Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

67°F and 4.45 inches rain last 24 hours. A bit soggy and definitely not mowable.

Sear due out this am to install board in dryer.

Prayers for all

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Afternoon Everyone-

The morning started out at 40F it's probably in the mid 70F's now. A decent day to take on the project list. I have a lot to do with limited time. Wifey's broken collarbone is mending, but it will be awhile before she can use her arm. I think that I have climbed our pear tree for the last time for pruning, but it's pruned. My apple trees are semi-dwarf = not a lot of ladder work.

Deer do not start dropping their fawns until late May, early July around here.

Drew- I'll take the "possible." I never did see the ladybug:embarrassed:. Years ago I got a lot of free "mulch" hay from my dairyman neighbor. I found out why it was free later. I got weeds that I had never seen before. That was ~30 years ago. The hay has composted; the introduced weeds have prospered.

Buppies- I hope you keep on mending.

Rick- Thanks for sharing the fawn picture. I mow like PJS. I do not like "surprises."

Ron- That's great news about the med changes leading to feeling better.

Wngsprd- My roadside garbage situation is better this year than most; but still needs to be removed.

LS- I am glad to read that you are feeling/moving better.

David and Sophie- I hope that you both remain out of harm's way.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers for all.

 

[toppop52]

In the vein of honest disclosure, I no longer on the red 67, it now lives in South Miami. I owned it for many years though.

 

[Looking4new]

Jeep is back from garage, $400.oo for a Walker muffler (lifetime warranty) and tail pipe.

New fridge installed, with contents of old fridge which is relocated to another room.

One hydro line buried from genny to house.

I've done enough for today.

Tomorrow IF it doesn't rain it will be dig a grave. 6x6' and 6' deep.

 

[lostcreekranch]

The fawn was gone this morning.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Mowed my field tonight. Beautiful night to mow. Never got oil changed in massey, mowed anyways.
Then put ratchet rake on kubota and pushed weeds from garden area, need to plant soon. Ran over 1 tpost, broke it off in the ground. Dug out broken piece.
Dogwood is pretty, but was getting dark. Still sitting on porch chilling, listening to mocking bird, cat munching food beside me. Lilacs blooming and smell nice.
Wife and boys went to movie.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning.

Clear and sunny down here.

Weekend was busy. 60 gallons of deck oil put down on 7000 ft2 of decking. It was a chore. Next time I will invest in a sprayer extension. To minimize overspray I had to use low pressure and spray really close. That meant being on my knees for the entire job. My body is still sore! I did take some time off on Saturday and went to a derby party with my better half. We got all dress up and she had her fancy hat on. We got some really good food and I enjoyed a couple mint juleps. Worked on my tractor on Sunday and got the engine to run. Now I have to finish fixing the hydraulic to get it back to running again.

Maybe try an airless parking lot striper on wheels???

Had a surveyor check on the compass rose. Something is happening. It's off 1.78˚. Are those Hawaii earthquakes or sunspots throwing off the magnetic field, is the ground moving here? Even the iPhone is showing 2˚ off and was perfect before.

Don, it is so ironic you mentioned that, I almost got goosebumps. I was showing a coworker your paver handiwork on Google Earth Pro yesterday and it did look slightly off from due north. I just read your post this evening (Tuesday).......freakish...

I'm no expert, and didn't even spend last night in a Holiday Inn Express, but I'd say if the pole moves east it would be moving in the direction that your compass rose is already pointing. Hate to be the bringer of bad news, but it isn't moving very fast, and you might not live long enough to see absolute accuracy return.:laughing:

If you can't live with that, better get with Kyle and come up with a plan to mount your compass rose on some sort of turntable. I bet Eric could even put together a computerized gizmo that would constantly monitor the pole position and adjust the compass rose accordingly. Make it solar powered and it would always be accurate!:shocked::laughing:

Machine Works in Bryan Texas has a large enough Vertical Turret lathe possibly to make something.

But I want one of these. This one is in St. Petersburg Fl War Veterans Memorial Park.

Google Maps

If you like a good Tequila, I would definitely recommend CASA DRAGONES the Blanco is one of my favorites, smooth soft sipping Tequila.
I'm a Blanco drinker I don't care for most of the Anejos or Reposados .

When my brother worked across from Mcallen Tx, his workers recommended Casadores tequila 100% agave. I like it. Especially for the price. I hate Cuervo Gold. Prefer white tokillya.

Aww.
Whipper was barking at a new fawn for 2 hours the other night outside the yard. I finally had to go out and tell her it was ok. People mowing high grass and making hay really need to watch carefully this time of year.

My wife saw a doe chasing away a large tan dog off our property the day before, presumably keeping away from her fawn.

RNG and others in California, what are y'all gonna do now that coffee has been determined to cause cancer in California??? They say the roasting process causes it.

Prayers for all.

 

[toppop52]

Beautiful evening, like Buckeye, I decided it was great mowing weather, so I mowed my yard and the back field. Watered all the flowers, and noticed that the apple tree didn’t have many blooms this year and they’re already gone. Dogwood was late and not as full either.
Went up and finished rebuilding the HEI on Ellen’s El Camino and got it started. Now it it needs a thorough cleaning, been sitting in the garage since fall.

