At VA Beach!

A big brown dog went ridin' yesterday

And, soon in the ocean got to play

Still trying to figure out the waves

But for rolling in wet sand, he raves

What a mess!!

But, gotta confess

He still hasn't figured out not to drink

Ocean water, but he's starting to think

It's way better to drink from his bowl

Then back to the sand for a roll!

A cool front came thru last night

Little rain & lightning, never a fright

That knocked the temp down a bit

Another front coming and with it

Some serious relief from the heat

That had been trying to beat

Back Spring

But, soon that reality thing

Will return, summer now 3 weeks away

Then the heat will be here to stay

Not a lot of quakes on today's map

But quite a few big shaky zaps

Mostly offshore so no issues on land

And, no tsunami's to wash up onto sand

The moon's waning crescent is very low

Rising late and thin, not much show

Mars is still in the evening sky

Low & dim in the west, hard to spy

Our tilt to the sun creates these long days

Come evening the tilt works other ways

Making night's ecliptic view very low

So, Jupiter & Saturn not much of a show

Still plenty to see and enjoy

On our sweet planet toy

Get out and enjoy it

Today On Earth!

I'm going golfing!!

Breyer and his new buddy, Tater
Indoor romping!

Wild Earth Still At It!

Another day of tornadic destruction

While volcanoes erupt: Earth construction

Lot of quakes shifting rock about

Wild air moving, getting the heat out

Cause that's what happening everywhere

Earth trying to not have a care

No pressure built up

Temps all the same

Differences!

Driving the wild planet game

Hang on, more change coming soon 

Today On Earth

A Sultry, Summery Feel!

The heat is back bringing the muggies

And, of course, there are the buggies

Mosquitoes, flies and ticks abound

Today, too, I heard a bee buzzin' sound

The recent rains, though sparse right here

Remind us all, it's water life holds dear

Rampant fecundity has Earth lush and green

Just caught a tick, felt but unseen

The tick will not suck any of my blood

After some squeezing he will get a flood

Of water, heading down the drain

Alas, zillions more looking for a vein

While brown dog is napping, squirrels romp

Gobbling bird seed, looking plump

No bear sightings but he's around

So black, so stealthy not a sound

Until the dog starts barking...

A pretty quiet earthquake day

Only one above 5 and that was way

Down where the Scotia plate does often sway

No big aftershocks rocking Peruvian's day

A few quakes in the mid to upper fours

Rattle your windows, but buckle no floors

And, with heat and haze night sky viewing

May not be worth risking mosquito chewing

The moon is a waning crescent, thin

And, you'd need to be up early when

It'll be low in dim Aquarius

Gotta be brave and quite curious

To try and check that out

Today On Earth

Better to sneak out during light

Then back into the cool, out of sight!

Peace For Memorial Day

As we reflect today

On those gone away

Dying for our land

Perhaps we take a stand

And add not one new name

To those lost to the war game

How do we stop the madness of war

Am I dreaming into the future to far

Does money made on guns and bombs

Pay off the tears of mourning moms

Stopping the killing would be a nice

Way to honor their ultimate sacrifice

This Memorial Day

Let's come up with a way

To not pay

For war.  No way!

Those fallen warriors fought for peace

With their final gift, a hope war would cease

Now it's up to me and you

To make their wish come true

To not solve problems with a gun

On our little world orbiting a sun

Undo an economy built on war and greed

Slow cancerous growth, and plant a seed

To sprout tendrils of peace

To cover & embrace

Earth!

Remember those fallen

With hopes of peace!

The Heat Is On!

Wild storms flew all around

But, not a drop touched the ground

Here

So, I stay hot, humid & dry

We'll see if today they pass me by

The heat won't

The heat will linger much of the week

When it's friends and ocean I'll seek

Another road trip!

Deep under the Andes in Peru

A big 'ole quake came rumbling thru

Magnitude 8.0

The Nazca plate subducting below

The South American plate, it's slow

But, steady

Lots of quakes going on today

South Eurasian boundary at play

And, Indonesia

Waning moon is last quarter today

Out of Capricorn going Aquarius way

But, get up early

Or you can stay up really late

Spot Jupiter & Saturn, don't have to wait

For moonrise

Stay cool and make sure you hydrate

If you get out on this date

Today On Earth

It's Sunday so I have to say

DonnyJonni daChump still astray

Still no plans, nothing but lies

Still bragging about his dictator ties

Creating more problems every day

While we all just pay and pay

Impeachment would be nice

But, firing squad is the device

I suggest

For treason!

