Saturday, November 1, 2025

November

2025:  October - November  

In my pursuit of odometer symmetry I found this one of particular interest. It reads the same upside-down! At least I thought it would, not that I could actually view it thataway being too old for such gymnastics. Taking this picture and turning my phone upside down was sufficient proof for me.
Nov 19
Mike Z posted 22 songs on Youtube in a playlist.
The only song I sang (#12, Like A Rolling Stone, which we'd never played together before) was too slow. Bass could have been louder. There were several songs we'd never practiced together.
Today's music gang at Cafe 14, season finale.
Lisa & Kurt go south for the winter so that's it for this bunch.
Nov 16
Stolen from somebody's FB post.
Nov 15
Lovely warm day today, in the fifties. At first I thought get that fly out of there but now I think its a pollinator of some kind. Either way, can't believe how long this hanging flower is hanging in there. (No pun intended.) Not just surviving but thriving in 'photograph me!' style. The label on the pot says Calibrachoa.
While the White-throated sparrow is a common seasonal visitor I usually see them on the ground under the feeders.  This is my first time seeing one who's discovered the window tray of dried worms. It was back in the afternoon and the next day too.
Getting a boost from little things.
Nov 14

Curtis Conser, Keep the Wolves Away (on Mr. Z's Youtube channel).
Curtis Conser (on Mr. Z's Youtube channel).
Nick Shutey, Dylan's Knocking On Heaven's Door (on Mr. Z's Youtube channel).
Nick Shutey, Wallflowers 6th Avenue Heartache (on Mr. Z's Youtube channel).
Dylan's If Not For You (on Mr. Z's Youtube channel)

Dylan's I Shall Be Released (on Mr. Z's Youtube channel)

Jimmy Reed's Insurance (on Mr. Z's Youtube channel)
Screenshot from one of Michael F. Zitello's videos. Sitting in with Jeff Lopez.
Maybe Nick Shutey took this picture.

Insurance (Jimmy Reed), first of three songs I did at open mic tonight. 

Open Mic at Cafe 14. I always enjoy joining Nick Shutey on this Wallflowers song.
Too bad my GoPro battery expired before Curtis Conser took the stage.
(Maybe Mr. Z. got that.)
Ms Bluebird in flight (composite) Nov 13
A highlight of the evening: Willin', with Steve and Chris.
Alabama Song, open mic at Kent Lanes. Second video from Jesse's phone.
Glad to have had a safe place to pull over for this landmark shot.
Nov 11 (Veterans Day)
๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—  ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ. Being fuzzy of face, harps with hair-snagging gaps tend to spoil the fun for me.
Don't know why I didn't think of this before - ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ž ๐†๐จ๐จ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ฎ๐ž! If it works on this new Seydel maybe Lee Oskar can be removed from the shit-list too. Nov 10
Crappy out-of-focus video but it's the only one I sing much on. Mr Tambourine Man.
First song we played today. I made this video because Nick Shutey submitted some footage from his phone and in spite of being incomplete it was better than my cameras got. Maybe I'll do Mr Tambourine man too (but not today), the only song I sang a verse in, but it won't be pretty.
An asymmetrical surprise on the way home. Won't be long now.
Today's Wordle was nicely musical and arguably Halloween-related. That said, some people are already in Christmas mode now that spooky-season is over. Yes, I saw my first Xmas lights today. Noooo! Too soon!!!
Nov 9







I've already forgotten what kind these berries are.
Half-speed bonfire at family gathering, Export Pa. Nov 8
After voting, more back-road luck. A few hundred miles to go before the BIG ONE! Hope I'm awake.
Experimenting with 15 frame dissolve in Kdenlive video editor.
Junco, better shots than I had before. Nov 5
Open Mic at Kent Lanes
(Dull Men's Club)
Small victory: more than a month to go through this fifth of vodka. The previous one lasted 25 days. Correction: NOT a fifth but 1.75L. A fifth lasting that long would have been monumental. Nov 4 (election day)
I'm starting to think our Eastern Bluebird pair is back for the season. This is a composite, He in the middle and She being the outer two. They're acting possessive of the BB house and come to the kitchen window for dry mealworms. As in the summer, if I'm nearby She will look me in the eye but He'll leave in a hurry, leading me to think it's the same pair. In the past it's been the other way around, at least in nesting season. Update: By the end of the day I confirmed two females and a male. Nov 3
I have a bag of XLR cables that's been in my car for years. I recently needed a cable and wouldn't you know it the little tiny screw was missing from the connector. It occurred to me later that the vibration of driving probably loosened it and the screw might even be still in the bag. Well lo and behold, I found it!! That's my small victory du jour. Worthy of posting in Dull Men's Club perhaps.
Whoops. I somehow managed to miss posting this dull sequence last month. Now I'm seeing more Dull Men's Club posts I'm pleased to report that some other dull men are posting pictures of odometer readings (usually all the same digit). While on the subject of dullness, I'd been wondering if any dull women were miffed about the D.M.Club but see now there are indeed lady names among the posters. Nov 2