 

[toppop52]

It’s really dry here, mowing was a dust storm. I waited last weekend for the predicted rain that never came, at least very little came. We could use 2” right now.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 68F this morning, clear and light breeze. Wind started picking up today, sky mostly clear and high temp of 90F. bike ride this morning, followed by weedeating. Worked on inputting route info to GPS.
Rick, nice pic.
Prayers for all.

 

[sodamo]

Interesting day.

Just as I posted this morning, John our cottage tenant texted saying the power had hiccuped during the night, microwave clock reset. I didn’t know as I was still on my bike and neither Sophie nor I had been to kitchen to see our own resets.

First visual check and only indicator was a yellow led that turned green as I was there. Decided to run the generator before sears tech arrived as if was raining and overcast, washing machine doesn’t like that generator.
While awaiting Sears I decided to look closer as it hiccuped again after the generator went off.
Sears tech replaced the power board but thinks maybe it,s the computer module as it acted differently this time. Wait and see.
Back to our power, I discovered the top connection on master inverter A breaker was arching - not good.
just an indication of the working room.

John and I removed the breakers and rerouted the master inverter feed to another breaker. System currently running on 3 inverters.

Breaker terminal actually broke off during the process as the plastic was quite brittle.

Looks to me like it has been making poor contact for awhile.

So back with power and new breakers on order. John and I will have a full day working on the system soon.

 

[RoyJackson]

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41 right now...mid to upper 70's today...beautiful day ahead of us!

 

[daugen]

59 going up to 75 today, a nice day just as Roy says.

propane company coming this morning to pull out my 500 gallon tank and replace it with a 1000 gallon.
Then I have to go to local fence company and pick out a privacy fence to hide the thing, big and ugly....right in the middle of my back yard
so I sure don't want to see it when I look out. Will cover the fence with climbing roses, have a plan.

Gave up on selling car. Used car dealer said he would buy car at same trade in as new car dealer.
well, this was certainly a learning experience and if you ever hear anyone make the statement:
Oh I bought this Jag after all the depreciation is out of it
Then you can smile quietly and say Good Luck....
At least one less thing to maintain and I save the car insurance costs.
Selling it to him tomorrow afternoon.

While I'm stuck waiting for the propane folks, going to be fiddling with Super A, time to cultivate the corn. Need to set cultivators wide to begin with and hope I don't rip up anything worthwhile. Needless to say my corn didn't come out in perfect straight rows so I'm not sure how this will work out. But I'm sure not hand hoeing that corn much more. Gosh I would love a couple of field workers to pay 12 bucks an hour to hoe.

 

[toppop52]

Drew, dem hoes git ya in trouble, yo!
You already know my thoughts on buying older luxury cars, I tell my niece that insists on driving old MB and BMWs, that if you can’t afford a new one, you sure can’t afford an old one.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all, 52 this morning going to 77. Found out parts are scarce for my little Echo top handle chainsaw. Don't know why, it is only a little over 25 years old. Decided to get a Stihl and sell this one if I can get it fixed. How many parts will be available 5-10 years from now.

Drew, you can get more corn in a crooked row than you can a straight one, so I know you were planning ahead.

Buppies, LS, RIP, The Good Morning wives and children. Prayers sent, Have a great day. Ed

 

[Buppies]

51 high of 77 today chance of a stray storm and like Toppop very dry here

Wound is starting to close up next cutting for next week on skin cancer I seem to not be able to go a year without it

Prayers for those in need

 

[toppop52]

Buppies, heal fast and good luck next week. I fear my ears are going to require that soon as well.

52 going to 70s later, 3-4 days now of pleasant northeast breeze and sunny weather, but we badly need rain.

Prayers guys, seems we all have a need.
Have a great day!

 

[daugen]

51 high of 77 today chance of a stray storm and like Toppop very dry here

Wound is starting to close up next cutting for next week on skin cancer I seem to not be able to go a year without it

Prayers for those in need

And some prayers in reverse for that wound to heal. I've had two melanomas, one they took a hunk out of me the size of a deck of cards on my upper back.
No choice, melanoma is bad news, spreads too easily. They've really been chopping away at you Randy, I'd ask for a ten year warranty of "that's it"...

My landscaper fireman doesn't wear a hat and I simply tell him "you are going to die from that" and he thinks he's invincible.
No, and the sun is getting stronger I read.

My hands and arms are dark brown by now, even putting on spf70. I try to be regular about using it,
particularly on the backs of my hands where age is doing a number all by itself. Plus a Tilley hat.
I have washed my Tilley hat dozens of times and boy is that durable. That's a hat worth the money.

 

[ronjhall]

Time to pour second cup of coffee. 48° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 80° with chance of rain in late afternoon. Got paver project complete. Just need to do a little cleanup. Still have to clean similar 500 sq ft area in front of house. But it can wait until I get caught up on some other projects. Pond maintenance today. Then sit back and enjoy warm temperatures and rain pattering on the roof.

Celebrated oldest sons birthday yesterday. 55 years old. We sent him a card. He called to say thanks as he traveled down I-20 on his way to Dallas. Everyone else sent text or phone calls.

David S, good sized contact. Hope it's not from to much load on that line.

Buppies and LS, continue your recovery.

Prayers for those in need.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

42F clear upper 70's for high.

Grass finally starting to grow in some places,maybe by this weekend have to give the lawn its first hair.
Off to work soon but not before filling feeders and E muffin.

Hope your feeling better Buppies.

Enjoy the day all.