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  1. oh man, CWG is getting draaaaaaged on twitter this afternoon.
  2. We did have some trees removed once we moved in, a few leelands were damaged in the 2014 ice event we had up this way and they had to go. But I am surprised my oak tree, maples and weeping cherry have nothing on them. They are all fairly established trees, that I assume were here 17 years ago. One would think they'd be here. I cant imagine the previous owners took the time to kill them all (though the wife was a big gardener and its possible she did? LOL) yummy!
  3. I think that one came out of the ground from the tree its on, a shell was nearby. But I welcome all fliers into my yard!
  4. I did a quick walk around the yard, found more shells and an adult on one of the pines out front (technically the tree belongs to our neighbor). Same tree I found shells and the half adult earlier this week. But my big oak tree in the backyard is empty. Weeping cherry out front does have holes in the ground at the base, but I didn't see any on the tree itself.
  5. The school is actually slightly higher elevation than I am, not by much. Her school is a minute drive from my house, and definitely a noticeable uptick this morning compared to yesterday morning when I dropped her off. I could also see them along fences and curbs as I drove home. Ive been meaning to find an aerial image from 2004 for my area to see what trees were here, since we were not living here back then. We have some old and well established trees in the yard, so one would think they'd be here. But just not seeing them
  6. But I am still younger than you! bahahaha, you wish.
  7. Dropped the kiddo off at school and cicadas are everywhere there. The few trees lining the parking lot were covered, shells and nymphs all over the curb and so many dead in the parking lot itself. Makes me think my backyard just won't see any
  8. not enough candles on that cake lol
  9. yeah, i was hoping to find more yesterday after a warm day and nothing new. blah.
  10. Friends, please help me wish @H2O a very happy birthday! He's officially old. Over the hill. Almost dead. HAPPY BIRTHDAY WATERBOY! YOU OLD
  11. Maryland friends Mr Map is not happy as he was vaccinated in PA
  12. yeah, the fungus. NPR had an article about it too I went back out the tree where I saw it, and it wasn't there. But it was def dead when we saw it the first time.
  13. Anyone up in the hereford zone wanna play adult co-ed softball? my team could use another guy/girl
  14. I found two shells! And the top half of an adult. lol
  15. hahahaha Love it!! @North Balti Zen @H2O and I were all in agreement with this GQ tweet earlier this week
  16. So, I can confirm they are in my area, as my kid saw a whole bunch at school today. Nymphs, shells and mature ones. My kid has seen them before I have. Gonna go walk the yard now and see if I can find any
  17. Thank you for all that information! We only use the solar cover early in the summer as our pool gets sun all day long and doesn't need the cover on after the first few weeks because then we are swimming in a bath tub. We made the switch to salt because we were having the worst issue with cyanuric acid every summer. The CYA would get too high, so we would have to add more chlorine, but then the stabilizer that is within chlorine tablets would cause more issues and it just never ended. Was such a pain in the ass by the end of every summer as our chemicals were out of whack, we'd get algae and just an overall sliminess to the pool.
  18. P much - like watching radar and snow hitting a wall as it advances north only for me to get clouds
  19. I've heard good things about doing it, and it was very reasonably priced. Company came out and put a convertor cell on the pump and that was it. We will have to add chlorine until the pool temp hits 75, then the salt convertor does the rest. But yes, owning a pool is big upkeep and maintenance. Balancing chemicals, cleaning it, dealing with the solar cover and putting it off/taking it off, then the whole opening/closing mess every year. We love ours, don't get me wrong, but I think if we were to buy a house again we would get one without a pool.
  20. This is like the worst northern fringe job ever
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