All Hallows Eve

As w/ most modern celebration days

The original meaning is lost in a haze

Mostly a haze of sugar greed & money

Fat kids gorging on candy..not so funny

Once a connection day; living w/ dead

But..in 'merica shifted to money instead

Talk about death, ain't no way

All up to Jesus..so the posers say

Could be wet for today's trick or treaters

As usual, rain arrival time teeters

And, how much?? forecast remains shaky

Just like in Peru, forecast remains quaky

Mag. 5+ in both the south & the north

Quickly find out what house is worth

S. Carolina w/ a little reminder shake

State boundary..is a very old plate break

Indonesia in on quake action, too

Philippines just had typhoon roll thru

Usual flooding & death there

Corrupt government..they don't care

When you encourage overbreeding

Typhoon will do a little weeding

TrumpVirus deaths here

3 or 400/day, stats kinda unclear

Unhealthy, unvaxed TrumpDickSuckers

Hateful, racist reality duckers

Current reality, down come mo' leaves

With even the slightest breeze

Vibrant reds are now on the ground

More visibility all around

Any rain will bring down way more

It's Halloween, it's what in store

Today on Earth

Tree vs. Gravity

We all know the winner

Glad a dog's head wasn't inside

The hole at the bottom

Hey little Vlady..

Bite me, ya dick!

Post-Chickenstock Sunday...Cool!

The return of a Montpelier music fest

Put music memories to the test

From early Who to Dead to even DMB

It was a memory ride to hear & see

Now..the sun is back but change a'coming

Not like Miss., where they be bumming

We might get rain but not tornadoes

For trick or treaters..that kinda blows

But, for an area that is trending dry

We'd be happy to give moisture a try

Down in Peru, aftershocks roll on

Indonesia to Tonga, more Pacific gone

Plate stuffed into subduction zone

Still no quakes that'er bad to the bone

More solar wind headed Earth's way

So..across high lat skies auroras'll play

Color play here seems little subdued

More brown than orange red hued

And, fewer leaves every day

Drifting down as the breeze does play

Large brown dog has found new chew

Just snuck off, it's what he do

Time to bundle & take a tree walk

Still wondering, to pickle or balk

Today On Earth

Everything is better

With cows around...

Moon headed for Saturn visit

Early evening loveliness!!

Get out!!

And..Sun Is Back..Peru Shaky!!

Peru, no stranger to big earthquakes

Is dealing w/ a cluster of near 6 shakes

Thought I felt a little shake here, but no..

But, clouds have gone & sun's the show

Now we'll see how high temps will go

Leaves a'hangin' w/o much wind blow

Sun still spotty, solar wind coming

Aurora tours will not be bumming

Crescent moon in Sag. teapot tonight

Clear skies should allow a sight

But, clouds will move back into scene

Forecast calling for rainy Halloween

In twisted news but who cares

My hope..big crash of twitter shares

Not sure who has biggest ego

Elon or fat lyin' donnie-O

Both seems to need to be the news

Both happy giving all the screws

One, just weird, other complete mo-ron

World likely better w/ both gone

Other news.. all election crap

As USA slips into fascist trap

Minority rule & poser christian oppression

But, GOP & greed have us in depression

TrumpVirus infection still grows

In more ways than we even knows

GOP running on (lol) anti-crime

But, their leader should be doing time

Va gov. ok w/ attack on Nancy's man

And, screwin' YoungKin best he can

Cuz if one thing GOP don't have to try

It's blame, deny, distort & lie

Living in fox world of delusion

Yet, to Earth, we're a minor illusion

W/ Mauna Loa setting up to blow..

Could soon get Earth reality show

Adapt, Migrate or Die

Only rules we got to live by

Today On Earth..

Part of forest remains green

It's the Beech scene

Grow low, block the view

It's just what they do..

Cool With Clouds From The East..??

High pressure is cool & overhead

Bringing Atlantic cloudy dread

It sunny now but likely to change

As the wind does Friday rearrange

Don't think it'll stop our plan

To be a golf ball hitting man

So..this will be short & sweet

Time to get shoes on my feet

Take a dog for a short walk

Then it's on to some golfin' talk

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Can you find, thin, thin crescent moon

Just under lowermost right branch

Expand...

A Red-Orange Blur..

