Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

success getting son moved off my phone plan, now it’s just me, and 44GB all by myself to use in a week before I switch. That’s what Verizon wireless gets for screwing me, should have done this a long long time ago. It also got my son paying for his own service.
Way to go Buckeyes.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Same here. Been years since helping Dad load cattle to take them to Lexington. Finally got someone to haul them after we round them up in the pens. I remember during one of his last hospital stays I told him all the cattle have been picked up and sold at the auction in Lexington. The land was leased to relatives in the cattle business after he died.

Wish we could find someone to lease the farm to

 

[txdon]

Wish we could find someone to lease the farm to

The fences, pens and the grass has to be in good shape. He always spent more on feed, new fences and pens than he made selling calves.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The fences, pens and the grass has to be in good shape. He always spent more on feed, new fences and pens than he made selling calves.

It's unbelievable how much things have grown up since dad sold off the cows. And fences haven't been repaired in years now, so it would take a lot to keep cattle there now. However, hay fields are still in decent shape.

 

[Looking4new]

I got the north field cut today and my new "off road diesel' stickers installed on both oil tanks and the hood of the Kioti near the fill hole.

I've been heating with ORD since I got the furnace installed in 1995. It is a mid efficiency forced air oil furnace that is still 85% efficient. It is a Hunter furnace with a Beckett burner.

When I bought this place in 1994, (I've no idea how old the house is), it had a steel roof and the same roof is there to this day. I heard they are guaranteed for 50 years.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. Light wind, 1 inch in rain gauge, rest of day overcast with more drizzle in evening, high temp was 78ºF. Nap then help with fish fry setup, came home watch recorded news, then back to work the fish fry. Bid on and won 4 people crappie fish trip on lake includes fish cleaning. Several items brought over $2K. Brought home some leftover catfish and sides.
resuming 8/27/25 5:17PM CDT post 210,654:
Dennis nice pics, my guess fox, good looking road block.
Randy(wag) bit more rain, nice. Glad town trip so successful. Nice property rate drop! Hope feet work went well.
Kyle glad you got your student workers back. I understand about the spreadsheets, I don't do many as well. Glad to hear son's tennis game coming along, hope he continues to improve.
Bill sorry you had so much trouble with line guys and meter readers.
Buppies glad good dinner and Holly ate well.
Thursday 3:32 AM CDT:
Drew enjoy the cool of the day.
Ron Glad shopping, blade sharpening and mowing all went well and porch time with Sassy. Nice pic, way different background in pic.
Drew hope you get good new neighbor.
Scott(vt)glad Wednesday went well. Hope good trip to VT. Hope you get some time to activate the state park.
Buppies hope paperwork went well.
Mike glad you got more pasture cut. Nice catch on horse and bad shoe. Hope fuel runs and mowing went well.
Dennis 46 downright cool. for August morning temp.
Happy(NC) glad you got flush valves installed, and PEX work went well. Hope dog was entertained. Hope oil change went well if done.
Don glad you got some rain. Sorry about irrigation line damage, glad you could get it fixed. Congrats on new pole pruner, glad it works.
Drew glad new trimmer works well. I can tell very quickly when on string breaks.
Lou sorry you got rained out this year.
Tom(eng) in Missouri legal to hunt coyotes year round, some counties had bounties on them.
Don sorry about meter hassle. Bill size jump with new meter?
Bill hope good day in the rabbit hole.
Frits glad mowing went well. hope you were able to decide what you wanted to work on.
ArlyA hope trail blazing and mowing went well.
Tom(eng) thanks for clarification on coyotes.
Ken glad pool cleaned up, hope busy at day job good thing.
Kyle hope your mom's cardiac appointment went well.
ArlyA more deer in St Louis than in the Ozarks, and no place with good shots
Billy long day between driving and hiking, sorry Della missed out. Never had or made banana pancakes, sorry about not greasing the griddle.
Bill hope good day in rabbit hole again.
Dennis who did you go with that uses Verizon network?
Drew nice you got rid of the mold. Hope watermelon ready to pick
David hope new mower works out for you.
Dftodd not the record you expect to set in August!!
Buppies same in Missouri on coyotes, not sure about Texas.
Peter(tug) if coyotes in pack, they will hunt larger prey, especially dogs, one coyote will decoy dog back to pack.
more catch up later.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, 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, Eye recovery, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /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, Middle East War, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee has been poured. 44° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 75° with sunny skies. Got tractor cleanup and greased yesterday. Got company in afternoon. So back field grass did not get cut. Started to prune shrubs around house. That did not go far. Buried down in second shrub was a large hornets nest. Will get out before sunup and spray it.

Hope to get back field grass cut in afternoon.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good Sunday morning to all
50 out now going all the way up to 80 in sunshine today

RS, great looking veggies
what do you two do with all those cucumbers?
not sure how to put them away, pickled?

need to wake up. Up early with Ron.
good morning Sassy.

 

[Spike56]

Good Morning from Central Texas.

