Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

I recorded a couple birds dancing in my driveway, don’t know what they are.

 

[riptides]

52 outside this AM, grey, and raining. Next ten days looks to be about the same according to the people who attempt to predict weather.

No loose horse this AM. Fence showed no sign of where she got out yesterday. And the electric is good. Luckly there is enough to keep all the animals entertained and closed in if they every did managed to escape.

Not much accomplished yesterday. It was a real job day.

Not much on the agenda today, was hoping to get to last pasture but the rain put a stop to that idea.

Hope all have a good day. Be safe.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Heard the farmers hydro whining late into the night as he was trying to get planted before the rain.
Nothing on gauge yet.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Checking in from Day 7 of hell. Totally not read GM
Doctor yesterday, pneumonia, xrays to confirm.
Bag of meds

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

glad to hear your on the mend.

and I knew Popgadget was working hard when I went by his place yesterday morning in the rv going home about 9:30 am and honked three times.
I bet he wondered who that idiot was honking.

as I go off this morning looking for commercial veggies, Bonnie plants five bucks each??
I sure will be motivated next year to do what RS is doing, growing from scratch.
5 bucks for a tomato plant makes the food expensive
3 for 10 is what I'm hunting

RS, do you ship?

Yep, $5 for a young tomato that they planted 5 weeks ago...

67°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 80°. More rain coming this afternoon and into tomorrow. Had a couple of small thunderstorms wake us overnight, but nothing severe here.

Need to try to get at least the fenced in yards mowed today for the dogs to do their thing. Also, need to spend some time finding out why the pond fountain stopped yesterday.

We didn't pay either, Ken. Just accepted the loss of data back to the last complete backup and moved on. We call it "The Black Hole." All of our customers and suppliers have been not only understanding, but very kind in helping our efforts to rebuild what we can.

Good Morning, Gents.

Our small hospital 25 miles south of here was a victim. They paid $17000. Then they went out of business about a year later.

When I burned oil, I started doing the cleaning myself, after finding the “professional “ guy installing the wrong nozzle. He was guaranteeing a return visit. It’s not hard. Reminds me it still takes up space in my basement.

Not doing a ride along today, am very nervous.

Hoping your son has safe travels. I had anxiety of having a wreck, after having a mishap back when I was 16.

Yep. Time to privatize the USPS.

Yep. Too many slackers and thieves at the USPS. Not all of them, but some bad apples.

4.5 hours of cutting I think I lost weight BP 134/82 lots of stitches very sore resting. God was watching your son BEF

Yes, that wrecked car was tough to look at, but the engineering and God protected him.

Good story L4N

Thanks BEF, RNG 60 plus now removed numerous others frozen

Prayers Buppies. Keep getting better.

Decided spontaneously yesterday early to take my wife to the AT up on Thunder Ridge where I saw millions of trillium and mayapple blooming at this time, last year. She loved it. Then we hiked down to Apple Orchard Falls. Had the trail and bottom sitting area to ourselves. Always surprises me when such a treasure has no one there.

Great! thanks for sharing.

30F going to sunny 68F today.

We have goslings!

At least 3 eggs hatched. I'm not sure if there are any more eggs to hatch, but I did see 3.

Even though they hatched as of yesterday morning, the mom goose sat on the nest all day yesterday and never left. So as of now, she and the goslings have sat there for 24 hours or so. I'm expecting they might be up, out, and running around today-- we will see.

Everyone have a great day !!!

Love seeing them hatch. Glad they made it to cover. Score on the diesel tank.

Good Morning.
It’s 57°, high just under 80 this afternoon , after the fog burns off.

Not many chores will get done today, I’ll gather up the trash and recycling, bring in a load of ice for the daughters cold therapy machine, but then I’ve got to head to the airport.

Taking a group to Louisville for the Derby. Not staying, just dropping them off and picking them up on Sunday.
The FBO is charging a “special event fee” of $3100 to drop them off and the same to pick them up. I suggested that they go somewhere else rather than being victims of greed, but they said to pay it.
Gives you some insight as to what a weekend at the Derby must cost…..

A $6200 touch and go. I would expect that on an aircraft carrier maybe....I guess they fund the entire year off of this weekend.
Enjoy seeing the progress on your plasma cutting.

Got behind, then hard to catch up, I had to skip a few posts. Busy here, running low on energy when I get home from work.