The forest view, a red-orange blur

Cooler, too, front thru for sure

Sun is back, but for how long

Seems, Low offshore w/ clouds along

May make for cloudy days ahead

W/ little rain for Day of the Dead

Speaking of dead, be nice to see

Little Vlady & donnie dumped at sea

Along w/ 1,100+ TrumpVirus dead..today

Decent stats have just gone away

In debate news, GOP-ers when they talk

Ya just have to cringe & gawk

Oz thinks local pols know best

About your health issues..not in jest

Others concerned w/ content in a book

Yea..like kids would give that a look

Most only "read" what's on a phone

My guess..at videos alone

Most can't read, or do much math

'Course, we're hearing parents wrath

But, kid can't read, that's parent's fault

Seems, mom can't do a falsebook halt

In things not likely on Tiky Toc

Earth's still blasting out new rock

23 volcanoes on list this week

Gas, ash & lava, none going freak

No real quake issues, well, Mexico

But, at mag 5.0, still local show

And, little S. Texass shake

Sure Greggg will say it's a fake

Just don't try & blame it on oil

That'll make a Texican boil..

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Calf don't care

Just nurses on

GOP says, can't show that in school

Might learn about babies, not cool

Semi-Gloom In The Room

The center of the Low, far north of here

Draggin' a front leaving us w/ the drear

I have to say..leaves are just spectacular

Muted light yields best views so far

Little shake yesterday in S. SF Bay

San Andreas slip put the Earth in sway

Spins in Atlantic..may..be..new storm

No surprise for late season swarm

No real rain here, just got things wet

Seeming like yucky is all we get

TrumpVirus still killing 350-ish/day

GOP candidates..fear their only play

But, if ya won't deal w/ the issue: guns

Maybe it's not on fear ya should run

Well, there is bad parenting, too

But, seems w/ contraception we're thru

Won't help w/ planned parenthood

And, unwanted kids, say they're no good

So, what your plan, spineless GOP?

As everyday more people we see

'Tween Herschel, Oz & Bob So Bad

Maybe worst candidates we've ever had

Throw in Boebert &MT Greene

Then we know, things getting obscene

Xi & China wanna steal Taiwan

Little Vlady needs help from Iran

SCOTUS steps us back every day

My response, get out & play

While you can, 'fore it's too late

Cuz anything GOP..sooo not great

TODAY ON EARTH

Thanks Thierry Legault

Cool eclipse shot from France

Look close to see Moon's rough edge

Lunar mountains!!

Yea..sun is spotty!!

More auroras coming!

Foggy Fall Days..Eclipse..

Today's New Moon lined up straight

W/ Earth, but for total eclipse, we'll wait

Close to total in Russia & have to hope

Little Vlady didn't freak, yank nuke rope

Already lying about dirty bomb threat

Vlady & donnie, lips move, a lie! you bet

Fog has lifted some here

Still..long way from clear

But, it has cranked up color intensity

Leafy bowl of trix every where ya see

Wild storms cross Texass last night

Today, dixie trailers.. not upright??

New storm in Atlantic to form?

Fall tornadoes, what is the norm?

Monster sunspot 'bout to turn our way

So big, the sun having shaky day

TrumpVirus deaths, not too sure

CDC no stats, no graphs, info poor

New respiratory bug hitting kids

Anti-vaxers have taken off the lids

Asian overcrowding has ignored rules

Earth does not abide or feed fools

And we forget bacteria & viruses rule

We multi-cells just their breeding pool

Natural Selection still rules the day

Over breeders will have to pay

Only quakes today of local concern

And, no tsunamis did they churn

With fog here, no warm up..yet

It's Earth, ya take what ya get

Actually saw a snake yesterday

Little garter, up in tiny tree..to play?

Still... no idea how I saw the snake

But, sure brought senses awake

Never know..

Today On Earth

Molly & Arti

Best buddies

Cruising Pacific shores

And, the only thing consistent

about verizon..its service

SUCKS

November - On & Off Earth

Just a reminder..verizon sucks

NBC sucks maybe even worse

And, when did the Supreme Court become the Spanish Inquisition?

They take stupid to a whole new level

2 other things that work better with NO added

No Liberty U.

Bob No Good

November 2022 - On & Off Earth

If folklore and almanacs are to be believed, this Fall’s massive acorn crop portends a long, cold winter ahead. While science has learned much about the interconnected lives of the trees in a forest, all we really know with certainty is; 2022 has been a good year for oaks to produce acorns. Only in hindsight, next March, will we know if the trees knew something we didn’t about the coming winter.

