Good morning!!!!

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 31 to start going to 63 ! Sun is out this AM, but looks like clouds may move in prior to the eclipse! We have 2 of the Grands coming over at 3 and Nana has got glasses for them, so hopefully the clouds cooperate!

More yard work later this morning after a 3 mile walk !

Some friends of ours invited us out to LI for a long weekend but it looks like the weather turns sour on Thursday when we are leaving! Hopefully Saturday and Sunday will be better !

Hope all have a blessed and safe day !

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 33 going up to 67 and mostly sunny until it's not.

Got one of the side beds cleared out and a bunch of tulips planted from BIL, probably end up feeding the deer... Also planted some mini daffodils that my wife bought a few weeks ago.
More cleanup to do, but more rain in the forecast.

Son's school is releasing early today for eclipse.
I found my old eclipse glasses from 2017.

Good morning Buppies!

Be well.

Looks like I will have a lot of work to get my trails safe again. Still have some enormous Ash trees that are in the state of dropping branches and falling.
Here's a few smaller ones that are progressing nicely.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 58˚F heading to the low 80s. The crowds are not materializing for the eclipse, the rain and cloud predictions worked. However the chance of rain during the eclipse has now dwindled to 10%, but clouds are here. My Houston relatives did arrive and did not encounter any extra traffic on their Sunday drive, but they did take the back roads (79, 95, 29). No Sun visible at sunrise - looking east.

‘I didn’t think it’d be empty’: Eclipse crowds much less than expected in Texas Hill Country

The crowds long expected to arrive in the Texas Hill Country this weekend for the eclipse must have changed plans. That’s the sentiment shared by many on the streets of Fredericksburg on Sund…

www.kxan.com

 

[m7040]

What rod did you use?

here is a picture of the rod

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My friend is somewhere near Dallas to see it.
I’ll need to drive, my son has Dr appt about that time.

 

[Popgadget]

here is a picture of the rod

View attachment 861251

That would have been my choice. Not inexpensive, but the right tool for the job.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 39F @ 5:45AM. Abundant sunshine. High around 65F. Winds NW at 15 to 25 mph.

Got in a couple shortish hikes with my buddy & dog this past weekend, but not much else. It rained on and off throrough Saturday, so didn't get any unloading done. Was suppoed to go camping at Panamint Springs, but with highs only in the 50s and lows in the thirties, decided to stay warm at home. Starlink launch Saturday night was quiet enough that we drowned it out with the stereo and the jittery dog hardly noticed. Mini spot welder for making up some lithium battery packs arrived yesterday, right on time. Posted a couple ads on CL and FB Marketplace, got the usual looky lous but no good hits. Have more to post after a bit of cleanup. And there's even more in the trailer that'll also go on the block.

So that's what's on the agenda for today.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a great start!

 

[txdon]

Starting to clear, the sun is visible, 3 hours till start of the eclipse.

 

[Helogabals]

Good morning


For beginning update on weather

Before you ask - pic I "stole", I don't know the place where it is taken
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trip back home went smooth, no issues at all

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Saturday didn't do much. Went to farmer's show. Lot of tractors, beer, etc
Other than that - just "conserved energy" <tm>

Sunday made it to the "rancho". Firewood time. Made 7 of those "big-bags". that is ~ half of what MIL needs for winter
For us (me, BIL, 3 tractors ) it took like 4 1/2 hours. That including good launch

Today at morning went to see doc. That running nose is killing me...
Prescribed some medicine, now, at afternoon it's much better already.
Turns out that grapa failed While was in Italy consumed grapa quite a lot. That didn't help


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Have fun on Solar eclipse !

 

[buckeyefarmer]

i have pic of partial eclipse from 19940510.

 

[rswyan]

59F and partly cloudy 11:00, heading up to around 72F for the day's high.

Bright sunshine at the moment ...

Retrieved Cub and dump cart from the barn yesterday and then took sprayer around back to the garden and got the east side mostly all sprayed except for a little section on the very edge before I ran out of juice in the sprayer. Also got some spots west of the cattle panel trellis sprayed as well.

After that I took the Cub and cart over and started picking up sticks on the west side around the bird feeders. Got that pretty much done, just needs a little polishing up ... kinda right near where the tree would fall if it came down ...

Definitely no wearing the earmuffs and listening to tunes while doing that ...

