Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Drew, it is a Indigo Bunting.

 

[daugen]

beautiful bird, sure is indigo blue
good catch

 

[Spike56]

Good Morning from Central Texas,
At 5am, Temp 74, Dew Point 73. Everything soaking wet from dew as usual. Did get finished mowing and sprayed 20 gal of 24-d / Trooper mix yesterday. As on queue, the wind went from near 0 mph to 10-15 mph right when I started. As best as I could I stayed upwind but still managed to bathe myself with spray.
Headed to the Big City (Bastrop, Texas) today for supplies. Have a $50 gift card to Harbor Freight to burn, and get my free gift (batteries, moving blanket or a tarp). Not certain what else I will buy but I'm sure I can find stuff I don't need.
Hope all have a great day !

 

[wngsprd]

72 going to 90, probably rain late this afternoon.

Finished sharpening my mower blades after getting run inside by rain a couple of days ago. But by the time I finished, the wind had dried the grass, so I mowed for 2 hours instead of swapping them out. Maybe today, but wife wants me to go to town with her, and that probably means Chinese or Mexican for lunch, so I'm game.

Ron, 51F sounds mighty good. Thomas, are your temps gonna drop to the 40s?

 

[daugen]

still managed to bathe myself with spray.
time for a good shower.
not quite sure what was in dormant oil spray and follow up orchard sprays but
was soaked dozens of times as teenager with spray trying to get the apple trees sprayed. Also did the peaches, plums and cherry trees.
My grandfather had a container of DDT in his basement. We just didn't know we were poisoning ourselves.
and i don't wonder why I have neurological issues now.
old JD B pulling a 100 gallon sprayer with an ancient tecumseh? motor on top, powering the pump and a paddle wheel
that spun in the tank. I remember it had a rope start and you had to wind it each time.
when my father got more heavily into organic gardening, the chemicals started to disappear. But no orchard spray,
no apples. When we stopped spraying, we would take the buggy apples to local press and get the best cider made from it.

mulch became the answer
rabbits loved that mulch. Every year babies would be popping out, just what you wanted, rabbits in your garden.
Dog would keep them away after that.
growing up in the country was wonderful.
to this day Philadelphia is the big city and I just don't go there that often.
Though the Flower Show is worth it. Lot of interesting historical stuff to see, while you trip over the homeless in places.
I'd rather look at woods.
or like David, water.

 

[daugen]

anyone who has ever whacked themselves in the face with a starter rope
well I guess we are showing our age...
like Scott using a crank on his car

 

[Buppies]

Once or twice Drew

Beautiful bird Ron thanks

70.4 this morning more storms possible unscathed pass two days 88 for high but could cut air with knife.

Prayers for all our Country

 

[daugen]

was out watering plants, picked a tomato, came in for breakfast
headed over to sister's home in Princeton NJ this morning to check on her leased townhouse and
car in garage. Want to start it up and back it up a few feet. They are coming in from California next month, will
be nice to see her.
then on way home will stop at supermarket and get drinks and food for tomorrows work session.
I need to bring the cooler up and will pack it with ice tomorrow morning.
I always buy these strange drinks nobody seems to take and then I'm stuck with them so this time
it's water and iced tea only.
sorry, no sweet tea here, because I sure can't drink it.
And I know Ken can't.

74 out now, and not getting warmer fast, definite change in weather

I have one nice red tomato sitting on the vine and I've reserved it for Ken.
He can pick it on the way home, plus maybe a rose for Holly.
important to say thank you to wives for letting husbands out to play on Saturday morning...

 

[LouNY]

anyone who has ever whacked themselves in the face with a starter rope
well I guess we are showing our age...
like Scott using a crank on his car

Or when the knot was to small and got lodged in the angled slot and did not fly free.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 53 and going up to 73°F. Wind W 5 mph. Sunny.

Not much planned for today.

It was pretty buggy yesterday. Had 4 mosquitoes on me and doing their thing in the length of time it took me to walk the 25' from the Dodge to the tractor (I forget to tilt the BH seat up so it would shed rain).

Drew, I have never heard of a woodpecker tree. Not that I am a tree expert. Have you thought of a compost pile in the back yard? That tree would make a good start.

I lost my internet last night about midnight. Don't know what was up with that, but it is back up and running this morning.

I used to start my Morris Oxford with the crank. Got real good at retarding the timing, cranking her over and then advancing the timing again.

When I found out how good Juniors' girlfriends kids were at leaving things alone that they weren't taught how to use, I took the starter off the Farmall C and started it by hand with the crank. It started easy. 2 full revolutions taking it easy with 1/2 choke and 1/4 throttle, then up on the compression stroke and one mighty fast pull and it was running. Retarded the timing on that one too saved my thumb.

Might cut the grass today, might not.

Have a safe day all