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Good morning. Sunny, 88F with 69% humidity. {heat index of 102F} Forecast high low of 98/76F with 0% chance of rain today, 10% tonight and 20% tomorrow. Yesterday's high was 101F. I think it was a new record high, but not sure how that works. The wunderground station is a couple three miles...

0700 update on the storm. SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...35.2N 75.7W ABOUT 10 MI...15 KM WSW OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH...150 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 50 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22...

It's going to be another warm one. Sunny, 73F with 83% humidity now. High low of 96/69F. Not working tonight, so the pull of the camp will be strong. But a pretty early opening time at work tomorrow, so I'll try to get by with a long walk tonight. No real plan for the day. Most likely something...

Be careful Drew. All the Florida deaths from the storm were men with chainsaws.

At least no red on the radar. {I like the new lightning triangle thing on wundermap}

I haven't paid a bill in 30 years, so I'm in the dark when it comes to what cost what. But I was sitting with Margie when she paid the light bill last month. It was about $250, with approximately 25 of that a new hurricane fee. No idea of rates or usage.

The Creeper Trail out of Damascus is wheel chair smooth. It's AT Adjacent. I've been having some balance issues myself. Trekking poles have saved me a few times. You are making great progress, so when you graduate from the walker, you should look into a pair.

One of the bad things about Micheal was i couldn't watch it on TV and the interwebs. I'm catching up with this one. Noon update. SUMMARY OF 100 PM EDT...1700 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...32.7N 79.0W ABOUT 55 MI...90 KM E OF CHARLESTON SOUTH...

Those British isles all look the same.

The 8 o'clock update. She strengthened to a cat 3 again. I don't think they were expecting that. SUMMARY OF 900 AM EDT...1300 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...32.2N 79.2W ABOUT 70 MI...110 KM SE OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA ABOUT 160 MI...260 KM SSW...

Good morning. At 0830 it's sunny, 82F with 74% humidity. Forecast high low of 94/82F with 0% chance of rain today, tonight and tomorrow. I ended up working on the sheds yesterday morning. 7 or 8 trash bags of jigsaw puzzles out to the trash. I worked on the pond road in the afternoon. Got two...

Storm still getting weaker and moving faster. I like that. Hurricane Dorian Tropical Cyclone Update NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL052019 1000 AM EDT Wed Sep 04 2019 ...DORIAN MOVING PARALLEL TO THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF FLORIDA... SUMMARY OF 1000 AM EDT...1400...

Good Morning. At 0945 it's sunny, 87F with 67% humidity. Forecast high low of 91/72F with 0% chance of rain today, tonight and tomorrow. For weeks at a time, my 10 day forecast had 9 days of possible rain. Now it has none. I slept in this morning until 0830. I can't remember sleeping that late...

Kind of, sort of, but not really. The only PUDS {pointless ups and downs} in my area are over at Torreya State Park. All their trails and primitive campsites are still closed. I still camp most nights when not working, and will walk 2-3 miles then, but it's slack packing. All my trails around...

Looks like it's going to move a little tonight. Top wind speeds are down, but wind field is increasing.

My side yard turns into a equipment yard when the river floods. My neighbor down by the boatramp has to move all his stuff out, and I'm the first high ground with a acre to spare.

Yes. The last two years I've grown the Mammoth Jalapeno. {also some saved seed MJ this year} The bigger peppers makes everything easier. Margie has been doing her easy recipe. It's just cream cheese, cheddar, "real" bacon bits and BBQ sauce, then baked instead of fried. I have pictures on my...

It was weird, because none of us ever got scared. Margie, Sister and I were on the front and back porch recording as our stuff blew away. I have video of the pumphouse rolling down the middle of the garden, breaking all my spigots and sprinklers. The cotton harvest was going on here when...

Good morning. The hurricane has blessed us with another day of good weather. {it rained all of June, July and August} At 0725 it's sunny, 73F with 93% humidity. Forecast high low of 99/73F with 0% chance of rain today, 10% tonight and tomorrow. Sister's friend is down from Colorado, and we ate...

I need to get back to it. {my garden thread too} Margie has been doing the poppers up right this summer.

I did have a heck of a time convincing this guy to find another place to sleep. {he had a headlight fixation}

Good morning. At 0730 it's cloudy, 76F with 98% humidity. Forecast high low of 89/73F with 0% chance of rain today, and 10% tonight and tomorrow. I stayed at the pond camp last night. Worked stacking firewood and piling brush. My road going in is mostly cut. Just need to get everything moved. I...

Thanks. I'm chipping away at it everyday. Another 5-10 years and I'll be caught up. lol

Good afternoon. It's partly cloudy, 83F with 68% humidity. The hurricane in the Atlantic has given me almost three days without rain. We did have a short shower pass about an hour ago, but until then some of the nicest weather of the last three months. Drew and everyone else on the East Coast...

Ron, so sorry to hear about your wife's passing. 57 years is a blessing few of us will have. My prayers are with you. As with everyone who has been having troubles. None of us are getting any younger.

