Good morning!!!!

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. (Apparently it's a 'holiday' today; "8 Hour Workday") The overnight Low was 18.1C and it's presently 24C, overcast and calm. There was 0.2mm in the gauge... hey, every little bit helps.

Yesterdays predicted High was a 'bust'. Briefly made it to 26C, which was good.

If this temperature 'holds', I'll be able to tackle the Paddock #5 clean-up this arvo.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

PJ, thanks for checking in. Hope all is well.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good lunch at Italian place. Got a sub, so no leftover for tonight. When I get pasta I bring half home.
My wife wanted me to put together slides of Hawaii trip to show tonight, spent afternoon doing that, finished just as we had to leave.
So ended up rushing thru some pictures, still took about 40 minutes. I didn’t want to take up that much of peoples time, but they were free to leave. Even showed the Sodamo rainbow.
Snowing like crazy when we left, roads were getting slushy.
Wife didn’t say a word about the new glaring light on the house when we pulled up. I didn’t tell her I installed it, but she might have seen me.

 

[PJSprog]

Evening PJ

Evening, Buppies.

PJ, thanks for checking in. Hope all is well.

I'm fantastic! Thanks for asking BEF.

 

[Looking4new]

3/4" of snow since yesterday evening and all day today. Not going to plow it, tomorrow will be about 37°F. Bye, bye snow. freezing and a little below overnights all week and well above freezing in the daytime.

 

[scootr]

Washed the car and went for a drive... then seat time mowing the lower field. Grasses, Fiddleneck, and Mustard 2+ ft tall already ... a little wet to mow but it needed to be cut before it went to seed. Trying to let the fine stem grasses take over so didn't cut the area it has taken over so it can seed. 2nd cut this winter...although it's hardly winter any more. 1 week into March.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 34ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind, mostly clear, high temp was 62ºF. Made coffee then chapel setup help, then chapel and breakfast with the group. Clean up leaves on front porch, the putter till lunch then nap. Putter then grief share then shrimp for dinner. Found model number on for cooktop on blower housing, passed info to repairman.
Scaredy good to hear from you. I am glad the pain level has been lowered. Sorry you have to relearn how to walk. Check in anytime! Congrats on new grandchild.
Ron sorry for the return of winter. Hope you got to see NASCAR and got the clocks reset. Nice cardinal.
Helo potential sales sound strong. Hope new salesman works out. Hope forest dries out soon. Sorry about early rising. Hope new Mod3 works out. Hope guy can sell your old car.
Billy glad you got your taxes done. I understand the frustration.
Bill hope taxes work out for you. Sorry you may need to go north.
Drew glad you got a good night's sleep. Sorry you can't find the pill box. Hope you have a good place for the moonfloweres.
Thomas hope you can handle all that snow. Nice snow pics.
Frits hope welder works/ Sorry D may not get to go to Columbia. Nice flower pic.
Don we did have some frost up here. Glad you got car washed.
Buppies glad good sleep last night. prayers sent.
Mike hope you get better furniture scheduling. Hope you can dry our soon.
Paul nice save on the pulley. Hope you more progress in the shop today.
Dark all but 1 clock changed (truck)
Ken(tinhack) my sympathy and condolences on loss of your mother. I like the idea of Celebration of life passed loved ones.
Ken sorry about the roof leak. Glad shelves ar up and material getting organized. Sorry about crocuses. Hope cleanup progressed today and reorg is starting soon.
Scott(vt) hope parade and friend time good.
Drew sorry no C8 drool time.
Dennis glad you got stove going
PJ good to hear from you hope all is well on your end.
David how much has grass been growing? Glad fridge sold.
RS sorry about snow, glad it melted quick. glad progress on wiring. Sorry plumbing so involved on tub install.
Drew thanks for info on sandwich.
Kyle good to hear son ran well and did personal best. Hope you get tip working right on Plasma machine. Good to hear you made it to church. Sorry about leak in bed. Nice cooktop.
Scaredy congrats on 2,000 posts.
Dennis sounds like plenty of pics. Sorry no attaboy from wife.
Bill sorry no seat time from snow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking lots of hot coffee. 26° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 57° with lots of sun shine. Yesterday was a conserve energy day. Not going to do that today. Hope to finish USB port install done. Then some yard cleanup. Yesterdays winds dropped a whole new supply of limbs on the ground.
Things are looking up.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[sodamo]

Tinhack, sorry for your loss. Prayers for you and family.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
Cold and windy today starting at 30 and only going up to 40! 22 mph winds will keep me indoors!
Never tried N.Shore roast beef sandwich.
Wife has a few errands to do today. Looks like I will probably play in the shop.

