Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Good morning! 82˚F clear skies heading to 95˚F. Hopefully Laura will bring some rain, we have only had an inch the last 6 weeks. Should get my UPS the day of or after Laura visits.
I need to dig some test holes today before I buy my garden root barrier to see if I can dig down 18" without hitting boulders.

 

[PJSprog]

... thought I was getting senile and leaving it open, ... Maybe I’m not senile after all.

I had a similar experience last week with the barn door. I'd left it partially open one afternoon, but was sure I'd closed it when I went back out to take care of the chickens for the night. Next day when I came home from work, that barn door was partially open. I was almost certain I had closed it the night before, and didn't see it open that morning. But then, I started to question myself. I asked The Wife about it later, and she said she'd been out there and left it partially open. She got quite a giggle out of it when I told her I thought I was losing my mind. Pretty sure the words "senile" and "sometimers" were thrown around at my expense. Turns out I'm still good, too, Randy ... at least for now. :laughing:

 

[sodamo]

72°F and no rain. Looks like a pretty day ahead.
Continuation from yesterday, but hopefully more productive. Probably just me, but my productivity becomes fractional when I have back pain. Sophie made me quit early too.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

83F and partly cloudy @ 12:30, "feels like" 88F ... high of 86F and a 20% chance of rain predicted for the day.

Pulled out those two dead trees last night, one ended up not being totally dead but wasn't worth trying to salvage, and the red bud broke off at ground level.

The Woman has been working on separating more hostas this morning, probably going to work on cleaning out this little planting bed (northwest) and see about getting them planted:

Then put the MMM on the Kubota later this afternoon and get the lawn mowed since rain is looking more likely starting tomorrow.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ... :thumbsup:

 

[Thomas]

ken
Thomas - hand dug ditch-been there , done that, no way to get tractor back there ?
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I try more ways to figure out how to get tractor back into that nasty spot no luck,but one thing for swing pick let's you know your not as young as you use to be.

 

[Thomas]

70F clear sky slight breeze

Good day outside working on retaining wall project,it was shady gentle wind humidity not as bad yesterday but temp was 85F able to get PT wall in place,around 3pm mother nature decided give everything good hard soaking about 45mins...we'll take any rain getting bad around here.

After dinner setting on the deck with cold spirit and smooth cigar and pillow time will come early tonight.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Thomas]

Rswyan.
The Woman has been working on separating more hostas this morning.
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Kinda surprise deer haven't keep hostas trim or even pull the plants roots and all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We need rain, very dry, grass turning brown again. Unfortunately cantalope and pepper plants in garden wilted over the weekend.
Some grass could be mowed
Getting dark out, storming to the west, but they miss us or dry up before they get to us.

Sorry critters got your peaches, they did that to my sweetcorn.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Went out to spray green beans, and started pulling grass, pulled up some potatoes so ended up digging a row of potatoes. Nice breeze, rain missed us.

 

[rswyan]

71F and "fair" @ 21:00, high today hit 91F. Overnight low expected to be 61F. 40% chance of showers or afternoon thunderstorms tomorrow.

Just got done cleaning the coils on the refrigerator and retrieving various Squeak toys and "prizes" ... which basically consist of anything that hits the floor that she can knock around ... the plastic caps off milk jugs or half and half containers are always good candidates ... :laughing:

Made pretty decent progress today on the bed clean out ... got some more screened soil added as well. Should be planting tomorrow ... if the weather cooperates:

Hawthorns are really starting to drop their leaves and dogwood's leaves are starting to turn, end of summer is near.

Grass seed around catch basin has sprouted and is poking up through the straw ... :thumbsup:

Need to go water that here in a few.

Hope everyone had a great day ... :thumbsup:

 

[rswyan]

Thomas,

Hear ya on the pick ... I was digging out roots yesterday with a mattock. Didn't take too long before I feeling some muscles I'd forgotten about ... :laughing:

Kinda surprise deer haven't keep hostas trim or even pull the plants roots and all.

They do (keep them trimmed) to some extent. And they were pulling some of the newly transplanted ones up ... until I sprayed the plants with Bonide "Shotgun".

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 70F for the start, clear sky, calm wind Another light wind day, clouds built up some in afternoon, and high temp was 96F. Humidity will return tomorrow, and the chance of rain. Walk with wife, cleaning lady prep, bike ride. This afternoon, help neighbor with his 1 1/2 horse Evinrude outboard. Replaced carb with rebuilt one, no gas leak the jets adjust and runs decent, he was happy. still got nap in
Covid update: Cooke 298 confirmed cases, 12 active cases, Montague 110 confirmed cases, 16 active cases, Grayson 1391 confirmed cases, 82 active cases.
Drew reads like a normal morning.
Eric glad no eye problems for wife, that will teach your son to surprise you :laughing:
Billy we might get 1/2 inch from hurricane
Thomas that is hard work, be sure and rehydrate.
Ron nice pics, nice photo bomb
RNG hope the video helps mechanic, rates best for whom, good luck with water tank design, nice review video
Randy good catch on the latch
Ted good luck with new Internet provider.
PJ everything is at your expense at home
David when back pain hits everyone slow down a bunch, sorry about yours
Thomas hope rain does not ruin your ditch
Dennis nice taters, sorry about rain
RS planting area looking good
prayers for all, especially Drew/move, Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter, Mike, David(Moss)/move.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Mass exodus from Laura coming through Giddings since this morning. Hoping people get out of the way. Saying it will be major storm when it hits Tx/ La border.

A lot to catch up on. Once I get behind, it's hard for me to catch up. Seems when we leave town, we get some rain. Got .5" when we were up in Ft. Worth area Saturday.

