Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

Potatoes are planted today. Planting flowers in the basket off the tire rings will have to wait. The old wagon wheel tires were found on the property from old wagons. Tacked them together with the stick welder. Remember helping the blacksmith forge weld and mount similar tires on wood spoke wheels back in the day.

 

[sodamo]

How many months will that 170.5 gallons last you?

Seem to average about 1g/day usage.

 

[sodamo]

Good on the gravel, Ted

 

[sodamo]

Frits, I too enjoy your posting of the old barns & houses.

 

[sodamo]

Sounds like you current travel adventure is going well, Drew.
Boy what a change from a couple years ago.

 

[Thomas]

45F partly cloudy...showers starting around 9pm rain 10pm snow midnight all done around 1:30pm.

Short work day follow one stop for critter food,try to do raking outside here and there no such luck yet. made BIG raspberry jello with fruit cocktail mix with end for this evening,pretty sure I'll be sharing the whip cream with kittens.

Plans for the evening no yet clue.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[m7040]

Today did more dirt moving. Estimating that I have moved 200000 lbs so far down to the ramp where the baggage carts will go for firewood storage. It does not look like that much. Estimate that I move 25000 lbs per hour based on timing round trip. The clay soil is still somewhat wet. Going slow so as to not put too much stress on the loader arms. Each load is around 3 to 4000 lbs topped off. Using the shuttle shifter for gear shift to save the knee on clutching. Having dual cast iron disks on each wheel as well as cast iron hub plus loaded tires plus a 6 to 800 lb tiller on the 3 point helps to make it more stable

 

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all. 42ºF for the start, clear sky, breezy. Windy early then decreasing through the day, mostly clear sky, and high temp was 61ºF. slow start, did get gas an into boat fuel tank and trolling batteries charged up. Bike ride after lunch, and grilled brats for dinner.
Ron hope you got to play with the dogs while conserving energy. Wood was a 2X4! interesting pic
Billy the other side had already been replaced, the side I replaced was normally upwind side and did not get as much abuse. Hope MRI gives better ideas to Drs. prayers sent
Kilroy glad vent work keeping out unwanted critters. Glad Bailey getting some attention. End of temp job insight
Buppies I am glad trailer fix before damage to boat. Hope you get some rain. prayers sent.
Bill hope you got some seat time.
Paul glad good day in shop, and you and Zoe are making progress.
Drew sorry your time in FL over already. hope you have a safe trip home. Hope shopping went well.
RNG glad you are getting more rain. Good luck selling brush hog. Hope property has more promise after viewing. Hope you can get road closed for a while. Hope you got your nap.
Mike hope your hands are healing.
RS glad you got good sleep last night Hope you were able to continue the restoration.
NHBX glad nothing pressing hanging over you.
Ken sorry to hear about blood pressure issues.
Ted glad less wind today. Sorry about the windy forecast. Hate to hear you are not sleeping as well as you want to. The guide was the upwind one not as important. Hope you had some gravel fun.
Frits how did learn how to tape knee? tilling looks good.
David hope Crostrek is in one piece. Hope you were able to recover some mental health.
Frits nice pics, flowers look good.
Thomas only 4 years old, seems awfully young to look like that.
Thomas glad wife happy with dinner, sorry about tax damage.
Kilroy sorry about the worms in Harry.
Drew sorry you could not get rebalance before going home.
Ted glad gravel is spread, sorry about $4/ton price increase.
Randy(wag) sounds like you are getting good rain. Glad errands done in town, hope you like new priest. Good luck with branch.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

We made the mistake of giving the dewormer just before bed - apparently it is like puppy espresso… took over an hour of trying to get him to sleep even with mommy on the sofa.

today we gave it to him right after work, and took him for his first walk up the woodlot with Bailey. hopefully that wore him out a bit!

 

[KilroyJC]

38 going to 61. Rain stopped.

m7040, garden soil looks rich and nicely tilled.

Kilroy, glad you found out about those worms. They are rough on a dog.

Thomas, paying more taxes only means you brought in more income...think of it as working for the critters...to buy them food.

The dew was so heavy, and stayed around until afternoon, so made a dump run and got in a nice maintenance hike, then bush hogged for 3 hours...a good start. Also drafted a baseball team vs. my son and others. Opening Day tomorrow .

The initial vet visit included a dewormer, but not one that took care of hookworms. He has one more dose to get tomorrow. When we got our Bailey, she had THREE types of GI worms, poor puppy. . .

 

[daugen]

Frits, that's a healthy load, something very elemental and satisfying about moving dirt from one place to another. Sounds like a ballet of
powershifter timing and bucket scooping

had nice dinner out with friends in Ft Meyers. They said good luck with route 4 going through Orlando. I'm expecting some very slow traffic on my way over to Flagler Beach, but the goal is a good one, a night on the beach.

no alligators today, sorry. Just not finding things worth taking pics of.

got a brief amount of rain here today but should be dry for tomorrow.
72 tomorrow in Flagler Beach, I think I'll like that temp better than 85 and sticky. Then colder in SC, colder in VA, and MD, welcome back to reality. As much as I like the warmth, I find the Southern humidity to be usually unpleasant.

do ants make nests in vehicles? My small winged black ants keep coming back. More spray needed.