74F and "mostly cloudy" @ 10:00 ... but I'm seeing a good amount of sun out there. Headed up to a high of 82F apparently. 24% chance of stray shower or thunderstorm this afternoon.
Lots of birds out back at the feeders this morning, all the usual suspects: cardinals, bluejays, gold and house finches. Bluebirds also busy feeding their brood. Heard the red-tail hawk screaming earlier.
Filled hopper and two sunflower tube feeders as well two suet feeders yesterday afternoon, also put out 15 mealworms for the bluebirds. Think their second brood might be getting close to fledging.
Did some more gluing of pvc for the second sprinkler set up. Also fed some (but not all) of the fish.
Woman harvested 3 zucchini and one yellow squash.
Was a knock at the front door last evening after dinner. Woman beat me to it and announced that she did not recognize the people at the door after checking the peep hole so I got up and went to answer it. Was a neighbor from up the street and her boyfriend.
Turns out they are bird/nature lovers and she was perplexed by seeing the bluebird nest boxes but also the sparrow trap and wondered what was up with that and had been suggesting to her boyfriend that she wanted to walk down here to the house and ask. He'd tried to talk her out of it (concerned over being on someone else's property), but she finally persisted long enough that she won out.
Anyways I went outside and talked with them for a while, giving them the 411 on the bluebird/house sparrow situation and just talking neighborhood and wildlife. The Woman eventually came out and joined in the festivities.
Turns out she's an insurance agent and he's a diesel tech. Seemed like nice folks.
They also alerted me to the fact that there was a bird up in the trap, so after they left and went up and checked it and sure enough there was one in there. Not a house sparrow or starling though ... so I went ahead and released it. Still need to try and identify what it was.
Earlier, before dinner, other neighbor came down and brought my back torpedo heater and picked up his grandson's chain saw.
Did manage to get haircut yesterday, which was wonderful.
First thing on agenda for today is to see if I can break loose the gland nut on the curl cylinder on the Kubota that is leaking and then remove it from the tractor and take it up to the shop for rebuilding.
Grass is due to be mowed again I believe. Cub will probably be due for another oil and filter change by the time that is done.
Also need to run down and get gas for the Cub.
Unload some items out of the van.
Refill hummingbird and suet feeders out front.
Probably get that cedar board cut for The Woman's planter, along with the saw horse legs.
Possibly do some pressure washing of some items as well.
Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ...