Nice photos guys! A lot to catch up on.

RNG, hope the fires stay at bay. I still say a pool. Dual use. Girls in bikinis might come over too.

Buppies,

I tend to agree sir!

David

Yes! Hope your other place sells too. A 12K trailer would haul your tractor best, but how often do you expect to haul it? Call your dealer and ask who hauls for them. Then figure out what you want to do.

72 going to 90. Maybe a storm this afternoon.

Ground still very moist, dried less than expected yesterday due to high humidity all day.

RS, real nice flower bed you've made.

Had a nice surprise visit by our middle son and girlfriend yesterday after noon. Hadn't seen since Christmas. Went for a short hike and played with their dogs.

I think today is gonna be a great day.

Glad you got to see your son and his gf.

Good morning! 66 now, 89 later. Chance of storms today. We really need the rain.

RS, I was in that Saturday night rain. Was just west of Alliance driving home from Salem. Was hoping we got some here, but no....

Had a good night at the races Saturday. 3 2nds and won the 450 Pro class. Kyle knows how tough the competition is in that class.

Had some more ash trees down. Spent Saturday morning dragging them into an easier place to cut up and move to the wood pile.

Got the week off....got vacation time to burn before Sept. 1. Probably gonna be a busy week.

Everyone stay safe out there

Congrats. Have to admit, I've only watched the Friday night races, haven't had time yet to watch Saturday's...

On my kubota, without rear hydraulic valves there was a cover that got removed to hook up the rear hydraulic lines that goes to the valves. . I壇 ask the dealer if he has the cover that goes there, he should have a bunch if he routinely adds valves to new tractors. He probably throws them away. The cover connected supply to return, which now is rerouted thru the valves.
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The valve stack bolts to the other end of this supply/return
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Looks like good advise/advice to me.

Good morning, rain has been hammering down all night and is set to keep coming for the rest of the day. Really windy too, a few tree branches are down. I suppose looking on the bright side, no trudging around fields with a knapsack sprayer today

Yesterday morning after a bump on the head, my wife suddenly started seeing flashes in one eye. Same thing happened to me a couple of years ago, so I know flashes are generally a harmless side effect of getting older, however they may also be a sign on an impending retinal detachment, so it is very important to get it checked out within 24 hours. She talked to our optician in the morning, after which she got an emergency appointment to see a different optician in another town. After a drive at slighter higher speeds than normal we made it there on time, with Covid-19 helping to provide space in the nearest car park. Fortunately the tests showed no major issues and we returned home to spend what was left of the dry and sunny afternoon at a much relaxed pace.

Hope your wonderful wifey is OK. I see stars every now and then after bending over or something, and then getting up too quickly.

Randy, hope your cut is better.

Thanks for the prayers team!

And prayers for our team.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-08-26, 0307

54 right now...high in the mid-60's today...my kind of weather!

Pretty strong storm when driving home...it had hit Bethel and moved south. It was fast moving though..

Woke up too early...about 0100. Had a cigaret and then went back to bad...just tossed and turned until about 0230...got up and on the computer

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, rain is easing, forecaster is talking in background right now, promising the gale will have blow out by this afternoon. It seems that locally these have been the highest ever sustained winds in August. The wind is from the south with sheep holding tight in a well sheltered field. I am off out now to see if anything has dropped on the northern boundary fences before I let them roam further.

Hope Laura behaved herself during her visit over on your side.

 

[scaredychicken]

Good Morning,

Haven't checked in here in a loooong time.

Was trying to add a photo to the post here, but it does not seem to be working - OR, more likely, I don't know how to attach it. My BX23S with sun shade canopy, and ROPS fully up, clears my standard 7 ft high garage door by about 1.5 inches --- I was impressed. THEN we put the tractor on 5 inch ramps so that we could service it - then it cleared the open door (above) by only about .75 inches.

Now to clean up the garage and find the workbench back.

Have a great day everyone !

 

[mpham]

Quick stop to say no joy(cold) in Mudville today! Unit in the attic was 120 ac and all the new ones are 220 ac. Now we need to wait for an electrician to upgrade/pull new wires.Ugh!
At least today is 55 degrees now only going to 70. Still humid but better than 80's and 90's. Installer promises to have us up and running even if he has to come sunday. Wood install start is monday and temps are going to be warm.
At least I finished the painting and the master bedroom is now ready for flooring.
Stay safe and healthy all! Hope storms don't cause to much damage.

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
going to be a hot day, 77 out now, headed up to low 90's and hotter tomorrow.
I'll be inside the local hospital all day, starting off with a PET scan, then oncologist to hear results, then chemo infusion.
Can't eat or drink before scan, so packing some PBJ's to eat later.
I hope to hear some good news today.

looks like Laura will go North of here this weekend. Buckeye, you should get plenty of rain from this.

 

[Buppies]

No power this morning 3G only Very slow 72 high of 93 today

Prayers for riptides, Kyles daughter, Jay and wife, Drew and all others

 

[toppop52]

We need rain, very dry, grass turning brown again. Unfortunately cantalope and pepper plants in garden wilted over the weekend.
Some grass could be mowed
Getting dark out, storming to the west, but they miss us or dry up before they get to us.

Sorry critters got your peaches, they did that to my sweetcorn.

Well the rain didn’t miss us, .64 in about 40 minutes, wind and lightening. Knocked out power for about 10 seconds, long enough that I have to reset everything. It takes the Comcast box about 3-4 minutes to reboot so I missed the good part of the car show I was watching. Oh well, at least it was short term.
Grandsons ballgame and outdoor car club meeting this evening.
Gotta get moving, have a great day!