And my secret to a stuck chainsaw? Another chainsaw. I never got one of them so stuck I couldn't use the other one to get it loose. {although I did take a small spill jerking one of them loose to keep it from sticking. I was cutting trees off the tractor shed, and I stepped back too far. There...

Good morning. We had our first frost of the season this morning. The TV weather said it was about 30-32F here, but the closest Weather Underground station said we got down to 28F. Not sure I'm believing that, although it was a thick white frost. The w/underground station at Blountstown middle...

RNG, glad to hear your house is alright. I've heard of some sat pictures of the fire damaged ares, but not sure who has them. All I could find in a search is this Cal Fire map showing location of destroyed houses...

From talking to my Canadian grower friends, I hear the old system of Medical was much more user friendly than the new "legal" weed. Tax dollars are the biggest concern now. Maybe you can get around it with an attached greenhouse? You guys do have crazy long days in the summertime. Shame to waste...

Good morning. At 1010 it's cloudy, 80F with 82% humidity. Forecast high low of 80/68F with 40% chance of thunderstorms. We did drive though a light sprinkle on the way back from voting. Margie has a lunch date, and I'll be going into work a little early since the Civic Center is now a polling...

The valet would be needed. With a barn that big, no one would want to walk all that way.

Good evening. I walked and camped last night. Did a few miles after I dropped off most of my gear at the campsite. {slackpacking} Was cool, but I was fine as long as I was walking. But when I got back to camp, I just about froze. Heavy dew, so my socks were soaked, and I hadn't brought a sleep...

Since I have been picking through all the stuff in the sheds, I've found things I had forgot I'd even bought. Several times.

There is an oldtimer I know who is too far gone to cut hair anymore. He still goes into his shop lots of days, but I never see any customers. As for me, the last haircut I paid for was in late October, 1983. Uncle Sugar insisted I have it before we parted ways. I've cut it myself since then. In...

This was yesterday. I keep chipping away at it. Just about got the trees in front of the house gone. Need to start on the pole barn roof in the front yard. We had a front come through today with pretty hard winds. The sheets of metal was reminding me it hadn't been dealt with yet.

Forgot to mention the insurance adjuster came a couple of days ago. He included the deck in the damage, even though it only had one pine on it. But with it an "other structure", and since I lost the pumphouse, pole barn and two sheds, I reached my "other structure" limit of $25K pretty quick...

Good Morning. At 1030 it's mostly cloudy, 78F with 76% humidity. A band of thunderstorms is headed our way. Should reach us about 1400. We have got about 6 robo calls about the weather. Trees are still falling and they want everyone to be careful. Good advice. I cut a road into my river camp...

Not enough Cicero's {and other citizens} and way too many slaves. With today's 1%'ers, there are similarities.

Great weather? Are you sure you were on the AT? According to You Tube it rains everyday on trail. Seriously, that sounds like a great day.

Good morning. At 0805 it's a sunny 53F with 96% humidity. Forecast high/low of 78/62F with no chance of rain. I got all my gas cans moved off the front porch last night. Need to get the new generator moved {after I dump the load of limbs in the Kabota}, then we are running to Marianna to work on...

Good Morning. We have reached our high for the day, 75F. It will be downhill from here, all the way down to 51F. That will be our coldest night so far this Fall. I have to run a load of freezer trash into work. Sister just came over to shower, and she said it looks like they had picked up our...

Other than the bed cover on my truck and the canoe, all my junk stayed pretty much where it was. What is hard is trying to clean up with no sheds to put the stuff you pick up. {Midas, the back porch cat is freaking out about the piles of stuff} We are waiting to hear from the timber broker...

Ed, the main thing is you are living in the moment. Although I did miss seeing the US Grand Prix down in Austin last weekend, it has been a blessing not having TV. Stars make much better viewing. I'm not going to lie. I did enjoy my hiking and camping skills being in such high demand. And it...

It's a cool 66F at the Larro Ranchero. Has been spitting rain since early afternoon. But the radar says it's cleared up enough for me to get some miles in tonight. It's been a challenge staying inside at night since the power came back on. Life is so easy for the elite powered folks. Put...

Any news that is good for workers is bad for the market. A company lays off 10% of it's workforce, and the stock price goes up. Low unemployment means wages my go up, so stock price goes down. But I think this is just our regularly scheduled correction. Ten years is long enough for every one to...

Drew, those signs are pretty costly. {the middle sized ones were 10 bucks each in 2012} Anyone who thinks they are going to run again will pick them up. Or even hold on to them after they are out of office. They are good for all kinds of projects around the farm. The stands make pretty good tent...

There is nothing like good fried okra, but we cooked it in the nuker most days. A Tbs of olive oil, the seasoning of your choice and a few minutes of nuclear power. Cover with stretch wrap, but leave an air hole on the sides. But with no power, I had to do what I had to do.

This was yesterday. My back was good for a day and a half of chainsawing. It may be a few days before I get back to it. {but it's not going anywhere} I have used the old Ford pulling the big stuff, but the Kabota has proved it's worth the last couple of weeks.

