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Unofficial Blueberry season total so far 14.5 gallons. I only picked about 3 . Friends and family have been busy. Picked a quart of black raspberries today. I forgot they were around and a little dry but tasty.

Yes, it's lower in the valley and lots of trees around . I can't seem to come across much in the way of historic articles On Doe mtn. https://berksnostalgia.com/doe-mountain-ski-area/

My curiosity got me thinking. I found this picture from a different angle but it was there but maybe smaller.

I don’t remember the larger lake in the 90’s Doe mountain “ On the right “I think it might have been added when Bear Creek took over. There’s another pond north (right) of the lodge and a smaller one by the base lot. I have seen the lots filled up and shuttle buses running to the upper lots on weekends. I don’t make the effort to go when it’s that crowded.

And the NY license plates. Nice hazy picture. Air Quality sucks again up to 164 I saw a bunch of pipe in the East end of the lot . I think they might be upgrading snowmaking. .

Did you visit Area 52?

Wow some serious storm! Also looks like Canadas still on fire coast to coast.

The Smoke is back but not to the apocalyptic degree. I wanted to fly a cross country flight yesterday but turned around at Kutztown because the visibility was crap . decent day but bad in areas, later in the day things improved but still damn haze . It’s still hanging around today ☹️I hope it rains more in Canada .

The dry weather didn’t stunt the blueberries just made them sweeter. Picked a gallon tonight. I interrupted a mama box turtle digging a hole.

Spent too much time on the Cannon summit hike. It didn’t leave enough time to make some turns off the auto road . Had all my ski gear too .

Damn , just walked out on my porch and started coughing from the smoke. Looks like we’re not even in the worst of it. .

Still a tax deductible donation to a charity. I learned that from Bill Clinton , he donated some used underwear.

You guys are leaving beer money on the table . Pick a local auction place and drop it off , they get 40% but sometimes you get 2 people who really want your junk and they get into a bidding war and pay too much. Over the years I've sold thousands on Ebay but it got to be a pain so I just drop stuff off.

The migration has started. Northbound turnpike a little south of the tunnel.

Cool ! I hope the weather cooperates.

City folk 🙃

Yeah blooms as in flowers but I'm familiar with the bloom you mentioned above. Sometimes it's tough to tell if they're ripe .It fools the Blue jays too I've seem plenty of berries with beak marks . I planted different varieties so they they don't all get ripe at one time . Some are small and a few bushes are quarter size unfortunately they don't produce a lot . My kids all hate Blueberries lol .

For a while it was a dream but then it was a curse, especially after a long day . I gave up and invited family members to come over. The bushes are too high now to pick from the ground. I use a ridding mower with a cart and pick. I think I’ll experiment trimming a few back and see what happens. The Bluejay that sits on my deck railing waiting for peanuts is going to eat well this year. Lots of blooms.

I planted 24 (little) Blueberry bushes 20+ years ago. Now they’re 8’ tall , I should have spaced them further apart. I used to cover them with a net but now they’re too large so I feed the birds. My neighbor planted 140 bushes, he has his relatives pick. They were getting to be quite a chore to keep up with. I think the last time I covered them I was getting 3 gallons a day at peak. Last year my son was feeding Bluejays peanuts on our deck and they weren’t happy with peanuts so they went for dessert and cleaned up the Blueberries. I wasn’t too disappointed because I still had some leftover in the freezer. I propagated some Elderberry bushes a couple years ago but the deer are pretty aggressive getting through the fence that I put up. They seem to leave the blueberries alone. I haven’t tried to plant a regular garden yet but maybe next year.

Amazing how fast the storms developed yesterday. I was out in my driveway for a little while and heard thunder. I checked my phone radar and saw a big cell headed towards my friends house in Bangor so I shot him a text. He didn’t get it, he was on his old backhoe doing some driveway maintenance , saw a flash and got drenched immediately. I got very little but Trexlertown area by Spring Creek looked like a river. There was even a water rescue in the shopping center parking lot. IMG_2293.MOV

Mulch is bad, it can propagate Artillery fungus which can mess with circuit boards in your AC unit. And looks like shit and is impossible to get off your siding . https://www.thespruce.com/artillery-fungus-identification-prevention-5185963

I saw a bunch of people wearing masks. Maybe an allergy thing but maybe Covid zombies ? I have a hatted for Summer…. I don’t like bugs and sweating. I opened the windows the last couple nights and somehow the noseeems get through the screens . Got bit 4 times and closed up and turned on the AC .

Never a fan of either one . The song is a Warren Beatty rejection dig . Eclipse reference popped into my head .........You'll be old some day too LOL , Next year will be 49 years on Skis!

Or Nova Scotia

I have been overruled by my family ,I was hoping for a Jay or Whiteface trip but they want to go to Niagara falls . Anyone planning on skiing the eclipse? To me being atop a a mountain would be surreal during a total eclipse . https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eclipses/2024/apr-8-total/where-when/