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[wngsprd]

Does anyone do anything with cedar berries?View attachment 533714

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I see some of the birds eating them...but never used them myself.

 

[Buppies]

I see some of the birds eating them...but never used them myself.

I do not think they are safe for humans

 

[daugen]

I do not think they are safe for humans

that's what I read too. But boy do they look like yummy blueberries...
My holly trees are just loaded with berries now.
Reminds me to put out birdseed.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 8° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 18° with cloudy skies. 27° warmer from yesterdays low. Almost like winter. Added intake pipe rework on my to do list. Going to have to get a lot warmer and about a foot of snow to melt off roof before that will happen. Furnace is currently using inside house air for combustion. A little noisy but works OK.
When it warms up a little today will work on assembly of chipper. No rush to get it completed. Surprised that hydraulic oil is only rated for use down to 30 degrees. Plus WoodMaxx recommend that it's best not to chip in temperatures below freezing. Too hard on the chipper blades. Must be a CYA note in case one breaks.
Need clean walkways of 1" of snow that fell last night.
Randy, glad your meeting went well.
Buckeye, keep on resting and getting good doctor reports.
Riptides and others, prayers sent.
Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

Was 11 earlier now "warmed" up to 18 and we'll get a heat wave of 36.

Randy, I'm happy for you...visiting an old friend AND eating catfish!

Wife took her folks home yesterday, should be coming home today. Now our house is just Coco and me, and a few ladybugs that seem to have snuck in to stay warm.

Don't give me a hard time, but I have an espresso machine. I hadn't made a mocha latte in a while, so I steamed some milk, added in some chocolate and a double shot of espresso. Drank it up. Then used the same milk to make a bowl of cereal...almost gagged on the first bite, the milk was so sour...well past its expiration date. Just goes to show how coffee can make anything right. Having regular coffee now, black.

Pumped up the tires on the mower and took it down the hill to the creek bottom yesterday. Surprisingly still soft ground in a few places even though never got above 24 degrees all day. Got the mowing finished and was dusty and frozen by the time I was done. I'll take the string trimmer down today and touch up a few places.

There is something about a freshly refinished hardwood floor that really captures my eye. They refinished the basketball gym floor at the YMCA where I go over the Christmas holiday...just beautiful.

Do you count the rings on the ends of some of the firewood you cut? I sometimes enjoy "aging" the trees and thinking about what the woods looked like and what else was going on at that time.

Farmer, I read yesterday that chickens raised now average over 6 pounds, but only about 2.5 pounds each back in 1930...quite an increase in production. Thanks for raising them.

 

[Buppies]

Bird seed has gotten really expensive

 

[Buppies]

Poured first cup of coffee. 8° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 18° with cloudy skies. 27° warmer from yesterdays low. Almost like winter. Added intake pipe rework on my to do list. Going to have to get a lot warmer and about a foot of snow to melt off roof before that will happen. Furnace is currently using inside house air for combustion. A little noisy but works OK.
When it warms up a little today will work on assembly of chipper. No rush to get it completed. Surprised that hydraulic oil is only rated for use down to 30 degrees. Plus WoodMaxx recommend that it's best not to chip in temperatures below freezing. Too hard on the chipper blades. Must be a CYA note in case one breaks.
Need clean walkways of 1" of snow that fell last night.
Randy, glad your meeting went well.
Buckeye, keep on resting and getting good doctor reports.
Riptides and others, prayers sent.
Good Morning All.

In cold weather metal can become brittle but I would have thought colder than that

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 39˚ heading to 50˚ this afternoon I need to drain my outbuildings water system and get ready for the new year's day record freeze.

It sure was nice getting on the cab-less tractor again yesterday and smooth out the washboard road coming up to the house and smoothing out my sand catchment.

The birds do like the cedar berries and most fence lines are lined with the trees from their droppings.

Everybody get well and enjoy old friends.

Roy - pickle juice!

Ron 30˚ - you must have bought a Texas Chipper. I probably would not be able to use it only 15 days a year.

 

[toppop52]

Well today's high was 12 which gave me a case of no ambition. Not a cold weather person. Even the dogs who are happy to run out the door seemed happy to do what they needed to and run back in the house.
Buckeye seems like a good report from Dr.
Toppop looks like you had a good day old friends are most often the best friends
Hope everyone's heat is working and staying warm.
Need to take one more trip outside with the dogs then think about calling it a night. Need to be out and about early tomorrow need to take wife to her first cardiologist appointment, 3 weeks ago spent a night in the Emergency Room with her irregular heartbeat with some chest pain.

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I’m glad your wife is willing, it’s bad when you know they need to see the doctor and won’t go.

 

[txdon]

I’m glad your wife is willing, it’s bad when you know they need to see the doctor and won’t go.

Yes, I know. When I was having my HA I could not wrap my mind around what was happening until about two days after placement of the emergency stent.