Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

windy afternoon, I guess it's that Clipper bringing the snow to New England again. I see some light snow as far South as Wilmington DE but that's it so far. 45 tomorrow, 55 Sat and Sun with rain coming in Sunday.

went over to my neighbor's house next door and let him use my tractor with the Long tree spade on it to clean out a clogged ditch he had. He has a two series JD and has used a FEL so he had no problems, other than as many of us know from jerking the wrong way, JD's hydro treadle works opposite to Kubota.
he is about ready to sell his two series, really thought he wanted a tractor when what he really needed is a fast zrt, since his land is 99% open and flat. He sold a Hustler to get the JD, and now regrets it. For sure a SCUT will not usually cut as fast or as well as a good zrt. And with me next door, he has a tractor to borrow.
So I told him I thought it made sense for him; sacrilege telling someone to sell his tractor but he said 95% of his hours on the tractor were spent mowing. He can't afford both so...he is going to look at a diesel Kubota first, then a JD, then I'm not sure.

 

[rswyan]

17F and mostly cloudy with an occasional peek of sun.

Supposed to have a low of 8F tonight so I need to go gather some wood.

There's a good sized tree at the edge of the backyard that blew over earlier this winter ... thinking that might be a good candidate.

Had massive muscle cramps/spasms in my legs (calves) this morning ... it's getting to be a regular occurrence ... usually happens about an hour or so after I've fallen asleep. This morning it happened twice ... once after about an hour, and then an hour or two after that. Not fun.

Worked in the shop until 04:00 ... got a lot done on the splitter ... won't be long now ...

 

[dave1949]

28F and still snowing. About 5" now. 15F overnight and tomorrow. The winds are due around 6pm, the snow is starting to get more slant to it now.

Chilly start to Feb. Temps between 10F and -10F Mon. & Tue.

I cleaned up what was on the drive but I expect the drifting to make it look like I never touched it in some places. Can't win.

RS, drink more water for the cramps?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

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25 right now...high today will be 32 and an inch or three (or four) of snow.

Buckeyefarmer...you are truly a wizard at Photoshop! That's great!!!!

Thanks for all the best wishes, guys! The 4400 is still here too. I'm going to try to get a "new and old" side by side picture this weekend

tough tracing around those horns on a low resolution pic. lol couldn't resist.

 

[rswyan]

15F and cloudy ...

The tree that had blown over turned out to be a maple ... couldn't drag it out as there was too much snow and the ground below was soft. Almost got stuck.

The tree had been dead for a while ... so it's seasoned but not punky ... hard, real straight-grained, and splits very easily ...

On a side note, The 'Cake that with all this wood splitting so easily she's losing enthusiasm for the wood splitter ...

I have a mind to go over to Bobbi's and get that last shagbark hickory log and tell her "Here ... split this then ..."

dave,

Yeah, probably need to ... as the only water I get is in the form of coffee, cran-rasberry juice, or milk ...

(Our low Monday night is predicted to be -3F, with only a high of 14 F for the day)

 

[farmer2009]

35 currently high was 41. All forecast tend to agree now. Snow tomorrow night the rain Sunday changing to snow Sunday night. Just haven't nailed down an amount. Some say dusting some 1-4. Guess we'll see.

Rs. Try to add some Raisins into your diet. They work for me. But increasing your water intake helps also.

 

[DABSGT]

[QUOTE="rswyan;4024168" Had massive muscle cramps/spasms in my legs (calves) this morning ... it's getting to be a regular occurrence ... usually happens about an hour or so after I've fallen asleep. This morning it happened twice ... once after about an hour, and then an hour or two after that. Not fun. ...[/QUOTE]

Rswvan if you are regularly getting the cramps may be a good time to make a trip to your Doctor! Could be caused from low potassium or poor circulation. If you add a banana a day to your diet it may help. In any event worth the trip. You have to many things going on to be slowed down.

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[Larro Darro]

Margie and I went for a walk this afternoon. What did we see in the edge of the longleaf pines? A Rhode Island Red roster. Sister and BIL said it wasn't one of theirs. So my first thought was one of Mamma's friends, who is a notorious chicken dropper offer. If he decides to crow at daylight, I foresee a pot of chicken and dumplings in my future.

Larro

 

[dave1949]

22F and still snowing. I'd say 8-10" total now but it's starting to blow a bit, so hard to tell. The radar map shows snow continuing to form over Maine, it looks like it should move on but doesn't. It's stuck. :laughing:

I have to remind myself to drink a glass of water now and then during the day in winter. Just don't feel thirsty like in summer.

 

[sodamo]

Buy her a tractor David, she will enjoy it more.:thumbsup:

Not yet, she'll only be 9 when here for the summer

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