Talk about burying the lead. I went for a walk tonight after we ate and I got the generator going for Margie's wifi pleasure. My usual loop is going the back way to the next 40 over, walk the three trail roads there back to the road, cross over to the pipeline then walk down it till I'm even...

I got down there the morning after the storm. {saw my good rake and really wished I had carried it out with me} Everyday I've meant to get back down there, but the days are too short. I'm assuming the road has been cleared by now, so I can take the Kabota {mule like thing} between the rows of...

My old two row planter is in a shed that will take a couple of three hours of chainsawing to get to. So I'm not worried about it getting stolen.

From the southeast end of the long leaf's looking north.

Good morning. It's spitting rain and 66F. Just got our new generator from Amazon yesterday afternoon, so the first wiifii I've had in a while. Margie, Sister, BIL and I are all fine. House did great. Some minor damage. Lost the pole barn, pump house, Mamma's trailer, the roof off two sheds, and...

I picked a little okra out of the garden day before yesterday. Cooked it on the grill. Not too bad. {leaves are a little wind burned, but looking good for 130 mph winds}

Buppies. Good luck with getting your new spot removed. If it gets too sore to sit, you can always pretend you are a hiker. Here is all the equipment you will need. {trowel and s**t tickets} Here is a handicap accessible cat hole.

Margie is having a bad leg day, so she ask if sausage sandwiches and a Suddenly Salad would be alright for lunch. Of course I replied in the affirmative. Then she was reading off the options for Suddenly Salad. One of them was Racon and Branch. Ha

Good Morning. At 1030 it's partly cloudy, 85F with 78% humidity. Forecast high low of 87/71F with 60% chance of rain. Once again I see a 69F on the tenth day of my 10 day forecast. But it is a lot like a dream. When you first wake up it's there, but after while it will be gone again. I slept in...

There is a big chestnut tree in the side yard at my old house. But a few years back my cousin had her land surveyed, and the chestnut tree is now on her land. So maybe she will rake up the hulls before I step on one barefooted. I go through there on my night hikes, and I saw they were falling. I...

I have given this a lot of thought. Not so much for dying, but for a thru hike. No way Margie can handle the farm by herself for 6 months. {or longer if I do my usual 8 miles per day} We are alright with regard to money, so taking the time off work wouldn't break us. It's just finding folks to...

I'm sure I could do that for the ones by the downspout. The cousins have 120 acres of pine trees, so spraying that could get costly. Part of it got clear cut, a couple years ago, so that part isn't as bad. But in the tall trees the vine goes as high as the trees do. I don't have a picture, but...

Good evening. At 1905 it's raining {in Blountstown where the weather station is, not at the Larro Ranchero}, 79F with 79% humidity. We got up to 93F this morning, according to the car thermometer. {I'm sure it got hotter later} Margie and I did a quick trip to Marianna this morning. Had to do...

Those hog waste holding ponds are a real danger. But if there is flooding in coal country, you get ash pond breaches. There are counties in Ky that haven't been able to drink their water for the last 10-12 years because of flooding from a tropical storm.

I have an Asian vine here that is really bad. It was brought in by some nursery, and now it's playing havoc with timber lands. I have a spot of it at each downspout around the house. I dig it up, but it always comes back. Across the road in my cousin's pines, it's taking over. No real way to...

That is a wild grapevine. It grew up in my backyard fence and I have been tending it for a few years now. {although I forgot to cut it back last year, or it wouldn't be that close to the house} It's in the top of the big oak in the backyard. It grew into a nearby cedar tree, then made the jump...

Margie's plans got changed. Sister is having to run her mother in law to the ER. She is having some sort of eye issue. But Margie's friend called and ask her out to lunch. Just a little later. I don't have to be at work until noon tomorrow, so I'm going to grab some leftovers out of the fridge...

This long wet summer has been rough on my Armenians. My saved seeds were not pure anymore. I had some cukes on my first planting, but they didn't all look right, so I picked up a 1/4 pound on Amazon. Now I'm planting every month when the good above ground days come around. They vine and bloom...

This warm welcome back feels so good I may stay gone another year or two, just to do it all over again. :wink:

Good Morning. At 0905 it's sunny, 81F with 81% humidity. Forecast high/low of 94/75F with 0% chance of rain today. This is the first day with no chance of rain that I can remember this summer. Margie is going to run to Marianna with Sister in a little while. I have to mix up some BT. Weird...

Good to hear the worst of it wobbled away from you. Looks like my cousin in Columbia SC will have a few wet days too.

The rain has played havoc with my garden. It's rained all summer. Almost everyday. But I'm still replanting. I have sweet corn, okra, peas and greenbeans less than two weeks old. Will have to wait and see if any of them make it to the finish line. Yep, I'm still neck deep in weddings and...

Drew, there is a new kid in town as far as hurricane parties are concerned.

I've missed you guys. I just have a social media problem. Not enough daylight for me to garden and surf the web.

Drew and everyone else in the path of the storm batten down the hatches. There are so many new folks in that neck of the woods, many of them have not gone through a storm like this one. Most injuries come during the cleanup, so stay on your toes, even in the days after the storm. The contents...

