dark chocolate/sea salt/caramel candy bar....
   Housekeeping was in for their weekly cleaning of my rooms and changing the linens....and have spent the rest of the day as I always do....a little TV....and a whole lot of internet....it's about time for me to head for the lobby and get my evening cup of toffee coffee....and spend some time of "The Farthest Side" before wrapping up my days postings on "Trollie's Game Room".....nite all....

[20:12 UTC-4]
[+60*F....clear....winds: n/n/e@5 mph....humidity: 63%....barometer: 30.30" /\ ]
[Now playing: "Have His Carcase" [link]]
   It was such a lovely night....and I had been in my rooms the whole day....so late afternoon/early evening decided to walk the loop I usually walk for my evening walk....but took my sling bag just in case I decided to do a little shopping....when I got to the point where I usually turn for "home"....Price Chopper Plaza was right across the street....stopped in first at Dollar Tree with the intend of just looking around....took off my shades and reached into my pocket for my readers and discovered I forgot to bring my readers....dummkopf....so spent a buck+tax on a pair of 2x magnification....I now think that brings the number of readers most in different magnifications scattered around my rooms to 6 pairs....I've worn glasses since age 12....and all have eventual succumbed to the same fate....eventual I'll find a unique way to destroy them....a container of smoked paprika....at T J Maxx....a multi-grain baguette....some peppers.....2 red bells & a poblano....and 2 burritos....and back to my rooms by way of the lobby to get my nightly toffee coffee....
   The version of  "Fall Spades: is apparently no longer compatible with the updated Chrome....found 24/7 Games.com....it's actually their game....and an updated version....but when I wandered around their site found a " Bridge" game....set up much like "Fall Spades"....you and 3 computer generated players....one's your partner....always wanted to learn the game....but in a controlled way....not with "live" players....didn't want to dealer with kibitzers or hecklers....if the comes a time that I get the hang of the game I may consider a "live" game....actually there are several games there I already play else where but I'm happy with the games at the other sites and have no plans to shift my play there....
   Still have "Day's End" to prepare and post to "Trollie's Game Room".....and check-in on "The  Farthest Side"....so til to get busy.....nite all....

[09:58 UTC-4]
[+53*F....sunny....winds: northeast@6 mph....humidity: 82%....barometer: 30.32" /\ ]
    Logged om to play some Poker @05:45.....watched an ad.....collect "42'K house money".....and the same routine as yesterday....tried for a table....got no table....played some solitaire....repeat....ditto....@06:09....found a chair at a 1K/.5K blind table with the /usual 125K max-buy-in.....an 8 handed game....although players came and went it was for most hands a table set for 8....a couple of hands with all 9 "chairs" full....and least number was 6 players....if you don't count the spinning hour glasses....to sum up the session....the "blind raccoon" had a decent day....the Trollie not so much....but at least the blind raccoon shares what he finds....
   To begin with and for about the first 30 minutes or so was a good table....very little pre-flop insanity....you could see most flops for a call of the blinds or a reasonable min-raise....and I was getting good looks in the hole....but either couldn't hit a flop or when I did it was a small piece....bottom pair....or a couple times four to a straight....called reasonable raises....missed the turn....and decided not to chase....which as it turned out was the right call....and then the kamikaze came....and it was revealed that 3 or 4 other the other players were dive bombers....and in this maelstrom of insanity....on the button....looking at pair of Aces....just calls of the blinds....until to my immediate right....an all-in for 15K....with a what the hey....had it covered....called....but small & big blind called as well...rest of the table folded....but no betting after the flop/turn/river....and the blind raccoon found a small dumpster....around 70K +/-....later I had pocket Threes....flopped the trips....and the blind raccoon bumped into a garbage can and had a snack....in the wake of the multiple kamikaze raids....the big winner....right around 400'K in his stack....appointed himself "table captain".....and started to make pre-flop raises on almost every hand....and from my POV....unreasonable....the hour was approaching and I departed....ergo....60 minutes played....54 hands played....66.67 seconds/hand....2 wins....1 out of every 27 hands....left with an extra 44,450$....[no slots]....

