Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

69 outside this AM, Grey and heading to mid 80's. Still humid.

Hope all are well. Prayers to those in need.

Never got to finish weed whacking, just cannot keep up with all the maintenance, projects and people needs.

Road trip to NY again for daughter. Not doing to well. Will see what the doctors say.

Thoughts prayers for your daughter Rip.
Safe travel.

 

[KilroyJC]

in safe and sound in Ronks Pa, just outside of Lancaster.
oh my what a long drive...twice got stuck in downpours, in the mountains, in construction, but just went slow and made it. More rain predicted here, flood warnings all over.

and on my last day on the road, it happened.
The slide jammed while trying to put it out here.
I fiddled with it, but it's getting hung up somewhere so I carefully retracted it so I can drive home. Will get that fixed when I get home, and not by me.

friends who live here and own Lancaster Honda (motorcycles) are coming over in a few hours to pick me up and take me back to their home. Haven't seen them in ten years, will be great. Have known each other since our teens.

fast internet here in the land of horse and buggy.

heating pad on neck, going to try to take a nap

looked at map, three closest towns are Bird in Hand, Intercourse and Paradise

You can stop in the Leacock Coleman Store and get some emergency lighting products while you are there!

 

[KilroyJC]

Morning all.
This is not far from me up in NH! How you doing @Thomas and @NHBX ?
Pic taken by Casey Michelle on Facebook.
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That doesn’t look good. . . Yikes!!!!

 

[scootr]

Prayers for all in need. Send some of that rain our way. Have not seen rain in months.
Lots of new under growth has turned brown. Fires are an just about an everyday thing in So Cal right now. I have one last mowing job in a creek bottom where weeds are 3ft tall but still a bit green. After that mowing is over for everything except the watered lawn.
Temps in the 90s are starting to creep up towards triple digits. We had a good run of cooler weather this first half of the year.
High heat is around the corner. Ugh... a few nasty months coming.
Afraid that chain mower project won't see much use now. Time to shift into home and equipment maintenance mode.
I hope everybody has a good week.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 70 going to 85 and sunny.
Got 2+ inches of rain yesterday, so only did store runs.

Riptides - prayers for you daughter.

Uncle's operation is today.

Be well,

 

[Buppies]

Prayers for your Uncle Ken

Prayers for Riptides daughter

 

[scott_vt]

Morning all.
This is not far from me up in NH! How you doing @Thomas and @NHBX ?
Pic taken by Casey Michelle on Facebook.
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Good Morning Phil,
That will be a major fix !

We are getting flood alerts in our area ! We have had 5" plus so far and still raining, and predicted to rain all day into tomorrow ! We are very glad to be at 1200ft !

The news people are telling people not to travel if not necessary ! Lokks like a good day to clean the shop and barn !

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s 68 with a DP of 66. High of 80 with no rain and gentle breeze today.
Nice improvement over yesterday, we got a total of 2-1/4” of rain. Some of it in brief, but intense showers. Power went out briefly a few times, came back before generator transferred.
Looks like all the drainage work that I did worked well, culverts all flowed nicely, moving the water to where I wanted it to go. Nothing overflowed or washed out.

Had a good day in the shop, made some progress organizing and putting stuff back where it belonged. Friend that mixes sound for the band came over and we setup the equipment that we will use on the next gig with in ear monitors and no amplifiers on stage. We will use that for the next rehearsal, so it will be pretty much set for the show, as it will save all the settings to a USB drive.

That killed the majority of the afternoon. Lazy day after that. Didn’t even unload wife’s SUV from the farmers market, so that will likely be todays first chore. Grass is green and growing like crazy, I mowed last Thursday, and it probably won’t make it a week. First real chance of rain is Thursday this week, so we will see. We really didn’t get any thunderstorms, so I don’t think I have any cleanup, I’ll take the workman for a ride to be sure. I bet the pond is back up to the overflow now as well.

 

[m7040]

Good morning, 70 going to 85 no rain in FC

Have dentist appointments this morning

There is some erosion from rain falls at one spot. Next opportunity will rework it a little with the excavator to change the slope.

Daughter made it out yesterday after being stranded on the run way for a long time.

The wood stacking continues

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 80 heading to 102 for the next 10 days, no rain in sight , clear skies.
I did not mow last week I’ll try again this morning before it hits 90. The heat advisory just keeps getting renewed every day. Yesterday it was 104 with heat index of 111.
Glad they don’t need tractor drivers till Fall Festival.
Buppies, prayers for you and your wife. Might want to hide some emergency keys around the house.

