Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

good morning, 33 going to 54 with wind gusts to 37 MPH, lot of wind during the night

Ken I am way behind you in splitting wood but managed to get the splitter towed out from the milking parlor on the lower level of barn. Could not find the trailer hitch for the front of the RTV looking all the usual places until I realized it was on the back of the RTV. Changed the oil on the Honda engine. It started when turning the key not even turning a complete revolution before firing and that after sitting all winter.
Honda engines are the best

 

[Popgadget]

Listening to Michael Jackson this morning from my phone thru AV system. I really enjoy music everything from Frank Sinatra to Edwin Starr. Any personal mood I can cover long hair music included

Here is a great song about music and moods, one of my favorites.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Sound Beach LI, 39 to start going to 50 with some wind. Nice time with our friends last night, went to a little Italian restaurant in Smithtown, Buon Appetito, great food and very reasonable with music.

Looked on the Vermont camera, we got snow last night up there. Not much but a good covering.

Sounds like we may either go out to the Hamptons and see how the other half live, or the north fork and stop at some wineries. It’s interesting that where there used to be potato fields, they now grow grapes, for a much better profit.

Hope all have a great day

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
36° and a clear sunny sky. We got almost 1/2” of rain as front blew through last night, making today breezy, but clear.

Yesterday I worked on the downed trees until I ran out of steam. It’s still too wet to get the tractor and grapple in there to clean it up, but I made a brush pile and cut up the trunks into manageable pieces.

Fortunately, the damage to the fence was limited to the fabric that I planned to replace this spring anyway, so I lucked out there.
I did some puttering around in the shop, gathered up the trash and recycling and got it all to the street, then decided to make some burgers for dinner.

Beef was from neighbors steer, pork belly was what I smoked a few days ago, some sharp cheddar and home made pickles, it was a good meal.

Not sure what’s on tap for today, looks like music tonight, I’ve got to get moving on the pad for the shed, it’s coming Wednesday.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

wngsprd, using GRK structural screws to pull in the end band board. They have a cutting edge at the tip to help bore a hole to reduce chance of splitting. I did use timberloc brand (black) i had for a couple posts.
There’s a 3” GRK in there also

 

[txdon]

Good Morning! 36˚F heading to 80˚ with sunny skies and S wind.
Yesterday was good weather at the "farm". a good crowd, I actually had to turn a family down from riding on the trailer because it filled up (60 people). Only had one empty trailer late in the day which I used for a fuel refill stop.
The 200,000 Tulips have all been plowed under in preparing the field for a maze, probably African grass it grows thick and is drought tolerant.
The strawberry field will yield a bumper crop this year if there is no freeze for the next month there are already little green strawberries on the plants.

 

[FriendwithTractor]

Good Morning to All who celebrate! 36° going to a high of 55°, windy this AM. No real storm activity here, we could do with a little more rain.

Going to have to put off the mower again for another week, better to bring it in when the folks are gone and then pretend like it's always been there.
Property hunt has been sluggish, really hope I can find something workable soon. There's a few possibilities on the horizon, and once the weather turns hopefully the market will too.

Nothing major on the docket this weekend, I could do with a slower paced weekend. Feels like I've been non-stop lately, so taking a breath isn't a bad idea.

Prayers for those ailing and recovering!
Y'all stay safe out there and enjoy the weekend!

 

[daugen]

nice song Popgadget
Don, healthy looking strawberries, a rabbit's dream

found one more project in rv, replacing an overhead led light that was flickering.
ordered a replacement, 9 bucks, will be in tomorrow.
and then while cleaning knew it was time to move my Texas pin inside.

I also peeled my rv state map off the interior wall, ever so carefully and will find a place for that
in my office

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 38 going to 54 and windy, sunny. 1/2" of rain overnight

Got some hanging branches down and cut/stacked a bunch of other fallen branches.

Thanks to Drew's reminder, went out and planted some radishes.

When I was a kid, many of my tires/wheels came from the junk yard. $20-30 each, sometimes with the rim and mounted!. But then again, the last alternator I bought for my buick in the 80's cost $35, now alternators are $200+

Scotty - I grew up on Long Island, we used to get our own seafood, fish and plenty of inexpensive duck on the plate. Were lots of sod farms as well as potato on the North Fork. I used to know some of the winery owners, they have all sold out or passed on. My brother lived on the North shore for years and my best friend still does, a few blocks from the bay. Spent a lot of time in Northport and Huntington in my teens. I only took the ferry to CT once as a kid, brother took it for a while but the long queues in the morning/afternoon turned him off and he started doing the drive commute instead.

Took a day off from paperwork yesterday, will start again today.

Be well,
Got first and second mess done, then started working on this one. This is a maple I think, the rest were cedar or the usual ash. Nothing bigger than 12" so just used the pole saw. With today's wind, maybe the top hinge will break and I can cut the dead part of the trunk down.

 

[Engineer42]

All this talk of tires, I'm replacing 4 on the camper tomorrow.

Ken, the best part of that old alternator was it could be swapped out in about 15 minutes. Nowadays it takes longer than that to remove the plastic to see how much other junk has to be removed to replace the part you're after.