OK, it's June the 8th and
asteroid 2014 HQ124
termed by some astronomers, 'The
Beast', has apparently missed smacking in the earth! (At least on
this go around). Somewhat disturbing to contemplate, On average, an
object about the size of 2014 HQ124 will pass this close
to Earth every few years! Should we be worried? Why no! Obama says he's on
top of it! I'm totally serial on that...
There's also no sign of those dreaded
Japanese beetles that normally emerge from the ground every
year about this time! I'm sure I won't miss them if they were, in
fact, killed by the last hard winter. In point of fact and in spite
of the rather wet weather, there hasn't been much in the way of pest
damage so far. I'm looking forward now to decent harvests of onions,
tomatoes and peppers!