Good Morning. At 0945 it's sunny, 84F with 74% humidity. Forecast high/low of 91/73F with 50% chance of rain. 10 day high/low of 94/70F with only 3 days of possible rain. Our longest "dry spell" this summer has been 4 days, so some sunshine would be welcome.

My underground greenhouse was getting pretty ragged. So I added a bunch of last year's soil, put in some peppers and topped it off with new soil. These are the 4 Mammoth Jalapeno I bought. There is one pepper as long as your finger.

My Redneck Rain Gutter Grow System. Heirloom Homestead.

The okra is coming up. That was just about the last thing to show itself. I got the corn and green beans plowed today. Everything else got it last week.

Also saw this Red Rat Snake. He was soaking up the sun.

I spent four days hiking in Torreya State Park this week. This little guy is my best picture.

I got back in the garden today. Planted 5 rows of okra, 6 of pink eyed purple hull peas, 6 of sweet corn, 6 of green beans, and 1 of cilantro. Going to sow some kale seeds in a pan when I get some soil mixed. {I've got to go to the old house to get my hoe to do the mixing} Most everything is...

Today I put in 2 rows of Straight 8 cucumbers between the Munchers and the path. To the west of the Crimson Sweet's I put in 4 rows of Spaghetti squash the BIL hooked me up with. 2 rows of 2009 seeds, and 2 rows of 2016 seeds. Lastly I planted 3 rows of Armenian cucumbers. You guys may...

Yesterday's planting, in the south side of the garden going east to west. 3 rows of Acorn Squash, 3 rows of Muncher cucumbers, Then skip a couple of rows where I put in more cukes today, then the proverbial garden path, then 7 rows of Crimson Sweet melons.

Forgot to mention today is a good above ground planting day. I'm planting Pruden's Purple, Brandywine and Yellow Pear tomato seeds. {also bought a 6 pack of heirloom Homestead tomato and two jumbo jalapeno plants that I will up-pot today} Also putting Raab Broccoli seeds in dirt. It sure feels...

Nice looking bike MG. Margie has fell in love with the longleaf pines behind the house. Since she retired, she has been walking in them a couple of three times a day. I picked up a new pack and trekking poles on Walmart.com. It's a sure bet they were cheap or I wouldn't have bought them. Also...

Good Morning. At 1000 it is a sunny and cool 58F with 32% humidity. Forecast high of 70F today and a low of 48F tonight. No chance of rain. You guys have a good one, Larro

Good Morning. At 1050 it's raining, 65F with 95% humidity. Forecast high of 70F with 90% chance of rain today, and a low of 59F tonight. I changed up my chores for the week. My little old Filipino lady gardening buddy has some Asian potatoes for me, and she wasn't going to be at the Catholic...

April 1st, 2023, unless I can afford to retire early. I did ask my boss for six months off. She said I could go, but my job might not be waiting on me when I got back. I am hoping to do some section hikes on the Florida Trail this year, and maybe a week here or there on the AT next year. Would...

Good Afternoon. At 1225 it's sunny, 61F with 30% humidity. Forecast high of 64F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 40F tonight. I got in 90 minutes of night hiking last night with my pack weight down to 21 pounds. The moon didn't come up until 2230-2300, so the stars were really bright...

It looks like I broke TBN yesterday. Sorry guys.

Good afternoon. At 1630 it's sunny, 64F with 64% humidity. We had a little cold front move through this afternoon. Some clouds but there was not any rain to it. It cooled off from our high of 74F pretty quick. Also there is a little wind. Should make for comfortable sleeping at the camp tonight...

I didn't get the 1-2-4 ratio just right. It burned , but wasn't real rockety. I've been working on an outside fireplace for my cob fix lately. But this winter has been too warm to have many fires.

I used to always cook with wood at the camp. But when I'm hiking the Fancy Feast stove is my favorite. Although I call my stove a Red Devil stove. I had bought the 12 X 12 inch carbon flame protector pad to cut a wick from, and I was ready to make a stove. I dug though all the canned goods to...

I'm still kicking, still at the Larro Ranchero, but there has been a lot going on. Not much time for the inter-webs.

Good to be back.

Thanks. I'll try not to stay gone so long next time.

I'm still staying at the camp a couple nights a week. Also try hiking at least one day a week. I had a close call the other morning when I was making breakfast {instant coffee in a collapsible cup and grits and eggs in a ziplock freezer bag}. My alcohol stove had gone out, so after making sure...

I did stop in to say hello over there. Not much going on in the garden. Margie did ask for Broccolinie {sp}, but I haven't found any seeds.

Good Morning. At 1025 it's clear, 48F with 60% humidity. Forecast high of 56F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 39F tonight. Since I was 113 pages behind, I just skipped to the end. Hope everyone is doing well. Larro

Good Morning. It's sunny, 48F with 44% humidity at 0900. Forecast high of 63F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 33F tonight. We had another patchy frost this morning, with ice on the car and house roofs. Yet to get a killing frost. Mamma is doing better, but still very confused. She...

