Good morning!!!!

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) morning. Overnight Low of 0.2C and it's presently 7.4C, clear and calm. Looks to be a repeat of yesterday.

As usual, I'm off to Church in about a half hour and then the rest of the day is His.

Tomorrow (and for the rest of the week) I'll be, hopefully, 'reporting in' in the evenings of my day.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Buppies]

Safe travels in heavy rain Thomas you and Mrs be careful

 

[rswyan]

So sorry Gale

Ditto.

Glad you are posting rswya.

Thanks.

Still have much to do before winter hits so my posts may be somewhat limited until it gets really cold outside.

Have you ever tried fine blade grass

Not sure that I have ever purchased any to sow.

Last time I bought grass seed (before this time) I bought two different mixes (one for sun and one for shade) from Copley Feed and Supply. No idea what they were particularly, but I'd suspect a blend ... probably fescues plus others.

I do have some areas in the lawn that do have very fine blade grass growing ... mainly adjacent to the areas I just seeded. That area is at the bottom of the front lawn and has a little less sun ... so it tends to stay wetter ... which is probably why that particular grass has thrived there and taken over.

It tends to be slow and low growing ... resembles what you'd find on a putting green on a golf course.

It's extremely dense and thick ... to the point of nearly choking out the weeds.

If I had had to guess it's probably some kind of bentgrass ... although it might be a fine fescue of some variety.

we much prefer it here called southern lawn extreme

One of the reasons I like tall fescue is that it stands up well to traffic which we have a lot of, running the Kubota and Cub over the lawn while doing maintenance and planting tasks.

Did not get around to spraying for weeds this year.

There are areas of the lawn that really need it bad ... probably 75% weeds by surface area.

Wanted to do that before overseeing but likely will not get to either before next year.

Still, I'm not complaining ... the lawn is pretty thick (weeds and all) - something I attribute to all the rain we got during mid summer.

Typically by August the (unwatered) lawn has gone into summer dormancy, growth has stopped and things are starting to brown. That didn't happen this year.

Closest local personal weather station (about 1 mile away) reported that they got >28.5" in August alone. Not sure how accurate that is, but it sure seemed like we got a lot.

Precipitation totals @ CAK (around 5 miles away) as reported by NOAA for May and June were low (1.68" and 2.39" respectively (average would be 4.13" and 4.43") with July about average (4.13") and August above @ 6.80" ... which is actually about double the normal.

Yearly average rainfall here is around 41.5". Through September NOAA reports 30.53" @ CAK.

So we're not overly wet on the year ... but we got a decent amount of rainfall mid summer ... which really helped to keep things green and growing.

 

[Looking4new]

No Sunday morning post for me. I'm off to Markham early tomorrow morning.

 

[Buppies]

Rswyan it is fine blade fescue slow growing very deep green we overseed once once a year Va Tech approved

 

[Engineer42]

No Sunday morning post for me. I'm off to Markham early tomorrow morning.

Be careful returning the rig. Hope the journey fires up.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

.44” rain today. Son and I headed south in the rain, hit sunshine as we hit I81 in Winchester. Beautiful rest of the day. Went to the lot, without a mower in tow. Grass not to bad. Changed batteries in the cell camera and it started sending again. First time my youngest has seen the lot.
With weeds dying down I could see better up where I want the cabin. About 20 ft level bench on the slope. With some dozer or excavator work think it will be nice spot for the cabin.
Wish I had my bush hog to take down there.
Then we went on part of Blue Ridge Parkway. Visited a spot we were at in 2003 and tried to reproduce the picture.
Was a nice day.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got a short hike in. Lol
Hit 160,000 on the Subaru on the return trip. It still has original brakes. My right calf was burning from using the brakes on the steep twisty road coming down off the BRParkway.

 

[KilroyJC]

I was reading an article on ***** approving money to build more walls in Texas.
will remember Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall! all my life.

just depressing it looks like a wall is needed. The situation at the Southern border keeps getting worse.
And what about all those folks/families piling up on the Mexican side?
Must be creating real problems for border Mexican towns and cities.
lines and lines of folks coming North, most it seems men, off to get into the promised land.

wouldn't we do this for our families too?
I think of my grandfather coming over in 1901, seeing the Statue of Liberty.
All he thought about was being a good citizen.
You learned the language, you paid your taxes, you finally got your own home.
Hopefully you sent your kids off to college, where you never went.

in my grandfather's time, flush with money from the sale of A&B Butter in Newark, NJ, to Borden,
he had a new home built in Newark. I've been there.
Then he lost almost all his money in 1929, being a good citizen he invested in the market just like other smart people

this idea of being a good citizen really intrigues me. It was drummed into me by my parents.
Seems to be too much what's in it for me versus what can I bring to the common good.
being a good citizen means you speak the language fluently, you vote, you pay your taxes, you volunteer in your community and you obey the laws.
whether you are single or married, hetero or other, white or any color of the rainbow, believe in Jesus or any other deity you want, or none at all,
you still can be a good citizen.
And should be.

