Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

Got down to 32...ice in the bird baths and frost on the ground...even though windy...hummingbirds are wearing parkas...I put out warm "juice" for them.

Just made a long to-do list...was supposed to go hunting but felt guilty with so much to do and leaving Coco home alone...wife in NC taking parents to docs again...maybe I'll get a hike in.

Harper's Ferry is very interesting...haven't been to Gettysburg...that Inn looks nice.

Drew, hope the frost didn't hurt your plants.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking second cup of coffee. 26° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 55° with lots of sun. Yesterday mower maintenance did go as well as I thought it should. Got manual out for mower and deck. To drain and fill the 2 gear boxes. I needed to remove them. Got that done but called it a day. Still need to remove blades and sharpen them. I have done this many times before and should not have any problems. I hope. No other plans for today.

Buppies, I worked a similar shift when I in young. 5:30 pm to 4:30 am. Did not take me long to start looking for a job that did not have a second or third shift. Spent 40 years at that job. With a few needs to work those dark hours. Took me almost a week to recover from working those hours.

Drew, hope frost did not do to much damage.

Don, I have some 1940's tongue and groove wood paneling that I removed from our living room. No luck selling or giving it away. I turned it over and started using it for shelving in my pole barn.

Good Morning All.

 

[toppop52]

We are at the Inn At Cemetery Hill

hopefully no ghosts in your room!
sounds like you are having a great time, drive safely and after you see Buppies you are going to swing S/E and see me before you head back home over the big bridge.
Yup, got this planned. :dance1:

I plan to visit several of you in driving range over the next few months, thanks for the invites.

 

[riptides]

About 35 out this AM. Suns up, warming up. Need to do more dump runs today. Shoulders a little sore from all the overhead work.

Don, your wood is exactly what I need. I am going to look at some down in Richmond tomorrow. It will be a good break for the wife and I. I go in spurts during reno work. Full tilt to nothing. Yesterday was about eight hours straight, I looked up and it was 7PM. Nice!

I hope all have a great day today, and a good weekend. Hope the weather breaks for all - for the better.

Be safe!

 

[PJSprog]

36°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 62° today.

Guy from a nearby town came by yesterday evening to pick up the free electric stove/oven I'd listed on a local Facebook buy/sell/trade group. Starting to get the bigger things out of the garage to reclaim it for our vehicles.

Wife drove up to Staunton IL yesterday to pick up a "loveseat bench" from a guy who makes them up there. It's essentially a wood bench with a table in the middle. She wanted it next to the sunroom where we'd had a bistro set, which will be moving to the new deck.

Don, that's a shame about the building. Looks like a nervous place to be inside. Is that a Titan tape measure?

Hoping to get in some golf this weekend, or a trip to the driving range at very least. Still haven't even swung a club since last fall.

 

[Buppies]

Awake but shouldn't be last of nighttime work thank goodness. Very cold last night and windy too. Maybe I'll try to go back to sleep

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 57F @ 6:00AM. Sunny. High near 75F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.

Good to see none of those berries will go to waste, Don.:laughing: That T&G would be gone in a flash if you were trying to get rid of it out here, and for good money, too.

It's not every day you get good news at the dentist, Wng. You should buy a lottery ticket while your luck holds!

Yamaha is a very diverse company, isn't it? Electronics of all sorts, motorcycles, musical instruments, golf carts (and clubs, and even resorts), factory automation equipment, somehow all under one roof.

Did you drive the Monte Carlo on your trip, Randy? How'd it ride?

Shopping done; brought home so much food it almost didn't all fit into the refrigerator!:shocked: Nobody's goin' home hungry this weekend. Another batch of chili is slow cooking in the Instant Pot, sure hope there's no leftovers 'cause there's no place to put 'em.:laughing:

Mowed a few spots for the camper's tents and found a few areas where the lupins are really thick. Really pretty outside right now. Now all that's left to do is clean out the garage and make room for the worker bees. Hope I don't lose anything in the clean up this year. Seems like something always ends up being put someplace where it'll be safe, so safe I never see it again.:confused2:

Chris's wife Rebecca is a photographer and always takes great pics. It might take a few days (or weeks) to get them, but I'll post a few when they're available. I usually take a few snaps with the phone, and will slip a few of those up if I get the chance. The RSVPs are down from last year, which I think will be a good thing because too many people just gets too crazy trying to keeping them all happy.

Wow, that chili smells good from here. Might have to have some for breakfast, just to make sure it's OK for the guests.:licking::laughing:

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

[CWB Wyo]

It's 31* with rain and snow showers and foggy. I guess I missed this in the forecast. I thought it was supposed to be partly cloudy and a little cooler then yesterday. Yesterday was the nicest of the season so far mid 60's sunny and no wind. They are saying a 70% chance of rain for today and windy, with the high in the 40's.

Talked to the neighbor yesterday and he is going to rework a snowmobile trailer. He wants it for the side by side he hopes to get soon. It's been setting for a few years and needs some work. I was planning on helping him today if he works on it.

Hope everyone has a good start to the weekend.
CWB.

 

[Bird]

49 degrees this morning, 54 now, going for a high of 68. And we have a forecast of an 80% chance of rain tomorrow. So I went to Home Depot for Scotts Turf Builder for Southern Lawns and applied a heavy dose to all the yard in hopes of getting a good rain tomorrow, so I don't run up the water bill.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Kyle, if you like Yamaha pics, until Mostly can post his here is one I just bought (Not quite as many watts as his will be and definitely not as good in mud :laughing


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Nice, but you might not want to get it muddy. Did you consider the matching pre-amp?

I have been a Yamaha fan since my first 1976 RD400 C 2 stroke street rocket... I worked at a small dealership for about 4 years while juggling college and girls, in no particular order.

Major Bummer. We actually got a frost here...White Roof Of Death on my truck this morning.
Will quickly melt but a real blast of cold clear air now in this area.

Drew, I hope it doesn't harm your garden. I've been telling my wife and kids what a good thing you are trying to do.

Going to work on the chicken coop today...At first I didn't care about aesthetics, but now my daughter wants to do it up in barn red with white trim...So I'm having to rethink some details. And, at the last minute, I decided to incorporate a "pull out tray" to make cleaning easier. The main thing is, I want to have no gaps bigger than an 1/8" anywhere on it, to hopefully keep out the snakes. Need to finish hopefully this weekend....the baby chicks are not little tiny babies anymore.

Stopped to get a breakfast taco this morning and ended up right behind Rick Perry (our US Secretary of Energy). We had a good 10 minute talk, but not about politics, but about family and faith. His dad passed away about a year ago and he was headed to a memorial for him. I didn't dare ask him for a photo with me. I'm not the star struck type.

Don, how many berries did your reinforcements pick? What percent of the crop is ripe? Did you see any of those snakes I dropped off?