November is a busy month; starting with, for some, the sugar hangover following Halloween. Americans go to the polls on the 8th (or vote early, like I did), possibly after rising very early that day to catch the Full Beaver moon eclipsed by Earth’s shadow. NASA has the launch of the Artemis rocket rescheduled for a trip to the moon on the 14th. The reliable Leonid meteor  shower peaks early morning on the 18th.

November also shocks our sense of time as we Fall Back from Daylight-Saving Time early on Sunday the 6th. We remember, celebrate and thank all those that have served our country on Veterans Day on the 11th. And finally, on the 24th, it’s an early Thanksgiving Day as we gather to give thanks with family and friends. A day to remember, even in seemingly tough times, we have so much to be thankful for.

Even with a little less sun time every day, most any day in November is a fine time to get out for a walk on our planet. Foliage colors are peaking, fewer bugs are flying and crawling, and while temperatures can range from balmy to chilly, layer wisely and get out and enjoy the splendor that is Fall in Virginia.

With more dark hours, clear skies allowing, this month provides lots to ogle in the space off Earth. Saturn, Jupiter and the red planet Mars span the arc of the ecliptic, west to east, all month. The moon visits each over the first two weeks of the month; on the 1st(& 28th), 4th and 10/11, respectively. Remember, planets don’t twinkle, only stars do.

As mentioned, you’ll need to set your alarm to catch the Total Lunar Eclipse early on election day. The moon enters Earth’s shadow at 4:09am, is in the shadow, totally eclipsed, from 5:16am to 6:42am…which happens to be sunrise. The whole show will be low in the southwest.

For astrology buffs, the sun moves into Libra on the 1st, and from our Earthly view, into Scorpio, for a week on the 23rd. Venus and Mercury remain hidden behind the sun but that changes in December.

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) hit its mark and we now know, did change the orbit of that small space rock. The dust and debris from the collision even created a comet-like tail behind the asteroid. Well done NASA but let’s hope they don’t need to divert a space rock that’s actually headed at Earth anytime soon (there are none to worry about).

Looking out my windows, into what had been a very green world, I am reminded of why Fall is my favorite season. The color show that changes hourly, the leaves riding every wind gust, the  (mostly) bug free, pleasant temperatures and yes, even the slippery walking through the acorns. Get outside, it’s November!!

And, there was a lovely little garter snake out on this lovely day, gotta look close. He's well camo-ed!!

A Less Sunny Sunday

With a little Low just off shore

& High to north, clouds, we got more

But w/ the High blocking the flow

Looking like rain, will be a no show

There is a breeze, few leaves a'flyin'

Acorn barrage..seems finally dyin'

The forest colors, an iridescent delight

Our southern version of aurora's at night

Sun's solar wind, cranking & o' so fast

Seems few more days auroras may last

Big storm out west, a taste of winter

Mexican hurricane; houses to splinter?

Mississippi still running slow & dry

So..another price increase, big biz'll try

GOP whining crime & economy

Hint of a plan..none we see

Got my vote in..NOT for Bob Good

Poser christian w/ heart of rotten wood

Poorly named like Liberty U.

Hypocrisy: it's what they do

A proper name'd be Bob O. SoBad

And, Liberty..where none can be had

My guess, Lynch-burg, appropriate name

Racist, poser christian w/o shame

Lot of TrumpVirus rampant in USA

Lies & blame all they got to say

Quakes today, biggest seems a 5.1

And, most along trench in Pacific ocean

Aussie-Pacific subduction zone, the scene

A 4.7 in Dom. Rep. will make things careen

Another small comet hit the sun

SOHO spacecraft observed that fun

Seems..always something going on

But, for now, dog's home..I'm gone

Today On Earth

There are cows in this shot

Black cows in the shade

Make A Dog's Day Day!!

Give 'em a ruffle, a scratch & a ride

Hug that dog, rub 'em on the belly-side

Cuz they make your day everyday

We love 'em so.. mean what you say

A day set up to encourage adoption

So much better than buying fancy option

Like dumbasses having mo' stupid kids

So many mo-rons,  living on the skids

Get a dog they can't care for

Then let that dog produce more

Dump the poor things out on the street

Those people need to be beat..

