Good Morning!!!! 52F @ 8:15AM. Cloudy with showers. High 59F. Winds SE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
Yesterday's forecast was for a half inch of rain, but twice that amount ended up in the rain gauge. It was all over by noon, and the sky cleared to the point it resembled what RS saw.
Hold on, Ted. I used the break in wet weather to spread some gravel on a part of the driveway that was an inch deep in dust during the trench project. The rain had turned it to mud, and the tires on the truck are wearing a coat of it, picked up when I came home from town the other day. I did better cracking the 4in1 open a hair to spread it, but it would have flowed out more smoothly if the gravel wasn't wet. It was also fun sliding around in the mud in 4WD trying to jam the bucket into the gravel, but not so much fun trying to smooth out the resulting ruts when I was done with the gravel. Sorry to hear about your knee, and hope it improves sooner rather than later. Some folks have trouble adjusting to retirement; some wonder how they ever had time for a full time job.
Billy forgot to mention Publishers Clearing House most "endearing" quirk, Eric. Once your name makes it into their system, you'll receive an infuriating barrage of flyers, emails, and even phone calls harassing you to enter their contests.
My dad tried several times to get a magnolia tree to grow, Billy, but the winters were too hard on them. So I've never seen a seed pod like that until your picture. Closest we came was using pinto beans in our yard long bean shooters when we played army. A mouth of them gave a pretty good imitation of a machine gun, but dad would get upset when they'd sprout in his perfectly maintained (as a result of my free labor) grass.
Trespassers are the worst kind of low life, Thomas. Hope they leave you and the wife alone this season.
Glad you figured out the chain mystery, Bruce.
Yes, Drew, it looks like David's Pineapple Express is gonna give us a good plastering over the next day or so. Not necessarily a case of "if some's good, more's better", but we'll take what we can get. Gonna be some flooding and erosion in the burn scars, and the warnings are already up for tonight and tomorrow.
Can't understand how anybody could be happy or feel safe living in a big city, especially San Francisco, with all the homeless squalor and crime. Hope it works out for your sister, though.
Did the crew leave any of that wood for you, Ron? Seems like getting it ready for the fireplace would do a pretty good job of warming you up. FWIW, some of the fellas on my home automation forum have started using an
IotaWatt monitor to keep track of their energy use. Seems to be working pretty well for them.
After I got done playing in the mud, I took another shot at the leaking skylight on the van. I disconnected the lift mechanism so I could open it all the way, then used my finger to spread a good thick coat of Decor sealant along the sides of the gasket, right up to where the skylight would hit it. There were a few gaps that got covered up, as well as where the two ends of the seal met. Then to keep the skylight from sticking to the sealant, I laid down a sheet of plastic wrap, and trimmed off the edges after I put everything back together. Had to do something with so much rain on the way, and maybe I won't need that new gasket after all. But I left the bucket in place just in case.
Made up a batch of vegan
red lentil curry yesterday, but had to find a recipe online because I seem to have put the Forks Over Knives cookbook somewhere I wouldn't lose it.
No sugar, salt, or oil went into it, but it did call for some interesting spices like coriander and cumin, besides the Madras curry powder. Tasted great, and there's more leftovers, too.
Lit off the first camp fire of the new season last night. It wasn't that cold out, but the warmth still felt good.
I don't know if it was the beer or my long winded college buddy on the other end of the phone, but we ended up yacking for nearly three hours before we both felt like we needed to hit the hay. Took that long to finish off all the wood I'd piled into the side-by-side anyway...
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
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