[19:55 UTC-4]
[+59*F....overnight lows in the min-40's*F....winds: north@2 mph....humidity: 76%....barometer: 30.12" /\....clear through Tuesday....rain predicted for part of the day both Wednesday and Thursday]
[Now Playing: "Classical Music for Reading" [link]]
   I always used to study to classical music when I was in college....and when I list a piece of music as "Now Playing:".....it is or once this is posted was playing while I wrote this or any other of the posts I write....I started taking piano lessons just before I was six years old until about age 12....and  then through the school music program French Horn....my piano teacher taught using scaled down classical method and the concert band in school played transcription of orchestral music for band....and I've loved the music all of my almost 72 years....and have performed as an amateur both instrumentally and vocally....for the pure enjoyment of the music....
   Just a couple of short walks today....mid-morning to Aldi, and early evening Ollie's....but in truth the later walk was taken just for the walk....going to Ollie's just gave me a mid-point....to return from....with a bag of pretzels that demanded that I take them with me....
   Because of the problem with the issue between my OS and a game I played....found a site....same  game....updated....no problem....but a site I haven't played on before so spent some time trying some of the other games they host....some I may re-visit at a later date...."Day's End" on "Trollie's Game Room" is fast approaching and I still need to checking on  the FB group "The Farthest Side" where I'm a moderator....and maybe catch some of the late american football game....season opener.... ergo ....night all....

[19:44 UTC-4]
[+60*F....cloudy....winds: west@9 mph....humidity: 88%.....barometer: 29.83" /\ ]
[Now Playing" "Classical Chillout" link]]
   The last forecast I saw late afternoon had no rain predicted....it just rained....apparently the winds shifted abruptly and the storm that was going to go above us....shifted a tad south and we caught the edge of it....I guess weather prediction is not rocket science....
   Down loaded an up date for Chrome OS which my desktop runs....well actually it isn't a PC or really a desktop on the insides....the "guts" are from a Chrome book....but the "skin" is desktop....a Chrome Base....because of my essential tremors I have a devil of a time trying to use a mouse pad and I any touch screen is a nightmare....but with the desktop and a desk and my two handed mouse method [patent pending [hehe]]....I can usually get around the net okay....but when my tremors are bad....which I can thankfully say isn't often....I watch TV....but apparently Google has a very negative opinion of Adobe Flash Player....and the version of "Fall Spades" I play requires it....or rather the version I played requires it....after jumping through hoops to get it working....I found 24/7 games.com....and an updated version that apparently does not use the accursed Flash player because I'm not getting any warnings or blocking from Chrome....plays the same....graphics are updated but same game....so will move my play off the Facebook link I've been using to 24/7 games.com....
   Must run off and fiddle with "Trollie's Game Room" layout because of the change....nite all....
[20:56 UTC-4]
   I  just figured out that with the last update....if I've got Youtube playing in another window as I often have....there a dot on my sidebar that I can access play, rewind, and next without going to the window it's playing on....Ii guess you can teach an old dog new tricks....woof!!!....

[19:03 UTC-4]
[+69*F....cloudy....winds: northwest@5 mph....humidity: 64%....barometer: 29.85" \/ ]
[the forecast for rain starting overnight through Sunday morning has been truncated....now the forecast is for rain starting late morning tomorrow and continuing through late evening]
[Now Playing: Mozart "The Horn Concertos" [link]]
   I learned to play the French Horn in 7th grade and played in the high school band and for a few years after graduation....but work and family there just wasn't enough time in the day to practice enough....but I did make both All-County [jr year] & Area-All-State [senior year] bands.....and Mozart's 3rd Horn Concerto was my audition piece.....and I did practice the other three.....also made All-County Choir [senior year].....[Eire County, NY]
   Walked twice today....a trip to Aldi....which I had planned to take tomorrow but had changed my plans last night when I saw the first weather forecast....just a few of the usual items....and an afternoon walk for just a few items at Ollie's and Dollar General....some paper cups....a bottle of Powerade zero sugar....and a Snickers Ice cream bar....
   Have spent the day as I most often do....online....played some poker....free site....just game money....not one of my better days....but loses have been covered by chip drops that occur during the day....speaking of which there will be a brief pause in my writing this post so I can go and collect a drop....[pause]....
   Have nothing special planned for tomorrow....had just planned to stay in my rooms most of the day....and probably will do so even with the different forecast....which could and probably will change between now and tomorrow morning anyways....as friend N was fond of saying "The weatherman is the only person I know that gets paid for being right 25% of the time".....and always though that N was optimistic in that assessment....nite all....