The land in question is leased timber company land now, but I used to romp on it when I was younger. There are a couple of old homesteads in there that I know about, but I don't know if this place is one of them. But it was near their old back field, so that narrows it down. It was already...

Good Morning. We had a cool one. I stayed at the camp, and it got down to 44F inside. Sister said it was 39F on her back deck. At 0710, it's sunny, 45F with 95% humidity. Forecast high of 79F with 10% chance of rain today, and a low of 48F tonight. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes for...

I heard the number of folks attempting a thru hike doubled the first year after the movie came out. Then doubled again the next year. It's up above 5K a year now. {Of course the completion rate is about the same at 20%} There is crazy numbers at the start.

Drew, love the Subaru. I looked hard at the Outbacks before getting my Camry. The one drawback to me is the higher reving engine makes more noise. I'm one of those guys who can't take the noise of the fan on high.

Good Morning. It's sunny, 58F with 77% humidity at 0840. Forecast high of 75 with no chance of rain today, and a low of 46F tonight. Mamma had a small stroke yesterday afternoon, either on the way to the Dr's office, or soon before we left. On the way in, she was trying to tell me about an old...

The appeal to me is the lack of distractions. You wake, eat breakfast and walk. Eat lunch and walk. Cook supper and sleep. No grass to cut or peas to pick. No dogs and cats to feed. Plus the trail is marked, so you don't even have to decide which way to go. And I love how perfect strangers will...

Forgot to mention that we had no rain in October. I see on the news it is dry in the Appalachians too. Lots of wildfires. One of the reasons I have been off line is my new hobby of hiking. Hoping to do the AT as soon as I can talk my boss and Margie into letting me have 6 months off. Not making...

Good morning old friends. Long time no see. It's sunny, 40F with 92% humidity at 0700. Forecast high of 75F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 47F tonight. The first patchy frost on the ground this morning. More solid on the car and the roof of the house. Margie has the day off due to...

Good Morning. It's sunny and 57F with 83% humidity at 0740. Forecast high of 81F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 53F tonight. Glad to hear all you guys got through the storm with nothing worse than loss of power and flooding. Our houseful of hurricane refugees from Jacksonville left...

Good Afternoon. 1615, rain, 79F with 68% humidity. Our high today was 86F, and the forecast low of 72F with a 40% chance of rain tonight. {I had to erase partly cloudy and type in rain as it just started to pour here about a minute ago. Where I'm sitting at my PC, I can see I need to clean the...

I always hated working with the 1/2 Brahma mixes. They tend to be crazy. We had a heifer we tried to sell because the bull on that herd was her sire. We rebuilt the pen about five times, but she would climb out each time. The one time we got her in the back pen, where the loading shoot was...

What he said^^^^^^^^.

Will do. Are you also 61?

Early in the 4th, I was thinking there was a chance of an upset. That didn't happen.

Good Evening. 2330, clear, 76F with 92% humidity. Forecast low of 71F with 10% chance of rain tonight, and a high of 90F tomorrow. Sister is turning 61 tomorrow. We all went out to local Mexican place to celebrate. I took a good after supper nap, now I'm watching the Houston game. Not pretty...

Good morning. 0955, overcast, 78F with 89% humidity. Forecast high of 87F with 60% chance of rain this afternoon, and a low of 72F tonight. After a blue sky type morning yesterday, we had an inch and a half of rain in 30 minutes about dinnertime. I'm having to hang around the house this...

I got around to the back yard here at work and found a few of the big acorns. Of the three trees, only one still had very many left on the tree. Between deer, hurricanes and Scaggs, not too many to pick up. This year I didn't plant last fall's acorns until spring. I may go ahead and put these in...

Good Evening. At 1915 it's clear, 84F with 77% humidity. Our high was 93F earlier today. Forecast low is 72F with 30% chance of rain tonight. I got out at 1100 and set up 100 chairs under the old oak. Then later had to help change them because wedding planner had changed her mind. My job would...

I'm on a kick to help save SS. I thank every smoker and fast food eater I see. Now if we could just get folks to drink and drive more, and not use their seatbelts we could get this thing down to a manageable number. . . . .

I got in the garden yesterday with the B7500 and small bush hog. But spent more time pulling the soakers up than in the seat.

I got most of the soakers up, and mowed two of the three corn patches. Will see how the cardboard cuts in. Deer had been tearing up the field corn. I only planted it for the pole beans to run on, and hadn't pulled any of it.

Here are my camp tomatoes. Planted about ten foot from the edge of the pond. All will be good. Unless the water rises.

No to the shot. But yes to chickenpox {as a boy} and shingles {about 12-15 years ago}. The shingles was a pretty mild case. I've been told the chicken pox was bad. I was too young to remember.

I Googled it, and it is not contagious. It can cause you get chicken pox, if you haven't had it before, but not shingles itself. But the house wasn't that dirty anyway, and I'm $60 richer now:D

Good Morning. 1045, sunny, 86F with 62% humidity. Forecast high of 90F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 67F tonight. I stayed at the camp last night and it got down to 66.8F on my little clock/thermometer. Sure felt fine. I've been working on my pre-cleaning lady duties this morning...

