Good morning!!!!

[Eric Salop]

The other day, when I said I was going to dig holes for a few fruit trees, I thought it would take perhaps a couple of hours. That was before I started digging. The new spade was not making any impression so I put it to one side and set to with my biggest pry-bar. Turns out the new "orchard" is where someone in the past has dumped a huge number of field stones. Looks like they formed part of an old cow track.

So far I have shifted over 30 lumps of black granite that are big enough to give a hernia if I'm not careful, plus lots of smaller cobles. All have been rounded off and ground to a smooth finish by the last glacier that passed this way.

These unexpected discoveries are what makes digging in dirt always interesting. Shame they never happen when I have lots of time on my hands.

 

[Eric Salop]

The bridge is in the back 40.

In 2004 I started this thread: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/42791-bridge-atv.html?highlight=bridge

Wroughtn_harv saw it and his head started spinning. This forum built it and it has created many lifetime friends here on TBN.

Everyone that helped in the construction near Dallas and the installation hear has their name cut in theTexas emblem on the side of the bridge.

What a wonderful story behind the bridge !
I've got part way through reading the 2004 thread and realised I'm taking way too long over breakfast, so I better get outside again and save the rest for tonight.

 

[dave1949]

7F headed to 34 today.

Just waking up with coffee.

Hope your weekend gets off to a good start.

 

[bakerg]

Good morning, 23F here heading to 37F. Off to work to install a 100hp motor and a 3 stack hydraulic pump for 1 of our injection machines that failed earlier this week.

 

[RoyJackson]

2015-03-07, 0642

6 degrees right now...looks like a high of 32 or so. The snow is melting...the house is cracking.
Plans today: Haircut and put my check (first one as a permanent employee) in the bank...then, I brought some work home to review (it's OK, I'm salary-exempt).
I'd like to do a bit more clearing of the drive and walks...that's today or tomorrow. I'd also like to power-wash the salt off the vehicles.

 

[wngsprd]

11 clear and crisp with a great moonset sky this morning. Today's 50 should melt a lot of the snow and no low temp under 33 in the next week...things will start to green up here like in Don's pig photo.

Trailed a fox by its tracks in the snow yesterday morning for over a mile. Always interesting to see what they do by their tracks...found a tangled place the size of a bus on the edge of a cutover where the fox had run around it in circles and criss-crossed the adjacent area multiple times. As I approached, a covey of quail burst out and my dog got a nice treat watching them and then smelling their hiding place.

 

[Thomas]

10F heading for low 30's.
Mrs. got call into work so that means I am in second command...cat rules.
Not much plan for today,gas up pick up,do little cooking,maybe check out logging site just finish for wildlife,warm enough push back snow from ditches...all ideas subject to change w/out notice.
Dang fox show up again this morning about 3am bark and bark heard Mrs. saying something to fox whatever it was it work,got feeling fox got meal tho.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 40˚ high clouds. Surveying from the top of the hill, it looks like the pigs are the neighbor's problem this morning.

I replaced Mom's problematic florescent lights with the Cosco's LED shop lights and instead of direct wiring I installed a couple of receptacles - everything looks good.

However that pesky water leak may be a problem because it was too wet from the 1/3" rain. Water was standing in the sandy area.

I did a quick check of my water connections and they were not leaking BUT there is water standing where I put the dry sand in. I'm hopping the water just seeped in from the saturated ground of the last leak but I kind of doubt it. So now I need to do a thorough check since it is above freezing.

Next week Dad has 3 gates that need new posts and rehung. My projects here will be on hold for another week.

 

[txdon]

I thought I lost all the wild plum blossoms in the 25˚ weather but it looks like most survived!

 

[Buppies]

25 this morning high of 50 later today. Next sizable storm of note on horizon wnd of month. Looks like a lot of rain coming for this week