I'm not sure our youth understands this.
anyone who works totally for cash and doesn't file an income tax sure understands it all too well.
The only fair way is for everyone to contribute, do their fair share.
My lunch was never free. My parents worked hard for the 35 cents to buy it at school.

Western Germany had a lot of problems dealing with Eastern Germany when the Wall came down.
The have nots descended on the haves.
Way it has always been.
I'm all up for have nots who are good citizens.

back to tractors

What occurred on Ellis Islan a hundred years ago, and what is happening in Texas/Arizona/California today, are not the same thing.

 

[check]

We're in between rain showers, so been outside doing a few things. 63 going to 67. Could see 39 or 40F tomorrow night.

Kyle, good luck fixing up the Yaris.

Scott, have they removed those staples, yet? I had one stuck, and it felt like the doc was pulling my whole scalp off...others came out easy.

check, can you get those jet skis out on the water just one more time? Would be fun going leaf peeking on those.

Worked on fixing up some chimney issues, and decided to build a rain cap. Ran out of time before cleaning the chimney and woodstove pipe, but can start that once the rain stops and I've roasted some coffee.

Yep. I will definitely be out on the Sea-Doos again before we get them out of the water. I now have three of them, and only two trailers, so I’m going to have to break down and buy another single trailer. Meanwhile, I’ll be tooting over to the rental property to check things out on the Sea-Doo.

I am selling one of the Sea-Doos, since I can only use two, so, if anyone is interested, let me know!

 

[Buppies]

Where are RR tracks BEF?

 

[scootr]

Good evening! Hope you all enjoyed your Saturday!
I got lots of piddly stuff done. Including setting yellow jacket aka meat bee traps set.
One commercial trap is quite popular with about 1 inch of dead bees in the water at sunset. Need to reduce the numbers here. I'm allergic to the buggers. And the dogs don't like em much either. lol
Took the Cobra out for a romp around back country roads. Drove it like I stole it for a bit. Good fun. Home safe and sound.
Have a nice night.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Where are RR tracks BEF?

Yankee Horse Ridge, mile 34.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Wow, 4 yrs it was. I was recovering from my GBS, was sleeping in my family room, and I remember trying to figure out how you had things connected based on your description. Time flies.

Drew, supper sounds good. Lucky guest.

I'm thankful the Good Lord healed you.

In the Brush and Pear.

Any huisache? That covers about from South Austin to the Rio Grande...

Maybe closer to

Good Morning! I have been waiting patiently to post as the temp has been slowly going down. I am happy to report we have the coolest temp since April.
59.9
Heading only to the 70s today, finally a real Fall day.

Not quite as cool here, maybe 61-62F

But when you consider we've been having 105-109F temps, I almost need a jacket. Don't laugh, consider your temps minus 45F degrees.....Its all whatever your climatized to. I'm kind of liking 88F outdoor temps on some days.

No Yaris work yet. I've had to rebuild my walkway between my house and my barn. I should dig a moat and make it a drawbridge. I built it like it is, back in 2007, when my grandfather was still alive, when he was almost wheel chair bound. It is level between both buildings. This took up most of the last 3 evenings and about 4 hours today.

Now my electric clothes dryer is trying to break the belt again. I recently replaced the belt and new roller wheels. I'm going to have to take it apart, to see what condition the felt and plastic wear bearings look like. I looked up the parts and even on Amazon it could cost about $125 with tax to get everything. I need to clean out the vent hose and install a tight 90 deg elbow. A cheap Whirlpool now goes for about $500ish or more.

