FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 09 May 2024

Serving the Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew and FRiend

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

Don’t Mess With Him!

Soldiers with the Presidential Salute Battery (PSB), HHC, 1st Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) leave via UH-60 Blackhawks on Fort McNair, DC., April 15, 2024. PSB left Fort McNair en route to Marine Corps Base Quantico in order to conduct their quarterly live fire exercise. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Ethan Scofield)

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

Lookin’ Sharp!

Service members from across each branch of the Armed Forces perform during the Joint Service Drill Exhibition, April. 13, 2024 at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Despite competitive showings from each branch, the Marine Corps took home first in back-to-back outings. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ethan Scofield)

Every Girl Is Crazy For A Sharp Dressed Dog!

Service members from across each branch of the Armed Forces perform during the Joint Service Drill Exhibition, April. 13, 2024 at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Despite competitive showings from each branch, the Marine Corps took home first in back-to-back outings. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ethan Scofield)

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[Kathy in Alaska]

radu!!

2nd!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Pro!!

3rd!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Hurrah for us...we made it thru hump day!!

[radu]

I’m glad it missed too! That was a slow-moving storm it was in and as intense as the lightning was, it must have been one nasty storm overall.
Another storm is moving across the same area now with a lot of lightning. Just got in from the porch, getting videos. Gotta play them back on the computer to see if I got any shots worth saving.

And the lightning bugs started waking up tonight!

There are still a few tornado warnings in AL but at the moment, none in TN. We’ll see what happens when the line in AR moves across TN later.

Dang that wind! Just ruins a good day. The birds don’t help things either. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOW!!! Glad the north and south collided to miss you. Hope everything else misses you.

Earlier we had about 10 drops on the deck and just looking out now there are at least 50 drops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Spring cleanup and first mow are the week of 5/19. All the grass should be green by then.

[luvie]

Sounds like it’s one of those nights that will keep you wondering all night whether it’ll affect you or not. I do hope you got some decent lightning strike shots!

Oooo....the lightning bugs. I love those better than real lightning. Wish we had them. But you have to have humidity and that we don’t have. Last time I saw them was in Maine with MsB, mylife, NYTexan and my hubby at the cottage we stayed at.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, luvie...”I got this, Daddy”. We WILL remember.

[radu]

It happened several times throughout the day. There were so many storms and if two got close enough to each other, one drained the energy out of the other. I was watching those two, wondering if it would happen and which storm would hold on. Glad it was the southern one, for my sake, but I hope everyone’s ok who were in the path of the other.

I’m getting clipped by the southern edge of a storm going through now. Lots of lightning flashing but no streaks across the sky like the two that passed to the south earlier.

I just pulled up the Lake Hood cam and it’s SNOWING!!!!!

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Thursday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

Yesterday at Wichita Ridge:

How's everyone doing this morning?

[radu]

Yep. I'll be keeping an eye on things overnight, that's for sure. Round Two is starting to move in to west TN now and there are several severe storm warnings along the line.

I got a few decent shots but some really good streaks weren't in the camera frame very well. So much going on, I never knew where to aim the camera. LOL This one wasn't too bad.

There were a couple that went all the way across the sky the camera didn't cover that much sky. Drat.

It's too bad lightning bugs can't survive there. It's almost magical to sit outside when the sun sets and watch them come up from the grass by the hundreds. I'll start doing that now that I know they're out for the summer at last.

[radu]

Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))

Gorgeous day you had! Did Gizmo run your legs off, dragging you all over creation? LOL Y’all covered some ground.

[Allegra]

Wow! That’s a great pic. Prayers up for all of you in that area. Stay safe, FRiend!

[luvie]

We sure will! Always!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, ML...((HUGS))...hope you and Tippy have lovely weather for hiking, and then sunny and warm weather for you and Blue.

[luvie]

Wow! That is a fantastic shot! Finally! LOL!

Yes, they are magical. Sort of like real live fairies. I love watching them. I wonder if they have them around the Bryan area. Hmmmm.....I never thought to look.

[luvie]

It’s a little nervewracking alright. Just like it was when I found out that your area and the Bryan area were having floods. Of course, I didn’t hear from the kids. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Yep...it is snowing at my house, too. It is not sticking, but the odd couple were here so I tiptoed out on the deck to throw them some corn. They retreated to the bank, but didn’t fly away.

Lots of snowflakes on my sweatshirt.

[E.G.C.]

Yep, he ran around quite a bit. The beach is pretty much covered with water from all the rain but we did find some beach to walk on at the park.

BTW, how's the weather where you are? I see varying alerts going on in parts of your state.

[radu]

Howdy, Allegra!

Thanks. My favorite kind of lightning. LOL We haven’t had any in a while now so I was glad to have some to admire tonight.
But the rest of the stuff that’s gone on, we all could have done without. Just like all the folks who were in the line of fire last week. It’s time for this wild weather to stop but darn if another tornado warning didn’t pop up SW of Nashville.

It’s going to be a long night, waiting for all this mess to pass through.