Heat & Soiree

Gonna be hot again today

But less humidity in play

Good day for an end of year soiree

Happy teacher smiles coming my way

Only 14 quakes last 24 hours

Earth storing up some powers?

It will all change

Today On Earth!

Earth Cranks Up The Heat!!

After two lovely days of cool & dry

The humidity and heat return; oh my

With a Bermuda high & southwest flow

That ain't but one way for the temp to go

That's up!

In the Alley, today it's on in Missouri

Slow moving front still causing worry

And, while we have a slight risk of a storm

The big change here will be the warm

Really, HOT!

It's a pretty quite day of quakes

But, the week's volcano list makes

Us remember this planet is alive

Ring O Fire like a wild bee hive

26 volcanoes!

Popo, Fuego, Etna back underway

Alaska's Pavlov & Ecuador's Sangay

Sinabung, Agung & Krakatoa, too

Sabancaya, Santa Maria, Villarrica: just a few

Stay Away!

Overnight the Moon and Saturn hanging out

I missed it, sleeping no doubt

Waning & gibbous not rising 'til late

Tonight in Capricorn; you'll have to wait

Past midnight!

Yesterday I helped Juanita Jo

Matkins, in her quest to go

To the House of Delegates

More women can help all our fates

Cuz men have screwed up things

With their wars and greed flings

Growth needs to be better not more

It's time to open the door

And, get women back in charge

Like it was for a large

Part of human history!

Today On Earth

Cold Front Thru, NICE!

It's cool and dry here

No tornadoes in Va. 

Hang on tornado alley

Very light quake day

I'm going to walk a dog

And, go play golf!

Enjoy your

Today On Earth!

Look Out Tornado Alley!

Conditions are ripe, warnings made

Today, trailers are going to be waylaid

Tornado Alley is the news today

Huge temps swings at play

And, that's how you get crazy wind

Temp & pressure differences send

The air a'swirling

Roofs a'twirling

Toes a'curling

Cuz, tornadoes will be whirling

Look Out, southern plains

Plus, hail and flooding rains

Springtime on the wild Earth

At least it's a light quake day

And, here it's just heat at play

With a cold front moving our way

Where tomorrow we'll all say

This is great, dry and cool

But, we all know the rule

Change is coming

Soon the AC's will be humming

By Thursday we'll be hot once more

With humidity smacking you at the door

Now a month away

Summer will hold sway

Get a feel for it today

Out on Earth!

Walkways a'coming
At the Tirehouse

Hot Here, Shaky Around The Ring

They call it the Ring of Fire

But, if it's quakes you desire

It's where you want to be

Any day, from what I see

And, today it's more of the same

The big Pacific plate is to blame

It's a big layer of dense Basalt

Subducting into trenches of faults

Earth

Doing its thing!

Best shown off around the Ring

Two 6+ quakes off New Caledonia

But, no tsunami to warn-i-ya

Little shake in Colorado, Raton Pass

Tiny shake off England, no broken glass

Otherwise, it's mostly the Ring shaking

Plus little South Sandwich rock breaking

Earth

Just doing its thing!

Here, in the woods and shade

85.6 degrees we've made

Likely to continue to rise

More T'storms, no surprise

But, nothing here yet

In the valley, they are wet

Here it's just a dog chasin' a squirrel

Half-hearted effort, gave it a whirl

Brooks Koepka about to tee off

To win PGA with dominant golf

Go Brooks!

Me, maybe a little work on a walk

600 blocks won't move with talk

Cause it's hot, but it ain't that hot

Guess I'll go give it a shot

Or, maybe time to put in the AC

Heat comes, inside cool I will be

Hope you are, too

Today On Earth

The Heat Is On! Full Flower Moon!

We knew it was going to come

Heat; and now we got us some

Humidity is not too bad yet

But, that's coming you can bet

It's just that, as May

Continues to slip away

The heat will grow day by day

That is Earth's way

Tilting toward summer!

IndoAustralian Pacific plate collisions

Brings more earth movement decisions

Earthquake!!

Today mid 5's up to a 6

Indonesia, PNG take your picks

That's where the big shakes are today

And, a 4.4 northern Oklahoma way

The Sooner state keeps on fracking

So, they got houses keep on cracking

"But, we need those oil jobs"

Said the greedy, myopic knobs...

Nobody driving cars on a dead planet

This afternoon, 5:11EDT, Full Flower Moon

Go out, take a whiff & look, might just swoon

Little rain here last night

But, bulk of storm, not quite

Less chance today, check out the sky

Why let a day pass by

Without a good Earth whiff & look

Not hot enough you'll cook

Today on Earth!!