My FIL passed away last year in May, and we have his Gator XUV 835M. It is a really nice machine, but the yellow vinyl seats are so prone to mold, I would recommend black seats maybe? I mixed up some bleach water with Jomax and sprayed it on them, then scrubbed with a scouring pad, then pressure washed. I got about 80% of it off, but still not happy about it. The thing only has about a 100 hours and is now 5 years old. It has the best suspension of any offroad ATV I've ever ridden in, as far as just driving normal over a hayfield with some bumps. I kind of wished he would have got the A/C cab model.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 52ºF for the start, partly cloudy sky, light breeze. Light wind, mostly clear sky and high temp was 68ºF. Drove to Bonham to start day, 70 mile bike ride, ride went well, nap when I got home then dinner. Really nice day.
Buppies glad you had a great day. Prayers sent.
Randy(wag) hope the polling place work goes well. Hope church goes well.
Ron glad car washed and tractor seat time, nice day. Hope garden pond work is successful. Nice pic
Drew glad you watered the mums. Glad win11 upgrade went smoothly.
Dennis glad you are getting more rain.
James love the pics.
Bill hope you got the wood in basement. Hope getting truck and trailers back goes smoothy.
James nice job on the basement remodel.
Scotty hope you can remain patient till eye finished healing.
Billy cool temps on the way. Good luck with cap. Hope the coffee turned ou good
Frits hope inside day is productive. Hope daughter makes good decision on future.
Don congrats on the cool temp.
Thomas hope you made it through the day.
Scott(vt) sorry about the rain impacting GD b-day party.
David hope the coffee and biking wake you up
Bill good to hear you are not defeated by the rain.
Chris sorry about all the rain you are getting.
RS welcome back. Sorry about the dry spell has been very dry here as well. Hope you can get outside ready for winter before cold weather hits. Nice update pics
Gale glad lump was only the cat. Sorry to hear about West Nile Virus in the horses.
Randy(wag) hope church was good. Hope the polling work continues to go well.
Dennis hope you spot for cabin works out. Neat photo recreation 20 years later.
Dennis glad you got short hike in. 160K on factory brakes very impressive. Dis the BRP do them in?
James good luck selling 3rd See-Doo.
Scotty sounds like trap earning it's keep. Good to hear Cobra seat time.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /sleeping, /wife 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, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, 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.

 

[Green Acres Homestead]

Here in East Coast Canada we had a late spring, wet summer and a beautiful fall. Storm Philip is producing light winds and rain today. We did have some forest fires in the Halifax area but no really bad ones here on Cape Breton Island.

Sold my tractor to a machanic as it needed work but looking at buying another one. It will likely be another Kubota. They are pricy but great machines.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking hot cup of coffee. 37° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 53° with sun and clouds. Got garden pond cleansed up. Started picking up yard ornaments for winter storage. Had a good time at neighborhood get together.
Will do some more yard ornament pickup today.
I think frog was looking for a place to spend winter.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

nothing like starting your day off with a fine looking frog...

good morning all, much cooler here, 47 out, had to turn the heat back on this morning, house was chilly
61 today as a high, quite a drop. I think Don sent that cool air over here.

Scootr, just driving that Cobra must sound wonderful. Good for you, good for the car.
Better enjoy it before Sacramento bans them...

no plans for today, might do a little rv waxing in the sunshine.

 

[daugen]

my old business partner passed away yesterday in his early 80's.
A blessing, had gone into dementia in local nursing home.
His wife passed away three months ago. He simply gave up, as happens.
He and I ran the town's main real estate/insurance agency for twenty years together.
A good man, with good values.
And he loved Fordhook lima beans.
He also loved to smoke two packs a day and drink six cups of coffee with two teaspoons of sugar in each one, every day.
And he made it into his mid 80's.
He had a long and good life and you can't ask for more than that.
had a memorial all set for wife, now it will be for both of them.

worst part about getting older is losing your friends and family.
just makes you appreciate every day

 

[mpham]

Sorry for the loss of your friend!
Morning all!
48 and only going to a cloudy 59 today.
Not sure what I will be doing today. I have two sisters coming for a visit around 10. I'm sure wifey will want to get our 3 mile walk in before that. First cup of coffee is already gone. Will probably make another after posting here.
While we were out antiquing in Maine I bought some sea shells. Thought they would make nice ornaments. I have attached them to the post.
Going to be a cool cloudy week so it looks like I will be spending my time on leaf cleanup. Wasn't much of a show this year. Most of them turned brown and jumped off the tree with little fanfare. I did get a pic of our tree in the back yard that usually is spectacular red.
Not much else going on. Might make a few more ornaments to take with me to the craft show.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!
First pic is titled: "Ballerina"

I made all of this. Twisted the wire, tied the knot and turned the pieces.