Good morning!!!!

   / Good morning!!!! #24,181  
74 and foggy, going to 90 and humid, then more 90s this week. Summer is arriving now that it is almost September.

Drew, sounds like peace is near. That critter on your porch may be a skink. Is it partly blue?

David, nice looking treadclimber. I bet the view out that door is nice to look at while working out.

Dave, we have some color in our red maples, too, early due to how dry it's been.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #24,182  
Poured first cup of coffee. 66° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 80° with mix of sun and clouds. Chance of a couple of showers throughout the day. Another picnic today. Then NASCAR in the evening.
Good Morning All.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #24,183  
a fine Sunday morning to all. Feel like a new, though a bit "high mileage" person this morning....:rolleyes:
David/Sodamo, they got my treadmaster up to the second floor with difficulty...,along with my BowFlex, and recumbent bike. Maybe now in my new chapter of life I'll actually use them. Though having lost 15 pounds in the last six weeks, not sure I need more exercise now. Though walking should be good. I need to pay attention to you guys with more discipline and get back into a routine. While my spare passenger tire is now a spare motorcycle tire, anything that gets weight off my mid section (as YOU all know...) is good. I'm on my last belt loop on a few pants...haven't been there in a while and frankly it's all good.

Every time I buy a 20 or 30 pound bag of sunflower seed, I remind myself that I was carrying several of those around on me and how much better it feels to be lighter. I'll always be 20-30 over the line for my height, but so what; it's the health of the major systems that's more important. Like mental acuity. Gosh, where are my teeth?...:D

Sunday morning. Need to find another length garden hose to finish the front porch, which washed off quite nicely, leaving a light grey stain to the floor. It needs another before winter; the porch is pretty new, thank goodness.
Considering that I measured the front part at 8 feet 2 inches by 52 feet long, with an L going off another 14 feet down the side of the house. I hope to never have to replace that. I bet the bill for that drove the prior owner's out of here; really became a money pit for an older couple. So now it is my money pit...but I'll have a new kitchen and new bathroom to use and it will feel more personalized to me.

problem with all repainting is knowing what was under there...I hosed off the front door step and the paint just peeled off; someone dumped some latex on oil, or vice versa. The rest is stained, and stain I think is great for a porch.
Most of the house has siding, so I'm dealing with a fair amount of trim only. And a cupola way up on top of the garage that is peeling like crazy and no way I'm going up there. No trips to the ER. No trips to the ER. repeat often.

Just might have to go out and mow some paths to the barn. The area outside the white fencing is pasture/field and will contain the future fruit orchard in one area. But my smaller tractor with smaller bush hog on back gets delivered in a week and I'd rather cut that area with that tractor. Gives the tractor purpose...and exercise which it sure needs as its a/c big sister gets the most seat time. Actually the smaller tractor will have my phd/tree auger on it mostly; it's going to be my Johnny Appleseed machine.

if the Quick Hitch apparatus was really easy, instead of just helpful, I'd probably swap out my weight box for the larger mower on the kubota and mow the whole area in an hour. But I'd rather run the smaller tractor for two hours, get it good and hot and use up some of that aging diesel fuel in it.

need to go out and get something done outside in the morning. Plenty of stuff inside to work on when it gets hotter outside. Currently 75 degrees already going to 90 today, but no rain in the forecast.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #24,184  
2014-08-31, 0654

66 right now and overcast. The forecast for today is a high of 77 and 80% chance of rain...glad I finished mowing yesterday!
 
   / Good morning!!!! #24,185  
56F and clouds. Chance of scattered t-showers this afternoon & early evening, high of 83F.

I have a little more backhoe work to do on the swale crossing. Yesterday got into more digging than I originally thought - of course. Also encountered some big rocks that took a while to deal with. I'm trying to get the ugly parts of the field project squared away first. I hate driving by or around something and thinking someday I need to get after that. :) I've got one more smaller and easier ugly trail area to do after the swale.

It's funny about red maples turning. We have some trees that are always early individuals. It has been dry here the past couple weeks but the general moisture level in the ground is still high from the rains we had earlier. We never had a hot, dry spell this summer.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #24,186  
66F overcast temp topping of near 80's w/pop up thunderstorms into early evening.
Plans for today..do little ditch cleaning w/front loader,take wife shopping,birthday dinner,check game cam,watch some racing tonight,as they say subject to change w/out notice.

Enjoy day all.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #24,187  
Looks like the heat and humidity are returning for this week and maybe next. Long range forecast for September warm and dry. There are a lot of similar features between this year and 2009 as far as weather goes. Late October to mid November will tell the tale on what the winter will hold for us in the east

Enjoying summers last days at the coast and had a great day yesterday. Must have rained during the night but clearing now. Great football yesterday but today will be beach day

Son made trip yesterday so all is complete, great food last night slept well and now time to start breakfast. Top of the morning to all
 
   / Good morning!!!! #24,188  
The beach, great idea. We should carve out a day to make an excursion to the coast now that the tourist hordes are winding down.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #24,189  
59 and cloudy skies this Morning turning sunny later with a high of 77. I might have to cut the Grass today.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #24,190  
Morning, all. 75* with 96% humidity at the moment. Looking for mid 90s this afternoon, which is a nice break from the triple digits we have been seeing most of the month. Slight chance of rain this afternoon, which means no chance of rain this afternoon. Hoping we'll get some soon. Everything is brown.

Should be a low key day today. At least that's what I have planned. Who knows what SWMBO has planned for me.
 

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