Good morning!!!!

[Bird]

Our dentist sent an email saying they were reopening yesterday, and had new procedures...your car is your waiting room...they'll call you when it is time to go in...they will wear PPE for each patient, and they are adding that to the cost of the appointment.

Same here.

 

[kenmbz]

46 going up to 63, quite a change from 79 on Sunday.
Finished cleaning up and chipping the 5 trees. Have a DR 400 chipper and it works well up to about 3" . Only jammed it once in 6 hours of chipping and a little under 2 tanks of gas.

RNG - thanks for sharing the videos- amazing area you live in.
RS - great bird houses. We have three and all are occupied. One is new, I cheated and bought it.

Need to mow the grass today, finish cleaning up the chainsaw and change the oil and grease the chipper.

Be safe and stay well.

 

[Looking4new]

Ron, it is 24" D X 48" L Supposed to be about 920 lbs full of water.

RNG, forgive me if this is a stupid question; was that the Feather River in your drone vid?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Speaking of the DJI Fly app, there's a new update that promises iPad support. The version I'm using now still displays a tiny window that uses a fraction of the iPad screen. Really hard to see, so this is a big improvement!

 

[rswyan]

39F and cloudy @ 09:00, 30% chance of light rain. High predicted to be 52F.

Extended forecast updated, now calling for a high of 62F and partly cloudy on Thursday. Yippee !

Need to check salt in softener before I forget and add if low. Think we might have enough down there that we should be good for the next month or two.

Beyond that, some computer work, paper work filing, and work on cleaning kitchen.

Also get that 4th birdhouse - the one house sparrows nested and laid eggs in - cleaned out.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable and productive day - stay safe and warm.

 

[Bird]

The 6 cc charges did equal the two receipt totals, but it made no sense the way the charges were separated.

I made 2 Walmart grocery pickups, 14 and 19.
14 has 2 charges on cc, but they don稚 total the receipt.
19 has 3 charges that don稚 total the receipt for that trip. Then I got another charge a week later.

I'm guessing they do the same thing as at least one of my cards. Right now it shows a "pending" $1 charge yesterday at Buc-ee's. I filled the car with gas, so when you put a credit card in there, it checks to be SURE it's valid. Probably sometime today it'll get updated to the actual charge. And I really threw Walmart a curve on the grocery pickup charges last week.:laughing: I started early in the week preparing an order and adding to it on 3 different days. So the credit card showed 6 "pending" charges before they got through; down to 2 this morning.:laughing: Of course I'm one of those characters who keeps all the receipts and matches them up with the bill when it comes. So far, it's always balanced.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 40, only going up to 72 today. They are still forecasting a chance of showers Sunday.

RS, nice job on the birdhouses. I installed a few out here, never had any birds nest in them in twenty years. They like the trees better.

RNG, yep, nice panoramic view of the area. Can you walk down those banks to the lake or are they too steep? Beautiful views! That second video is really neat, but I would be terrified I would not be able to get it back... I wonder how long (distance) he went.

Ron, nice pic of the opossum, a youngster? Odd to be out during daylight for sure....

I am sure I am missing a bunch of other stuff....

Everyone have a great day!

 

[txdon]

After 50 FEL transfers of mulch I still have a large pile.
Before and after pic.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

RNG, yep, nice panoramic view of the area. Can you walk down those banks to the lake or are they too steep? Beautiful views! That second video is really neat, but I would be terrified I would not be able to get it back... I wonder how long (distance) he went.

Glad you folks are enjoying the videos. I'd hate to think they were turning into home movies nobody except me would be interested in.

Out the south side of the property is a pretty steep dropoff maybe 30' high going down to the lake. There's a sort of trail that zigzags down the face that ends up at what's left of an old lime kiln; the state recreation area is named after it. There's a narrow roadbed along which I've found a few power poles, where the trail ends. That road goes down to the lake, and from there I can walk along the bank until the abandoned boat launch road starts. That'll take me back up to the cul-de-sac where my driveway starts. It's a good half hour hike with several hundred feet of elevation change, and I should walk it much more often than I do. At this point it's been years since I was last on it.

The DJI Fly app displays both height and distance for the drone, and I think that pilot mentioned his drone was out 9500' when he turned it around.

 

[riptides]

After 50 FEL transfers of mulch I still have a large pile.
Before and after pic.
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Classic! You know the answer- bigger tractor.