I forgot to say we had almost two inches of rain yesterday. More than when Her Mean came through. Sister and BIL are back from the beach. They said it rained a lot down there too. So calling off the Beach Jam was probably the right thing to do.

Good Morning. 1030, mostly cloudy, 81F with 76% humidity. Forecast high of 87F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 66F tonight. This will be our first night in the 60's this summer. I hope to be able to camp, and will enjoy any chill bumps I get. Also I have to decide if I'm good...

Yep, '67 for the song, and '69 for the movie. Folks of a certain age will always remember that song. It paid Arlo's mortgage for a lot of years.

Good afternoon. 1630, overcast, 85F with 77% humidity. Rain chances have fell from 60% to 30% since 0900. Lots of clouds around, but no rain yet. Low of 72F tonight. Had a couple of nice showers yesterday and last night. Hope you guys have a good weekend, Larro

Her Mean.

Glad all you had was a mess. And you could always put a tracking device in the turtles. That is kinder than the hand grenades I would be tempted to use :ashamed:

. . . . . .and with tears in Our eyes, we drove off into the sunset lookin' for another place to put the Garbage. . . . .

Two of Margie's cousins are up this weekend. They are both house looking, and they commented on the use of car ports vs garages here.

All the action was to the east of us. By the time they left for the beach, the path was pretty well laid out, and it was going to miss Panama City. Tallahassee got hit pretty hard though. Half the folks there were out of power.

These pictures are from Wednesday night. I worked the clay and sand where I could. The ramp is slowly getting smaller. My earth moving equipment. The cob supply

Good Evening. 2145, rain, 74F with 94% humidity. Forecast low of 74F tonight with 100% chance of rain. So far we haven't seen any really bad weather. In fact, Sister and BIL are heading to Panama City Beach tonight. They had tickets to Beach jam, which has been cancelled, but they still had the...

Speaking of the latest hot take, have you guys heard what the NFL analyst for NBC said about Kap? He didn't know he was black. Too funny. Rodney Harrison Says Kaepernick Doesn't Understand What Black People Face | The Proper Gentlemen of Sports | SportsTalk 79

Hey now, don't be talking bad about our icons. Their counting ability {along with some help from the Supreme Court} did save us from President Gore.

Just got a call from Margie. One of yesterday's races is withing the .5% mark that triggers an automatic recount. {.22% is the margin right now. This is for a 20 county state representative district} The recount will happen on Saturday. Not that big a deal, but two of her cousins and their mom...

Good Morning. 1105, mostly cloudy, 81F with 81% humidity. Forecast high of 88F with 50% chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon, and a low of 74F tonight. Looks like we will get a fair amount of rain from this tropical system over the next few days.

Hey Ed. We got the regular Prius in 2005, and loved it. Last year Margie got the smaller 2015 Prius C, and don't like it as much. I think it is aimed more at first time buyers, as it was very cheap. But it lacks several small touches like cruise control and an armrest. We did look at the bigger...

We finally got a good shower. Little more than a 1/4 inch in half an hour. Only downside, I was transplanting Tommy toe tomatoes earlier, and my kiddie pool of soil mix was uncovered.

You always have to stir yogurt before eating. It doesn't hold together in storage like a lot of the processed foods. I've tried several brands, and for the price difference, there is not enough taste difference for me to justify buying anything other than the Walmart store brand. For my...

Good Morning. 0830, overcast, 77F with 99% humidity. Forecast high of 86F with 80% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 74F tonight. We have had storms all around us, but only about a quarter inch here at the farm. Maybe today is the day. I'm going to try to not make my shopping run to...

Plain Greek yogurt is some of the best food made. It's in the numbers. More protein, less sugar and calories. I use it in my fruit, granola, nuts and seeds every morning.

Good Morning. 0740, mostly cloudy, 74F with 99% humidity. Forecast high of 91F with 50% chance of a thunderstorm today, and a low of 76F tonight. It did rain a little here at the house. Just enough to wet the seat of my pants when I sat in my garden chair to enjoy a cup of coffee as the sun was...

Good Morning. 0935, partly cloudy, 81F with 85% humidity. Forecast high of 90F with 40% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 75F tonight. Early day here at work. It's the free school supply event, and they were lined up at 0630 when I got to work, even though the doors didn't open up...

Drew, when I was first starting to leave sugar behind, I used Lite {or sugar free if you can find it} Cool Whip, lite yogurt and sugar free jello to make frozen desserts. Just pick your flavor and match the jello and yogurt. Also make a pudding type dessert with yogurt, cool whip and sugar free...

All right, the truck is under the shed, and I'm only slightly damp, so let me try again. Good Morning. 0935, rain, 79F, with 99% humidity. Forecast high of 87F with 40% chance of rain today, and a low of 73F tonight. Those are Marianna numbers. I'm sure it's cooler here because of the rain. We...

