Good morning!!!!

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 62F @ 6:00AM. Abundant sunshine. High 74F. Winds light and variable.
The 10-day is calling for rain showers through most of the period. And Lake Oroville is up more than 30 feet. That sounds like a lot until you think about the V shape of the canyon that holds the lake. It doesn't take much water to fill the bottom of the V, and every additional foot takes more water to fill it than the last.

Sometimes I put things off for way more than a day, Bill. Yesterday I got the new LED lights mounted, but I just couldn't bring myself to go up into the attic to wire them in. It was just too nice outside to be cooped up in a dark old attic.

What are they gonna do with all that venison, Drew?

Sounds like an early snow, RS. But it is almost November...

Glad you got some more rain, Bird. The good kind, too.

Seems The Whip needs to get out on patrol more often, Don.

Used the box blade to flatten out some washboard in the driveway yesterday, and while I had the tractor up there pushed over the burnt out remnants of a pretty large oak tree. Moved the pieces down to the wood yard, and will chunk them up for the camp fire. When I lifted the tarp off that pile of wood, a little mouse slowly came out from under blinking its eyes as if I'd woken it up. I filled up the side-by-side with what I needed and put the tarp back down, letting it go back to sleep. That pile is far enough from the house I can live and let live.

The fire felt good last night with just a long sleeve T-shirt and jeans on. And just enough breeze to keep the smoke away. Today looks like more of the same, though I need to make a trip to town.

Hang in there, gang, Friday's comin'!

 

[toppop52]

45 outside this AM. Heading to upper 60's. Raining moving in for the next few days.

Septic is moving along, excess rock, resurfaced turn around area for driveway. Supposed to get inspected today and then the trucks will show up for dirt work.

Ran out of town yesterday just to get away for a few hours. Went into Skyline Drive for a quick peek but did not come home with anything colorful on the cameras. On the way out, stopped and enjoyed this guy, or gal, sitting at the end my driveway.

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Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

Must be a male, I don’t see any boobs.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 33, going up to 60. Thank goodness, the wind has subsided. Just light breezes expected.

I can't complain about our weather too much.... not when compared to the rest of the country.... Tornados, flooding, landslides, hurricanes, and don't forget.... the 'bomb cyclone'.

Today's agenda includes attempting to work on the shed doors.... fitting them in place will be the most difficult. The old well house shed has been out there for over 25 years and is definitely not 'square' anymore. I checked the opening and it should only be out around a 1/4" if I was accurate.... we'll find out for sure.....

David, I hope Sophie has success with another surgery, sorry to hear that it has to be done.... prayers sent! I hope Makani gets better soon too!

Ken, at the prices that I paid for those nails, they should be gold plated! I'm gonna havta open the boxes to check.... they say just galvanized.....one box was $28 for 2K 1-1/2" staples, the other box was $32 for 2.5K of 1-3/4" finish nails. Pricey for sure! I guess they figure if you have a $200 pneumatic nail gun, you're going to pay any amount for the nails in order to use it......
The last time I had to buy them, they were about half the current prices. What I can't figure out is the framing nails (12d size) are only $28 for 4K nails.... even though there is probably 10x more metal used for the framing nails....??

Drew, it's nice to hear you're enjoying the company / entertaining. I agree that it is a bunch of work and tiring.....

RNG, can you send some of the rain this way? The last batch blew across too fast.....

Time to get moving and things started......
Everyone have a great day!

 

[Eric Salop]

Good afternoon. At this time of year the sun is just about to show as I take Max outside for his first 3-legged balancing act of the day. Often it is dull and damp, neither of us can wait to get back inside. Very occasionally though we get mornings like this

Rich, congrats on setting the date, those last few months should fly by.

How far can a Sandhill Crane get its beak into ground. This one was poking in a Mole run.

Ron, great picture ! I have just set a trap for a mole in our garden. When I probed and opened up the run, the tunnel hole was huge. If I catch it, perhaps I will need a crane too to lift it out !

