Good morning!!!!

[Diwali]

It’s almost midnight here on the island so not quite morning. Tomorrow’s weather forecast seems grim so I’m happy I got the lawns cut earlier while we had sunshine. I had just finished servicing the Craftsman LT2000 having fitted new blades, belt and one spindle (I haven’t figured out why they fitted a grease nipple on the top of the spindle shaft as the bearings are sealed - it took half a cartridge of grease to fill it!). I was hoping to mow the orchard tomorrow but I guess that will have to wait for nicer weather.
Talking of the orchard, the fruit trees are finally coming to life after a long winter. This was the first time all the younger fruit trees from 2013 on have ever seen snow - not that we had a lot but it must have been a bit of a shock to the system for them. I did lose one plum tree planted in 2015 but all the other trees have survived. I hope the long winter and late spring don’t have too much effect on the fruit yield.
Time will tell!

 

[Diwali]

The Falcon X rocket flight is live now, just watched first stage land on a drone ship out at sea. Camera showed everything,
simply amazing. Space X's 8th launch already this year.

�� LIVE: TESS Launch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch of NASA Planet-Hunting TESS Satellite Mission - YouTube

I think the next interesting thing is in half an hour but it is really cool to see our future in progress.

Brilliant! Thanks for the heads up!

 

[daugen]

David, your view and Hawaiian flowers are amazing. Do you mow that whole multi-acre lawn? Looks really nice.

was working out at very end of lane when I did something similar to Roy, meaning I fell when I had no intention of doing so.
And in my case, I just walked backwards a foot too far while looking for cracks to fill with pavement sealer, and all of a sudden, there was
nothing under my feet. Watching the world start to spin my first thought was geez this isn't good. And then I slammed down into mud, thick bottom of the
ditch mud (thankfully) and did an almost perfect stick, with a small secondary hop. I'd score it an 7. And best of all, no one saw it...

My new hoe came in this afternoon but I was so tired by then, having hoed corn for about three hours today, that I only fiddled with it a little.
Very sharp, longer handle than my current hoe, which is good, less bending over
Front of cutting edge has picture of elephant with name Rogue on it.
So I guess my hoe has the power of a rogue elephant. Maybe the elephant
knows how to hoe all by itself...:thumbsup:

Disappointing amount of corn coming in. Lots of long bare spots.

Despite some lack of positional awareness today, it was a very nice day, not too hot,
one more please just like it.

Longwood Gardens, Ted that's funny. One of my favorite places, holiday shows, Spring bulbs, probably the finest
gardens in Philadelphia area. Any good gardener went to Longwood Gardens and for sure the Philadelphia Garden Show.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 60F for the start, mostly sunny this morning, and moderate wind. Got gusty today, clouded up to complete overcast and thought it might rain, and a high of 81F. Choir practice to start, followed by some window washing, then mowed front yard, but back did not really need it. Bike ride then dinner, but no nap .
Rick live north of Dallas, between Lake Ray Roberts, and Lake Texoma.
Prayers for all

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Looks like the low was 36* this morning. Yesterday wasn't to bad, mid 60's some clouds and wind. They are calling for a 70% chance of a shower today with the wind 20-30 mph. We might get another storm on Wednesday.

I'm not sure what I'll get done today. It just now started to snow.

Hope everyone has a good start to your week.
CWB.

My sister and family will be passing thru wy on I80 tomorrow.

 

[Thall303]

Below are two photos that I thought might interest The Red Neck Geek.

You would think it was brand new when up close

 

[RoyJackson]

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42 right now, high in the mid-60's.

Heading to CT for a couple audits today (which is why I'm up so early)...going to be a long day

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all, if Diwali could just slow down that belt of rain coming over from the west, I may get to enjoy a few dry hours before it makes it over the mountains to us. The grass is struggling to put on some decent growth, but the weeds are doing much better.

Talking of the orchard, the fruit trees are finally coming to life after a long winter. This was the first time all the younger fruit trees from 2013 on have ever seen snow - not that we had a lot but it must have been a bit of a shock to the system for them. I did lose one plum tree planted in 2015 but all the other trees have survived. I hope the long winter and late spring don稚 have too much effect on the fruit yield.
Time will tell!

My wife was saying only yesterday that the normal signs of life on the trees in her little orchard just hasn't happened yet. They aren't dead, just too scared to put on any growth and last nights frost will again make them think twice about coming into leaf.


Brogen, I heard Jay was arranging something special for you today. You get to take a long nap and while you're asleep a nice vet person is going to make the world a much friendlier place, just for you. If only the vet could do the same for all male politicians before they got into power ...

 

[sodamo]

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[sodamo]

The Falcon X rocket flight is live now, just watched first stage land on a drone ship out at sea. Camera showed everything,
simply amazing. Space X's 8th launch already this year.

LIVE: TESS Launch: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch of NASA Planet-Hunting TESS Satellite Mission - YouTube

I think the next interesting thing is in half an hour but it is really cool to see our future in progress.

Pretty amazing