Good morning!!!!

[riptides]

52 out this AM. I was sweating in a tee shirt most of the day yesterday. Sheesh. I am cleaning up the yard as others are probably doing the same. The weather kind of snuck up on us. Today looks to be in the upper 70's. Wow. I'll take that.

Got a new issue here, some skunk (s) seems to have been scurrying about the place the last week or so. The smell is overwhelming, so it is really close and either the barn cats or the horses are spooking it. Guess I'll get the traps out today. Not a pleasant thing to walk outside to. WHAM!

LOL.

Have a great day all, be safe!

 

[Eric Salop]

Eric, interesting bike, is that yours?

Not mine, I always preferred more classic looking frames, although I must admit my first ever mountain bike was a GT Karakorum, bought more for it's unconventional looks than practicality of weight.

I do still have a vintage road bike made with a 531 plain gauge frame and 531 double butted forks that was built by the once legendary Claud Butler, when he was still brazing the frames himself. His branding was later used on mass produced bikes, which had little in common except the name on the top tube.

 

[Eric Salop]

Stormy Doris has finally left us to go onto a tour of Holland and Germany. I have just got back from checking our fields for damage, just one tree down across my boundary fence with it's roots lifting out the fence on my neighbors side. At least neither of us have stock in there at the moment, so I can take my time with the chainsaw.

Heard from a friend who asked if I had any spare 32" x 24" slates, he lost 3 from his house, letting the rain pour in through the unfelted roof and has a tree down through one of his barns. Local news showed pictures of many trucks on their sides and numerous cars crushed by falling trees. Quite a few people have been seriously injured and a young lady killed by wind blown debris outside a Starbucks coffee shop. Unfortunately this has been one of those times when the weather forecasters sometimes hyped up predictions proved to be very accurate.

Rain this morning and spotty all day.

Hope it's not infectious and the spots soon clear Phil.

 

[Looking4new]

Good Morning! 28 and only looking at a high of 30 and more snow. I gotta go out and scrape the frozen slush down later this fine morning.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Oh OH, I can answer this one. Just put a radio on in the garage on a talk radio station.

I can vouch that music doesn't slow them down. Carolina wrens (IIRC) are notorious and very brave about putting nests in most anyplace in a barn. Maybe have to figure out which talk radio to play? Which direction would y'all feel that Carolina wrens lean? I'll play the other side's radio station for a bit to see if it tees them off enough to leave. Just kidding. No politics.

Got a new issue here, some skunk (s) seems to have been scurrying about the place the last week or so. The smell is overwhelming, so it is really close and either the barn cats or the horses are spooking it. Guess I'll get the traps out today. Not a pleasant thing to walk outside to. WHAM!

LOL.

Have a great day all, be safe!

Be sure to tie a long rope to the trap so you can drag it away. One neighbor says he drags them into their pond.

Not mine, I always preferred more classic looking frames, although I must admit my first ever mountain bike was a GT Karakorum, bought more for it's unconventional looks than practicality of weight.

I do still have a vintage road bike made with a 531 plain gauge frame and 531 double butted forks that was built by the once legendary Claud Butler, when he was still brazing the frames himself. His branding was later used on mass produced bikes, which had little in common except the name on the top tube.

I used to have a Dawes (IIRC)? Not sure, but it may have been made in Birmingham England. It was made in the '70's. We called them "English racers" here.

All I have left from my younger days is my trusty unicycle. It is getting a bit harder to ride it at my age, but I can still go forward and make some turns. Just out of shape and practice on it.

That "gate" bike pic was cool. I just wonder how much the fenders slow you down as compared to without. I do like the look of fenders...classic. I also like Freddie Fender.

Did Dorris do any damage?



I'm off today, but busy day scheduled. My Finnly has an appointment with her counselor. I may put my young tomatoes in the ground and take a chance. I've wasted $3 in far worse ways before.

Having coffee that my beautiful wifey made. 8 o'clock brand decaf. A bit stronger than my favorite southern pecan decaf.

Good day all!

 

[ronjhall]

Need to pour second cup of coffee. 47° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 62° with sunny skies. Cool weather for this area next couple of days. Taking wife and friends to art & craft fair today.
Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

I may put my young tomatoes in the ground and take a chance

my hand reached out at Lowes and then came back, not yet...

But I did get some more strawberries, they are easy to cover in a frost.
And another weeping willow, and three more cypress and arborvitae to keep working
at my original woodline where the neighbors show through in the winter.
I had a big order with Burgess by mail order but they hadn't shipped in three weeks and could not
confirm shipping. Cancelled that order, will do it piecemeal locally.

 

[daugen]

Bicycling seems like such a great way to get outdoors and go on adventures, quietly. If one can get away from traffic particularly.
But those little seats would never do, where's the Big Bubba extra gel special? And none of that lean over stuff, back
and neck don't bend. Wind or solar powered? ok, ok, perhaps I should stick with my golf cart...

Going to have to admit that the best part of bicycling is admiring women in those sprayed on outfits going by.
Just looking for silver linings and the bright side since I can't ride a bike any more...

warming up nicely out, off to plant some trees in the sunshine.
This is what I had always hoped retirement would be.

 

[txdon]

Or keeping stray cats out. Mine still has one trapped inside. Tried to get it out again tonight.

Aww, give the kitty some food, water and a cat door. He/She has adopted you, you should be honored.
Or you could start a gofundme for the kitty.
Stray cat fund by Grace Chamberlain - GoFundMe

 

[Mousefield]

Still dark out but we did get a couple of more inches of snow overnight, should get to 45 today so hope most of it melts today.