Good morning!!!!

[Bird]

toppop52 said, "I got all the furniture and grill back on the deck yesterday, after Friday’s cleaning. Not a fun job but it sure looks nice when you realize those railings are white not green."

Randy, you say that wasn't a fun job. Two weeks ago today, after I refinished our deck the day before, I put the furniture back on the deck, then I picked up a big potted plant with a metal pan under it to catch any water that ran through, and I was wrestling that darned thing back up onto the deck when I tripped on the step and fell on my face on that plant and the metal pan; destroying both. Big bruise on my left arm and I knew the upper part of my left ribs hurt pretty bad, but I had no problem getting up and went on about my business. But after 2 days of not being able to sleep much because of the pain in my left chest, I finally went to my doctor, got x-rays made and concluded nothing broken, just badly bruised. And after another 10 days I started being able to sleep OK again.

And neither my wife, nor the daughter who gave her that big potted plant, said a word about me destroying it.

 

[sodamo]

66°F and .90 inches rain

Continuation of my easing back to normal. Got some furniture rearranged in the bedrooms.

Need to look for material to mount my Starlink this week. Retry sure I have an old Dish J mount tucked away.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

David, keep on easing...
Ted, what a wonderful story, and how nice to hear.

quiet day at church, gave a friend my nicest head of lettuce since I ate the other one last night.
I'm not growing lettuce again, stuff at store is better...hard to grow crunchy lettuce at home, most of it seems to be soft.

80 in clouds and sun. Going to put my hat on and go ride the mower a while on a pretty day. Will do the lady's next door, the jungle.
That places sucks up my gas since I have to run the engine faster and for sure is dulling my blades...
Plus they ran an excavator on their lawn yesterday digging holes for a sand mound placement. So I have no idea what new lawn IEDs they've dropped over there.
I've wrecked more than one blade on a neighbor's property. When in doubt...I'll walk it first. Probably just dirt clods.

Ken, that garden/landscaping is lovely.

 

[sodamo]

Glad you didn’t get seriously injured, Mostly.

 

[sodamo]

My feet hurt too much (with shoes on) for trying to do much. I think my feet may be swelling, which aggravates to problem. They weren't hurting when I took my shoes off yesterday (and put my slippers on), but they are today, even with just slippers.... not as bad when wearing shoes (sneakers), but bad enough.

Man! I'm falling apart!!
So, feet up today, I reckon...

The rewards of maturing

 

[RoyJackson]

The rewards of maturing

Ha ha Ha (groan)

 

[txdon]

Good afternoon! 89˚F heading to the mid 90s a few morning coulds but now cloudless. On the entertainment front today cards and a pre-Memorial Day concert at the neighborhood's Veterans Memorial Plaza by the 36th Infantry Division Band from Camp Mabry in Austin.

Mostly, was the thin cable that was being used to pull the boat out of the water strung across the road where anyone could run into it?

 

[Thomas]

I see so many vids on Youtube in which people aren't wearing safety gear. Guess they haven't been slapped by a whipping branch being fed in to a chipper yet...

Reminds me of young fellow down the road had football helmet with 4 face bars while chipping...something better than nothing.

 

[Thomas]

So, feet up today, I reckon...

Have you tried soaking feet in Epsom salt?

 

[Thomas]

76F clear sky.

Been slow day but good day...Mrs. went to town for couple things and brought home 24 plants 20 bags of plant soil so that kept me busy for while.

Made dinner now slowly cooking and Mrs. said "looking forward to it" fingers cross it will be success and she will take me for strawberry shake to enjoy on the deck this evening.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Thank you all for the nice words. We are still hurting, but passing in your sleep might just be the best way to go. Not sure, still awaiting the autopsy.

Going to be a long week ahead.

Mostly, sorry about your wipeout. At least the wire wasn't neck high.

Very windy and hot. 30mph plus. Just tune into CBS pga golf to see how windy it is.

