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H1 down ASPARAGUS
I bought fresh asparagus at the farmer's market.
It's the first local asparagus of the season.
I'll give it a try tomorrow.

Very good

https://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_May_12 1760: Ben Franklin was the first person to identify nor'easters. In a letter on this date to Alexander Small of London, Franklin described an experience that happened to him in November 1743 when storm clouds in Philadelphia blocked his...

https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/ 1906 — In part due to the lobbying efforts of the Maritime Association of the Port of New York, Congress authorized the construction of a cutter "equipped to cruise for and destroy derelicts and obstructions to navigation" for the Revenue C...

Rain here too. Also, clouds and city lights.
But, I'll keep an eye open

Clouds and city lights here

NASA Earth Observatory https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/152000/152787/pantabangan_lake_oli2_20230429.jpg April 29, 2023 https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/152000/152787/pantabangan_lake_oli2_20240415.jpg April 15, 2024 Water Levels Plunge in Philippine Reservoir

https://www.weather.gov/abr/This_Day_in_Weather_History_May_11 1934: A tremendous dust storm affected the Plains as the Dust Bowl era was in full swing. According to The New York Times, dust "lodged itself in the eyes and throats of weeping and coughing New Yorkers," and even ships some 3...

https://www.history.uscg.mil/research/chronology/ 1898 USRC Hudson towed the crippled USS Winslow from certain destruction under the Spanish forts at Cardenas, Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Congress later conferred a Gold Medal of Honor on her commanding officer, Revenue First Lieutenant F. ...

P 18 up EMERALD

May birthstone

https://www.weatherforyou.com/weather_history/5-10 1966 - Morning lows of 21 degrees at Bloomington-Normal and Aurora, IL, established a state record for the month of May. (The Weather Channel) 1988 - Thunderstorms produced hail and high winds over the Atlantic Coast Region and the Gulf Coast State...

1862 – Launch of USS New Ironsides, a wooden-hulled broadside ironclad built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/n/new-ironsides.html https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/New_ironsides_sails.jpg

B7 across PETER PAN

May 9 is Peter Pan Day

Have a good trip!