Good morning!!!!

[Alien]

good morning all.
rainy weather coming in, showers start shortly and run through tomorrow.

It's really surprising how much rain parts of Texas are getting. Yet our West is having a terrible drought.
RNG, I saw where near you Lake Oroville was pulling most of the houseboats out since the water level was so low they were going to get stuck there.

Houseboats Removed from Lake Oroville as Water Levels Drop Due to Drought (PHOTOS) | The Weather Channel

At least 130 houseboats have been hauled from Lake Oroville as drought dries up the California lake. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com

weather.com

up in middle of night with sore shoulder but expected that, put ice on it and slathered it with CBD oil. One or both helped.
So while I was up at 2am I worked on a resume/experience list for school board I'm about to join. Have zoom meeting with Head of school this morning as last
part of interview process. I'm glad they are doing their due diligence.

going to be a quiet day in rain and wind. Need to vacuum and find out where large black ants are getting into house. Not many but I don't like any bugs in the house.

I watched a Youtube video about the lake and houseboats etc. Amazing how much the level has dropped. Almost inconceivable. Expected to drop another 30 feet or so this year. Hope you guys get some rain before it gets disastrous. Video was from a TV news item.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

I watched a Youtube video about the lake and houseboats etc. Amazing how much the level has dropped. Almost inconceivable. Expected to drop another 30 feet or so this year. Hope you guys get some rain before it gets disastrous. Video was from a TV news item.

The highest level of Lake Oraville this rainy season was only about 730 feet. For reference, the top of the dam is at 900 feet. And several times since I moved here in 2010, the reservoir has been full. 730 feet is the lowest peak on record. We could very well be below 600 feet by October or November, unless it starts raining sooner. I’ve seen 625 feet in previous years.

here’s a link to a database that shows the last 16,000 days of elevation levels. It varies a lot from peak to valley. The lake level is falling about 20 feet per month right now. By October, that’s another hundred feet below where it is now. That would be the lowest I’ve ever seen it, and it may not start raining before November.

https://cdec.water.ca.gov/jspplot/jspPlotServlet.jsp?sensor_no=3378&end=06%2F03%2F2021+16%3A34&geom=huge&interval=16000&cookies=cdec01

 

[Rich B1]

You want adventure, try sushi for breakfast two days running at a motorcycle rally

I have had Kentucky coffee with my eggs at assorted MC events for breakfast.....but never had sushi....yet


Wonder how sushi goes with Kentucky coffee?

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

No sushi for me. I do eat cooked fish/sushi rolls.

 

[txdon]

Pretty layered sky colors this evening.
Just got back from Houston, (7 hour round trip) the windshield wipers were going the entire 3.5 hour drive home.
Attended a funeral for a favorite in-law’s mother.

 

[Looking4new]

txdon, great looking sky pic. Are you expecting any weather with that cloud formation?

 

[txdon]

A hummingbird moth visited my flowers this evening.

 

[txdon]

txdon, great looking sky pic. Are you expecting any weather with that cloud formation?

It just passed, dropped .35" of rain here today.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 59F for the start, mostly clear sky and light breeze. light wind today, sky stayed mostly clear, and high temp was 82F (5+ degrees below normal). Bike ride this morning, trip to gas station with boat for 30 gal of E0 gas. Did get a nap in as well. Need to clean boat and weed-eat.
Covid update: Cooke 3230 confirmed cases, 1 active cases,Montague 1775 confirmed cases, 2 active cases, Grayson, 11356 confirmed cases, 11 active cases, local not updates.
Doug neat looking bird. Rabbits need a predator like coyotes, foxes, wolves etc.
Thomas hope the stones got moved
Ron hope mowing and shopping went well nice cardinal pic
Drew glad PT seems to help. ave fun with the school board experience.
Roy glad Covid negative, nice to work from home
Billy glad you finished the wood splitting hope nest not disturbed.
Drew Thanks for the corn meal research. boric acid powder will act as ant poison
Don flattest corn chips I have seen! April, May and early June have been amazing
Ken hope you can get chores done inspite of rain, Not a very big nest, maybe bigger one farther away?
Paul hope your plan comes together and celebration goes off as planned.
Randy sorry about your kitties. Never had a cat go 21 years.
PJ hope you did not need the rain
RNG glad you are having a great time and battery replacement cured the problem.
Roy glad Bella is back, sounds like you are doing better
Twobit the lakes should be full anyway.
David love pineapple upside down cake!
RS hope you can use the inside time
RNG thanks for the link.
Don very neat pic. condolences on in-law's mother.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter and car crash,Bird/aging issues, Billy/skin cancer, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies cancer surgery, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes,Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/recovery, Bill/DIL home care, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, Drew/tendon healing, David(sadamo)/Sophie's eye surgery,RNG/fire season, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[lostcreekranch]

No sushi for me. I do eat cooked fish/sushi rolls.

Sushi is best ..... Chicken Fried.

