NO A/C TOMORROW

Our high, today, should be around 84 which is 7 degrees above normal.  Then a big change comes tomorrow.  We're talking rain and 66 degrees on Friday.  Does that sound like autumn in the air?

DONNIE SENT A HOT NOTE

"103 in Austin today."

COOLER WEATHER COMING?

It sure is cooler out west.  They had lows in the 40's in Worland and Rapid City last night.  Duane said he had to put an extra blanket on overnight and it was chilly this morning.

LOOKING WEST OVER LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN

THANKS FOR VISITING

I SEE WE HAD A READER FROM WARSAW, POLAND THIS MORNING

I SEE YOU!

THE NETWORK I LOVE TO HATE HAS DONE IT AGAIN

To ignore Bob Barker on "The Price Is Right" 40th anniversary is another example of Corporate arrogance.  CBS; the Crappy Broadcasting System.

DID YOU KNOW THAT ONE OF THE NATIONS BEST QUILT SHOPS IS RIGHT HERE IN THE COULEE REGION?

You'll find it in Onalaska and you can read all about it in this story from WKBT.

HI BOB! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Bob Newhart is celebrating his 83rd birthday today.  By the way, if you can't get enough of Bob, you can see re-runs of his old show on ME tv.  I watch that channel more than any other cable channel.  All the good old shows all the time.  Roger, finally, found it on his cable service and I've got him hooked on it too.

Don't call me between noon and 3.  That's when I'm watching Gunsmoke, Bonanza and The Big Valley.  Shows from the good old days when TV was actually fun to watch.

HAPPY CHEESE PIZZA DAY

They say it was the Greeks, who were the first to make pizza.  Pizza came to the U.S. with the soldiers returning from World War II.  They got hooked on it while serving in Italy.

Believe it or not, some of the biggest pizza fans are in Brazil.  Sao Paulo has 6,000 pizza restaurants and the Brazilians eat over a million pizzas a day.  Ole!

While we continue to gobble it down (well, I don't but the rest of you do) like crazy, the doctors get gray hair just thinking about it.  One pizza has enough salt to feed an army.  Most pizza food chains put in nearly twice the amount of salt that is safe for an adult to eat in a day.  You can imagine how lethal it is for young kids to eat.  But, that won't stop you so eat on and enjoy your pizza today!

BEAUTIFUL RAIN THIS MORNING

Early morning rain will give way to sunshine this afternoon.  Temperatures, which should be in the upper 70's this time of year, will be in the lower 90's again.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

LET GO OR BE DRAGGED

YOU KNOW YOU'RE GETTING OLD WHEN........

DONNIE REPORTS:
"Just had a call from Calvin Bass who thought we might be interested in hearing about walk-in baths.

I suppose, in a way, we are but that curiosity was satisfied by his opening line."

TWO NEW ALBUMS FROM ELVIS?

You had better believe it!  He'll never die as long as the money keeps rolling in.  CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE ALBUMS and, by the way, one of them is a Christmas album.

WHAT? WE'RE LOSING THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT ARCHIVES

I hate to see them move to New York, on one hand, but on the other hand the folks there have what it takes to make sure they'll be around and available to a lot more people in the BIG APPLE.  READ THE STORY IN THE DAILY REPORTER 

IT MUST BE AUTUMN!!

Labor Day has come and gone.  The kids are back in school and I saw the first tree decked out in it's fall color this morning.  I would say, Autumn is right on schedule!  Let's start carving the pumpkins.

50% CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY

70% CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT

WE NEED THE RAIN!

SIGN THIS!

BAD TIMING

After years without a riverboat docking at Riverside Park, THE QUEEN OF THE MISSISSIPPI WILL ARRIVE AT THE PARK THURSDAY MORNING.  And, of all of the days I sit here with nothing to do, Thursday morning is the day I see my kidney doctor so I'll have to miss it.

The Queen is a 150 passenger boat and it will be docked in La Crosse about 10 hours before it continues to its Minneapolis/St. Paul Destination.

I guess I can live with that, but only because, the boat will make three more stops in La Crosse this fall and we'll also be visited by the New American Queen on September 19.  I'll put that one on my calendar.

A POST FROM THE PAST.

This was posted, on the blog, July 29, 2011:

Aunt Wilda said she had some more blueberries in the freezer for me. She got them from Sandy on her last visit.

I was reminded of that when I came across this drink recipe while checking Texas tweets on Twitter.

I'm thinking this may be refreshing on a hot summer day.

In Texas they call it a Neches River Cooler and they suggest Dripping Springs Vodka but you may have to pay a visit to Donnie and Linda to get some of that.

Up here in the north country, I'm sure, any vodka will do.

You'll need an ounce of vodka, 8 blueberries, 3 mint leaves and 3 ounces of lemonade. The recipe says to "muddle" the ingredients with ice but I'll give you my permission to throw it in the blender.

I think it sounds refreshing but I'd have to taste it to give you my final approval.