About 5am, 79 degrees / mid 70's dew point. A 90% chance for rain later. Will see, the NWS is wrong more than right.
Hauled 12 head to auction yesterday. (3) mine, (9) F.I.L. Cattle prices are very good between 2.80 to 3.10/lb.
Closest call I ever had to being seriously hurt as big cow with horns came after me. Had me turned around and missed running me down by 2 inches. UGH. Cow smashed into pen fence, now work to repair.
Would like to get rid of the cattle. But, going Wildlife Exemption requires more efforts. Plus, FIL and I run adjacent lands and he wouldn't want to do that.

Waiting on Rains !

Hope all had a great day.

 

[daugen]

hope it's a gentle rain Spike, no arroyo busters...

we could use a little rain here, going into a dry time
last year I was on the road in late august and wasn't here to water, lost
one of my willow shrubs. It's replacement seems happy and if it hasn't rained in several weeks,
will go take a pail of water to it. I only do that the first year of planting.
That area is submerged half a dozen times a year anyway by the drainage ditch overflow

those missing shingles on my roof ripped off in a storm, same one that landed a huge tree on landlord's barn.
likely need a new roof but I'm sure this will drag on. I have called one place for an estimate, calling another today.
hard to get big companies to do little jobs

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Vt, 45 to start going to 70 or low 70’s. Clear skies as best as I can tell at this hour.

Built a campfire for the kids last night, they had a grand time. Hoping to go for a spin on the boat today when it warms up

I've called a "real" roofer but wonder if this was yours, what would you do?

Drew, I’m thinking it could be patched but if it was me I would rip it off and start over, and done right with modern shingles.

Hope all have a great day

 

[wngsprd]

48 and loving it...going to 77.

Ron, that's a tough looking nest...be careful.

Kyle, I got in the water with Della sometimes...feels good. We took a long hike yesterday, but I stayed dry...it was pretty cold.

Worked on my 3pt sprayer yesterday, doing a little plumbing repair...stayed too windy to spray.

 

[Thomas]

47F sunny day low 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...check game cams,Mrs.has 3 stops of goodies she would like in town,other than that slow motion putter day.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!
59 this morning with a little chance of rain. Got a brief shower after sunset. .10 in the gauge.

Yesterday was a relax day of sorts.
City folk are here for the weekend.
Taught the kids how to plasma cut a little on the old tank. Told them that I would show them how to put it back together today if they want so there maybe some welding in the shop.
We also cleared part of one of the trails covered from Helene. Taught them some chainsaw skills. May teach them some more today on another trail. All this teaching is getting some things done
Spent the rest of the day on the 4 wheelers and general "play"
More of the same today so we will see what gets done.
They brought their 2 dogs with them so Takoda had a great time all day. He was out cold after his bedtime treat. I don't think he moved all night. Good for him as he doesn't get a lot of social time.
The clan will be getting up soon so...

Time for a second cup
Everyone have a great and safe day!!

 

[daugen]

is your commute down to the supermarket just too stressful?
do you need more soothing?
Lincoln has your solution, all you need to do is contemplate the waterfall

begs the question what happens when one of these screens dies out of warranty, whooeeee

 

[riptides]

59 outside this AM. Heading to upper 70's.

Spent the last two days doing pasture work. Took the tractor from the pastures to the wood line. Cutting a path/clearing/trail over some ground that is usually wet. Not this time, this year. It was so dry I ended up making four cuts to the woods. Widening the path by double. Might as well take advantage of the dry conditions while we can.

Not much else going on, sipping coffee, browsing TBN.

Today will visit the National forest where my ranger daughter is working. Then an airport run to get the MIL back to her home. It will be good just getting some time with the wife again.

Hope all are enjoying the holiday weekend. Since it is labor day here in the US, I will do some more tree line work tomorrow. Should be a nice day for it. Be safe.

 

[daugen]

on a Sunday morning have been enjoying some organ music on my new speakers.
it's like discovering different sounds all over. Sounds I'd never heard before.
I particularly like the beginning of the first piece. Then it gets too loud and I have to turn it way down.
Really hard on my bad ear but oh what music
the second piece is on a really old organ in Spain.

I wonder how the air pumps work and how much cfm these systems make. Must be a lot to make a
prolonged low bass note.
Paul, PJS, this one's for you.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 69 going to 78 and sunny.
Took some time yesterday to try and straighten out the front plastic bumper on the Jeep.
Heat gun and some manipulation got it about half way out.
Did a bunch of little stuff and then dog walk at peddlars village, dog loved being mauled by the kids, lot of other dogs out.
More watering of the garden and some bushes, and a lot of leaf clearing from the pool.
Yellow Jacket nest is pretty quiet now, not sure if I will powder again, will go check in a bit for any activity.

Be well,

This mornings dog walk greeters

What a Yellow Jacket nest looks like when you accidentally rip the top off it with the forks.
The next night when I checked it, this whole area was covered in sleeping YJs. Easy to see why they were angry with my tractor.

 

[daugen]

yellow jackets are not your friends
alpha insect with a bad attitude

got food shopping done, had fun with my 10 % off coupon, tried a few new things

my first job is changing the water filters on house, bet they are nice and gunked up.
Jet well pump sends a lot of junk down the line, mostly rust colored

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
47° when I woke up, 71 and climbing now. Another beautiful day.
Went to Portland yesterday, didn’t get much done around here.
I puttered around a bit this morning, got the auger on the tractor do a bit more fence work today, but I’m going to take advantage of the nice day and fly the little airplane out to lunch first.