Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

good morning all
had a good night's sleep, feel like I got caught up

chilly morning but clear weather going up into 70's today and up to 90 in a few days.
the heat is coming in.

I have an appt with body shop that did minor repairs to my Lexus before it was sold to me.
they apparently redid the front bumper because when I bounced up that road to the NY cabin, the seam
where the fender meets the bumper popped out. Needs a clip or some adhesive, not sure what. Pushes back in fine, but
not good it can come apart.

worked hard on veggie garden yesterday, pulled out half the old radishes and replanted with spinach.
found more crawling bugs so gave garden another dose of diatomaceous earth.

hope you all have a great day today.

 

[Buppies]

46.8 low so far high of 78 Smokey skies nose running again never stops. Done with antibiotics leg healing slowly. Sugar too high my fault.

Resume work this week rain in forecast Friday before then warm but cooling off for weekend. Have gut feeling summer locally not to hot just about average. Maybe 92 for high for summer. Will see I guess.

Got some shrubs planted yesterday still more to go all replacements of ones that died.

Sorry about friends loss of puppy dog Kyle Goldens are wonderful dogs

Sorry about part of SUV coming loose Drew

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Buppies]

Holly has stuff dog on kitchen table Drew as center piece
Phil I put gear shift knob on fire place mantle beautiful piece

 

[daugen]

looked over the "feet" of the four columns holding up my to be built pergola,
and they have four 3/8" holes in them for ground attachment. I ordered these rods which
if I drive in slightly off angle, should hold the two column pads down adequately on the gravel areas.
Other two pads go down onto wood beam buried in ground.
Pergola has no sides so shouldn't be much windage. Waiting for my young friend to come help me build it.
I have a nice hand sledge for this.

I ordered some 3" heavy duty wood screws to attach the two pads to wood, with built in washers.

Amazon.com

 

[wngsprd]

46 heading to 76 and low humidity .

Kyle, glad things are looking better for your mom. Terrible about that Golden.

Phil, real nice gift for Buppies. When I was a teenager, always wanted a TR6. My big sister had a Spitfire for a while, before I had a license, but I got to drive it once.

Buppies, we have those flying elephants here, too. Glad Precious is about to come home to you and Holly.

Been down in eastern North Carolina last few days. My wife and her brother sold their family farm. Met the new owners...2 real nice related young couples, one with a 14 month girl and the other with her first baby due in August. They were having a blast riding the farm on their Can-am UTV. We spent all day Saturday cleaning out the stuff stored in the barn, and they helped. My oldest son helped, too. A real dirty job with decades of dust, etc. I could have filled up the Smithsonian with the snake skins.

Added in a nostalgia tour on the way down on back roads visiting small towns in Virginia and NC where our relatives once lived, and the 4 cemeteries where they are buried. Lots of memories for both of us.

Stayed in a nice 100+ year old house near the water in Washington...they have really restored that town since I last walked the riverfront a decade or more ago. A real gem now with a tourist vibe, restaurants, craft breweries, and lots of parks. Della and I walked several miles looking at the beautiful flower gardens in the historic district, and at the boats/yachts along the boardwalk. Della had her first encounter with cats, and even had a deer cross the road right in front of us shortly after sunrise yesterday. Bonus was buying gas at 2.55. Ate lots of seafood.

Came home to grass to mow 10 feet high. Maybe an exaggeration.

 

[daugen]

am glad Wngsprd enjoyed Washington, the waterfront on the Pamlico River is nice.
not sure but might be heading there with rv this Fall. Summers are very hot in Eastern NC.
My two lady friends there email me and say when will you be back? 8 hour drive, not so easy any more.
one friend is 91 and never know how many more times we can do this.

I think Ron must have helped every neighbor in his area by now, they are lucky to have him nearby.

 

[Thomas]

Kyle sad news about loss of family member...special thoughts.

Buppies one week and the fun begins with new family member.

Wngsprd...glad all had good road trip and meet greet,della going to need good swim after all that excitement.

 

[daugen]

7 years ago today, food pantry volunteers came and helped me harvest potatoes
several years later we got smart and I hired a neighbor who had a real potato harvester.
it had just rained before this planned event but sandy soil dries pretty quickly.
hard work for mostly seniors
two young helpers were Mormons on a work mission, who I knew would have a ball with my utv.
those two picked up all those heavy boxes.
young and strong

 

[Thomas]

43F showers ending soon than cloudy day high 70F.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today... town for critter food,check game cams,if ground not to soggy mow front field,least 7 bucket full cut maple bring to wood pile for splitting if ground not to soft,guess I better get my butt in gear get at it.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 43 and going up to 68. No wind. Sunny!

Shopping in North Bay today. Pay for tractor repair and get a smaller portable shelter (10X10X8') for the fuel tank.

I am mostly south east of the forest fires, so I hope I don't get too much of the smoke.

Have a safe day all