Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

25F cloudy mid 30's for high.

Last couple day of warm weather snow settle ground bare in many places,even brooks/stream all most full,thank goodness high gusty winds are not longer.
Outside chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Plans for today...Fill feeders before late night storm arrives,quick trip to town,short nap so I don't miss college football championship,might finish setting up new laptop with wildlife pics.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[txdon]

wouldn't hurt my feeling if mistletoe got zapped either.

Does anyone remove the mistletoe from trees? How do you cut it off? Does it come back? There is a tree right outside my back yard that is about 12' high and has more mistletoe than it's own branches.

Good morning! South wind has returned. Cloudy and 50˚F, heading to the 60s. Several possibilities of things to do today, I'll see which on pops out at me after sunrise.
Cards tonight. Ended up in 4th place for the final quarter of 2019. Only 1st-3rd place get recorded on the 12 year board, just missed it. After the first set of games in 2020 I'm starting out in 27th place (about mid way on the list) and starting a slow climb up I hope.

Buppies hope the bruised butt is the last of the surprise fall injuries.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Does anyone remove the mistletoe from trees? How do you cut it off? Does it come back? There is a tree right outside my back yard that is about 12' high and has more mistletoe than it's own branches.

The mistletoe out here thrives on the oak trees. Only way I've found to get it out is to cut off the limb where it's growing. And if I don't get it all, it comes back with a vengeance. Nasty stuff; it'll kill the tree if it's allowed to flourish.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Warmer here, 49F this morning. Cloudy and chance of rain most of week.

Drew, waiting to hear from you.....Prayers

Bupps, you too.

I always did enjoy playing that "Whack a Mole" game. Similar to the real world of life.

Neighbor came over yesterday to saw up some fallen widow maker branches for his firepit. I could tell by the time/sound/struggling that his chain was dull. New Stihl MS171. But since he's recently transplanted from up north, his tools are still up north. I loaned him my old trusty Deere CS-40 (Efco). The chain on it was about 90% sharp, but it still impressed his wife and kids how fast it went through the wood. I used my round file to sharpen his chain, but the consumer safety chains have such a bump in front of the cutting edge tooth, they hardly cut IMO. I told him he needed to grind them down a small amount.

Time to make the donuts. Figuratively.

 

[DABSGT]

I do but cheated and used induction

Have you got a wood cookstove?

 

[DABSGT]

35 heading to mid 40's far cry from yesterday when we were at 70.
Sitting at GM dealer after had a brake system failure on my truck last night, no ABS, brake went to the floor not happy this is the second trip. Just told the sales rep I should have went with the Ford. Funny thing the issue started after I had the recall done that was the fix so it didn't happen. Computer gremlin.
Drew and Buppies thinking of you.

 

[txdon]

The mistletoe out here thrives on the oak trees. Only way I've found to get it out is to cut off the limb where it's growing. And if I don't get it all, it comes back with a vengeance. Nasty stuff; it'll kill the tree if it's allowed to flourish.

Yikes, if I cut off the branches with the mistletoe there won't be much of a tree left.

 

[toppop52]

Yikes, if I cut off the branches with the mistletoe there won't be much of a tree left.View attachment 636827

Just stand under it and kiss the first thing that walks by!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Saw an animal moving on side of road on the drive in, thought it must be a squirrel. When I got close I saw it was a hawk. It either had just caught something, or had gotten hit by a car and was injured, couldn’t tell but it never flew off

Falls are really serious if you are on a blood thinner.

Relatively easy commute, only 1 major accident my direction.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 26, going for 50. Sunny, a bit breezy.

Drew, hope you are feeling a little better this morning. Maybe the doc will give you a better indication of what is going on.

Buppies, prayers sent for a speedy recovery, hopefully nothing but some bruises will be found.

We do not have any mistletoe up here, but morning glory vines. They will spread across the ground, then go up trees / shrubs. In the spring and early summer, they have white flowers that look like a bunch of wadded up tissues thrown across the yard. I have been battling with them for 25 years. I have even used a rototiller on them and they will be back in a month.

Got all of the ceiling done in the son ‘ s garage, looks really good. It will be a while before he gets it painted. He is going to start with insulating the walls, supposedly each evening when he gets home from work.... I am taking bets.....

A neighbor called me last evening. He wanted to know if I can go over today and dig 6 4x4x4 holes for some trees he is going to bring home from work.
Would have been nice to get a little more advanced notice... he knows I would not say “ no I cannot do it”. Hopefully I will be able to tell where his utility line are, otherwise I will not dig that deep....

Everyone have a great start to the week! Prayers for all needing.