Good Morning. Just started raining here. Truck windows down, so see ya later, Larro

I hate to hear that. All in all, it is a pretty safe sport. Prayers sent to their families and friends. And God bless the 1st responders. That is one job they won't be able to forget.

Good Afternoon. 1245, sunny, 93F {HI 100F} with 50% humidity. Forecast high of 91F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 74F tonight. I did get a little shower sometimes yesterday. About a tenth if I had to guess. I got out earlier to put up a political sign at our crossroads for...

Tonight we cut the Tendersweet melon I had clipped the other day. It was a pretty standard yellow meat, not the orange meat advertised. Not as sweet as my Crimson Sweets, but still a good melon.

Good Morning. 1110, a passing shower, 88F {HI 104} with 75% humidity. Forecast high of 87F with 40% chance of rain today, and a low of 72F tonight. Those are Marianna numbers. The rain has cooled things down here. At least for now. I took the day off from doing the weekly shopping. Thought...

Just in case Eric's wife's flowers are not in bloom yet, {after all his summer just started this week} here is a trug with flowers. He can just cut and paste his wife's pretty face in the background:o

Good Afternoon. 1630, sunny, 95F {HI of 105F} with 47% humidity. Forecast high of 93F with 20% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 73F tonight. I've had two late night/early morning combos in a row. Was after 0130 getting out of here this morning, and back by 0800. With Jeff back in the...

My high tech, low cost sound system is a $7 mp3 player that transmits in FM, so it plays over your sound system. I use it in the truck and occasionally in the old Prius. {the Prius has a six CD changer, but why limit yourself to so little music} Will work in anything with a FM radio and a...

I used to give Daddy the what for when his shooting skills went south with his eye sight. Maybe I should have been kinder and gentler:laughing:

I have a couple of the wooden stock 10/22's. One with scope, one without. Both very well put together pieces. My aim is not what it used to be though. I haven't shot enough since I got glasses to feel comfortable with open sights, and never have liked scopes all that much.

Good Morning. 1015, sunny, 83F with 72% humidity. Forecast high of 92F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 72F. I have a long day of waiting around for the wedding to start. These folks are kind of, sort of, but not really my kin. The grandmother of the bride was married to one of my...

Pirates were a real detriment to trade in the early 1700's. Charleston was especially singled out because everyone knew when the rice crop was going out. They would wait down at Cape Fear for the ships to leave, then pounce on them. Yea, the press in those days were not tethered by fact...

Drew, we eat the Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom {no sugar added} ice cream. Very good taste with less calories and what not. You should give it a taste.

The H is silent, so it's pronounced almost the same way. Thatch was most commonly used at the time, but there were several other spellings as well. It was after he died that he got to be the blood thirsty killer we all know and love today. He went out of his way to scare his victims into...

The ice cream is about the only thing at McDonald's that I would eat.

Good Evening. 2050, clear, 76F with 93% humidity. Today's high was 90F with a forecast low of 71F with 20% chance of rain tonight. We got a good rain last night. It's rained here in Blountstown today, but not much more than a sprinkle at the house. I have a lockout for a wedding tonight, so...

I cut the first Tender Sweet melon this morning. It was yellow meated, not orange. But still very tasty. They are starting to get sunburned too, so I'll be eating a lot of them the next few days. My peas got too wet, and not sure if they are going to recover or not. The vines look alright, but...

Good Evening. 1905, sunny, 89F {HI 100F} with 56% humidity. Forecast high of 96F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 76F tonight. I had office relief this afternoon, had to do a early morning shopping trip to Marianna, and cut the okra nd pick the peas too. Our local Centennial Bank...

I'm waiting for the laws to change before I shop at the seed banks. Florida is going to have a Constitutional Amendment on the ballet concerning Medical this fall, but it doesn't allow for the folks to grow there own. There is 7 districts {I think} in the state with one grower per district...

I had to chuckle at this. The non-hemp seeds go for around $55 a ten pack. {five and a half bucks a seed} Let's do the math. Since this is TBN, we will go with a ten pack of Sour Diesel and a ten pack of New York City Diesel. That is $110 or so. Buy a few yards of soil for $500. Add amendments...

Hemp seeds are known as a super food. Back before Prohibition, they were widely used as an animal feed. Pure Healing Foods And it seems some folks got the idea of a hemp powered car before Willie. Hemp powered vehicles

Good Morning. 0845, sunny, 76F with 99% humidity. Forecast high of 86F with 60% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 72F tonight. I'm at work already. The Taekwondo class had a sleepover, so I stayed until 2030 last night, and was back at 0800 this morning. They had an extra Sausage...

My bedroom laptop is an old Toshiba with Vista. Chrome no longer supports it, but other than taking longer to upload, I haven't seen any changes. And I bought a refurbished HP Pavilion with Win7 for something like $180 from newegg.com. Computer Parts, Laptops, Electronics, and More - Newegg.com...

Good Evening. 2110, partly cloudy, 82F with 66% humidity. Our high today was 96F and our forecast low is 73 with 20% chance of rain tonight. We have peas cooling that need to go in the freezer. Picked two five gallon buckets yesterday. I use only credit cards. If they get stolen, the folks are...