Health wise we are both ok. I'm having issues with my acid reflux again. Not sure what I ate to set it off! Usually takes a few days to get the system back to manageable. Have a doc meeting in April for my annual endoscopy. If it comes back clean they want to up it to every 3 years! Let's hope! Arthritis in my hands and neck is ramping up. Not sure if weather related. Cold and damp lately here.
Working on a few projects in the shop. Waiting for a special piece of wood I bought.
Guess that's it for now. Pic of a quick project I banged out for the upcoming holiday. Wife wanted one with no hair. Eyes will be added later when they come in.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!
Put a small piece of red string in the pipe to simulate burning tobacco.

 

[sodamo]

I’ve ranted about property taxes before. A retired couple living in a million dollar house most likely doesn’t use the tax paid resources of a family of 4 living in a $200k house, definitely not 4 or 5xs.

Education and affordable housing seem to be the forever election issues, hence they will never get fixed. Here in Hawaii education budget is state funded, not local property taxes.

Here, something like 1/4 of the employees are in a government funded job. State law is once a government position hits the books that cost is mandated in the budget.

Last budget cycle included a significant property tax increase. RE taxes are tied to market value. Market values had gone up. Head of the county council tried to convince me that state laws mandate a balanced budget, hence the budget had to be increased to match the assessment increase, not the other way around.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
what a windy night, had to go turn heat up in greenhouse, all the heat was getting blown out of it
wind continues today
should be a nice sunny but windy day today, very Spring like.
will make my trip to TSC for propane, maybe pick up a little more potting mulch while I"m there.
all of these flowers that can't find a home will find them in a couple dozen leftover nursery plastic pots I have.
Going to fill them all up and then hose them down with Deer-Off.
otherwise likely I'm just filling up the buffet line for the deer.

forsythia is starting to show a little yellow, expect this week it may pop when it gets much warmer in a few days

Scaredy, nice to hear from you.

PJ, you too, but fantastic is good

Phil, don't light the poor guy's beard on fire!
your talents are remarkable, nice work

Monday morning, here we go again

 

[riptides]

38 outside this AM, heading to mid 50's today.

The wind is still pretty strong here since yesterday. Lots of power outages in the area.

Hope all fare well today. Be safe.

 

[daugen]

each day from now on, for a while, gets longer by just under three minutes.
2 minutes and 40 seconds to be exact here.
In one month that's more than an hour of daylight.
all good
but I bet it's on some kind of curve

still dark out here at 6:30am
I would like light from 6am to 9pm.
then once it gets dark, you go to sleep.
wake up at 5.
I think I got my great grandfather's farmer genes,
up early, bed early.

 

[daugen]

Scaredy, don't worry about the labels here. I always thought they were a little silly but I understand the game.
nobody pays any attention to them

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 17 and going to a high of 37°F. Wind WNW 11 mph. Sunny.

This is the kind of spring I like. Just a slow and steady freeze thaw cycle. Nothing floods.

Today is a conserve energy day, I may call my dispatcher and give him the sad news.

Have a safe day all

 

[wngsprd]

32 going to 59 and windy again.

Wind knocked our power out last night while we were eating dinner...so it was by candlelight. Came back on in 15 minutes.

Tinhack, sorry you lost your mom...sounds like she gave and received a lot of love.

PJ, good to hear from you.

Sodamo, when our R/E assessment goes up, they most often lower the tax rate to reciprocate. County administration does a good fiscal management job. Tax rate is $0.81/$100 of value. This pays for schools, law enforcement, everything. No other taxes except annual fee for vehicles and boats. Very good schools. But, not enough parks, in my opinion.

Got in a dump run and a hike to the river yesterday...up high and all the creeks flowing fast.

Have a great 311 Day.

 

[Looking4new]

Wind knocked our power out last night while we were eating dinner...so it was by candlelight. Came back on in 15 minutes.

Candlelight dinners used to be so romantic. Now they are an inconvenience.

 

[wngsprd]

Son ran well Thursday night, but got beat. He improved his 800m time by 5 seconds, personal record. Competition getting tougher.

The church was having a garage sale. I bought this stainless cooktop, to hopefully make an outdoor cooker someday.

Congrats to your son. Shaving off 5 seconds is quite a feat.

Nice cooktop!

 

[Thomas]

Glad you and your bride are doing well PJ.