Put the clocks back they said. An extra hour of sleep they said. Yeh right - tell that to my bladder!
I'm on a roll! All those Jumbles paying off.
I think Dee took this, intended to show the owl (upper left) on my shoulder.
Music fun at Cafe 14 with Breakfast Klub and friends
Nov 1


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Sunday, October 5, 2025

October

2025: September - October - November 

Meanwhile today this exciting event happened, I even got to document it while parked. Won't be long now.
Oct 31
"Big thanks to Sub Station 46 for having The Breakfast Klub return tonight for another great evening. Special guest Gareth Ridout on bass." Oct 30
Cars these days! Tech is getting just too connected. I don't even have a fitness tracker and my car is telling me what part of my physique to focus on.
Oct 29
Wrapping up my lucky day was a symmetrical odometer reading that happened just seconds before turning in my driveway. What are the odds???!!!!

Seems like a bright sunny day after washing my hair is a good enough excuse for a lucky-day-car-reflection-selfie. I liked the cropped as well as uncropped version. Looks like I didn't try hard enough to smile for the camera (I tried, honest).
It's my lucky day!!!!! But wait - there's more: I'm ๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ!
Oct 27
Some dirty-window shots of the Purple finches that showed up today. Haven't seen them in a while.
Male House finch on left, he eventually chased Mr Purple off
They say the House finch has a more curved upper bill but that's hard for me to spot.
Male Purple finch looking a bit more like his name. I haven't adjusted colour on any of these, just a brightness boost as they were in shadow against a pretty bright background.
The female was the first I noticed.
Oct 26
I have yet to be accepted into this hallowed group.
Not a "FB memory" as it certainly predates FB. My guess is it's around the time Shoemaker-Levy smacked into Jupiter (July 1994). Will Rupley: I've been looking for this photo (found it on the wall at Dad's) since seeing shots of your Unitron.
Oct 24
Sitting in with the Breakfast Klub

Open mic at Cafe 14, thanks to Dan Gilbert for the shot of me. Oct 23


At the Melchers estate. Oct 20
Light at the end of the tunnel
Youngster in the yard. Oct 17
Love those shiny frets. This is for the double-neck project, can't wait to see how it plays.
Not-so-small victory: doing my own fret-work (leveling, polishing). Very satisfying. I bought tools/supplies for this so long ago (before my summer got derailed) it's a miracle I was able to find them.
Lowest I've seen in a while. Oct 16
Small victory. Managed to catch it a hundred later too (65356). Hoping for 65432.
The first of several Kinks songs that were performed at Kent Lanes open mic. Oct 14
๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘ฆ, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”
(Wasn't sure I'd be able to remember the lyrics it'd been so long.)
Another view.
Oct 12
I didn't think I'd do better than the Bluebird-berry-BIF, then this White-throated sparrow posed for me.
I haven't seen our Bluebirds since July.
Hadn't seen a Robin in a while either. 
Just for grins I asked ChatGPT to remove a twig that was in the middle of this shot.
FB says this Summer Knights gig was 5 years ago, putting it at Oct 9, 2020. Oct 9
The lovely Cedar Waxwing, a 7-year FB memory. Oct 7
Harvest/Hunter's Moon, first supermoon of 2025, she is still in the trees at my house at 8:30pm. Arguably more interesting that way. I thought Saturn was supposed to be nearby but I'm not seeing it. Good thing I looked when I did because it clouded over later. Oct 6

Longer clip (about a minute and a half). Photo by Raakesh Blokhra on Unsplash.
Short clip.
Merlin app says this is the sound of a Great Horned Owl, at 4:05am. (Star photo from another night.)
Oct 5

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