Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[Kyle_in_Tex]

So we are changing our internet provider from dsl (phone line) to a small dish on an antenna mast. The speed is great, but they had to put the mast up 48 feet. :shocked:

Needless to say, our place looks like a command center now. Plus, I'm suspect about the telescoping mast and guy wire installation. I don't think it will stand the test of time.

We are thrilled to go from < 1 Mg/sec to 6 Mg/sec. But hate the mast....what to do, what to do?

 

[pacerron]

Ron, your place looks like a golf course. Nice.

Kyle,
Only because of excess rain and colder than normal temps. I usually mow 1-2 times after taking some hay off in the spring. I use an 8' finish mower to keep the multiflora roses. locust trees, and other pests from taking over the fields. It is faster than brush hogging and cuts the grass up much finer so it will rot in over winter to fertilize a bit. This year it will probably be 4 cuts as I have done it 3 times already. This weather has resulted in the worst garden year in memory.
It is thundering and black outside right now so no moon shots tonight.
To get an idea in my mind of what it might look like I modified yesterday's picture and added a reduced size copy of the supermoon that we took back on June 23rd.
This will have to whet Lou's appetite till we get some good weather.
Ron

 

[Lou66]

That is a nice picture Ron.. I take a few pictures myself and have a few of the moon.. We may have to open us a thread,, that a picture tells the story.. Nothing better than a tractor kicking up dust at sundown.. Lou

 

[farmgirl19]

I take photos of sunrises and sunsets and even some shots of the moon. I also play with pics of the water gardens and the water lilies, etc. If y'all start a new thread, please let me know where to find it, 'cause I love to look at neat photos. Mine don't always measure up to others, but can be fun, anyway.

Pacerron, that is a really cool photo of your pond and the moon!

 

[jinman]

Ron, don't know if the Moon would intersect the tree line in the water's reflection, but if it did it would be behind the trees. Just a small gotcha.

 

[pacerron]

I take photos of sunrises and sunsets and even some shots of the moon. I also play with pics of the water gardens and the water lilies, etc. If y'all start a new thread, please let me know where to find it, 'cause I love to look at neat photos. Mine don't always measure up to others, but can be fun, anyway.

Pacerron, that is a really cool photo of your pond and the moon!

FG19,
Remember it is not real. Just a sandwich of 4 layers with different blending modes and different opacities.
Layer 5 was you doing the rain dance in the shadow of the trees under the full moon. It is raining here now.
Ron

 

[farmgirl19]

FG19,
Remember it is not real. Just a sandwich of 4 layers with different blending modes and different opacities.
Layer 5 was you doing the rain dance in the shadow of the trees under the full moon. It is raining here now.
Ron

I'm glad to know that my dancing skills are still bringing rains!

And I knew you composed the shot, but I still think it is cool!

 

[bindian]

Kyle,
Only because of excess rain and colder than normal temps. I usually mow 1-2 times after taking some hay off in the spring. I use an 8' finish mower to keep the multiflora roses. locust trees, and other pests from taking over the fields. It is faster than brush hogging and cuts the grass up much finer so it will rot in over winter to fertilize a bit. This year it will probably be 4 cuts as I have done it 3 times already. This weather has resulted in the worst garden year in memory.
It is thundering and black outside right now so no moon shots tonight.
To get an idea in my mind of what it might look like I modified yesterday's picture and added a reduced size copy of the supermoon that we took back on June 23rd.
This will have to whet Lou's appetite till we get some good weather.
Ron

Awesome looking photo and your place also. We all need to have a Texas TBN picnic there.
hugs, Brandi

 

[farmgirl19]

Great idea, bindian! Pacerron, are y'all planning on making the trek to Oshkosh in 2015? We could all meet up at your place, either coming or going!

 

[sseelhoff]

Yeh, I know. I needed a little more sky height for the moon but was too lazy to make it

Which way does the water swirl when you flush, south of the Mason Dixon Line?

Trick question. We don't use those fancy flushing inside water closets south of the Mason Dixon line.