A friend came over last night. We grilled burgers, son made brownies, enjoyed a couple of beers, and had some good talk.

Nice plane pics Rich.

Prayers for our team.

 

[wngsprd]

For you skywatchers...saw this on the local news/weather site...it references Virginia, so check your local source if interested.
___________________________________________

There could be a once in a lifetime experience to see in the night sky Monday night into early Tuesday morning.

A meteor storm is possible from midnight to 2am late Monday night into early Tuesday morning. If it happens, we could see more than 1,000 meteors per hour - but it’s not a guarantee. Most meteor showers have less than 100 meteors per hour, so this would be an incredible sight if it happens.

In 1995, a comet called 73p/Schwassmann-Wachmann broke up into fragments. Astronomers at NASA say those fragments could reach earth Monday night into Tuesday morning and if that happens, we would see the tau Herculid meteor shower. If the fragments don’t reach earth, we won’t see much of anything.

There are a couple of factors working in our favor to see the meteor shower. The sky will be clear in Virginia with no clouds expected Monday night, and there is a new moon, so no moonlight will interfere with seeing meteors.

You don’t need a telescope to see the meteor shower - in fact, you shouldn’t use a telescope. Just find a dark spot away from city lights and look up to the night sky facing south for the best chance to see the meteors.

 

[RoyJackson]

Have you tried soaking feet in Epsom salt?

Not yet, but I will give that a try!
Thanks, Thomas, for the suggestion!!

 

[rswyan]

72F and Clear @ 21:00, heading down to a low of 63F overnight. High hit 86.9F ... a little warmer than the 80F high they were calling for. Going to be a warm one tomorrow.

Sprayed 3 gallons of glyphosate with the hand pump sprayer today and a good bit done: southwest corner of the house + 1/2 of the west side of the frog pond, around the redbud on the west side as well as the oak tree next to it, all across the back of the frog pond, under electric fence on east side of frog pond, east side of house, edge of east planting bed, around the hawthorn in the east yard closest to the driveway, and the around the large maple on the east side with the evergreen shrub. Definitely slower than the Fimco with the electric pump though.

Refilled hopper feeder.

A chipmunk got into a 7 lb. bag of sunflower seeds in the garage - it was on top of the car - and knocked it off and tore it open. So after I cleaned that mess up (and put the sunflower seeds in a metal can with a lid) I set up the first chipmunk trap and baited it. Need to do another one tomorrow.

Then I made the run into the hardware store and Harbor Freight. Missed the hardware store by about 8 minutes (already closed), but HF was still open so I slipped in there and scored one of those telescoping gauge sets. They are currently out of the micrometer sets but the store down in Canton supposedly has those in stock so I may slip down there tomorrow and use my 25% off coupon on those.

Slid by Dunkin on the way out of the lot and got a medium iced coffee (cream and sugar + Butter Pecan)

After I got back I finished mowing the front lawn.

Inspected Nest Box No. 1 - has at least three white tree swallow eggs in it ...

Woman stopped at the grocery on the way home and got some supplies + Hebrew National dogs - so we had dogs grilled under the broiler with Castleberry's Original Hotdog Chili Sauce + Bush's Baked Beans (Country Style)

Was getting bad cramps in my left hand so bit the bullet and had a heaping teaspoon of French's ... at this point they seem to have subsided.

After dinner I went out and mowed the compost/wood lot.

Woman was asleep on the couch when I came in from doing that ... and she still hasn't stirred ...

