Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

67°F and1.54 inches rain.

Yesterday morning lived up to the forecast, torrential rain making it an inside day, but that proved a good thing. I was able to finish and submit my Supplemental VA application. Took all morning but that’s OK. Weather turned really nice but could still see surface water. Just piddled about

In town Happy Hour was quite pleasant and a great way to close out the day.

Forecast is more rain today but currently looking hopeful I can get some tractor time.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

Thanks for your prayers and concern for my mom. You guys are great.

Unfortunately, she passed away early this morning. I'll be back in touch in a while.

Billy,

Sincerest condolences, sorry for your loss.

 

[rswyan]

Hmmm ... looks like things are working again ...

Yesterday's post that wouldn't post:

Currently 61F with plenty of bright sunshine and heading to around 64F for the day's high.

LWS reports that it only went down to 33.1F so it looks like we dodged the "hard freeze" bullet again ...

Got hopper and the two tube feeders refilled yesterday afternoon, also one nyjer feeder and the suet feeder ... plus scattered some seed and peanuts for the ground feeders.

Went down to the corner and picked up five gallons of gas for the Cub and got it refilled.

Cut and gathered the five largest heads of cabbage. They aren't all that big ... probably didn't get enough sun (and water) where they were planted. Will have to revisit that next year.

Will be no place close to filling the five gallon crock so probably will pick some up from the grocery to supplement the first batch of 'kraut.

Will leave the rest of them go for a while, should have at least another ten days of decent weather to see if they get any bigger.

Picked a one gallon bucket of California Wonder bell peppers, almost all of them no place close to being ripe (still green not red) but we'll use them for stuffed peppers. They made six packages for the freezer.

Also got a gallon bucket picked with the last of the Early Jalapeños, some more Habaneros, Hot Lemon peppers, and a few of those green cherry tomatoes:

Still a bunch more Hot lemons out on the bushes they just need to ripen up.

Got the Hot Lemons and most of green Jalapeños cleaned and packaged up with the vacuum sealer:

Have some more greens and some red Jalapeños still to do, along with the Habaneros. Probably freeze some of those but they supposedly don't keep quite as long so probably will dry the rest of them.

Did some more leaf mulching with the Cub, got back and east side mostly done ... for now anyways ...

Took the trash up to the cans at the road.

Today's post:

Currently 75F and sunny. Chance of rain Thursday night into Friday morning with a big cool down on Friday. Only calling for a high of 54F. Warms back up to the 60's and 70's starting Sunday.

Schedule a couple of bills for payment.

Probably take the Cub up and grind some leaves in the compost/wood lot then work on the west down here around the house.

Then back to getting the rest of those peppers put up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Tuesday.

 

[Looking4new]

You guys are giving me the shivers with all those 40 whatnots. We could have another record high tomorrow. They're saying in the 90s. My air conditioner is still running. Glad this new unit also considers humidity.

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Wait 'til we get into winter, you will find out what real cold is .

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Wednesday) morning. Overnight Low of 8.3C and it's presently 17.5C [heading to 22C], partly cloudy & calm.

Well, the first mow of the season is done. The Z-turn 'protested' a wee bit on start-up but fired up and performed great. House/driveway/front-paddock completed.

Today is 'into town' day for groceries, but first there's a 'coffee gathering' for the local Veterans @ 1000. Remembrance Day is not that far off, so there'll probably be a bit of planning going on. I'll reassure them that I can 'take the parade' as commander.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Test,
MD should be UP from there.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Another test.

Muhammad,
I will ask if you will update your pic by the time this thread hits 200,000 ???

 

[sodamo]

LS with 6ft rotary 8:30- 1345 without a hiccup. Well, except for getting stuck again, but I didn’t shut it off and it ran without hiccup. So feeling pretty good. I don’t normally run the tractor but 2-3 hours before taking a break.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 71ºFfor the start, scatter clouds, windy. Winds 20+ gusting 30+, clouds increased to broken then thinned late in the day, and high temp was 84ºF. Made coffee to start day, Grief Share then bike ride, wind penalty 1.34 miles. Nap was 2 hours still tired not much progress on paperwork
Kyle sorry about how hot it is for you. Been warm here, but not like you. Congrats to FB team, sorry son's freshman team facing JV personnel. Sorry about all the interruptions at work. Gas leak sounds very dangerous glad no issues so far.
Randy(wag) have fun stacking the wood. Glad stretching reduces the side effects.
Masseyrider getting old not for the weak of heart
Ron glad you are getting rain. Good to hear tree trimming done. Hope arms and shoulders recover quickly. Hope garden and pond winterizing go well. Nice pic of clean up crew and nice crew.
NHBX Hope progress on leaf control, and shopping went well.
Drew hope good news from dermatologist. Hope leaf control went well.
Thomas sorry Giants are floundering too.
Thomas hope you have energy left at end of day.
Bill hope Jr doesn't regret putting off town trip. Have fun putting up winter plastic. Hope you can still use the short plexiglass.
Happy(nc) sorry 4 wheeler getting you dirty. good luck with other utility buggy.
Buppies glad you got more sleep, sorry not caught up yet. Hope leaf control goes well. prayers sent.
Ken(tin) sorry you are so hot so late.
Scott(vt) glad quack seems to be helping. Can you grill your BRATS? Hope all is well for the cruise. My condolences for the loss if the firefighter.
Ken sorry eye is not healing well. prayers sent. Hope you can get leaves done. Nice pics quite the carving job on pumpkin.
Frits hope piking up groceries went well. Hope you are enjoying the morning fires. Looking forward to D pics
RNG glad you have good weather to work on old house. Glad pump working again. Hope painting went well.
Buppies thanks for the reading of the weather tea leaves.
Drew glad only two freezies.
Mike sorry to hear all the issues going on. My prayer for you is the strength to make it through it all with out bloodshed. Sorry to hear common sense has fled the scene.
Muhammad looks good from here.
Ken nice pic.
David glad you made good use of rain day. Nice HH was good. Hope you got some tractor to test repair.
RS sorry cabbage under performed this year. Hope 'kraut turns out. Nice garden haul. Hope leaf control going well.
RS hope leaf work and pepper work went well.
Bill and we Texans experience real heat that you don't
Randy(wag) hope town run and Rememberance Day planning went well.
Dennis not sure what you are testing
Kyle not giving Muhammad much tine to get new pic.
David glad test two much longer and still good What will you do with tractor working again ?
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.

 

[Looking4new]

Mostly, sometimes in summer we get 100° heat, but not for weeks at a time. While unloading in gravel pits I sometimes shoot the ground beside the truck with my laser thermometer and see 105-110°F heat.
The summer that I got a touch of heat stroke the temp was 105 in the shade. The heat stroke was my fault, not enough water and I knew I shouldn't have been outside the A/C of the truck having had it before.
But regarding the cold temps, I arrived in Northern Alberta (west of Edmonton), in February 1980 and brought the warm air from Ontario with me. The day I arrived was the warmest day they had for the previous 2 weeks, -35°F.