[20:06 UTC-4]
[+62*F....sunny....winds: southwest@2 mph....humidity: 73%....barometer: 30.07" \/]
[the forecast for the next 5 days  has changed....rain now predicted for Saturday mid afternoon through early Sunday....daytime temperature over the 5 day period in the mid to high 60's*F]
{Now Playing: "Strong Poison" [link]]
   I had not planned originally to take a walk today....but it was such a nice day that I decided to take a late afternoon walk to Dollar Tree....T J Maxx....& Price Chopper....the weather was beautiful....mid 60's*F....a light breeze and sunny....nor everyone's "cup of tea"....but my favorite season has always been Autumn....which comes early in this area....I've often said that if I could find a climate that was mid 40's*F to mid 60*F....24/7/365.24.....I'd move there....for a change I actually went to Dollar Tree to get something specific....they carry a style of paper clips called trombone clips....which are extra long....picked them up....a frozen quick snack....and another spice....sazon....which I wanted to try....have cooked with it as of yet....but a small taste tells me it will be used frequently....a bag of lentil chips at T J Maxx....which i didn't know I needed until I saw them there....some peppers and parsnips and something I had forgotten the other day when I was there....and the reason or rather excuse for my afternoon walk....a container of veggie bouillon cubes....I brew the bouillon in my coffee maker....and tea as well....which I like to drink cold.....but I've never actually used the coffee maker to make coffee....so I probably should re-name it....on the way back to my rooms went through the lobby to get my night cup of toffee coffee....the plaza I went to is west of here so I usually take a few short cuts....and exit and return by the backdoor....
   The morning past as it often does....quietly and online....games, my mod duties on a FB group....and tending to my other blogs....while more listening to than watching 7 straight episode re-runs of "NCIS" on the USA network....just about time for the last "free" chip drop on Poker....and then "close the book" for the night on "Trollie's Game Room".....have a snack and off to bed....nite all....

[19:50 UTC-4]
[+63*F....cloudy....winds: northwest@8 mph....humidity: 67%....humidity: 29.96" /\]
[forecast thru Monday is for fair weather, daytime highs in the upper 60's*F and lower 70's*F]
[Now Playing: Chant of the Mystics....Divine Gregorian Chant [link]]
   I have sung through the years a lot of liturgical music....including chant, recitatives....and of course many cantatas and oratorios....but have been called on at different times to sing in the chant style....I have or rather had a high tenor voice....age and essential tremors have had a negative effect....but I can still hear it....if not perform it anymore....and enjoy that style of music....although my style was described by one director as part Gregorian monk, part Catholic priest and part Jewish cantor....and I don't think I've every sang one the same way twice....
   The weather  is starting to anticipate Autumn....I live off the eastern tip of Lake Ontario and Autumn comes early here with unfortunately Winter not far behind....I've seen significant snow falls as early as mid-October....and as late as early May....in fact the old adage up here is we only have 3 seasons....Winter....Just was Winter...&....Soon will be Winter....or 2 seasons.....Winter & Construction....which applies specifically to road work....
   The rain had stop or that was my impression about 09:30....got dressed....got to the backdoor and it started to rain again....re-booted....by 10:30 it was now overcast....so off I went....Price Chopper for peppers and plums....then the convenience store for chew....Ollie's for fruit and grain bars for my first meal of the day and a bottle of ketchup....never use it "straight" but it's the base for a dipping sauce I make....and finally Dollar General for a bottle of generic veggie juice another element of my first meal of the day....and of course a small cup of ice cream.....
   Have spent the rest of the day as I always prefer to do....online....still need to button up "Trollie's Game Room"....and check  the group I'm a mod on....and than the nightly routine and off to bed....nite all....

