Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

Good morning, 52 already going to high of 58 nice day

Walked Cody and working the step counter.

Slow day yesterday. Got up in the barn and lost track of time and wife could not reach me. Poor cell service inside the barn. She was on the way to check on me with her wheel chair. Very sorry and apologized
Barn is outside the normal range of Wi-Fi. It is maybe 500 ft away. The steel siding may hinder the normal cell signal.

Interesting how the old barns were made as in this detail showing how the hay feeding rack was attached to the post. No nail or screws and pegged into the post to support the rack.

 

[daugen]

no planned obsolescence in those beams

got my transplanting done, today I worked on daisies and the last of the moonflowers,
greenhouse watered and heat turned off
not sure what else today will bring
maybe I'll go for a walk and try to up my step count.
if the sun will stay out, might do a little rv polishing.
wax on wax off

 

[wngsprd]

Pigs farm is one I do not know. What is it near?

It's on Catawba Mountain about a mile north of McAfee Knob on the AT.

 

[scootr]

2 morning headlines show a world gone crazy.

Illegal immigrant accused of killing police officer set free because he didn't understand the Miranda Rights given to him in English.

Texas grandmother thrown in jail after criticizing local government.​

 

[wngsprd]

If one notices the ern in right of picture was made by great grandfather. He was born in 1865 died in 1927

Really beautiful. Glad you still have it.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
Started at 47°, it’s up to 51 and the high will only be in the middle 50’s. Partly cloudy and breezy.
Yesterday was a nice day as well.
I couldn’t stand it, I had to put the snow plow away. Now I have ruts to fix .

Ground seemed dry enough when I walked it….

My luck continued when I went to fill the tractor with fuel. Removed the nozzle, flipped the switch, and…. nothing.
It’s a 12v pump powered by a battery in the shed on a battery tender, so I figured the battery died. Went and got the load tester and jump pack. Nope- the battery was fine. The pump is largely sealed, as you would expect, but there is access to the switch. Tested that, power going to motor leads. Motor is sealed, so that’s that. Checked with TSC, they had a new pump in stock, just shy of $500. I was ready to go get it when the cheapskate in me kicked in. Went back to the pump,

And removed the cover over the pump gears (it’s a gear pump) and manually rotated the gear on the motor shaft. Put the cover back on and flipped the switch. Like Dr Frankenstein’s monster “it’s alive!”
Filled the tractor and a couple of cans, then tha tank ran out. Getting a delivery tomorrow. $3.25 for off road diesel.

Decided to call a friend and take the little plane to Reading for lunch. Had a good lunch, and headed back to the shop.

Got the mower deck put back on the Progressive.

The rear deck with the stainless patches is the one that vacationed in the shop for the last couple months. It’s nice having some space to work in the shop with that deck and the snow plow gone.

Today I hope to get some finish on the speakers, not much else planned.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 56 going to 60 and partly cloudy.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The Keswick theatre night out did not disappoint. Judge Reinhold seemed to be having fun during the on stage interview and had some fun insights into the movie.

Bed pickup went without a hitch, guy showed up with son and the bed fit in his pickup truck no problem.

Planted a few radish plants to be early since the weather looks so mild. A few tomato plants are sprouting inside.

Sad to hear BEF about the house, hard to let go, memories stay though.

My FIL house , stone from the late 1700's is still being redone. A lot of friends asked why we didn't take it over, but the cost to bring it back to livable was probably over $200,000 and then it would need to be re-roofed, floors and walls fixed/repaired.
The new owner did not tear it down, for that we are grateful, but he is in over his head on a 4 year build out and has changed quite a bit to lower costs, like a more modern roof and windows.

Be well,

 

[two_bit_score]

Spalted Maple and Walnut candy dish. 10 high x 6 round.

That is a definate WOW!

 

[two_bit_score]

Drew, only TX shore camping we did was South Padre Island. Some great camping. But 300 miles south of San Antonio. Corpus Cristi. May be a better choice. 150 miles.

The beaches are nicer south of Galveston. Around Rockport, Port Aransas on down to South Padre. But any of them will be pretty chilly in October.

 

[two_bit_score]

TBS, Kathleen bought me a small hand held unit, it’s really handy for trimming small branches and such ! That saw is in Ct, could have used it this weekend in Vt !

I've heard a lot of good about those too! Take care in that weather. Hope you get some sunshine.