Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

good morning all
56 out now, going up to 87 today in sun and clouds
and I can't wait to get to endodontist this morning, still can't chew on that side
I have to look at the bright side, glad this happened before I left vs trying to find a doc
on the road.

meanwhile trip food is ready and will finish packing today
also need to cut back beans and pull down one tomato plant that is not going to last.
will have some beans tonight, am surprised they produced for so long

I always try to leave the house nice when I leave for a while. Will leave outside water on but will turn off
inside, plus will turn off the hot water heater. My brother said sure to coming over in early October to switch the thermostat
from cooling to heat, so got that covered.

hope you all have a good start to the week

 

[wngsprd]

Autumn in August has ended...64 going to 91, with increasing humidity.

Mostly, that's too hot for a 6+ hour ride!

Sounds like Rigby is having fun...I bet that fence slam would make a good video.

Lou, neat that you drive in tractor pulls. I enjoy watching those.

Gave the blade trimmer a good 2 tank workout Saturday. Still need to clean up all the brush laying on the ground. It gets a little lighter after it has dried a couple of days.

Grabbed a chance to go to mountains yesterday for the last pleasant day for a while. Hiked an incredible area (if you're into geology, like me). I only saw 3 other hikers in over 12 miles on a Sunday...however, it is remote and steep getting into the canyon.

 

[wngsprd]

While rock hopping to cross this stream, started to step on a rock and this guy jumped off into the water. I nearly fell in myself.

 

[riptides]

65 outside this AM, heading to upper 80's.

Got home late last night, from middle daughters. Her big move day will be Friday with friends. We gave up a few items and I did the tool thing for her. Gave her a Weber grill (to carry on the charcoal tradition) as a back porch present. Along with all the needed utensils, of course. She has a nice layout on the house and property.

Nothing accomplished on our house front, except for care of the animals. This week the plumber may come by for final Milk House hookups. Our projects here have always been on the months and years timelines to finish.

Hope all have a great start to the work week. Be safe.

 

[m7040]

good morning, 64 going to 84 no rain in the forecast for the next many days.

Watered some of this years planted bushes by getting a small stream running from the hose and leaving it at the base of the bush for an hour per plant. Amazingly there was no run off and it all disappeared into the ground.

The yard hydrant at the barn is leaking under ground and making the ground around it very soggy. Turned off the water from the house but will have to look at today. May just be that the rod pushing down on the under ground valve will have to be adjusted at the valve handle. If not time to dig it out

Sorry Wag that you also have shoulder problems. I am adapting to my limitations but sometimes slip up

 

[txdon]

How is your knee coming along, Don?

Knees are doing well. No limping no pain. They are not as good as the originals when I was 20 but a lot better than 65 year old knees. Can’t kneel easily or bend them as far. I’m hoping the shoulder will come out as good as the knees.

 

[Thomas]

59F going to be partly cloudy day once the fog burns off mid 70's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...trim ditches and steep banks,than see what rest day offers.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Buppies]

62.8 high of 91 today mid 90s Wednesday maybe high heat index. Went to funeral home yesterday employee who worked for us over 20 years died he will be buried today. He caught Covid then pneumonia 77 years old going to miss him great sense of humor

Scaredy prayers sent sorry about rough road mostly, Don prayers for upcoming surgery, m7040 hope shoulder feels better, bad snake wngsprd, glad fellowship good BEF, congratulations to middle daughter riptides on new home special times

No grass mowed yesterday prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 62 going to 81, with pretty high humidity! Possible late afternoon thunderstorms!

Do you run rear tire weighted?
What do you run for rear tire air pressure?

Thomas, that is a widely held secret number, not to be divulged!

I usually enjoy visitors and have a fairly wide open schedule.

Lou, thanks ! My life seems very busy since having grand kids ! Hoping things will slow up a little when they are old enough to enter kindergarten!

Hoping to go for an early morning walk before it gets to hot.

Wngsprd, was that a copper head ?

In the north east we only have copper heads and timber rattlers , and not to many of those !

Hope all have a good start to their Monday!

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
62°, 90% RH under a hazy sun, highs in the upper 80’s.
Summer isn’t done with us, even if it’s the first day of school around here.

Yesterday I finally got back to the little plane and made some progress. Decided to put new spark plugs in, they were all a bit worn, one had an out of tolerance resistor. At $48 each I thought for a while about replacing them all vs only the failed one. Didn’t find much else wrong, got the oil screens cleaned and the oil changed.

Did some more cleanup in the old folks home, drywall dust is pretty pervasive. I have a nice Stihl shop vac (made by WAP) that filters very well. That means that I had to clean the filters at least 6 times as the performance degrades pretty quickly and noticeably. But the worst of the dust has been sucked up.

Wife was picking out wall colors laying the tile and hardwood samples on the floor and looking at color charts. I told that I was as concerned about the paint color as she was with the boiler specifications (which I poured over for weeks). I’m not sure how well that was received. It’s going to be light, neutral colors anyway, whatever she picks will be fine.

Today, it will be more punchlist stuff, painters are going to prime everything starting tomorrow. We need to make a Costco run, I’ll probably not get back to the little plane today, spark plugs should be here tomorrow, and the painters will have taken over the place, making it a good time to go to the hangar.