Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

bad weather heading in, plus a flood warning so assume they think lots of rain.
my drainage ditch had water in it this morning

some new suet cakes came in, not good in this high heat, a real mess to install
and last batch seemed to leak down into lawn below, wish birds would peck the fat out of the lawn, as
it's killing the lawn. Think I'm going to restrict suet cakes to colder weather.
too bad, woodpeckers love them

grey out, getting greyer, greyer...the air is thick with not a breath of wind,
just waiting for the rain

just might be a long summer the way power has been going off around here.
more storms, more trees going over, more outages
glad I just changed the oil in my gen.
we seem to be getting more weather associated with the coastal South, hot and humid
or maybe it's just coming up from Florida to visit. Actually those big storms seem to start in Texas and then sweep
up on an angle.
shake up a little heat and humidity and you get a big boom

just keep the tornadoes away. Very glad I have a basement.
I'm sorry Kansas but you have to be a dedicated farmer to face that danger.
but the Deep South keeps getting clobbered too, and more folks getting hurt due to
lower quality housing. The more our poor wind up in rv's and singlewides, which I saw all across the US while traveling,
they don't hold up to 100 mph winds. Much less 150+

This is good news for Ron, RS, and others
For the safest weather conditions in the US, consider locations with low risks of hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, and extreme temperatures. Anchorage, Alaska, and the Great Lakes region are often cited as relatively safe havens. Specifically, the Great Lakes region, particularly areas above the 42nd parallel, is highlighted for its protection against various disasters. Other cities like San Francisco, Seattle, and certain cities in Ohio (Akron, Cleveland, Columbus) also rank high for climate resilience.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Wow, great shot and great photo!

This morning I was thinking, I probably got that on the security camera video, and I did. so i kept a short video of me throwing the tape.

got a little rain this afternoon, only .13" . most of big storms going around us.

No deck work today, was very humid this morning. Working on plans for a Sept trip out west somewhere. Want to hit 1 or 2 states I haven't been to, but can't talk myself into going to North Dakota this trip.... Showed wife the first go at it, got a Ehhh for the north route. Was going to come back via north Min, Wisc, and MI UP. We were there last summer, so said, well, we can start trip the same, then head south and hit some trains in Colorado, and she is much more up for that trip. Right now planning on the Combres & Toltec RR, and the Durango RR trips. Have done Durango before, but it's really a nice train ride. Then will head east along I40. Several years ago (2017) we went out I40 to Grand canyon and back I70. This trip will be go out I70 to Indy, then some route to get to Omaha NE (have not been to NE), visit an old friend in NE, take I80 West, down to denver and colorado springs, visit garden of the Gods, maybe pikes peak, sand dunes, durango, Chama NM, then down to I40 to head homeward. If Ted's up for a visit, would stop and see him, but will have to see.

Lot of work to plan a trip, now to check accomodations along the way..

 

[rswyan]

81F and partly cloudy @ 17:00.

Looks there’s a band of showers headed for us, should arrive between 18:00 and 18:30 if it holds up.

Got the water changed out on the sweet potato seeds and removed my first slip. Stuck that in a jar of water to let it root a little further until I can get around to planting it.

Then got the last side painted on those 2 t posts.

After that I got the planting area for that 2nd Casper pumpkin weeded and cleaned out and got it put in the ground, watered in and caged.

Also stuck labels on all the pumpkins back there.

Came around front and loaded up the rest of the branches from the ash onto the Kubota.

Right now working on prepping another 8’ along the bean trellis, see if I can’t get the rest of those planted.

The Blue Lakes I planted the other day are already popping up.

 

[m7040]

Discovered the water heater was leaking on the floor in the basement. It is a Rheem 15 year old propane fire heater 50 gallons tank
Cleaned it up and drained the tank, turned off the propane. Need to look at what to replace it with

 

[daugen]

to prevent the valve stem in rv from wobbling around under load of tpms sensor at very end, tire place
suggested I get a rubber grommet and showed me one, just not the right size for the oval hole in my wheels.
I asked him what is that thing and he had to find the label and it was a gladhand grommet.
That was a new one for me.

for now with no tpms sensor on the end, the hard steel valve extension will likely last forever.
but before I replace the sensor, I think doing something to better secure it makes a lot of sense.
half an inch of duct tape, that would look professional...
the prior screw down variety did nothing but scratch my rims and fall off.

I could not find any oval ones online, am sure I'm looking in wrong place. It's an oval approx 2"x3" rubber grommet that fits in the wheel hole
and has a small round hole in center for valve extension tube.
not a priority, I can check that one tire manually every trip easily as long as the stem sticks out.
I put my Makita tire pump on all the tires anyway, manually, to double check the digital readout and provide a sanity check for
the aftermarket tpms system I have. Which being rf has a variety of fake sensor issues.

but if someone asks you for a gladhand washer, now you'll know.
I'm guessing used mostly on semis for managing hoses?
guess that's a more fun term than a rubber grommet.

I drove to the tire shop with my four ways on and kept it to under 42 the whole way.
Inner flat tire apparently survived the ordeal. I should have heat gunned the outer tire when i got there, would be curious
how hot it got holding up the dually all by itself.

Amazon.com

 

[Thomas]

BEF...

NATIONAL CREATIVE ICE CREAM FLAVORS DAY ​

 

[buckeyefarmer]

BEF...

NATIONAL CREATIVE ICE CREAM FLAVORS DAY ​

chocolate works for me....

spent afternoon paying bills and other paperwork.
rain only at .15", not enough, but better than none.

 

[B7510HSD]

Gladhand is the connector on the end of the airline hoses on a semi.

 

[Engineer42]

to prevent the valve stem in rv from wobbling around under load of tpms sensor at very end, tire place
suggested I get a rubber grommet and showed me one, just not the right size for the oval hole in my wheels.
I asked him what is that thing and he had to find the label and it was a gladhand grommet.
That was a new one for me.

for now with no tpms sensor on the end, the hard steel valve extension will likely last forever.
but before I replace the sensor, I think doing something to better secure it makes a lot of sense.
half an inch of duct tape, that would look professional...
the prior screw down variety did nothing but scratch my rims and fall off.

I could not find any oval ones online, am sure I'm looking in wrong place. It's an oval approx 2"x3" rubber grommet that fits in the wheel hole
and has a small round hole in center for valve extension tube.
not a priority, I can check that one tire manually every trip easily as long as the stem sticks out.
I put my Makita tire pump on all the tires anyway, manually, to double check the digital readout and provide a sanity check for
the aftermarket tpms system I have. Which being rf has a variety of fake sensor issues.

but if someone asks you for a gladhand washer, now you'll know.
I'm guessing used mostly on semis for managing hoses?
guess that's a more fun term than a rubber grommet.

I drove to the tire shop with my four ways on and kept it to under 42 the whole way.
Inner flat tire apparently survived the ordeal. I should have heat gunned the outer tire when i got there, would be curious
how hot it got holding up the dually all by itself.

Amazon.com

They go here Drew.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Two planes flew over an hour ago, I'm in S.Central Va.
By the time I got my phone on for pictures they were almost gone. Loud & strange looking but I think they were like this: