Good morning!!!!

[Engineer42]

Thomas, your wife can send them down here, we need more hunters.
4 legged tick machine ate every one of my pretty yellow mum flowers off the planter closest to the road.
After this rain is finally done, I have to go back out and spray those plants down again.
It wears off and if it smells good and tastes good, it's just a fine day for a foraging animal.

neighbor across the street who has lived their 50+ years looks out her bedroom window at night and doesn't like looking at all the lights
on my house. She complained nicely about it and I'm thinking, why not just shut your curtains at night? I do...
I explained to her the old adage about crooks and Hollywood; crooks hate lights and cameras. So I had 3 60 watt LED lightbulbs running all night, I think
each consumes 15 watts. So nice cheap protection.
well.........
So the one light that used to shine on my US flag is now dark at night.
We all know it should be lit at night or taken down.
It's quite a stretch to get to and I was very happy to leave the flag up with the light on at night.
I think I need to get a more focused spot bulb or something but have it focused away from across the street.
I've known this lady a very long time and she is getting pretty cranky in her advancing years, not helped by a bad hip that has her
in pain. I wonder if there is a flag pole with a light built in... Wall mount with smaller flag

Municipal building and police station one block away. So for now I turned off the front lights and only run the side light by the entrance door at night.
I'm open to all suggestions.

got labs done, now some more housecleaning.

Drew,

We have this one from Amazon. It works great.
Deluxe Solar Flag Pole Light, Flag Light, LED Downlight for Most 15 to 25 Ft In-Ground Flag Poles, Fits 0.5" Wide Flag Ornament Spindles (Deluxe Silver)

 

[rswyan]

46F with light rain @ 11:00, headed up to a high of 50F for the day. Rain chances decreasing throughout the day. Cold front came through last night, winds are still blowing 15 - 25 today.

Took trash and recycles up to the road yesterday first thing, plus some more cardboard up to the shop for fire starter. Also grabbed a bucketload of that old siding and broke it up and put it in the can. Probably another month of that before it will all be gone.

Took the Cub and dump trailer up to the compost pile and cleaned off all the grass and leaves with the Stihl blower after that.

Then I gathered up the four day lilies I got from Menards last week and took those around back and got them put in the ground in that little planting box at the southeast corner of the house.

That took some time as they required a good bit of work to loosen up and disentangle/separate the roots, as they had become pretty root-bound, probably from sitting in those little pots at Menards all summer long:

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About the time I was finishing up with that it was starting to sprinkle and The Woman came to window wanting to know what I was doing and to let me know rain was imminent so I went ahead and came on inside.

Yesterday's colors:

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Gonna say we are pretty close to peak, if not at it.

The Woman contacted county dog warden after she got back yesterday and made a report. Dog warden said he would forward the info on to the Sheriff's Department which he apparently did, as She got a call from them a little later in the afternoon where they took her info. She may go up later today and file a formal report/complaint or whatever it is.

I joked about the "vicious" dog yesterday, but she was pretty distraught when I spoke to her initially (just after it happened) and her shoe and sock were soaked with blood and there was puddle of it in the back of her van apparently ...

Today's agenda:

Refill hopper feeder and get those two sunflower tube feeders put back out.

Also suet feeders.

Clean up and oil work boots, install new laces and insoles

Probably more cleaning inside.

Plus whatever else comes up.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ...

 

[kenmbz]

RS-I got bit by a large dog when I was a kid, it can be quite traumatic.
Hope all this works out ok and she heals up physically and mentally.
Having friendly dogs around helped me.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .05 inches rain. Sun shining.

Got a good work area cleanup yesterday in prep for rehabbing those cabinets I scored on CL. Got a good start on my baseboard. Opted for the half tile in bathroom. Not a great pic, but shows the idea.

. Will finish cleaning that up this morning then back to main floor.

Ripping my flooring planks for main area. That installation involves a foam tube and silicone for waterproofing

Randy, what size crew did your gorgeous floors?

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low was at 49, quickly went up to 58 by 8 am. It was only breezy, so decided to put up a few trim pieces (4 corner trim) on the garden shed..... of course, the wind kicked up and started the blowing dirt / dust......

The son was helping, so we were able to get 2 out of 4 corners before he got a call to go to work.... I got the third one done before a brief shower chased me to close up the shop doors and get inside....
The temp dropped back down to 46 during the shower. We didn't get enough rain to even register in the gauge...... just make it an inconvenience.

The sun is back out, temp slowly rising back up. Wind back to a nice breeze.... I will try to sneak back out to finish that last corner, then call it quits for the day!

BEF, thanks for posting the beautiful pics! I miss all the fall colors back East. We have mostly tall pines here with just a few clusters of aspens spread about. At least they turn a nice yellow to add some color.

Mostly, that was quite the catch of the carp..... probably a never ending battle for sure!

Drew, sorry to hear about the mums. I hope the deterrent works....

I am going to quickly take advantage of the weather break and get that last corner done.....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[sodamo]

Drew
How about something like this

https://www.amazon.com/Flagpole-Energy-Battery-Illumunation-Vont/dp/B00YBDA7DC/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=1OCZJEBUQN7DP&dchild=1&keywords=solar+light+for+flag+pole+outdoor&qid=1635270316&s=lawn-garden&sprefix=Solar+light+for+flag%2Clawngarden%2C333&sr=1-2-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUE0SU5KT01GR0hTRTkmZW5jcnlwdGVkSWQ9QTA3MTA4NzEySzdRTEpINlZBMVZWJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAxNzY1MDdIRDBLQzNZWU1OVDcmd2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGYmYWN0aW9uPWNsaWNrUmVkaXJlY3QmZG9Ob3RMb2dDbGljaz10cnVl

Maybe a ring of duct tape around edge to minimize from distance and focus downward.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Or maybe you could get here one of these, Drew. Besides blocking out the light when she pulls it down over her eyes, it'll keep her head warm on those frosty winter nights. At least that's how I use mine...

 

[pennwalk]

Clean up and oil work boots, install new laces and insoles

Man there is a job I need to get to. What are you using for oil?

Chris

 

[pennwalk]

We have been having some beautiful afternoons the last couple of weeks. Last Wed. I had to stop mowing and just take it in. A little bit of perfect.
Yesterday I was in the shop looking for some galvanized carriage bolts. I never did find them but I did find the transmission seals that have been holding up the JD 455 project. My filing system leaves something to be desired.
The lawns are slowing down a little but the leaves are making up the difference. Still not much color in the trees just a bright one here and there.
I saw a Youtube video on making a smokeless burn barrel. Wish the neighbors at the farm world take a look at that video.
Cloudy and getting colder. Threatening rain.

Chris

 

[toppop52]

65°F and .05 inches rain. Sun shining.

Got a good work area cleanup yesterday in prep for rehabbing those cabinets I scored on CL. Got a good start on my baseboard. Opted for the half tile in bathroom. Not a great pic, but shows the idea.
View attachment 718437. Will finish cleaning that up this morning then back to main floor.

Ripping my flooring planks for main area. That installation involves a foam tube and silicone for waterproofing

Randy, what size crew did your gorgeous floors?

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

One young man with lots of talent and a great work ethic.