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Folks,

Even with gray skies and rain having fallen all morning we expect to see the 90s today. The temp at 9:00 is 80°F. the humidity is a drippy 82% and the visibility reported is 8m. The barometric pressure of 29.97 in, and apparently falling.

Looks to me like the rumors that summer is finally upon us are true. Now I hear there is to be a total eclipse of the sun coming in August. We could use more of those on these hottest of days. Remember that time when an eclipse was forecast? Dux had had a few too many at the P&P but demanded to watch the event. So Olga put some very dark glasses on him and shoved him out the door. They sat in lawn chairs out in front of their house as the appointed hour arrived. Dux had drifted off to sleep. When Olga realized he was sleeping and woke him it was already pitch dark. Dux couldn;t see his hand in front of his face, especially so with those dark glasses on.

Realizing he could not see, and completely forgetting about the eclipse, Dux concluded he had gone completely blind. By the time Olga had removed the glasses and convinced him he was not blind the eclipse was over and Dux was snoring peacefully again. The total eclipse will only be visible in the US so I guess Dux is safe in Wales from further trauma.