Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Here are some I just took on Bent Mountain Va

 

[Looking4new]

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together....

Author unknown...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Just slightly. Should have sent the drone up.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 65ºF for the stat, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, moderate to brisk gusts, clouds increased to scattered, and high temp was 89ºF. Made Coffee to start day, 30 mile bike ride, nap after lunch spent time on YouTube and taxes.
Ron glad Sassy got a good grooming. Hope grocery shopping and winter prep went well. Neat fungus.
Bill I understand the motivation MIA. Hope the rain held off.
Drew glad you slept well. Hope you have fun again today.
Thomas hope you had a good day.
Drew that was good looking lasagna. The art of cooking is getting the spicing and texture correct.
Billy good to hear maintenance done on z-turn. Does that mean you conserved energy today?
Frits hope you can make progress on some of your projects, and Cody gets his grooming.
Buppies sorry still tired and ache. prayers sent.
Paul glad dirt work now seeded and mulched. Nice the final inspection so soon. Hope breakfast was good, and town run went well.
Scott(vt) sorry fire got rained out. Hope you get more progress on rocker.Nice color on mountain.
RNG glad good trip south. It's nice you are getting some interest in container. Hope you found good project to get into today.
Mike hope good trip although bringing Covid back doesn't fit the bill. Sorry to hear about FIL, waiting to hear from BIL. prayers sent.
Ken hard to get anything done with commute time and lack of daylight. Sorry about cost of goods.
Don not sure if you meant the valley and flood plain to be the same but they are. Hope you and drew had fun.
Drew hope you got some good pics with drone.
Lou hope winter prep gets done.
Plowhog had chuckle at your post on Rigby's "business"
Frits D is going to have very volatile territory.
Ted sorry stove needs cleaning, which reminds me insert needs cleaning as well. Sorry about wife' issue with Dr office trying to give her morphine.
Mike good luck with new fridge. Sorry about flights to FL delayed.
Don nice pic of Drew getting a trim.
David good to hear progress on mowing, hope you can get mowing done fasting next round. Hope Sophie's eye recheck went well and she has a good trip to Vegas and family.
Dennis sorry about parking incident. I never go to Taco Bell, I know what Mexican should taste like.
Mike sorry about no contact with FIL. Also sorry to hear about cat.
Drew glad you got to see downtown Georgetown. Were the shelters on Lake Georgetown? Neat pics
Frits glad wife is a good cook, mine was as well. Good luck with reinforcing beam
Randy(wag) hope trip to big smoke for shopping went well.
Drew sorry so hot down there.
Drew normally use the golf cart a lot around here also.
Scott(vt) thanks for sharing.
Dennis sorry no luck seeing northern lights.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues,Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Israel, Ukraine war, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 43° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 77° with a few clouds. Grocery shopping went good. All shelves well stocked. Got all stuff that may freeze has been put away in cellar. Going to move neighbors compost pile to a new place. Gives me tractor seat time.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

41F sunny sky for today around 60F for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...4 hours at part store,stop for critter food,do some leave control until my back pockets start dragging.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

sunny and 60, that sounds pretty good Thomas
give Boo a rake and see if he gets the hang of it...

slept well last night, quiet campground
spending some time here this morning before heading off to Giddings, likely stop at Walmart first
67 in Georgetown, 58 in Giddings.

one of my tank valves is stuck open. Luckily I had a secondary final valve installed so that was belt and suspenders. I don't have arm strength to get it loosened and Don just had shoulder operation. So it's up to Kyle to save the day...metal rod into plastic valve, likely clogged with toilet paper, not conducive to hammering

some truly excellent news is that Don helped me get my new color backup camera installed. Where I wanted it had no signal, but putting unit closer to window in rear of rv did the trick. So we installed it up on the roof ladder and tilted it down. Much better pic than oem camera which washes out in any sun. I just plug the other end into 12v receptacle on dash and monitor screen lights right up.

every once in a while I'll get some crazy driver that comes up so close I can't see them in my rear mirrors. I just put the four way flashers on and that usually helps.
Sometimes I have to slow down, but one way or the other I'll convince them to go around.

I really believe there are a lot of folks who are scared by passing, very timid people and I try to move over to give them a bigger space to drive by.
As soon as I move over, many mash the accelerator and rocket by.
no one likes driving next to a big truck.
I always move over for semis, one swat from their rear end
swinging over and my day is ruined. I've found that most semis try to stay far away from me too. Reciprocal courtesy

Scott those are great pics. I'd take the one you like the most and have it framed.

and now in Phil's marvelous imagination he will be incorporating a Northern Lights theme in his next wood art.

 

[daugen]

I have a concern that our group is gumming up the site's works with likes.
we have all the top spots. My concern is for the guy who just wants to talk about his Kubota transmission, how do you level the playing field.
I wonder if GM folks should stop liking each other. figuratively....
We do a lot of it because we are supportive of each other but maybe we are creating issues

I bet this was why they tried to move things around, give some air to other groups.??
and promptly went back to this.

Buckeye is a genuine influencer with a web site so this is good for him.
I'd rather hide...am on zero other social media for a reason.

honestly for me, my "likes" are more my "that's interesting" or "yes I'm with you" or "I learned something from that".
none of us are interesting all the time...that's real life not online fantasy.
and I don't go back and see who liked whom
not overly comfortable with scoring mechanisms but understand
site has legitimate needs

so I'm floating the idea of whether as a group we stop liking each other.
without messing up buckeye's virtual credits.
I'll continue to "like" on other forums, like generators or diabetes.

if we stopped drawing attention to ourselves, maybe we could see interesting trends elsewhere.

well, if moderator/Muhammad is reading this, what would be best for site?
I think the light bulb finally went on for me reinforced by seeing this:

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[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 36 to start going to 67 ! Looks beautiful out but it’s time to go to work !

Buppies beautiful pics !

Hope all have a great day !

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I don’t pay attention to the numbers. In the mobile version I use, I don’t even see the numbers, but did strongly object to GM being moved to the Front Porch cesspool, rather than here where it started in Rural Living. What’s the purpose of Rural Living otherwise. What’s the purpose of having “like” feature if they don’t get counted in some areas and do in other areas? Or do likes even need to be counted?
If the site wants to open it’s subject matter beyond just tractor talk, then either count all, or don’t count at all.




34°, little chilly out.