Prayers for our team, our nation, ****** and Ukraine.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

And happy birthday to the grandkids y'all.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 51F @ 5:00AM. Windy at times with rain likely. High 59F. SSE winds at 20 to 30 mph, decreasing to 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 100%. 1 to 2 inches of rain expected. Higher wind gusts possible.
It just started raining a few minutes ago, with a healthy cell approaching from the west. Tomorrow should be back to dry.

Bounced around all day yesterday, packing more metal into the trailer, painting the drop gate on the old 24' trailer, getting the solar panel charging again up at the gate by just taking apart and reconnecting the wires. That was too easy, and I don't expect the fix to last. Loaded four buckets of lead into the trailer, piled more scrap wood on top, piled grass clippings from down south on the mulch/ash pile, and replaced the battery in the Kubota side-by-side. Before that I used the new battery with the little spot welder and got some strong welds, so the old battery I had been trying turned out to be the problem. Just generally stayed busy fixing and packing.

Today i switch back to inside jobs, mostly patching holes and painting walls. The garage looks like someone locked a flock of woodpeckers in there. Not my fault; I bought it that way. Probably some cleaning as well.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend...

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 71˚F dark clouds staying in the 70s all day with a change of rain each hour from 10-40%.

Still waiting for the grass to dry so I can mow, each day that passes I will have to raise the cut.

Looking at a fixer-upper house will find out more next week.

 

[gstrom99]

I spent 3 hours spraying 41% glyphosate yesterday early afternoon, to kill pasture grass on a newly acquired hunting spot. Nice, sunny afternoon and evening. This morning, I awake to thunder, lightning and heavy rain (again). I hope the "after a few hours - it's rainfast" is correct and I didn't waste my time/money.

We've had about 3" of needed rain in the last two weeks. The rivers are running high and fast.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 52 going to 62 and rain is slowly coming in.
Too bad as we are off to beer fest with a big group of friends later.

Washington Crossing Brewfest

www.washingtoncrossingbrewfest.com

Too bad I can't drink anymore :-(

Did get the tractor out and moved more fallen ash to the pile.
And got the brushcutter running. It did not like the mixed gas but ran on the pre-mixed.
The Echo blower, hedgetrimmer and chain saw all run fine with my mix.
Piles are getting big.

We also saw the first fawn yesterday, must have just been born, was still walking with legs going in multiple directions

Wagtail - good you caught the infection early.

Got some more mud on the ceiling, hopefully do the last sanding and paint tomorrow during the rain.

I still have a lot of standing dead Ash in the front woods and the back area.
Even with the strong winds they seem to hold up until they just completely fall apart on the way down.

be well,

 

[nforktractor]

tried to plan an rv trip over Memorial Day and gave up, most places booked up.
So this evening I worked up a trip down to Washington NC week after next.
Stopping at a Watermelon Park along the Shenandoah River in Berryville VA on the way home, Monday 13th.
may stay another day if in no rush to get home
am hoping my brother and wife can stop over and pull up a chair if the weather is nice.

up and out fairly early tomorrow, Spring clean up at the private school I volunteer at.
I'm trying to avoid weeding this year, plus it's pretty dry out there and weeding would be challenging.
So my job is to use my Makita cordless drill and planting auger and offer assistance to the planting ladies who have lots of gardens
to plant tomorrow. And some of the flowers they are planting I grew for them.
I think each of the lower grades has a class garden also.

just plain run out of energy

Just a couple of miles east of Watermelon Park (I live nearby) just off of RT 7 (on Pine Grove Rd) is the "Horseshoe Curve Restaurant and Bar" run by Tracy Wink and her husband Jim. Tracy's Grandfather started it in 1946, very cool place, a good hole in the wall place. Tracy makes a fantastic bacon cheesburger and they have a good selection of craft beers. Unfortunately, they are closed on Mon and Tue's.

 

[Buppies]

L4N in past experience with those folks you might find calling them directly will offer a solution.

Sodamo hope eye procedure was a success prayers sent

57 high maybe 68 showers all day off and on we need desperately

Finished job yesterday even got paid driveways are getting expensive. If showers give opening will go look at more work today maybe work on battery. Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Anna Maria Island, 72 going to 81 ! Another sunny day with blue skies ! Vacation is slowly winding down, we leave Tuesday and Wednesday is back to reality!

Went with Kathleen for an hour long walk to Coquina Beach ! By almost 10 am it was starting to get a bit warm for walking ! Today looks to be another good beach day !

Hope all have a great day and enjoy their weekend !