Good Morning. 1025, sunny, 86F {HI 101F} with 79% humidity. Forecast high of 92F with 40% chance of thundershowers today, and a low of 74F tonight. My day got off to an interesting start. Mamma fell in her tub and I had to get her out. Her shoulder and knee are a little sore, but nothing...

At first I thought you meant what was forecast for 1800. Run. Hide. It's the sun.

Glad your Mom is feeling better, Ed. My wife's brother that died a few years ago would get like that. Often it was something as simple as an infection.

Our cool Spring slowed things down here too. That pepper looks good. Some of mine are getting their color now.

Nor for the 5000 years before that that the plant was used for medicine. But let's be clear, it was industrial hemp that got the laws changed. They used the "it will make black men rape white women" thing just to scare the folks. Like most things in Congress, it was about the money. What got...

Today's pea picking. Which was the 1st picking on the 2nd planting. . . . . . . . and {most likely} the last picking on the 1st planting.

The tradition started a few hundred years ago, and Jack Herer is their George Washington. But to see some of the new traditions as they are being made, browse the Outdoor Growing section of RIU. You will meet some of the hardest working farmers in the country. Until 1937 every major drug...

In Florida we call them coasts. As in East Coast, West Coast, and the one near the Larro Ranchero, the North {Gulf} Coast.

Good Morning. 1100, sunny, 92F with 64% humidity. Forecast high of 87F{?} with 60% chance of a thunderstorm today, and a low of 73F tonight. I got out and picked the last picking of the 1st pea patch and the first picking of the 2nd pea patch this morning. Also cut some really long okra. Also...

I think I created a new genre, the business adventure travel genre. I spent a lot of time at, it but they were really not very good. If you really want to read it, I did post the first one. Google Third Boy, chapter one, and you will find it on the Navel Fiction Board at NavWeapons {or some...

I did a lot of research into the North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland tobacco business in the early 1700's. I wrote some stories set in 1718, most of which were set a few miles upriver from Drew's place. In many ways, the business didn't change all that much for a hundred years or so.

Now Drew, don't be talking bad about tobacco. Our country was founded on it, and without it, {beer and Lotto} we will never get poor people to pay taxes. Not to mention the great work it is doing to save Social Security:D Smoke on America:2cents:

Yea, I never really start to worry until the hair on my arms stands up. Then it's time to be chunking any metal you have on you. I've never been hit, but have had pine bark all over me from a strike a few feet away. Being on the water is scary. Also on a tractor in the middle of an open field...

Good Morning. 0805, sunny, 76F with 98% humidity. Forecast high of 92F with a 40% chance of rain today, and a low of 76F tonight. Or as wunderground puts it, Much Cooler Than Yesterday. Ha. At work early this morning and will be staying late again tonight. I do have a several hour break...

I'm still at work. But the customers are mostly gone. I'll be locking up and heading home soon. But back at 0700.

Good Evening. 1900, mostly cloudy, 92F {HI of 98F} with 48% humidity. Today's forecast high was 101F but we only got up to 98F {so a cool day, right?}, and a low of 75F tonight. After me posting there was no chance or rain yesterday, this greeted me when I left for work. {only got a tenth of...

My sweet corn was laid flat for three days in a row from thunderstorms. The sun pulled it back up ever time.

Good Afternoon. 1310, sunny, 97F {HI 107F} with 45% humidity. Forecast high of 92F with no chance of rain today, and a low of 77F tonight. I got a few peach and white oak trees that I started from seed this spring. I have been planting them near my shooting houses and scattered around the farm...

Hang in there Don. Tomorrow is bound to be better.

This is what I use. Haven't seen an ad in years.

Good Morning. 0720, clear, 74F with 99% humidity. Forecast high of 92F with 20% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 77F tonight. I bought extra of everything last week, so I get to take the day off from my usual shopping trip to town. Most of the thrift stores are closed anyway. I will...

I have a contractual obligation to play this song every time I hear Peabody Coal. . . . . .

Good Morning. 0835, clear, 82F with 99% humidity. Forecast high of 88F with 20% chance of thunderstorms today, and a low of 77F tonight. I came in from the camp and cooked us up a big breakfast this morning. Bacon and eggs, and a serving of Margie's new watermelon, cantaloupe and strawberry...

Good Evening. 1740, overcast, 98F {HI of 107F} with 38% humidity. Forecast high of 101F with 20% chance of rain today, and a low of 75F tonight. Had to come in to work today for a b-day party. Now I'm off until Tuesday afternoon. You guys have a good 4th. Be safe with the fireworks and what not.

I did dig up some buried "treasure" at my new camp a few months back. I was curious about a piece of metal sticking up out of the ground, and tried to dig it up. Much digging later, I had seven black and white TV sets Mamma had bought at a school auction back in the 70's. I think she paid $15...

Sorry to hear of your loss.

I've got dishpan hands and an internal clock that tells me the dryer is going to go off a minute before it does. My master plan HAS to work. I have too much invested in this for it to fail now.