Then neutered, cuz here's the thing

I don't wanna pay for their offspring

TDS* douche, 4 kids, 2 dogs in a trailer

Wife speaks up, he's gonna wail on her

Shoppin' at walmart, buying ghinese crap

Blaming others from his nasty yap

Not my fault he's too fat to see own dick

Doesn't need a dog, should get a stick

And, smack himself in the head

While he watches the fox in bed

Again, don't bring a dog into your life

If you're a TDS* likes to beat his wife

But, if you want to smooth life's ride

Plan..then get a good dog by your side

And, it's the day, To Make a Dog's day

Out of a cage & home to play

Today On Earth

BUT

Remember..

Look before you leap

A dog is for keeps

That bumper sticker kept

My sister and I from getting

A dog for our dad

That he wasn't ready for

He was better w/ a barn cat..

Dog w/ persimmon tree

And, that tree is loaded

But, not quite frosty enough

To eat yet..

Was sooo sweet, until it wasn't

Then pucker...

Little Vlady & fat donnie

Don't have dogs

And it shows

And, they should not have dogs

*TDS-TrumpDickSucker

Indian Summer..Can I Say That? Nice Job Liz!!

We had a frost & now it's again warm

That's Indian Summer, what's the harm

Too many, too easily offended

Want previous history re-bended

Fact: Continents, living in the stone age

Invaded, overrun by those in bullet stage

Gave slavery chance to expand

Same old greed, supply/demand

Were horrid things done, you bet they were

Were they done before & still, for sure

When you let most any men have power

It seems, we'll be soaked in evil shower

But, women seem happy to screw pooch, too

Take Liz Truss, rich giveaways, she thru..

We continue to whine about history

But, won't fix problems that we all see

Still we wallow in Golden Age of Blame

It's not my fault..Da Nile our claim

Yet, on world warms, rivers running dry

Any plans to deal with mess, nice try

Around the Ring, volcanoes blowing

Kurils, Kamchatka, Aleutians ever going

Manoa Loa's back on the list

Stromboli, still seems pissed

2 dozen mountains blowin' & shakin'

Plate boundaries rule the quakin'

Venus is back behind the sun

Soon back for Evening star run

Sun got spots, none getting wild

Time to go, weather back to mild

Cuz, it's Indian Summer..enjoy

Today On Earth

Still fungus

Among us

A Light Frosting..

It dipped a little lower this morn

A very light frost coat was worn

But a little more of a southerly flow

As High dome begins to go..slow

Panama sea floor w/ a mag. 6.9 quake

Tsunami warnings, it seems, are not fake

Well...now quake dropped to 6.7..so

Still don't mean big waves won't flow

TrumpVirus data has taken a twist..

But, seems another 700+ don't exist

Orionid meteor shower late tonight

Halley's comet dust burning up..bright

Waning crescent moon won't interfere

So..insomniacs..if skies are clear

Ghina's space station continues to grow

W/ space weapons??..never know..

Another dick-tator, power & greed

Never enough to fill their need..

A sad RIP note, Tom Petty's b'day

Been 72 had he not gone away

🎂

Might listen to some Tom..

Today On Earth

A dog & his bear..

Another Stupid Texass Story

Cigarette smokers are mostly disgusting pigs

Tossing anywhere their still burning cigs

So..in a field, bone dry from usual drought

Some pig tossed a butt, course, it won't out

Burned up 70 vehicles, huge cloud of smoke

Will he confess, we all know that's a joke

Cuz if one thing a Texican can do, it's deny

Well, can also quickly blame or back a lie

That pot is illegal & cigs are not

'Bout 'merica, says a lot

Old money, big biz, overrule health

Lock up blacks for pot, keep white wealth

Lung cancer makes big medicine billions

So.. 2nd hand smoke is killing children

No one cares if money is being made

Phillip & Morris gotta get paid

Only 2 smokers at my recent party

In my yard, their cig trash I still see

🐖🐖

In, "hey it's cold", reality news

Canadian air is turning the screws

Garden harvest lead to pesto cubes

Maybe..this winter w/ some pasta tubes

PESTO!!

Only got to 36 here in the trees

Chilly but not a real killing freeze

Built a fire in stove last night

And, outdoor plants tucked inside, tight

Quakes, few around in the mid-mag. 5's

China landslides?? but most'll survive

Sun got spots but most are small & quiet

Well.. relatively, if close, an insane riot

Moon is lining up w/ Earth's orbital plane

ECLIPSE TIME!!

