A Blue Sky Day for ...

 THE ECLIPSE!

Looking southwest.

Looking southeast.

We got back from a trip to Buffalo last evening.  Even though Buffalo is supposed to have full totality, we had to get home for other commitments.  On our drive there (we left Wednesday) and back, all the electronic road signs said "Arrive Early, Stay late, Eclipse Monday, April 8th".  It's a big deal for NY State.

Here in New Hampshire we should have 93% totality.  

I plan to take photos of the action using my colander.  We have eclipse glasses to use too but won't attempt any photos directly of the eclipse.

As you may have noticed in my photos we got more snow!  We missed that 12" dump by going to Buffalo where we had rain.  Fortunately warm weather followed the storm and most of it has disappeared.

What's happening where you are?

SOME THINGS TO THINK ABOUT

 

Again, thanks to Marilyn for sharing these with me.

 Snow coming on Wednesday.

Will these beauties survive?

Squirrel Problem

The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about their squirrel infestation. After much prayer and consideration, they concluded that the squirrels were predestined to be there, and they should not interfere with God’s divine will.

At the Baptist church, the squirrels had taken an interest in the baptistry. The deacons met and decided to put a water-slide on the baptistry and let the squirrels drown themselves. The squirrels liked the slide and, unfortunately, knew instinctively how to swim, so twice as many squirrels showed up the following week.

The Lutheran church decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God’s creatures. So, they humanely trapped their squirrels and set them free near the Baptist church. Two weeks later, the squirrels were back when the Baptists took down the water-slide.

The Episcopalians tried a much more unique path by setting out pans of whiskey around their church in an effort to kill the squirrels with alcohol poisoning. They sadly learned how much damage a band of drunk squirrels can do.

But the Catholic church came up with a more creative strategy! They baptized all the squirrels and made them members of the church. Now they only see them at Christmas and Easter.

Not much was heard from the Jewish synagogue. They took the first squirrel and circumcised him. They haven’t seen a squirrel since.

-Anonymous

Thanks, Marilyn for sending this to me.