Was eyeing a couple of black locusts I plan on taking down for fence posts when I went to the back to dump the sticks.

Woman was out doing some shopping while I was doing much of that. She brought me a Subway Cold Cut Combo home for lunch ...

She was successful in procuring a couple of pairs of eclipse glasses. (She is currently making green bean casserole and lemon bars for the "eclipse party" later today)

After lunch I got some mowing done on the east side and out front.

Amazon snuck in sometime on Saturday and delivered the order with the draw knife, fungicide, and little plant markers.

A lot of the cauliflower, cabbage, and broccoli seedlings have died ... either damping off or they just got too hot under the clear plastic covers while sitting in the sun. Will replant those items that I have seeds for. Unfortunately the "cheddar" cauliflower isn't one of them ...

Tomatoes still doing great tho' ...

Cut another section of poultry netting yesterday to make another cage to go over seedlings.

Next two days are supposed to be dry (but mostly cloudy) with highs in the 60's and 70's. Then a couple of days with a chance of rain.

Only 1 day in the Ten Day forecast with a high in the 40's ... otherwise 50's, 60's, and 70's.

Hope everyone has a decent "Eclipse Day" ...

 

[two_bit_score]

throbbing aching hurt in tooth pulses with every heartbeat. Lovely.
i took a pill...

Very sorry to hear of your pain. Prayers for resolution and releif.

 

[two_bit_score]

Looks like I will have a lot of work to get my trails safe again. Still have some enormous Ash trees that are in the state of dropping branches and falling.
Here's a few smaller ones that are progressing nicely.

I can sympathize with your constant battle with vegetation. We don't have too many Ash trees. I don't think I've ever seen one in a Texas forest that I know of. But we have penty of damage from pine beetles and oak wilt.

Is this anything like your Ash trees?

Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees

texastreeid.tamu.edu

 

[kenmbz]

I can sympathize with your constant battle with vegetation. We don't have too many Ash trees. I don't think I've ever seen one in a Texas forest that I know of. But we have penty of damage from pine beetles and oak wilt.

Is this anything like your Ash trees?

Texas A&M Forest Service - Trees of Texas - List of Trees

texastreeid.tamu.edu

Smaller cousin, most of the bigger ash are in the 80-100 feet+.
We have(had) Green and white Ash here.
Mountain ash is not affected by EAB.

Pine beatles and oak wilt, elm die off, so many trees getting taken out.

But we have lots of invasives to take their place :-(

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .81 inches rain

Solar event about to begin but too overcast.
Described here as Bite of the sun.

Hope many of you have a memorable event.

Busy day ahead. First up my semi annual eye example. Looking for a good eye test as I need new glasses. Then our semi annual dentist visit, cleaning and exam.

Happy Hour at friends this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[scaredychicken]

Good Morning Everyone,

I know that I've been hit / miss for a couple hundred pages of this thread. I'm managing.

Nothing new yet in the big picture of my pending divorce.

making plans (house, yard, property) for when I am eventually able to keep the house

Sciatica has calmed down (that was excruciating for 5-6 weeks)

Spring has arrived

Newest grandson (5 wks) is doing great, as are older brother (2 yrs), my daughter and her husband. I'm planning a trip to see them - hopefully in May.
It is a 10 hr drive, I need to take the dog, and I need to get through tax season and also buy a vehicle for roadtrips.

Praying as I see / read the needs

 

[txdon]

Eclipse has started about 1 in 5 minutes you can see the moon starting cover the sun because of cloud cover. Pics not showing moon overlapping.
Totality in 50 minutes.

 

[txdon]

About 1/4 of the sun is covered. Pic doesn’t really show it

 

[two_bit_score]

Good Morning!

Slightly cloudy day. Not much wind so far. Slight possibility of rain. Mid 70's probably all day.

I've seen some pics of eclipse viewers which are pretty funny. I guess it takes all kinds and right now a lot of them are right up the road. I prefer our beautiful Texas sunsets and sunrises to any eclipse.

@daugen, you will get to see a beautiful sunrise over Galveston Bay when you are at Crystal Beach.

Everyone enjoy Eclipse Day, another day to serve our Heavenly Father. Prayers for our Nation!

 

[two_bit_score]

But we have lots of invasives to take their place :-(

New ones popping up often.