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May, Day 1

“How low am I, thou painted maypole? (Hermia to Helena)” ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

MaypoleIt’s May Day.  Are the Maypoles up and ready to go?

May 1st is also International Workers’ Day, which was a really big deal in the former USSR. 

And lest we forget, the first day in May is Loyalty Day here in the United States.

And, although it has nothing to do with May Day, the pronunciation is the same. 😉

1133 Days

My bionic left hip is 1133 days old today. I usually walk at least four miles or more per day so that’s another 1400+ miles on it over the past year or.  It is still going strong, but I think my natural born right hip might be on the way out.  I’m hoping it will hold on until fall.  Summer is definitely not the season to break in a new bionic hip.

The Tree

This stump is all that was left of the Maple Tree that stood in our front yard these many years.  Hated to see it go, but it was time.  The tree had been dying from the top down for a while and was too close to the house to risk having all or part of it fall on the roof.
 

Once the tree was down, the next step was to grind out the stump.  But first, Miss Utility had show up and plant those small colored flags that map out the  natural gas ,  water , and  sewer lines .  Shortly after that occurred, the stump was turned into mulch.

 

The mulch produced by the stump grinder is being put to good use as ground cover under the pine trees bordering the right side of the front yard.

 

Here’s a “before” picture.

April 2012

The First of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year. Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed. (Mark Twain)

The 15th of April is the day that I, along with a number of other fools, have to send way too much money to the US Government.

And the 25th of April is ANZAC Day in Australia and New Zealand, and a number of other places in that part of the world..  I once had the honor of spending ANZAC Day in the Fortune of War. 

Out With The Old

I’ve had season tickets to George Mason University basketball games since the Patriot Center  opened it’s doors in 1985.  Back then, Navy was still a member of the CAA and had a guy on their team named David Robinson .  The CAA Championship Tournament for the 1985-1986 season was held at the Patriot Center with Navy  winning over GMU in the championship game.  This was the one and only time the Patriot Center has hosted the CAA Championship Tournament.  I was there and so was the scoreboard in the picture.

After over 25 years of faithful service, the scoreboard has retired.  Its successor is this rookie that first saw action at the George Mason versus Old Dominion game on 4 February 2012.  It gave a solid performance, with the exception of occasionally getting confused over the foul count per player as GMU defeated ODU 54-50 to retain a share of first place in the CAA.