[20:02 UTC-4]
[+69*F....cloudy....winds: e/s/e@2 mph....humidity: 71%....barometer: 29.92" \/ ]
[ rain and T-storms forecast to start after midnight  and continue through noon tomorrow]
[Now Playing" "Gaudy Night" [link]]
   Today was Tuesday and my walk to Big Lots....to take advantage of the discount seniors get on that day....but speaking of senior discounts....several years ago....when I was in my 50's I took my dad to diner at on of his favorite restaurants...."The Ponderosa"....now dad was a big teaser and I took ever opportunity to give it back to him.....so we sitting there with our meal and I said to him "Dad do you know when you really are old"....he replied how's that...and I said "When your son takes you out to diner....and you both qualify for the senior discount".....got a good laugh out of him....I almost never go to Big Lots looking for anything specific....but almost always end up with a couple things I didn't know I needed until I saw them....today however was the rare time when I found nothing at all....on the other hand I had to pass right by Aldi....and with the rain predicted for tomorrow morning decided that I'd get the few things I needed today....
   I barely got back and there was a knock on my door and housekeeping was there for their  weekly cleaning of my rooms and fresh linen....I must admit that I enjoy watching someone else do the cleaning....a job I've never had the taste for....I did have some janitorial duties when I work part time at a public library while in college....cleaning the lavatories both the male and female ones put me off on that type of work forever....and the benefit here is that that service is included in my monthly rent....as is a land line, TV, & WiFi....and access to the morning breakfast buffet as well....and another benefit is because I don't drive anymore.....I'd be unsafe because of my poor vision and my essential tremors....is the location....everything I need is within a 10 minute radius walk....okay 15 or 20 winter in the winter if walking is even possible....hence the winter pantry....time to put this blog....my other blogs....and myself....night all....

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[+67*F....sunny....winds: southwest@8 mph....humidity: 76%....barometer: 29.96"/\]
[nice tomorrow with the daytime temperatures in the high 60's F and lower 70's F....rain overnight Tuesday continuing through mid-day Wednesday....possible T-storms]
[Now Playing: Franz Schubert "Octet in F Major" D-803 [link]]
   I awoke just after 04:30 this morning....which is early even for me....but it was raining, high humidity and low barometric pressure....and as they often do my knees were singing their mournful dirge....truth be told virtually every joint in my body was stiff and sore.....by after several minutes I just gave up....took care some of the morning necessaries and logged on to play some poker on a "free" site as I do every morning.....but about 25 minutes earlier than usual....had a very enjoyable session....
   Had planned to walk this morning....needed some bits and pieces....some dish soap, some paper plates, and a spray bottle that I intend to use in the control of the fruit flies that are so common this time of year....although I have some very nice glass dishes for cooking, and use only actually flatware for eating....I'd rather use paper plates....actually most of the time I eat right out of the dish I've cooked in....but felt much better this evening and walked to Ollie's only to find that they had closed early for "Labor Day" and I was about 45 minutes too late....but found what I wanted at Dollar General....where I ran into Miss P....she used to work the desk a couple of years ago at the hotel I live in....nice kid....and as we used to say back in the day "smart as a whip"....always have and had many enjoyable discussions with her....need to "run off" and do the end of day numbers and post to "Tollie's Game Room".....nite all...

[19:27 UTC-4]
[+64*F....light rain....winds: e/s/e@5 mph....humidity: 80%....barometer: 30.15" \/ ]
[rain predicted to continue through early afternoon tomorrow]
   Walked early.....had planned on waiting until tomorrow but with rain predicted had decided to still walk tomorrow to Big Lots and Aldi....just wait until the afternoon after the rains had stopped....well that was before a minor disaster....while preparing my first meal....and had peeled and chopped my daily banana....put it in a bowl....to salt and season as I always do....a little black sea salt....a pinch of Herbes de Provence....and a sprinkle of Old Bay seasoning mix....well instead of a sprinkle I didn't recognize until too late that the cap was loose on the container....an got way too much of it on said banana....would have been way too spicy.....and decided not to try to wash a peeled banana....which left me with only one banana left....rather that the two I thought I'd have tomorrow....so walked early on the quest for the elusive banana....and picked up the few things I had planned to get tomorrow
   Walked late afternoon which I  had thought I could get to Ollie's and Dollar General before the rains were predicted to start....I  took a last look and the latest prediction was it was going to  start raining....right at the time I was about to leave....but just very lightly....put my vest style windbreaker/rain gear....and walked anyways....just picked up a couple more bottles of the mexican style spices at Ollie's and a snickers ice cream bar at Dollar General....it was just was raining lightly on the way back to my rooms but I was prepared....