28 June, 2025 13:21

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Run 37, Sat Jun 28, 6:15am, Hyperion Run extended, 9.95 miles, 2:01:02, 12:10 pace, forgot to start Strava but did start MapMyRun, 1st 3.6mi with John A, MMR said total 9.95 miles, 2:01:02, overcast, occ lt drizzle, 72°F, 22°c, Humidity 94%, Wind SSW 1mph, UV 0, AT 78°F, Activity Feel 78°F

Primary Election

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Hartwood Precinct, 17 June 2025, in Hartwood Elementary School’s cafeteria: Lisa Nguyen (electoral board rep), Darrel Evans, Bob Jankovits, Chuck Schafer, Russell Reeves, Edwin Ridout, Chris Chrislip. This was a Democratic Party open primary election for Virginia lieutenant governor and attorney general. From 6am to 7pm we served 103 voters. Statewide winners to be Democratic candidates in November: of six nominees to run for lieutenant governor, Ghazala F. Hashmi, 27.5%; of two nominees to run for attorney general, Jay C. Jones, 51.11%.

Darrel checks the election law: can unleashed service dogs enter the precinct?
The new tablets scan the ID card but only if it’s held in just the right spot. Card holders built by Bob.

Saturday run

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Run 34, Sat Jun 14th, 6:15am, Hyperion Run extended, 9.56 miles, 1:46:12, 11:07 pace, 1st 3 with John A, later alone, with walk breaks in final 3 miles, surprised myself by not cutting it short, Cloudy, 71°F, 22°C, Humidity 95%, Wind SE 1mph, UV 0, AT 77°F, Activity Feel 77°F

Bear-proof bird feeders?

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I had to repair the cross wire, then hung the big feeder a bit higher than before (but probably still not high enough.) And considering the feeders now need to be taken down every night, I’m using a forked stick instead of the step ladder.

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Night Visitors

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His third visit, his first photo. That feeder’s about six feet off the ground, so he had to pull it down thereby snapping the cross-wire I’d hung them from.

The same morning, thirty feet closer to the house. Notice his disdain for the barbecue grill.

Unknown critter near the front door two weeks earlier, neither bear nor boar?

Exciting, but no. I didn’t recognize it at first: it’s our own dog Lucy, being led by my almost invisible self.