Ferns have really popped in the circle in the last week or so:

Hope everyone had a decent Sunday.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 71ºF for the start, clear sky, moderate breeze. Windy day, sky clear, high temp was 89ºF, HI 94ºF. Chapel to start day, made pancakes for breakfast, found instructions to boat remote control. After nap and lunch fixed brake lever mount, then fix boat remote control, remote out of sync with boat, will put muffs on and start motor, but is is now cranking and before it was not . Hope all your Memorial Day memorances go well.
Buppies no serious injuries, knee not swollen, wrist somewhat tender, no new bleeding today.
RS nice progress, neat about the deer and fawn.
Randy(wag) interesting idea on combined Church Service.
Bill sorry about no room for alternate parts, $610 is a ot of dollars.
NHBX glad you got some rain.
Billy somersault dissapated lot of enegy. no major hurts this morning.
Roy thanks for the heads up. hope you got chipper rigged.
Drew you are due for some nice weather. As stated previously no serious injury.
Buppies good work getting the shoes hope you and mrs have good weekend.
Paul hope flight went well.
Randy sorry about friend's barn loss. Good to hear deck back in operation. Not banged up much at all.
Thomas not much swelling from tumble.
Thomas Boo defneding territory, interesting.
Roy thanks for the link.
Ken glad no rain this morning. good to hear progress on big garden. Fall ended up no big deal. nice pic
Dennis sorry about forgetting cat medicine. nice cath after reaim. Glad you could remote in and fix issue. Fall ended up no big deal.
RS plenty on agenda. Recovery very speedy due to no serious damage. Thanks for the positive thoughts and wishes.
Roy sorry about the feet issue.
Ted sorry about not feeling well, sounds like you are in worse shape than me. Well on road to recovery.
Rich sorry about your fall. Nice airplane pics. Glad I did not have trimmer under me when I fell.
Bird so you are the on the started all the falling. Sorry about all the bruising, glad you are doing better now.
David hope easing back to normal goes well.
Drew hope neighbors yard mowing went well.
Don Hope concert was good. Yes cable was across road that truck was not blocking.
Thomas hope you got that shake.
Kyle praying you and your family this week. Glad wire was not higher, wish it was lower.
Billy thanks for the heads up on night sky
RS Glad you got all that spraying done. Sorry about chipmunk getting into seed. Glad mustard worked for your hand cramps.nice pic.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /cataract surgery, Roy /palpitations, /angina , Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /wife head wound healing, / Bup and wife fever recovery and buppies's fall, Thomas/gout, /operation and recovery, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery/retirement, / passing out issues, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife's hospital stay, /torn bicep, Ken /kids shot tragedy, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, /cataract surgery, /Sophie's hand infection, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement plans / brother "alligallyitus" and improving, Drew /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Ukraine war, mass shooting victims and family, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[txdon]

The Pre-Memorial day military concert was great!
During one part they have a montage of military division songs and when they announce the division at the start of the song anyone who was in that division or had a relative in that division was asked to stand up. They said it was a good night when they had people from each division stand up, the one that usually has no one standing is the Coast Guard, we had a dozen stand - so they said it was a good night. The only division that did not have anyone standing yet, was the new U.S.Space Force division. And yes they have their own song called "The Invincible Eagle".

36th Infantry Division Band - Army National Guard Band in Austin, Texas

Based at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas, the 36th Infantry Division Band is a distinguished Army band led by CWO Jeffrey Lightsey. With over 60 dedicated soldiers from the Texas Army National Guard, experience the power of music through our diverse ensembles at Texas events and beyond.

www.lonestarband.org

 

[Wagtail]

Good early arvo. A clear night/day, low of 1.2C and presently 17.1C. whisper of a breeze and a brief shower last evening put 1.4mm in the gauge.

Well, it looks like the 4th horse won't be coming as the lady (smitten by a horse) has realised just how much is entailed in owning and taking care of a horse.

Take care all.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-05-30, 0535

55° right now...high in the mid-80's...

Left foot is feeling much better.... right foot isn't as bad, so maybe I'll get some work done today. I'll know more when I try to put shoes on this morning

Same plan as yesterday...rig the chipper and do some downed branches

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp is 61 and the high to 81°F. Wind S 6 mph. 40% chance of showers.

There s not much on the plate for today. I may get to the wood room, or I may not.

Have a safe day all

 

[wngsprd]

I hope to be an American that would make the more than 1.1 million service members who gave their lives for America proud.