 

[sodamo]

Love good sushi, sashimi too. Of course, here you can get passable sushi many places, any grocery with a deli. And then a local favorite spam masubi Spam musubi - Wikipedia

 

[sodamo]

Pineapple upside down cake was delicious even if a bit strange.
Put it altogether early in the morning so it would be ready to bake at start of dinner and ready to eat during Hand & Foot break. We always take a break after the 150 point meld.
The cake batter sorta seeped under the pineapple so was more a pineapple in the middle cake. So delicious made with fresh vs canned.

Guys won again in H&F which didn’t do anything positive for our reputations, but the girls did very good last meld, so ended on a happier note.

 

[Thomas]

62F cloudy low 80's for high,good rain fell over night.

E muffin soon outside chores.
Plans for today...town for critter food and odds and ends,doi little some puttering,take Mrs. out to dinner.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
68 out now going up to 80 today in more showers this afternoon.
.83 inches of rain yesterday and last night but no high winds so just a good soaker.
Tomorrow it's like summer begins in earnest, stretch of 90 degree days and drying out.

Got absolutely nowhere yesterday trying to buy a mower. No Kubotas, John Deere or Simplicity's in stock.
Remarkable actually, dealers not happy at all not having any inventory.
Thankfully my old friend with the coffee business isn't using his JD 345 much at home after his son bought a zero turn.
So...he will loan me this nice older mower until mine comes in, spec'd identically to what I'm trying to buy, with power steering and a Kawasaki
engine, though his is liquid cooled. I wonder if anyone has done a study to see if the more premium liquid cooled engines last longer
than air cooled. Liquid cooled and fuel injected would be the best, but not sure anyone makes that, likely too expensive for a mower gas engine.

am off to PT early this morning, then supermarket and likely a quiet afternoon while the rain comes down.

had a pleasant chat with owner of rental house next to me, currently occupied by a nice lady who hasn't mowed her lawn all year. Sigh.
Well apparently at least three neighbors called this guy, who confirmed it was, like for me, the tenant's job to mow the lawn and no he didn't want
a field of weeds either. So he came yesterday himself with his Gravely z turn and mowed the lawn, having to rake up clippings for quite a while.
I bet he doesn't let it get like that any more. This is simply not an area where the natural look is acceptable, much less two foot high weeds. Nothing but
a haven for snakes and ticks. When he was done the emails flew between neighbors saying Yeah!

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 59° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 84° with partly cloudy skies. Got shopping done yesterday. Very few people at stores. Mowed lawn in afternoon. Going to do wash house windows today. Before it gets warm outside.
Not going to share with you.

Roy, good you are getting better.

Don, good pictures and knee is getting better.

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

wow what a great picture Ron!
Timing was perfect and one less caterpillar in this world

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp high 79°F mainly sunny. Wind W 3 mph.

Junior has a meeting this morning with the hospice people regarding whether or not his wife stay there or comes home. It seems that the pill form diuretics aren't working and now they are giving injectable diuretics. The main thing is to get her weight down which is mostly water, which will improve her mobility.

It looks more promising for me to go to work this weekend than it has in the past two weeks. As of yesterday the clutch and transmission were back in the truck, now they just need to hook up the drive shaft, grass burner exhaust and the stick. If it is in fact ready, then I will go down on Sunday morning and transfer my stuff after I sanitize the entire cab and take pictures of how filthy it is inside. It is funny, but in fall I leave the truck clean and in spring I get it back filthy, so this time I am taking pictures of it.

It looks like Momma Cardinal is already getting a little selfish.

Was the pineapple in the middle cake made with pineapple juice instead of water?

.35" of rain might as well be zero rain for all the good it does. Just a p.i.t.a. when you are driving in it. Wipers on, wipers off and so on.

Other than the meeting today, I will be getting the stuff in the garage ready for the trip south.

Have a safe day all

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-06-04, 0648

63° right now...high in the upper 70's today.
We had a nice steady rain last night...probably try to mow the lawn this afternoon. Got the belts I need for the flail mower, so that's a task too. Not sure I've got the strength or stamina for that job yet...

Slowly recovering...could actually eat something yesterday. Got to watch what I eat as the stomach is still pretty sensitive. Strength is improving too, but I think I'll pass on any arm wrestling for a while

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, we have been enjoying dry weather all week, spent last couple of days rubbing down old paint on windows, going to try Osmo oil this time, only problem is deciding which shade to go for.

Wngsprd, I call them broken tile corn chips.

Don, you are too modest, those shapes are surely carefully crafted countries of the world - I see South America, India, Iceland (under heavy volcanic ash cloud) ...

You want adventure, try sushi for breakfast two days running at a motorcycle rally

We have just been worming the lambs. There are a couple of doses left if you feel something wriggling inside.

 

[wngsprd]

69 and light rain, going to 84...storms passed by us yesterday, but got a good lightning show.

Great sky pic, Don...and thanks for posting the corn chips pic. Based on the ingredients, bet they were delicious.

Roy, good you're taking it slow.

Sushi and pineapple upside down cake...making me hungry!

Looks like my splitting wood under the phobe nest was tolerated...female left another egg after I left. Now up to 3, maybe 4 when I check later today.