Partial solar next week on plain in Spain

We get a total lunar 2 weeks after that

Early, early morning, wear sleeping hat

Forest grows more colorful every day

Time to get out for a wander & play

Today On Earth

Ridge & Trough; We Get Frost!

W/ a big ridge out west, deep trough east

Canadian air will have garden killin' feast

Just how cold.. we'll have to wait & see

Seems likely to dip down into 20's

And, w/ every chilly breeze

More leaves cut loose from the trees

Last garden harvest, potted plants in

But, just means Indian Summer will begin

Cuz..it is Rocktober & warm'll be back

Fore we get another winter attack

Very average day for earthquakes

No worries w/ 5.0 biggest shakes

Earth did just get gamma ray burst

But, 2.4 billion light years, not the worst

Super Nova usually means black hole

Seems to be how the universe rolls

300+ TrumpVirus dead, w/ few reports

TDS* states still happy to lie & distort

Little Vlady's troops are so lame

Lobbing more bombs his only game

World chaos & pain seems his plan

Pathetic moves from little weak man

No wonder he & donnie get along

Neither as humans really belong

Big Brown Dog just back home

Somedays hangs, others gotta roam

Early leaf color is going away

Oak, hickory longer the green will stay

But, that will begin to change..tonight

Chlorophyll dropping out of sight

Good news, perhaps an insect kill

And, no copperheads in a chill

Today On Earth

Key Lime's last day out

Jeez..google sucks

Big Chill Oozing South..

A taste of winter is headed our way

Already deep into the ole USA

We're still clinging to the mild air

But, front is close & warm's outta here

Leaves swirling on every breeze

Acorns crashing from overloaded trees

Heavy acorn, heavy winter: forecast rage

If it's true, it's first year of an ice age!?

Philippines, Indonesia the quake winner

As Pacific ocean gets a little thinner

Peru quake pushing Andes little higher

Sun spotty but no CME's are gonna fire

Big oil jacking prices back up

Poor TDS* can't fill monster pickup

'Course, GOP still blaming Joe

But, the reality that logic will show

Still stuck w/ TrumpVirus infection

Backed w/ fox lying deflection

GOP: starts war + economic collapse

Dems stabilizes despite congress' naps

GOP whines, lies & blames..& wins

And, we do it all over again

Cuz what we know about republican

Gonna lie & blame but they got no plan

Greed & growth & war & oil

Not a plan, just driving world turmoil

River levels low & it's worldwide

Climate is global, no where to hide

And, can't float barge down Mississippi

More turmoil we're gonna see

Corporate 'merica will just jack prices

More angst sweeps thru mobile devices

When phone's not a tool, but your life

Easy to make cash off your strife

At least nice to know meta's crashing

Poor weird Marky, teeth a'gnashing

If only friends you have are online

WARNING

Nothing in your life is really fine

Marky had no friends in real world

So, weird falsebook he unfurled

And, here we are

From a phone we can't be far

And, Earth cares not

But, gonna get hot

Well...not here, for a few days

We'll shift to minor cold phase

Today On Earth

A little Baker Branch pond serenity

Getting Damp..Then Cold

After a gorgeous day for a party

Today, no longer sunshine we see

Not quite total rain..yet.

So..under trees not quite wet

By mid-week, into serious cold

Which will make a garden..old

6.3 quake off meso-America coast

But, was no tsunami toast

Few sunspots, nothing big

Moon bout to its 3/4 gig

That's it, that's all I got

'Cept that party...was hot

Today On Earth

View from the far back corner

Dog already planning

field exploration

Little Vlady Putin

What a dick...

Gonna Be A Party Tonight..Party Tonight..Oh Yea!!

25 years ago, house construction begun

Students out packing tires just for fun

(Well, some bonus points, too)

Then at 4, they were sent home

And, in party goer's commenced to roam

Seats were logs, music from Page & Jay

On the radio, w/ shout out for par-tay

Then Jay-Byrd played live by the fire

And, a tradition began at a house O tire

While Hawai'i is having a shaking time

And, much of world is ruled by slime

The weather today will be primo-fine

For a 25th soiree: drink, party & dine

How many will make it their first trip?

How many will give a dog a treat slip?

But, time to go, stuff to do

Tomorrow hung-over blog for you

But, now, it's Party Time

Today On Earth

Gumbo (Yumbo) Prep!

Poppers are wrapped & ready

43 chilled