Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Boo, our first watch bear.
I wonder if he will become a local attraction.
soon busloads of kids...

nice dinner at my brother's, always fun to observe the 11-14 year olds,
the girl always good for some teenage angst and too many "likes" in her words.
Which is a challenge considering her grandmother was head of the English Dept at our local high
school. The 14 yo brother whose birthday is next week got his present from me a little early.
A 2700 degree IR heat gun. He and my brother promptly went out to measure the Corvette's cylinder temps, brake temps, anything they
could with it. He seemed delighted and it was a tool his father did not have either. When I explained he can measure a/c temps at registers, etc
his eyes lit up with and what else? His grandmother's pottery kiln, and the.....48 bucks well spent.

got everything done I needed to today and back brace helped a lot.
tomorrow I need to water and mow but otherwise no special plans; fine with me, has been a tough week.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Saturday) morning. Overnight Low of 5.4C and it's presently 16.9C, clear & calm. There was 1.0mm in the gauge @0900.

Yesterday was interesting. The parishioner event at the Town Hall turned out to be a gathering of the local sewing/quilter club and I turned out to be the only man amongst 40 women. Still, my fellow parishioner was pleased to see me. I left after a coffee and an hour had passed.

Next was a stop at the hardware store for a few items. Yes, to get me over the A$48 needed to achieve "GOLD STATUS" (whatever that means). Once I got home I reviewed the receipt and realised that they hadn't charged me for a number of items, even though I saw them 'beeped' into the register.

So I drove back and let them know, paying for the missed items. They asked why I came back and I said that it would've screwed up their inventory. Besides that, it's a small town and I'm glad that we even have a hardware store.

Anyway, nothing planned for today & that's just fine. Take care all.

 

[ponytug]

@Wagtail. That qualifies for my "good egg" award.

Did the extra items get you to "Platinum" status?

All the best, Peter

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 67ºF for the start. overcast sky, light breeze. Light wind, overcast AM with trace rain, partial clearing to partly cloudy in afternoon, and high temp was 90ºF, HI 95ºF. 6 days in 10day over average temp, not much rain. Made coffee to start day, office work, bike ride, town trip, nap. Bike early start in morning.
Buppies glad you got a bit of rain. Sorry you are so dry and not getting as much help as you need. Cool pic, prayers sent.
Ron glad shopping went well. good to hear garage PW finished. Glad house is progressing well. Hope hornets nest has been neutralized. Hope order pick up and window washing went well. Nice frog
Scott(vt) glad it's cooling off. Hope the studying is helpful and you do well on the test. Hope you can get back on the rocker project before it gets too cold. When I go to the DFW area I can see what you are talking about, 100's of acres now covered in houses.
ArlyA I know you are ready to quit mowing, we won't quit mowing till about mid November, the last month or so will be for the leaves. Hope you can get the i's dotted and t's crossed on camp property. Nice pic
Drew hope your back behaved today. Cool gift for 14 YO boy. Family tradition of guessing gift sounds like fun. Hope you were able to get radiology report on back. Glad pepper was tasty and not too hot.
Mike glad rounds moved, sorry too dry for burn. Sorry real job taking up too much time. Hope you don't have to go up and down 11 flights of stairs too often.
Bill hope dump/town run and conveyor work went well.
ArlyA great pics!
Happy(NC) glad progress on shop reorganize. Sorry you lost your stats on all you solitaire games. Hope you do okay with dog and cat.
Billy nice sighting in night sky. Glad hike, swim and mowing all accomplished.
Paul glad your friend made to R/C field and did well flying. Glad Prius passed inspection. Hope Costco run and music went well.
Ken hope work went well. Hope clean went well. How does guard do with deer?
Lou glad change over to "new" pickup going smoothly.
Drew glad you were able to get in Dr office so quick. Hope the appointments go well.
Drew thanks for the link, had not heard of the B25 strafer mod.
Friend(trac) sorry about the overweight bag. Hope the rest of the flight went well. Have a great vacation.
Dennis not a fun way to start the day. Glad you were able to find the correct part to replace defective plumbing. Sorry about encounter with cop, glad he was not after you. Hope you got some mowing done.
Dennis great pics from trip, the "guy" at the gas station reminds me of the "giant people"
Dennis neat pic from Barn Artist.
David hope Sophie's eye appointment went well and you got your hinges. Sorry guys lost, but they have had a good run for a while. and you kabocha chicken was excellent.
RS sorry not much improvement on making post holes. Nice garden haul. Hope good progress on today's agenda.
Drew glad no cancer, sorry about bad back, hope nothing bad in colon. Hope blackberries were good, bee poop and all.
Thomas glad boss liked your report. Sorry wallet on "diet". Nice to hear Boo taking security seriously.
Dennis glad yard mowed. Sorry about trucks driving by creek. Nice pics and deer herd.
Drew glad good dinner at your brother's house. Glad temp gun a big hit. Hope tomorrow goes like today.
Randy(wag) glad you survived the quilter's gathering. Nice you achieved gold status and then went back to pay for some items not charged for.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Scott(vt) /wife's back pain, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Eye recovery, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, Middle East War, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is tasting very good this morning. 54° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 78° with mostly cloudy skies. Got windows washer before sun gmade it too hot. Trip to Menards went good. Got all on my list. Until I got home and realized I had not picked up the package. Made the 5 mile trip back for it. Got tractor out and cut grass in back field. Rest of the day was spent on back porch enjoying a nice cool breeze. More of that today along with shrub trimming.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
looks like a nice Saturday today with sun and highs in upper 70's.
not starting out well with both back and neck hurting, plus a major headache, so on go the soft collar and my
back brace and that helps a little. Hoping I will limber up a little and be able to mow the lawn.
Hard to get enthused about stuff when you hurt and I keep trying to avoid the pain pills.

had an interesting reaction to the mealy worms I put out for the birds.
The birds haven't eaten them, and they are attracting yellow jackets. Not what I wanted at all.
I put some in the feeders, a mistake apparently, now I'll just put on the ground for the bluebirds and ground feeders.

coffee tastes good, headache slowly fading
hope you all do something fun this weekend.

 

[WinterDeere]

hope you all do something fun this weekend.

Welding new battery boxes onto a trailer, and doing some rust removal and painting work?

Yeah... not very fun.

 

[wngsprd]

58 going to 81. Maybe a pop up.

Sounds like Boo is earning his keep.

Lubed my tiller and finally tilled some of my food plots...had been waiting for the big rain we got earlier this week to bring the soil to proper moister level. Planning to put in some winter wheat, oats, winter peas, crimson clover, etc. today.

 

[daugen]

Welding new battery boxes onto a trailer, and doing some rust removal and painting work?

Yeah... not very fun.

well....you have a nice cool day to do it and I bet when you are done you will have a big smile
from transforming something nasty to nice
may no bugs fly into your fresh paint...

looks like some free entertainment today, for a good cause, might be worth tuning in:
Farm Aid 2025 takes place today, Saturday, September 20, 2025, at Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN. The all-day event starts at 11:30 a.m. CT and features artists including Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp. You can watch the live stream for free on the Farm Aid website or on YouTube, and a special broadcast with live performances will air on CNN from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. CDT.

 

[ArlyA]

Good morning folks. A breeze is blowing here this am and a chance or rain for the whole weekend. Its near 60 now and our high is predicted to be 68. Never got my trailer deck re-coated since the sun was hardly out all week . Our falls are usually warm and dry. Today we are cleaning out the little camper we have and put it on the market. Not the best time of the year to sell but we'll give it a try. With the camp we are buying, we no longer need it.