 

[gstrom99]

I noticed at the antique tractor show I was at this weekend, that the new tractor/mower dealers (one green and one red) both had "Please don't climb on" signs by their display. I thought that was pretty stupid. Kids (adults too) climbing up to the work station is a ton of fun and gets them interested and asking questions... If they're scared of them getting scratched of damaged(?), they're missing the point of being there.

What's the point of having their new FOR SALE stuff there if it's all "look, but don't touch"?

I saw a compact IH/Case (#?) that was labeled "Made in Korea". I asked the "sales guy" who actually made it - LS, or? He said he didn't know. Geez.

 

[pennwalk]

I saw a real estate graphic that showed the increase or decrease in building permits by states. It looked like the states bordering Canada all had big increases. I can't say what that means but it is interesting.

Chris

 

[daugen]

home sweet home
after trying to avoid the horse poop going through Bird of Hand, easy drive up 222 to Turnpike and home.
what a mess I came home to.
could not open garage door to plug in rv, went up 8 inches on backup power and battery died. Sigh.
got a ladder out of basement, crawled through side window (no man door at all), almost collapsed the table I got on but
hit the breaker and all was well.

4.11 inches on the rain gauge, wow. garden mulch washed out.
otherwise ate a handful of blackberries that were awesome and a few cherry tomatoes.
half of garden is covered in Japanese beetles. Need to go spray them this afternoon.

good to be home.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Buppies, prayers.
Wow, lots of rain in NE
Wngsprd, good you got back before rain.
Drew, welcome home.

I overslept, after a 6am bathroom run. Up too late again.
Nice and breezy on porch. Wife went for a walk with her friend.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I noticed at the antique tractor show I was at this weekend, that the new tractor/mower dealers (one green and one red) both had "Please don't climb on" signs by their display. I thought that was pretty stupid. Kids (adults too) climbing up to the work station is a ton of fun and gets them interested and asking questions... If they're scared of them getting scratched of damaged(?), they're missing the point of being there.

What's the point of having their new FOR SALE stuff there if it's all "look, but don't touch"?

I saw a compact IH/Case (#?) that was labeled "Made in Korea". I asked the "sales guy" who actually made it - LS, or? He said he didn't know. Geez.

My favorite thing as a kid at the fair was climbing and sitting on the tractors. Must be why I have so many today.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .21 inches rain.

I was wrong yesterday. Got another hour and half mowing, my nearer section less dense. Not great, but that much closer to getting done. Will see what today brings.

Sophie has decided it’t time to replace our mattress cal king. Did some research. Mind boggling, and expensive.

In town Happy Hour this afternoon

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Popgadget]

"Please don't climb on" signs by their display. I thought that was pretty stupid. Kids (adults too) climbing up to the work station is a ton of fun and gets them interested and asking questions... If they're scared of them getting scratched of damaged(?), they're missing the point of being there.

Last year I was at the Grange Fair with my Grandson, there was a Kubota L6060 just like mine on display.
He immediately climbed up into it and into the seat and beeped the horn.
The salesman came running and when he told them it was just like his, they let him free range. Keep in mind, he wasn’t 3 yet, and just seeing him climb in would scare most suburban moms.

 

[rswyan]

80F and partly cloudy @ 12:30, heading up to around 83F for the day's high.

Woman was out around back, came in for lunch and ate, announced She was headed back out. Told her She might want to put a pair of pants before She went back out ... ... (think She was somewhere in the process of changing when She made the announcement ... )

She also said She was going to fill up dump cart with rest of the leaves (area had been in sun earlier) ... so I would have "something to do" when I got out there ...

Pie and ice cream last night was good.

Slow getting rolling today.

Seems like should be dry enough to finish the compacting and grading for the garden.

And there is enough intermittent cloud cover today that I should be able to get more of weed block fabric cut.

Also will check the mealworm feeder and Japanese beetle traps.

Buppies - you guys are in our thoughts and prayers. We've been down that road several times ... it's tough stuff.

Hope all those with spousal health issues have quick and complete healing.

Happy Birthdays to Mostly and NH.

Hope everyone has a good Monday ...

 

[sodamo]

Extra prayers, Buppies

 

[sodamo]

Morning all.
This is not far from me up in NH! How you doing @Thomas and @NHBX ?
Pic taken by Casey Michelle on Facebook.
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Wow, not good.