 

[rswyan]

53F and mostly cloudy @ 11:30, headed up to a high of 67F with only a 3% chance of further precipitation.

Lots of bird activity around back at the feeders this morning, Woman reports that it includes bluebirds as well ... so I may put out some mealworms.

Yesterday ended up being mostly an energy conservation day for me.

The Woman did make the trip up to the Sheriff's Department to file a formal report on the dog bite incident and found out some additional info: The dog was not current on its vaccinations and is currently in a 10 day quarantine.

That, of course, was fairly disturbing ... even if the chances are fairly low that there is much risk, it's still not zero.

She's experiencing some side effects from the antibiotics she's taking so she might be off work until those subside.

The sun has come out and it isn't raining so will probably work on getting the irises planted today and get that out of the way.

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

 

[daugen]

primary doc said I'd last another year this morning, all good, cholesterol, BP and sugar in range though at the top of normal everywhere.
Maybe I read it here............but did you know that the average BP in the US forty years ago was 110/70 and now it is 120/80 and climbing.
Shows what our modern diet will do to us. I was 130/72 and we were both happy with that for my age.

guests finally left, such dear friends but glad to see them go. I'm exhausted being an "up" host for two days. Going to reward myself with a nap this afternoon for sure.

downtown first to pick up arthritis meds I've been out of for two days. All my joints are singing a song to me...particularly my hands and wrists.

then suck up some leaves and will call it a day.

RS, sorry your wife is under the weather from antibiotics; it it's any consolation it usually means they are working
Just think of the first part of the term...anti bio
Often hard on the tummy.
She should sure take it easy for a couple of days.
And as usual, drink lots of water.

very pretty day here, cool and bright blue sky

 

[daugen]

speaking of antibiotics I often need them when having root canals. Sort of like adding insult to injury.
At least plain old penicillin works great for me. I keep a bottle in the medicine cabinet of leftovers. If I take one the day
before a root canal and for two days after, no drama. Tooth infections are truly bad news, most of us have had one I'm guessing.

saw four yellow jackets buzzing around bush right near front door. Need to investigate, make sure they aren't making a ground nest
in the mulch. Speaking of bad news...plus I'm allergic to them. The doctor who delivered me died of three bee stings, despite three epi
blasts and in the ER within half an hour. He died three hours later, must have been some seriously toxic bees that got him.
I have an epi pen, reminds me it's out of date and I need to get a new one. Pretty sure it's just fine for a year or two after the pull date and I
hate to waste the money even if its Blue Cross's money for a drug that one primary manufacturer was price gouging so badly I believe the Feds came
in and regulated it to some degree.
My next older brother has to keep an epi pen nearby also. Perhaps we are too sensitive...

or maybe the bees are truly getting worse, like the fire ants.

 

[Bird]

RedNeckGeek said, "Glad you got some more rain, Bird. The good kind, too."

I've always known that Texas has some weird weather, but with NO wind, not even a tiny breeze, yesterday when it was raining, and then TODAY. Well, it's a clear sunny day and at present the wind is ONLY blowing at 29 mph gusting to 41. Could hardly keep it from blowing my mask off in the parking lot at Walmart and then it blew a little paper receipt right out of my hand and it was gone. Wind is NOT supposed to go MORE than 50 mph today.

The TV news this morning was reporting more than the usual number of freeway accidents; don't know if, or how many of them might have been due to the wind.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Couple nice bird pics today!!!!
Saw an eagle fly over at our church building a few weeks ago, got a pic of it flying, but too far away.

Love to watch hawks sit and watch also.

 

[sodamo]

May have to adjust my expectations for the day. Walking out to check my solar electric as I do every morning and felt a bit dizziness. Guessing reaction from my booster last Fri. Best not to be running table saw or cutoff. Glad I’m not driving Sophie to town.
Time for Makani’s meds.