Good morning!!!!

[plowhog]

Kathleen doesn’t want me on the roof anymore, even though I’m pretty sure I could do this !

If you do, be extremely careful. I have several friends that have fallen off their roofs. Doing things like cleaning gutters, etc. We don't bounce as well as we used to and don't heal as well as we used to.

100F+ heat is coming soon and it's gonna stay. Yikes.

Seeing all these pictures of food cooking looks great. Please keep them coming! And some impressive gardens also. My wife showed me a large vegetable the other day and told me it doubled in size in a day or two. Guess she must have good soil in her raised planters.

Everyone have a great day !!!

Rigby is back to his normal spirits, thanks for all the kind words. A puppy is a lot of work but worth it.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 51F @ 4:45AM here in Orcutt, CA. Foggy early, becoming sunny this afternoon. High 78F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.

Headed back up to Yankee Hill this morning to return the car trailer. It's 85F up there right now, with a high of 109F predicted. Got a txt from PG&E that there was a power outage there at 3AM, and another a few minutes later saying the power was back on. Not that it matters as the battery backup kicks in automatically.

Pretty smooth trip down here yesterday. The truck didn't have any trouble at all getting up the hill in 4WD, or in getting up and over the passes along the way. Traffic was light everywhere, and I just stayed in the slow lane on hills so no problems there, either. No cooling or any other issues with the truck; it didn't even use any oil. I'd replaced the ball joints 100,000 miles ago, and it needs new ones again because it's wandering around in the lane, especially when turbulence hits it. Something for the new owner to deal with, and to keep me on my toes on the trip back north.

Not too much trouble unloading the car trailer yesterday, and it was perfect timing that the neighbor across the street pulled into his driveway just as I was backing the car trailer up to the side gate. His extra eyes were a huge help, as were a few shoves to get the van rolling off the trailer.

Put the truck and trailer back on the street, unloaded the truck, and called it a day. Got another mess to clean up in the garage trying to figure out where all the Vanagon parts will go, but it's a huge relief knowing that there are no more large, heavy items that need moved, and no more dealing with U-Haul, except to return the trailer this afternoon.

Sheesh, it's only Tuesday...

 

[wngsprd]

55 degrees going to 85. Low humidity continues. Sweet.

Plow, sorry about Rigby...hope he doesn't find a way out or over your fence. Della is already challenging some vertical obstacles that previously worked. I had to read up on foxtails, too. Yikes.

Ron, never seen such a pitiful Blue Jay...give him a blow dry or a towel. Nice job on project.

Had a very long hike yesterday with the great weather. I'll post a couple pix.

 

[wngsprd]

Even though Shenandoah has closed trout fishing due to low stream flow, the waterfalls were still pretty. Here are 2 of them.

One area I hiked through is named Berry Hollow...now I know why...thousands of ripe red raspberries...I ate my share, but left plenty for the bears...of which I saw plenty of tracks.

 

[Buppies]

Beautiful falls wngsprd

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good Morning,
Vt, 50 to start going to 78 ! Beautiful sunny day again, and last night was perfect for sitting out on the deck for sunset ! When the sun went down behind the mountain , it cooled off quickly!

Paul, that’s quite a hunk of meat there ! Should be able to get a few meals out of that !

Plowhog, sorry to hear about Rigby ! Hopefully he is well soon !

I have some issues with my front porch roof, I believe I have some rot on the lower end. When we put this porch on I knew that I could have problems down the road because we didn’t have much pitch to it ! Ideally I would like to strip the the roof and replace the rotten scheathing and install standing seam. I have a guy coming out this afternoon to give me a quote. Kathleen doesn’t want me on the roof anymore, even though I’m pretty sure I could do this ! We will get a couple of quotes and go from there !

Hope all have a good day !

I recently saw a youtube video of someone doing standing seam, or maybe the snap lock seam roof, and the metal was textured, so it wasn't as slick to walk on. I know when I did my barn roof, 4/12 was slick to walk on, especially after it got a little dirt and dust on it.

 

[scootr]

Recovery day from paint and flooring (with help)
Wife bought a new desk for her office. It's in a flat box that would take 2 men and a boy to move. Thank God for the forklift. I'll open the box on the lift and ant it into the house piece by piece for assembly... with her help. Wish me luck.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

54 this morning high of 86 one more nice day. Pond goes down every day now no grass mowing.

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

wondering when I'll have to drag a mower down again..
I wonder also if that foxtail is different than what we called foxtail on the farm. Our foxtail seemed rather smooth and soft, I don't recall anything sharp on it.
My brother mowed more of the back pasture yesterday, including the steep part I was dreading. All that's left is top easy part. Then it's just one more pasture/woods area where the back spring is. More buckeye tree's there, and some nice hickory trees. That part has some steep areas also.
Son's cat still standoffish, she will venture from his room to the top of the steps, but won't come down. If we go up, she runs back to his room to hide under the bed.

not much planned for today. maybe i'll mow some. Just been spending time with my oldest son.

waterfalls do look nice and refreshing. That meat will look good today also...

Good luck scootr.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 68 going to 86 and sunny
Spent time yesterday using the router sled to flatten the table.
Towards the end, had it dig in, just me making a mistake :-(
Will look at options to fix today.

otherwise just status quo. Son still having fun in the city.
Dog having stomach problems again, so back on home cooked chicken/rice.

Rigby and Della, getting up to no good

Be well,

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 78˚F heading to 98˚, sunny skies no rain in forecast, looking for disturbances in the Gulf to give us some relief.

Took some pics of the furniture we will not be utilizing to the consignment store, they will take all. While I was there bought a vase for the living room. My push button locks came in but I will need to get them re-keyed. The pool has some calcium on the tiles that need to be cleaned and the front fountain still needs to be cleaned and put in operation. If I get one done in this heat it will be good. Yesterday the truck temp showed 101˚ without heat index.

Found a made in America Flag at Walmart to replace the faded flag the previous owners left and the new flag does look so much better.

Won only 2 of 5 games at cards last night, there were about 10 people missing, during the Texas summers they take off to cooler places.