Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

Good Evening All.

68F and sunny @ 19:30, temperature seems to be falling rapidly, heading down to around 44F for the low overnight. Fairly windy too ... which makes it feel a little chilly.

Big cool down on it's way in, high tomorrow only 67F.

Back up to near 80F by Saturday though ... and near 90F Tuesday - Friday this coming week.

Way too windy to do any spraying today.

Noticed that there appeared to be something out in the live trap as I was fixing my coffee this morning ... which was a little odd, given the anchovy had been pilfered out of the bait can several days ago.

A closer inspection after I got out there with the Cub and the dump cart revealed that yup, it was sure enough a 'coon.

A very nasty big one:

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Gave him a swimming lesson - which he sadly failed - and then put him in the bucket on the Kubota and hauled him up to the compost pile for the buzzards:

I give him 3 days ... at most.

Before I did that though, I decided to clean the bottom of the mower deck on the Cub which was long overdue.

I knew it was going to be bad, just didn't realize how bad ... but how poorly it was throwing clippings was probably a big clue though.

Very bad:

Those Marbain blades are pretty tough, but I'm not sure how well this set will survive this ordeal ...

At any rate, I got the underside of the deck about 75% cleaned off, leaving the parts at the rear which are hard to reach/get to, owning to my lift set up - which is very much less than ideal and doesn't raise the deck all that high (<12")

After some consultation with The Woman, I was able to secure approval for a solution to that and placed the order:

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Amazon says delivery by the 30th ... but I sure wouldn't be unhappy if it arrived sooner ...

Could have run over this afternoon to Lowes, who had it in stock ... but I'm happy to wait a little bit and save the $38.

Also ordered the smoke bombs to get rid of the groundhogs:

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Woman grilled some Hebrew Nationals and heated up some Bush's Baked Beans for dinner. I also cleaned up a little bit of pork chop that was left as well as the rest of the scalloped potatoes.

Dropped the dump cart around back earlier to load the weeds The Woman pulled this morning. She didn't get around to that, was busy working out front on the edge of the circle.

Got the 2 x 12 PT lumber placed back on the east slope of the garden.

Loaded the ATV/Motorcyle jack and the car ramps into the bucket of the Kubota and took those up to the shop.

Looks like someone left a free lawn chair up there ...

Refilled hopper and the two tube feeders, dumped the bags of bird food into their containers.

Used Kubota to pile up the compostables up onto the compost pile.

Just heard The Woman yelling out the window "Hey you ... stop eating my hostas !"



Was a deer apparently ... She said there was another 'coon out by the feeders too ...

Need to switch out of shorts and close up things outside, then head up to the shop and modify that driver bit so I can drive t-posts with the HF hammer drill.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[jbrumberg]

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[buckeyefarmer]

45° when I left home this morning. Got warmer. Took nice drive, had some fun, got home in time to water the garden before dark.

 

[Popgadget]

This is Dennis’s idea of fun……

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low was a balmy 14C (8C with wind-chill). It's presently 14.6C (down from 16C), overcast, sporadic mist/rain and gusty wind.

Damage from last nights "severe" wind was the top portion of a large wattle tree. It's snapped/bent but still attached (barber-chair?). I'll wait until tomorrow or Saturday, when the wind has abated, to assess. Everything else around the property looks to be OK. I am glad that I did dismount the flagpole yesterday arvo.

Not much on for today. The wind should be gone by this early evening.

No migrant trampolines spotted.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

It was fun, and that fencing stapler is the cats meow. If you are doing any amount of fencing, get one.

And a kubota fence puller isn’t too shabby either. Actually it was the anchor for a big come along

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 64ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light wind, clouds thinned to partly cloudy, high temp was 85ºF, HI 87ºF. Forecasted rain was a no show. Need to fire up irrigation system. Men's meeting to start day, took trimmer for a walk, now all lawn done the same week. Washed boat seats, cockpit floor, and windshield and got boat covered again.Did not get piston top cleaned off, so I can use and return ring compressor. Did get short nap, and dinner at Mexican restaurant.
Kyle nice pics
RS Glad you got a lot of spraying done sorry about not screening the gypsum, I take it spreader not happy with that. Sorry about the bluebird, that enough cause to evict sparrows from any of your houses; Nice flower pics.
Ron sorry about the smoke Nice humming bird.
Kilroy nice technique.
Kilroy glad relatives made it to their destination ok. Nice score on the printer.
Dennis I could never work with John Q Public, would have trouble with all the Karens.
Drew hope the drive to the RV park goes well. Hope the radishes turn out good.
Buppies sorry about rain not definite. How are you going to tell us about which bear is doing what?
Paul I thought she might remember the class if she liked it. Scooter will always remember anything he likes and pout big time if it does not happen again.
Paul glad you got good at fence removal. Nice pics hope fence install went smoothly.
Bill have a good summer hauling. I leave the same day for STL.
Don you are right nothing compares to a tree-ripened peach. Had a peach tree growing up, only got peaches about every 3rd year. Thanks for the rest of the pricing info. Hope garden planting was successful.
Ken sorry ground is so dry. Bicycles are a lot of work.
RNG sorry about radio silence from dealer. Glad weed eater worked well. I found soaking the line for a week in water helps the line work better. Fishing line the same way.
Bill sorry tin not done but good to hear grass cut.
Frits good to hear daughter helped you finish setting the fence posts. Sorry about the Gerd attack, prayers for her and your wife.
David hope you got the wall done today and got the errands dons as well.
Thomas hope rain didn't dampen your plans.
Don he was hard to see.
Drew sorry about the interference pulling that trailer. Hope dinner turns out.
Jay thanks for the info, hope the supply trip was successful. We have no had a good rate of rain in forecast becoming actual rain. Looks like a slow day.
Frits she does look relaxed.
Scardy thanks for the update. Good to hear you get to visit with out of town daughter. Hope 4 wheeling was fun, sorry about no suitable boating weather.
Frits I just don't understand taking tips from tables. I put tips in waitress hands now.
Drew nice pile of dishes. nice pics, sorry about RV.
RS congrats on another failed swimming lesson. When I borrowed a push mower. it was almost that bad, did clean some of it out and blow air filter out before return. Nice looking lift. Sorry about the gophers, mine came back will address him tomorrow. Sorry about another coon deer.
Dennis glad you had fun.
Paul nice pic.
Randy(wag) sorry about the tree, glad nothing else looks to be damaged. Nice no transient trampolines around.
Dennis nice pics.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /back surgery healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, i wonder if there might be some sort of wireless alarm/beeper you could install on rv/trailer?

 

[sodamo]

It was fun, and that fencing stapler is the cats meow. If you are doing any amount of fencing, get one.
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And a kubota fence puller isn’t too shabby either. Actually it was the anchor for a big come along

Nice job guys.
That puller looks quite similar to mine.

 

[sodamo]

Did get that wall done today, boy what a kick butt. Seemed to take more effort than others.
Happy with the results though.