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Almanacs RSS FeedsSummer of the Pendulum? - Greetings from Bangor, Maine!Right up until the heavens opened on the 18th of July, there was no doubt that we were seeing one of the driest Julys on record. The first 17 days of last month delivered 0.04 inches of rain, all of that falling in two days (the 3rd and the 14th), leaving us better than an inch-and-a-half below normal for that point in the month. Then the weather stampeded to the other side of the boat. All of the final 14 days of the month, save three o <br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/NorumbegaAlmanac/comment.html?entrynum=87&tstamp=200808">Read More</a>...Feed Source: www.wunderground.com On Average - Greetings from Bangor, Maine!The old timers know that the miracle of Maine's climate is that everything usually averages out. May was a case in point. It had been a dry month. Gardeners had unknowingly formed a serial chorus: everyone of them you talked to were singing the same number about needing rain. Right unto the dying embers of the 30th, we'd reveived a scant 2.13 inches in Our Fair City. An inch and a quarter below normal for the month. The forcast <br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/NorumbegaAlmanac/comment.html?entrynum=85&tstamp=200806">Read More</a>... Showers and flowers - Greetings from Bangor, Maine!Among the rewards of spring is the sense of something new on an almost daily basis. No more have the forsythias gone the way of all grass than the rhododendrons burst forth in all their fushia-ness. As they wane, the crab apples explode into white and pink. West Market Square is positively fragrent with their scent!Yesterday, our first official thunderstorm brought light and sound and hail -- peasize, though more of the petit variety tha <br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/NorumbegaAlmanac/comment.html?entrynum=84&tstamp=200805">Read More</a>... Whiz season - Greetings from Bangor, Maine!The City put out the docks this morning – a work yet in progress, but a harbinger of pleasure craft moored at the waterfront in deep summer. By the time the Folk Festival descends at summer's end, there won't be a slip to be had. When Eliot spoke of April as the cruelest month, he meant that winter's rest was past and the cusp of spring brought commitments whose pursuit was inexorable. Here in Our Fair City, the climate <br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/NorumbegaAlmanac/comment.html?entrynum=83&tstamp=200805">Read More</a>... The shoals of dreams - Greetings from Bangor, Maine!The waters in the Penobscot River and the Kenduskeag Stream have abated and are pretty much back to normal levels as of Wednesday. We hear word that northern Maine is crawling with FEMA inspectors, and that hope is in the air for a return to normalacy there, too.The cherry trees outside my window are showing signs of optimism about blooming soon. Monday evening, I found tulips and daffodils on, appropriately enough, Garland Street. The l <br /><a href="http://www.wunderground.com/blog/NorumbegaAlmanac/comment.html?entrynum=82&tstamp=200805">Read More</a>... News: ESA's Rosetta Has Asteroid Steins in Sight - ESA's Rosetta Has Asteroid Steins in Sight (from Planetary News)... News: Alien Rumors Quelled as NASA Announces Phoenix Perchlorate Discovery - Alien Rumors Quelled as NASA Announces Phoenix Perchlorate Discovery (from Planetary News)... News: Phoenix Confirms Water-Ice on Mars, But Finds Evidence of Soil Habitability Inconclusive, and No, It Hasn't Found Life - Phoenix Confirms Water-Ice on Mars, But Finds Evidence of Soil Habitability Inconclusive, and No, It Hasn't Found Life (from Planetary News)... News: Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Bides Winter Time, Opportunity Wraps Victoria and Begins Exit - Mars Exploration Rovers Update: Spirit Bides Winter Time, Opportunity Wraps Victoria and Begins Exit (from Planetary News)... News: Earth Observing Satellites Discover Why Northern Lights "Dance" - Earth Observing Satellites Discover Why Northern Lights "Dance" (from Planetary News)... Press Release: Save a Telescope, Save the Planet! - On the Planetary Society web site: Save a Telescope, Save the Planet!... In The News: U.S. not prepared for possible asteroid strike, group says - On the Planetary Society web site: U.S. not prepared for possible asteroid strike, group says... Advice of the Day for Thursday, August 7, 2008 - Store a plastic dish strainer outside next to your hose for rinsing herbs and vegetables.From The Old Farmer's Almanac.... Advice of the Day for Wednesday, August 6, 2008 - To remove aphids feeding on collard leaves, knock them off with a strong spray of water.From The Old Farmer's Almanac.... Advice of the Day for Tuesday, August 5, 2008 - Soft words win hard hearts.From The Old Farmer's Almanac.... Advice of the Day for Monday, August 4, 2008 - A lady must not, while wearing her bridal veil, smoke a cigarette. -- Emily PostFrom The Old Farmer's Almanac.... Advice of the Day for Sunday, August 3, 2008 - To quickly ripen picked tomatoes, place them in a covered bowl with apples.From The Old Farmer's Almanac.... Copyright © 2008, Real Estate Investment Tips. All Rights Reserved. |