Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

Good morning, 60 nice clear day

Slept in a little longer than normal. Felt good

Shoulder is cooperating better this morning and knee is also improving some. Progress

I can't have downtime on the mower so will have to get that fixed. Funny thing about diesels when no power I can not turn off the engine. On the old MF there is a rod to pull to stop but not on the modern diesels. Wondering how to stop was looking at the injection pump and saw an unused lever and that turned out to be the stop lever. Bingo

We learned later after moving here with two cross country moving trucks, motorhome and various cars et al that the farmers around here were taking bets on how long we would stay. The excavator friend a street over said good for us and that helped grease the skids around here. There were people however with long time racial biases that had a hard time accepting black kids in their neighborhood. Our kids became used to take up the challenge and stood up for each other. After fighting a few kids in school and winning the fight they became good friends even if the parents not so much.

Now will go enjoy some balcony time with a cup of coffee before heading up to the barn to look at the mower

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Current doors are probably oak. 2boards to cover 2 ft, wood from the farm.

 

[m7040]

Current doors are probably oak. 2boards to cover 2 ft, wood from the farm.
View attachment 800853

I will take picture of the door I built for the cellar. I could not find anything that would fit an 200 year old stone wall opening so built one that is very heavy and insulated as well

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The rolls weighed about 300lbs each, so I had to put the forks (and the loader, because I take it off to mow) on the tractor to unload them.
FedEx says that the stapler and staples are on a vehicle for delivery today, so there will be some fencing for me to deal with in the near future.

.

Let me know when the fencing party is, I’ll run up for a day of fun.

I used my fencing plyers yesterday working on my mower deck. Makes it easy to pull cotter pins.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 65F @ 6:15AM. Sunny. High 96F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Maybe a bit of cooling by the middle of next week, but until then we'll be in the 90s.

It is more annoying that people cannot follow directions, given in detail, more than once. That, and the rescheduling behind someone else. . .

Slotting you in would mean rescheduling someone else, and then they'd have TWO irate customers instead of just one. Sounds like they probably reschedule people regularly, though, so maybe they're used to upsetting their customers and have stopped caring.

A couple weeks ago one of the contractor's helpers went to use an outdoor duplex outlet and the plastic face fell off of it. They gave me a new outlet, but it was only yesterday that I finally got around tuit. Had a heck of a time trying to find the right circuit breaker, and ended up using a label maker to re-label all of the breakers because I couldn't read most of the chicken scratches that were on there. Then I couldn't find the outlet the contractor left me, but dug one out of the junk box instead.

For some reason I still can't understand, the new LED stadium light isn't going all the way out when turned off. I tried resetting the low limit on the smart switch that controls it, and even replaced the smart switch, but still no joy. Fooled around with it for far too long and gave up. Today I'll move a known good smart switch from another location to see if it works any better.

The parts to fix the tractor were supposed to be in yesterday but I got no call, so I'll have to chase that down today, too. And Amazon says three different orders should arrive today. We'll see.

Happy Hump Day, folks!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low temp was 31 and it is going to a high of 49°F.
Wind WNW 10 gusting to 15 mph. Zero % chance of precipitation.

It is cool enough out that the bugs should still be hiding from the cold, I hope. Going to clean up the north side of the back yard today. Maybe hang my grease gun holder, too.

That is about it, have a safe day all

 

[m7040]

Walked up to the barn with Cody and checked over the mower. The battery cable to the starter connection is severed. Must have snagged on a tree branch as I suspected. Good thing it did not cause a short and a fire. No fuse protection on battery cables

 

[m7040]

I will take picture of the door I built for the cellar. I could not find anything that would fit an 200 year old stone wall opening so built one that is very heavy and insulated as well

Here are a couple of pictures of the door that I built

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Like those hinges.

Gave bush a trim. It was covering the old wildblue dish. Need to remove that piece of junk. They only had me send the LNA back when I cancelled. Did not take a before pic, but it was over the dish and thru the fence again. Now to clean up the mess.

Should remove the fence section also, only piece left when I had the side yard fenced in.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 48°, going up to 78° again. Today is a transition day --- moisture moves in and an 80% chance of showers / t-storms this afternoon. Same chances through Saturday. Totals are predicted to be up to 1.5" of rain.... not complaining at all.... if it happens....

Wifey was very happy with yesterday's planting endeavor. Transplanted 4 trees, and 6 shrubs. A couple pics of the new planters completed:


Finally, the courtyard project is nearing completion. Now that those planters are in place, the walkway can get installed. And the remaining "dirt" areas can get covered. Wifey is currently planning the final choices of some 'ground-cover' type plants for select areas.

The strawberry planter / bed is in the backyard, assembled, but not set or filled. Today about 14 tons of gravel will get spread to clear the access to fill said planter.....

Need to start thinking about taking the string trimmer for a walk.... weeds are starting to get big. ----A never ending battle.

Everyone have a great day!