Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all. 76ºF for the start, clear, light breeze. Light wind with moderate gusts, clear sky, and high temp was 102ºF. HI 108ºF. Putter to start day, bike ride, rear tire still holding air. Took trimmer for walk, lunch, the got two wheelbarrow loads moved to main wood rack, better path on sidewalk now. Starting to look like I may need more wood for winter. Did get nap in, and wife and I made pasta primavera for dinner. Did not catch the part where you put veggies in with last 3 or 4 minute of cooking pasta . Simmered it more, pasta overcooked but veggies not raw .
David great to hear exterior paint project is complete!
Ron sorry to hear about glasses. Hope you had an old pair as backup. Hope grocery shopping and mowing went well. Nice pic
Drew Hope today's leg went well.
Buppies sorry about the unhealthy air, hope healing is progressing. prayers sent.
Ron glad fish visible again, any idea what clouded it up so quick?
Spike sorry to hear hay fields burning up. Nice pic of Lightning.
Kilroy sorry to hear creek irrigation did not work out. Glad shopping went well, and lunch was good. Hope trip to woodlot went well today.
Billy sorry to hear about the very poor air quality. Nice you were able to rebuild the feeder. Glad flower garden is dug and planted. Congrats on zucchini starting.
Paul expensive trip to Costco, hope music is fun. Bulbs looking good in hanger. Hope you got some R/C in.
Frits sorry no outside time. Hope you got tiller on. Nice pic, ground looks very soft.
Ken sorry about the smoke, hope your wife mellows out. Hope you passed your tests at Dr office. Interesting visitor
Dennis great to hear decent sleep last night. Hope Bible study went well.
RNG sorry about held mail not delivered. Hope correct parts come in for van. Hope sprinkler install goes well. Different way to make popcorn!
Don good to hear maintaining your diet is easier than before.
RS glad you got front mowed inspite of bad air yesterday, good to hear should improve quickly. Hope mowing went well, plants potted, and rest of tilling done.
Gstrom that got dirty in a hurry. Sorry a challenge to find the right lampholders.
Frits thanks for link.
Drew glad you found problem with mirror, and made it safely to campsite.
David nothing wrong with a day to recoup from a large project. Hope guys did well at H&F.
Drew better watch out for Van 3
Frits glad you got tiller mounted.
Thomas sorry about long day, no talk with owner yet?
Jay running a full tank of gas through trimmer is plenty work Glad inhaler is helping you through the bad air.
Randy(wag) good on you for the weight loss and keeping it off. Hard to recommend red wine when I don't drink it
Dennis hope you can get wife to buy in on plans. Hope mowing went well.
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.

I dug out the creek sump again, I may have to do some sort of in-line filtration to remove sediment. Nothing is ever easy.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly).
61.0F going to low 90s, rain later this afternoon.

Trip to vet went well, our driveway was not blocked by the law enforcement operation at the druggies this time, but everyone got bailed out so any hope of a drama-free Independence Day weekend are dashed…

Went up to woodlot, watered plants, cleaned out creek sump, got hold of the neighbor and let him move his downed tree with the excavator. I think he enjoyed being back in the seat again and was highly appreciative.

today’s itinerary is a trip to TS to get Senior Dog washed and pick up a half-dozen electric fence handles so I can add in two more gates around our Victory Garden, then energy conservation and minor fettling projects.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe productive blessed Friday!

 

[wngsprd]

She's taken to drinking bourbon. Any suggestions?

I don't drink, but know those who say you can't go wrong with Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve, Jim Beam, or at a lower price, Virginia Gentleman.

 

[KilroyJC]

I don't drink, but know those who say you can't go wrong with Buffalo Trace, Woodford Reserve, Jim Beam, or at a lower price, Virginia Gentleman.

Pappy Van Winkle FTW! (Think of it as Redneck Louis XIII)

 

[wngsprd]

66 and smoggy. Going to 88.

Buppies, hope you can get a nap.

Stayed indoors most of the day. Did the best coffee roaster cleaning I've ever done...then roasted 3 batches to make up for some sent to friends, and for family coming tomorrow.

 

[ronjhall]

Mostly, I have plenty of spare glasses. Eyes have not changed much in over 30 years. This is the second pair of glasses that I have broken since I started wearing at 8 years old. First pair were repaired with some silver soldering. This pair broke inside the spring area of bow. No repair unless I want back to place where I got them. They are way over priced. With poor service.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 76˚F, We were supposed to stay out of triple digits yesterday but at only 100˚F with a good breeze it did feel cooler.

Three cucumbers are growing about an inch a day in th garden and the sunflower is getting thicker, I will need a saw to cut it down next month with the base at 3". Even with irrigation at 3X per day it was getting dry so I gave everything an extra drink.
Cantelopes seem to be doing the best in the heat and I saw my first baby cantelope.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
62 with a high of 80 under a smoke filtered sun.

Yesterday was busy and varied. Started off helping a friend that’s building an outdoors wood fired pizza oven. He has the stone base built and poured the concrete top to the base that the oven will be built on. 2” refractory board goes on the concrete, then a firebrick floor. The walls get built like an igloo out of fire brick.

Next stop was the airport to finish the LED project, after that was done, took the little plane for a quick hop before putting it away. Nice to have functional brakes again.

Then lunch with some friends followed by a service call for my son’s air conditioning. It’s a geothermal heat pump and the evaporator was iced up. Either low on refrigerant of air flow. Filters and blower were fine, so I left it on fan with the system off to thaw out while I went home to get refrigerant and tools. The fun started when I got back. Pressures confirmed that it was low on charge, but it would not accept any refrigerant, or only extremely slowly. After fooling around with it too long, I decided that I needed to change the schrader valve on the low side port. I’ve got an air lock type tool that lets me change it under pressure, but had to go home and get it. Luckily, that was the issue and it quickly accepted the charge, letting me get it to the required values.

But this put me behind schedule for getting the smoker started and the pork prepared to go in it. I got the pork prepped, and started the fire, ate some dinner, collected the trash and recycling and got it to the street, watch the son do a little RC flying until the smoker was ready.
It was about 9pm when the meat went in. Here is what it looks like now.

Probably be ready to come out and be shredded a bit after noon, then I’ll leave it the Cambro until dinner time.

Looks like today will be mowing day, been less than a week, it’s amazing what rain does. Hopefully not much else will pop up today, by the time I get the smoker cleaned up and the mowing finished, I’ll be ready to play some music and relax.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

It had been over a month since I mowed along creek and the hill. Some places it was tall, but most of the hill was just the planten stems.
Picked first 3 cucumbers in garden

vines not very big, surprised to see them
Tomatoes growing fast need to clip them.
Will finish mowing today.

I got a message that Dad broke bush hog again. Don’t know what that means yet.
Usually it’s the gear box comes loose.

 

[LouNY]

I dug out the creek sump again, I may have to do some sort of in-line filtration to remove sediment. Nothing is ever easy.

Have you got room in your creek to add a couple of more "sumps" settling ponds to let the water clarify before it gets to your pump pit. With good clean gravel or course sand between them.