September 2026? WTH?

 Yep, only the 4th post of this year, marking the beginning of year #20...but tis what it tis...



VA eye appointment last week, and yesterday the local {via VA contract} Cardio Doc to check things out...77 1/2 years old and amazingly I'm still above ground and have outlived all of my surname ancestors since my Great-Great-Great Grandfather 1775-1863...not sure how old Israel made it that old, but he was the last to get past 75 until me, at least in the known immediate family.  While I still have a slight {I guess} Heart Murmur, which I will have a Echo done early next month...frankly I'm not worried at all, because not likely I will let them cut on me regardless...

I've lived a good life, and can still drive, walk, drink beer, smoke good cigars...if it all ends tomorrow, I'm fine with whatever the good Lord brings on me.

Anyway the summer is passing on, and that IMO can't come soon enough.  I hate long, cold, winters, these days, but Hot and Humid Summers are almost as bad...and I look forward to a couple months of cooler, dryer, weather, where I can sit out, smoke a good cigar, or head to the lake and walk with Millie the Airedale and the wife.  I will also be taking in Fall League travel baseball over the next 6 weeks or so...I got down for a double header on Sunday where middle Grandson did his first games at D1 and he and youngest son moved back to that highest level as player and coach, although son moved to assistant coaching...with a business to run in 3 states and around 100 employees, he decided he needed to step back and work more closely with that and with the other son's and their activities as well...good decision, IMO.

Anyway, Kam, battled leadoff in both games, ended up 2 for 3 with 2 walks, 2 runs, 2 stolen bases, and 3 runs batted in...he also took the mound in the first game, where despite being a bit wild, he survived...pitching is not his primary talent, but the team needs him as one of it's arms come next season {which begins in March}...they won 16-2 in the 2nd game after losing 10-6 in the opener...

Not a lot planned for much of the fall...a road trip with older son, OSU grad, either Iowa or Indiana, in October, still waiting on a kickoff time to see which will fit our calender ... and a Thanksgiving Bengals game vs New Orleans in Cincy with Middle Son on November 29th..

Come winter, wife and I will mark 50 years married...no big plans for that, not our style, but we will do something special the week before Christmas...I still wanna get back to the Everglades for one more photo shoot, where I can post my own, or do som Ai work, like the one below from a collage of photos I have taken down there.

That's the small but set plans for the rest of the year, although I'm sure something will come about in addition to those...and I will hopefully post a time or two more...

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Cubans....Where are the "Cubans"?

 

Well Hell, it's been 5 months, so figured I'd let myself and anybody that may stop by these days, that I was still alive and kicking...Just a quick note...it's been 19 years this month that I started this Blog. Of course I don't post often, unlike the 250 a years when I first began, but still want to keep it alive for old time sake.

Had my Semi Annual VA Visit in Columbus last week and the numbers, ect, were acceptable, so at 77 plus 4 months, I continue to outlive almost all male family members from the early 1800s until today...most die in their 50s or 60s and only one in my lifetime has made it to 75...so despite the Agent Orange issues {so the VA says} with D2 and Neuropathy, and perhaps some High Blood Pressure...for now all seems under control and I move and get around, enjoy what I enjoy, and move forward...

Cubans...

Recently a Cigar smoking buddy of mine from central Ohio, went on his semi annual dive vacation to Curacao...he is a collector of quality cigars, and came home with quite a few boxes of the Cubans...he gifted me a few.  While I would sneak a few Cubans back from Cana-duh, on our fishing trips years ago, I was never overly impressed, costly, Hell Yes!  But not much, if at all, better than the ones I was smoking...these on the other hand, so far, after firing up 2 in the past couple weeks, are a superior mild/medium smoke...now I prefer stronger Cigars, but at the late breakfast hour, sitting in the backyard on a nice day {perfect weather this morning} with the Airedale, while wife baked cookies for her class that she teaches, I enjoyed this Josh L. Piedra...it lasted just under an hour, and I smoked it down to the nub.  It was indeed good...

On the other hand Grandson's Travel Baseball and Swim Season has finished, so I can relax until Fall Baseball come late in August...I may finally get out for some Mad River Trout fishing...but really I'm not sure what I will do, but whatever it may be, I will include quality cigars on occasion and good beer...

I will try to get back before Summer's end...just to check in...

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The Brutal Winter of 2025-26

 

While I have seen colder winters, with more Snow, the continued days of below freezing for highs, which finally ended yesterday, has been impressive...

Snow wise, despite some melting when it reached the low 50s yesterday with Sun and lite winds...the weeks of below average temps and highest snowfall in over a decade has really made the winter drag on...

Heading into yesterday we still had at least 15 to 18 inches still on the ground with plenty of deeper piles from the road plow and snow blower works.  Now to be sure this in nothing like my two winters in Upstate New York, post Vietnam in 1970-71 and the winter that followed, nor the bigger cold winter of 1977-78 in Northern Wisconsin living between Wausau and Merrill...but for this old guy, it has been a long, rather boring, run...with me no longer snow skiing or riding Snowmobiles, nor 4 wheeling thru the snow drifts...I am more than ready for Spring and some warm weather.  Next week is slated to be a bit above normal, while today and tomorrow are going to sit around freezing for the highs...

While I did get out yesterday to smoke a fine, but short Chunk Cigar, from Alex Bradley, it was indeed good to sit outside for an hour or more and enjoy the sunshine and cigar with a couple of beers...

Hopefully I can do that again next week...

Meanwhile we wait on more consistent warmer weather, which around here doesn't arrive until sometime in May...but we will take whatever Mother Nature throws our way in the meantime...I am however, ready for a bit of heat...🔥

In the meantime I slowly work my way to 77 years on this planet, next month, on March 16th...

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2026...19 Years here we come!

 

Sure I only post a few times per year these days, unlike the plus 200-250 a year back in the early years...but if I make it to July, it will be 19 years of ownership...not as politically controversial as it was back in the day, after all Liberals are to f*cking stupid to bother with 98% of the time.

2026 here we go...

Should be fun, between Trump driving the pathetic left nuts, and the TDS infected fools losing what little minds they have...this old guy is looking forward to the show...



First off Trump smoking a Venezuelan "Maduro"...no, not a Cigar, but the Drug Running/Dicktator, who is now on USA Soil and in Jail...my Ai drawing of The Donald with this hand rolled Maduro fits this start to 2026 perfect...

Tampon Timmy Walz Jumps Shit

Poor Tim Retard, wanted to be the VP of the USA, well now he's not even running for re-election to our Northern Shithole of Somalia ... aka: Minnesota...

Seems Timmy and his low life East African Refuse-gees, bilked the American Taxpayers out of $9 Billion and counting, but were outed by a young podcaster...and Timmy say "I'm Outta Here"

Better Yet...{I love Ai sometimes when I can create my own stuff} 😁

In other news, Sports...The Bengals didn't make the playoff, Joe Burrow's injury sealed that deal, and our Ohio State Buckeyes, the defending National Champs were eliminated by Miami in the Quarter Finals...however, don't be surprised if the other Midwest Big Ten team, undefeated Indiana Hoosiers, win it all...we will find out in the next couple weeks.

Winter Sucks...but

I will try to push my way to 77 years on this planet, come March.  I will try to post a bit more, perhaps once a month or so...but time will tell.

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