Warming Toward Summer

Still over a month away

But taste of summer headed our way

Warming into the 80's for at least a week

Then it might be 90's kick up their freak

Still it's mid-May, could be 90's every day

I'm ok with late spring just like today

Few drops fell late morning

Storms later is the warning

Then gets back to dry and heats up

And, over to the pond I'll be takin' a pup

But, tonight it's graduation at school

Much change since ninth grade fools

Want to see my kids take the walk

Then later, track 'em down and talk

One of my favorite days!! 

Lots of quakes in western hemisphere

But, volcanoes rule eastern it's pretty clear

East-central OK

Is rocking today

Chile all shook up, too

East Pacific Rise, sooo far from view

1/3 of volcanoes on Indonesian isles

100's of volcanoes over 1000's of miles

Usual 4 up Kamchatka way

3 south in Japan at play

Fuego is back and blasting big

Live near volcano, just a waiting gig

Moon's full tomorrow, way bright tonight

Gonna be warm, check out that sight

Get out now, you planet awaits

It's Friday, enjoy!

Today On Earth.

Chilly Start, But Warming

This morning went down to 44

And then the temp began to soar

Well, not quite soar but it did rise

This spring's temps, a pleasant surprise

But, heat is cooking the mid-west

Here this weekend it will crest

When 90 degrees it might best

Better do that AC test!!

An average day on the planet of shakes

Western Pacific with biggest quakes

PNG still with aftershocks

After yesterday's big 7.5 rock

Today Japan, Kuril and Easter Isle

5+ quakes, those last awhile

Oklahoma still fracking

So their ground be cracking

'Tween Yemen & Somalia, Gulf of Aden

5.1 quake, Earth just misbehavin'

Always more quakes comin', just you wait

When you live on a planet of plates

Moon'll be a little bigger & brighter still

And, tonight much less chill

Get out, check out the evening sky

Unless human lighting has wiped it, bye!

Yet another day to enjoy

Lovely Earth, our planet toy

Just play nice...

Today On Earth

Still Cool Here, Big PNG Quake!

Our weekend storm's rockin' the Northeast

Here cloudy & cool, no rain at least

The central US is cooking

That heat is looking

Our way for the coming weekend

Perhaps summer is ready to send

Spring on it's way

But, with it 60, not today!

Today's big news is a 7.5 quake

PNG's eastern archipelago got a big shake

But, seems to be a strike-slip move

Lateral shift, not a vertical groove

So no big wave was given a push

So, no coastal villages got a smoosh!

Always good news after a big shake

With no casualties, easer to take

Still, bet it was quite a wild ride

Just hang on, when Earth on shaky side

Waxing gibbous moon into Virgo tonight

4 days from full it's getting bright

Spica will be the star left and below

Straight up will be Arcturus, ya know

Arc northeast from there to see

Where the Big Dipper's handle will be

From the handle, reverse your line

Arc to Arcturus, Spike to Spica, so fine!!

Cool and breezy continues here

With clouds, it's less than clear

High and Low battle it out

Gonna be wind, no doubt!

Still a fine spring day

Has come my way

Today On Earth!

Get out and enjoy!

Damp Mom's Day Weekend

The weekend has been quite soggy

And, I have not been real bloggy

But, back to say to all Moms, Thanks!

Without you, we'd all be blanks

Couldn't read or write or even smile

Moms are there for all the while

To hug & love 💗 and guide us along

To teach what's right, explain what's wrong

So lucky to have my mom 60+ years

Three years gone, still wells up tears

Hope you're with you mom today

If not, you'd better call and say

Thanks Mom, I love ya!

While soggy here, not much rain

Inches fell elsewhere again

But, only half inch here so far

Need a deluge to flush my water jar

But, I can only take what Earth will give

And, I sure have plenty of water to live

The world is so green and lush

Wild fecundity like velvet plush

Few quakes in the center of the USA

Texas, Ok, Kansas shaken today

Keep on frackin', keep the gas a'flowin'

But daChump tariffs start economy slowin'

Clueless twit, punk, bully, mo-ron, too

He will continue to screw

Most of the world, but enriching a few

More cheating and lying, that's what he do

But we all know change is coming

On Earth, that's all there is

One day everything's humming

Then quickly it's started to fizz

Hug your mom or make that call

With no mom, you'd never have stood tall

Thank your Mom

Today and Everyday On Earth!

Another Lost Battle, But War's Not Over!

