Maestrobjwa

Wait seriously?

Been a bit of a Baltimore split too...missed just north and then south (and possibly north again?)

I don't know dude...I think I'd fare much better with those than the other (I'd be in the fetal position, lol)

Yes their sound is beautiful (although close up it kinda sounds like someone screaming "wooooooo!" with a slightly raspy voice!

Now see I'm very emetophobic...and stories like this always give me pause on the idea of kids, lol

Now by that do you mean the "weee-ooh" ones?

Same! I find myself rolling down the car window to listen to their music too!

I thought they had gotten louder after the cool days...thought it was my imagination, lol

Pretty nice thunderstorm(s)!!! Howling winds and the like here

Now that "split" we tend to see when summer storms come from the west...guessing that's the mountains that do that?

Ah so that's what ya look like (somehow I'm always amused at seeing the faces to the usernames, lol)

Saw quite the bug-pocalypse at the edge of my street this afternoon...

Always thought this was the coolest looking part of their development--awesome!!

Always thought this was the coolest looking part of their development--awesome!!

Ohh yeah...they're starting to come out alright...lol Now I'm a little miffed at how they've cut down like 5 trees on my block since the last time...but I walked one street over and am already stepping on shells, lol Saw a few live ones as well!

I finally spotted a couple shells in my neighborhood on Friday:

Cicadas...from 17 years ago, lol For whatever reason my dad has kept them in the freezer all this time!! Haha Awesome! Can't wait for the fresh ones though!

This here...so is this something to blame for the -AO not working? I kept hearing some of you mention the cold air "being on the other side of the globe"). What I'm trying to figure out is whether this was fluky or not (let's hope it was fluke and not climate) (Apologies if this has been discussed already--I'm just coming back in here...took a break for Lent!)

Happy Ressurection Sunday all! God bless!

That's what I heard about him as well....Now tell me this: is a coach that is good at coaching AND recruiting harder to find? Because I've heard Gary was the opposite of Turgeon, lol

I still feel like Turgeon finally had his final four team...LAST year, lol (stupid covid). This year's team? I don't know...I don't like the way they reacted to that upset loss last week. Not exactly a championship mentality...but we shall see.

Ya know...this one is tougher to get over for some reason. I think it's because previously...we knew every 3-4 years we'd get an above average winter. But now we're at 5 years...no warning level here. That has to be a bit unprecedented (unless that span in the 70s was similar). So it doesn't feel like just this winter...but future ones could be jeopardy, and I honestly have no idea how to deal with that (can't move). I guess we gotta wait a little longer to say for sure if it's a trend Spring arrival...while pleasant...is a little depressing this year, because it's kind of a reminder of what we just missed. All that being said...since 2016, we've had 3 la ninas...and one neutral with a hostile ++++AO which doesn't help. But this year...can we say blocking doesn't mean diddly squat anymore? Eh, probably not the truth, but dang that stings. ....So how's next winter looking? Lol

Spring comes...but after the way the winter went...it's a little harder to enjoy it this year...at least initially. Right now it's just a reminder of the winter's failures. But hey, perhaps the warmth and cicadas will make it better!

That works, lol