Good morning!!!!

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, another one of those "less than 10%", yet in reality quite wet starts to the day. Looks like my thoughts of spraying will have to wait for another day.

Ginger and Willow's features look quite similar to Max. He is Chihuahua/Jack Russel mix too.

Max is the first small dog we've had. Although he often acts like a sheepdog, much of his behaviour, such as stealthily stalking through long grass, then freezing for minutes before pouncing, is more like a cat than a dog. Do others do that too ? Does Brogen purr ?

 

[Buppies]

68 high of 89 today more thunderstorms possible some heavy but we have missed them. Lots of damage done yesterday north east of here numerous trees down Blue Ridge parkway took the brunt of it

Biopsy came back precancerous ear still very sore but this is pretty good news

Prayers for all in need

 

[wngsprd]

66 going to 89. Storms missed us yesterday, too, except for a few drops and the wonderful smell of rain in the air nearby as the cool winds blew in. Sorry to hear about the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Good news on your ear, Buppies. Are you now wearing a SPF cowboy style hat on the job?

Great dog pix and match-ups, guys...is there an app for that? TractorDogsOnly.com Your dogs look so happy.

Eric, my Chesapeake Bay Retriever will hide and crouch in a pounce-stance outside, or in the house, waiting for a tennis ball or Frisbee to be thrown. She does this pointing out where the ball is, sometimes 20 yards away, but making it easy to find it. Now that I think of it, maybe I'm the retriever, at least to get started with the first throw.

Used my battery reciprocating saw to prune the highest branches on a big crepe myrtle that died from the 7F temps last winter. Figured that was safer than taking the chainsaw up the 12 foot fiberglass ladder. That ladder has really put on the pounds since the last time I lugged it around the property. Saw worked well, but had so much to do that I had to recharge the two batteries before finishing. Welcomed that pause, since it was 92 and 1pm direct sun by the time I got started.

Hope to read progress on those of you ailing.

Don, did you go spelunking?

 

[Buppies]

Wngsprd always wear wide brim hat with zinc oxide as doctor continues to say these are coming from long ago

Is is a shame about parkway they have no money to fix these things back up

 

[Thomas]

Darn glad you got some good news Buppies.

 

[Thomas]

62F thick fog low 80's for high might get a passing shower or two later.

12 degrees cooler humidity drop little completed small job last evening,after work today cut couple limbs which Boo Boo broke and bent.
E muffin feed little critters slow roll to work.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 76˚F heading to the hundreds. Last two day were 100 days and the next ten are suppose to hit 100 to 103.

I got some wax to wax the car in the early morning but it says to apply in a cool temperature. I have a question to the manufacture to define "cool" - a Texas "cool" or a Michigan "cool". My drive is in the shade till 9am so I have a small window of morning temps under 85˚F.

Wingspread we went on one of the trail caves last week there are two trails more to explore. The rugged ones are not lit and you are given a flashlight. There are several areas where the ceiling as fallen in but they say it happened long ago. It was too hot to do more truck exploring yesterday, may start back up in September. Hundreds of people have fled the city of sun on vacation to cooler states and Mountain areas. It seems a lot have summer homes up North. We are staying behind and watering their plants.

Buckeye, good report on your progress, slowly but surely you will get back to normal - don't get frustrated on the pace.

Randy you are in the race with Buckeye to get back to normal, hang in there and keep a good mental attitude.

My Horticulture SIG leader reported a large turtle crossing his yard. it was 4' in diameter and 4' high heading to the creek at last sighting.

Our Whipper - German Shorthaired Pointer (mostly) is not a rescue dog that we rescued from a breeder. Whipper insist she rescued us when she just showed up in our field very skinny from chasing coyotes and needing a porch to sleep on and guard us from the pesky wildlife - coyotes, snakes, hogs, deer, cows, rabbits, raccoons etc . . . (now in her retirement role as golf marshall and human walker)

 

[LouNY]

Morning to all today,
Getting ready for some seat time in the pickup today.
Heading to Jacksonville NC.
A small get to for my sun in law
Back from a deployment so going to celebrate the birthdays and anniversary that he missed.
Haven't decided yet the actual route I'll be going as I really dislike driving in DC and Baltimore, actually anything south of Albany NY along the coast till I'm well south.
Be going out west on 88 to 81 and haven't really decided when to start East and south from 81.
Does add a few hours to the trip but driving in the day the view is nicer along 81 rather the 95.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 54° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 80° with bright sun all day. Got lawn cut yesterday. Took wife in for a sleep test yesterday evening. Picked her up early this morning. Only slept a short time all night. Need to go do some grocery shopping. Also have a solar motion light to mount. Old one died. Trim drive and walkways. That should be enough for today.

Buppies, good news on biopsy.

Buckeye and Randy. Keep getting better.

Eric, a dog that purrs? Muffin has never been a noise maker dog. But Sassy has a grunting noise she makes when playing and excited. She also has a very sharp bark when she wants your attention.

Wngsprd, be careful while climbing the ladder.

Lou, safe travels.

Prayers for all.

Good Morning All.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

77° here. Welcome to august.

Got my first shower this morning, using shower bench. That was my OT session today. Again, little sleep.