Today, a lovely day but with storms coming
After a rather stormy planning commission meeting last night
Several song lines popped into my head
Here's the one I pried out

Straightened 605

Old Louisa’s gone away

But, traffic’s here to stay

The day they straightened 605

Old Louisa went away

Hey, get out of my way

The day they straightened 605

Old roads follow along the ridge line

Where it’s flat but never very straight

For just a few cars that was all fine

But, now we gotta go, just can’t wait

Route 605 was built by folks on horseback

Needing just a slow, steady gait

Late to the plant again I’ll get the sack

That’s why we need this road straight

Old Louisa’s gone away

But, traffic’s here to stay

The day they straightened 605

Old Louisa went away

Hey, I got the right o’ way

The day they straightened 605

How can we make it without in-dustry

That is really all we need

Don’t need no tree on the road in front of me

So, this warning you should heed

We just can’t have a road be so winding

And, for folks on a bike, I don’t care

Straight with four lanes we should be finding

Get out of my way, I don’t share

Old Louisa’s gone away

Got more crime here today

The day they straightened 605

Old Louisa’s gone away

Hey, you are in my way

The day they straightened 605

Now the stop lights are here

 Trees and farms got the sack

And, one thing is quite clear

Those trees ain’t coming back

While it may be sad it is true

With industry rural goes away

Need straight roads running through

Jobs and money will save the day

Let’s pave Parish

Straighten Roundabout, too

Old Louisa’s gone away

Crime & traffic here to stay

The day they straightened 605

Old Louisa’s gone away

I’m taking that school bus out today

The day they straightened 605

Let’s straighten ‘em all

Bikes, who needs two wheels 

I got eighteen..

And, a shiftin’ load

Look out....

Cold Front, Big Storms, Miss Here!

Big storms rolled down the James

One drainage north, it was pretty tame

That cold front quickly put on the brakes

Northern air doesn't have what it takes

To get deep into the south these days

So it stalled and has washed away

Leaving clouds and cool before

The next one is at our door

That will be here late tomorrow

And could cause Mother's Day sorrow

It too, will stall and hang around

A damp weekend, rain on the ground

Earth! What ya gonna do? Leave?

There is action on the Congo/Rwanda border

Two volcanoes stirring up disorder

Both quiet since last year

But with the city of Goma near

Always a little eruption fear

What will happen, never quite clear

42 years ago

Lava did flow

Into the city

It wasn't pretty!

Elsewhere, Colima is back in old Mexico

Italy's Etna, gassy and ready to blow

18 this week, almost half  in Indonesia

Sinabung is back, giving locals a seizure

At least a quiet earthquake day, so far

And, with clouds, tonight nary a star

If it's clear where you are viewing

'Tween Leo & Gemini the moon is skewing

Time for me to go walking

A wayward dog ain't talking

But, he was out all night

He's a wild boy alright

You should get out too

Today On Earth!

Crescent Moon & Mars

Low in the southwest tonight

Will sit a lovely sight

Mars and the waxing crescent moon

But, only after dark, take a peek, soon

And, we were a bit overdue

For a quake magnitude 7.2

PNG got rocked yesterday

Well inland, no tsunami at play

While quite a shake

It didn't seem to break

Much on the island

Power restoration is at hand

High pressure remains in control here

But, southwest air flow makes it clear

Today will warm nicely, short of hot

Still a lovely Spring we got!

Time to get out, find a dog

Maybe go for a golfing slog

Enjoy your Tuesday

Today On Earth!

Last week's bloomin' Dogwood view, then gravity

took over, and all fell, at once it seemed

The ground around the tree was white

What a sight!!

High Pressure & Meteor Shower

Earth is flying through the debris trail

Left by Halley's comet's tail

Halley's last fly-by was 33 years ago

So, the meteor shower is not a great show

Especially for those of us north of equator

And, it doesn't even start till way later

..Deep in the night

Low southeast an hour before dawn's light

Or, low in the southwest after the sun's swoon

Spot red Aldebaran & a tiny crescent moon

Tomorrow moon will hang next to Mars

Clear skies

Always wise

To get out, check on meteors, planets & stars

With weekend weather mess gone

High pressure pushing the storm on

Cool blue skies with fluffy cumulus

Low humidity, can't really fuss

Spring continues a treat

Slow to summer's heat; sweeeet

Western Pacific the usual shaking

Aleutians, too, subduction quaking

With maybe a hint of volcanic action

Just more Earth heat & pressure reaction

 Today will let board know what we think

Their lies & deceptions really do stink

But, we're not going to shrink

More than willing to push to the brink

We don't want water line to slink

Everywhere, taxes down black hole sink

Another song coming, wink, wink!!

Better not blink

Or Today On Earth

Will be gone!

CINCO DE MAYO, Derby Slime!