 

[Buppies]

wngsprd exciting time new puppy I am excited for you pictures I hope

Ron you have been busy

 

[daugen]

Just a couple of miles east of Watermelon Park (I live nearby) just off of RT 7 (on Pine Grove Rd) is the "Horseshoe Curve Restaurant and Bar" run by Tracy Wink and her husband Jim. Tracy's Grandfather started it in 1946, very cool place, a good hole in the wall place. Tracy makes a fantastic bacon cheesburger and they have a good selection of craft beers. Unfortunately, they are closed on Mon and Tue's.

thanks, sounds perfect except for timing. My brother is coming to pick me up for lunch on the 13th and asked me where to go, due to how rural this place is. Just a little river town on the Shenandoah, has a post office so I guess it's a town
not a lot there for sure
but I try to find places near water if I can
was a hard core boater for 25 years, hard to stay away from the water.
I'm happy to take pictures of it now

this looks like a cool place to send up my camera drone.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s a cool 53° this morning under a cloudy sky. Not going to warm up, rain is likely later.

Yesterday’s trip went as well as it could considering I had an 8 hour wait in SC. We did find a local BBQ joint for lunch.
It didn’t disappoint, but it reminded me how regionalized BBQ is. I had ribs, and while they were good, they were prepared and trimmed a lot different than what I usually do.

My daughter was wondering when I would get home so she checked my location via apple’s app. Her timing was perfect,

She caught me as we were waiting to take off from SC. Today’s technology is pretty amazing.

Not sure what I should get into today, but I’m sure that I’ll figure something out. I should mow, but it looks like it could rain any minute.

 

[Buppies]

Personally I prefer NC bbq just saying

 

[nforktractor]

thanks, sounds perfect except for timing. My brother is coming to pick me up for lunch on the 13th and asked me where to go, due to how rural this place is. Just a little river town on the Shenandoah, has a post office so I guess it's a town
not a lot there for sure
but I try to find places near water if I can
was a hard core boater for 25 years, hard to stay away from the water.
I'm happy to take pictures of it now

this looks like a cool place to send up my camera drone.

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Another place nearby we like to go to walk or bike is the Cool Springs Civil War battlefield, it is just east of the Shenandoah River, and just north of RT 7, might be a good place to fly the drone. It was once a golf course (Virginia National) they went out of business, Shenandoah University bought it, and now it is a preserved civil war site (1,226 acres). There are 2 paths that the golf carts used, one south and one north, each 2.5 miles, and there are, 9 signs that explain the battle and it's aftermath. There is a scenic overlook, and there the path is pretty steep, I haven't made it all the way up yet (67 yo) but we're working on it!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Just a couple of miles east of Watermelon Park (I live nearby) just off of RT 7 (on Pine Grove Rd) is the "Horseshoe Curve Restaurant and Bar" run by Tracy Wink and her husband Jim. Tracy's Grandfather started it in 1946, very cool place, a good hole in the wall place. Tracy makes a fantastic bacon cheesburger and they have a good selection of craft beers. Unfortunately, they are closed on Mon and Tue's.

I'll have to try that sometime.

Used to be an unmarked airport over in that area, probably associated with Mt Weather, but I can't find it on google maps any more..

My office secretary from the early 1980s, after she retired, built a log cabin down in the Rt 50 area just east of the river. Pretty down in that area.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

52 deg.
Good breakfast with the gang, but my wife didn't go. Since it was raining we just sat around for good while.
No other plans for the day.
Since it's cool, I started the pellet stove to make sure it will work after the exhaust motor replacement, and make sure the pipe is sealed good. All is well, Tiger just found it was on, and hopped on for a warm bed.

popgadget, I use the apple app to watch my son drive to and from work. The day he wrecked, I had just seen where he was and was expecting him to get home any minute....

 

[daugen]

I'll be looking forward to some of these in my salad tonight
rain just starting to come in, should be light

I'm not much on battlefields, never have been, but understand the history and the importance.
mass graveyards take my breath away
may we never have another civil war where we are pitted against each other
though today's media would have us marching off to something every moment.

Popgadget, I gave my older brother a SPOT worldwide gps locator/transmitter a few years back to take with him on his sailing trips.
I think this is his 40th year, maybe his last, his friends
in mid 70's are losing their ability to crew a big sailboat.
But I reminded him his grandson could follow where his boat
goes using the SPOT and software on his phone. Not sure if he worked that out.