No blog yesterday, too much disgust

Leaves even more that we can't trust

If you look at enough slow replays

Then whiny losers get their ways

I'll never watch another horse race

I hope the sports falls into disgrace

Kentucky derby, dead for me

Preakness, Belmont will not see

A strong horse lead wire to wire

Fought off challengers, what desire!

But no, some lackey stole the win

Ridiculous ruling, on evidence thin

Local, state, national officials, little trust

Spend our tax money, soon treasury bust

Around the world, turmoil & missiles flyin'

Excuses made, daChump keeps on lyin'

Venezuela, Korea or the Middle East

Take your pick, insanity feast

And DonnyJonny calls up Vladimir

Message he sends is pretty clear

daChump puts Russian interests first

Slimy traitor, he's the worst

Human ever!!

While we humans keep doing our thing

Earth continues its daily fling

Monster cyclones nail east African coast

US tornadoes turn towns to toast

Little rain here, while nearby: deluge

On Earth, always someone taking refuge

More rain coming before we clear

Then more Spring, it's been quite dear

Lots of quakes, western Pacific rim

Subduction giving Pacific plate daily trim

Shaking, erupting, raging storms

Another day, more Earth norms

Get outside, check things out

And, while there's lots to make you shout

You can only do what you do

Be nice to others, say what's true

Change ain't coming from the top down

Do your part to remove that frown

I'm keeping the local pressure on

Writing letters, don't want our money gone

To black hole projects with nothing to show

Where all our tax money really did go

But, now it's time to take my dog walking

And, stop all this keyboard squawking

Get out and enjoy

Today On Earth!
IT'S CINCO DE MAYO!!

The Bear Returns!!

The local, LARGE black bear was back

For a 4am hummingbird feeder attack

Breyer dog scared me up with bark alert

Bear ambled off, feeder empty but unhurt

His one large bear! Big dude!

But, unharmed FirstNature feeder got attitude!!

Captured by my neighbor's game cam

More later but dog needs walking.

Things Are Heating Up!!

A monster Bermuda High is in charge

So, plain storms will wait to barge

Into the mid-Atlantic till the weekend

Today it's looking like they will send

More tornadoes raging 'cross the plains

Torrential rain and hail smashing panes

Just another spring day on the big Earth

Be ready to hang on for all you're worth!

We have an increasing chance of storms, too

Sliding down the Blue Ridge, roiling through

In the sky the moon is two days from new

So that tiny crescent is tough to view

Heat, haze, clouds and storms

Will keep sky watching below norms

Few quakes today, but biggest only mag. 5

There'll be more on a planet alive

Volcano list: 17 mountains are erupting

None of them doing much destructing

Heard my latest letter made the local paper

To keep local slime from pulling off their caper

President, Attorney General both liars

Seems to be to what local officials aspire

Ignore, distort and twist the truth

We're coming for you in the voting booth

Not sure how so many can be so dumb

Are they expecting to be thrown a crumb?

daChump don't care about them

Just wants the focus on him

Me, me, me, me, me, me, me

Don't want to look, only moron to see

Living on Earth requires you to think

Else you be ripped off in a blink

Two trillion on bridges and roads?

More of our money down the commode

Not sure who will do the work

Won't be no daChump votin' jerk

Tough to work with a phone in your hand

Or if you hanging in Fortnight land

Lots at the border looking for work

Just that thought makes daChump berserk

If only he had a plan, any plan

Other than keep his orange tan

Don't have to remember what you said

When you tell the truth..

My take

Today On Earth!

May Day! I'm Stuck On The Front!!

Is it cool or is it warm?

Changing, always the norm

Early, the front moved south

Cool humidness from it's mouth

Now the sun is back again

Southern air for the win!

Back and forth could go on for days

Before Saturday's rains sweep it aways

Warm side gets a good taste of summer

Cool, damp side for some a bummer

Which side are you on?

Shaky planet fairly quiet today

5.4 on Mid-Atlantic Ridge biggest sway

Only minor shakes along plate edges

Normal movement of subduction ledges

Sun close to minimum sunspot action

Still solar wind causing atmospheric reaction

Minor auroral lights occurring

To see, far northern temps you'll be enduring

Me I'm hanging where it's warm

Tho' skier, coldness not my norm

What's become the norm, Rosy Grosbeaks

Still at my feeders with full cheeks

Female hit my window today

Serious stunning but later flew away

Only drawback to all this glass

Reflection looks like you can pass

Right through!

Gotta run and pay state tax

Sadly some to local hacks

Still working on megasite here

We're still making it clear

We don't want our taxes to roll

Into that big ole black hole

Not today or any day

On Earth!