Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Randy, prayers for Ellen and her sister.

all washed up, clothes packed, waiting on one last PT session they snuck in this morning at 8am. Hope I get to go for a walk. Dreary and rainy out,
not going outside today

Monday, Monday, so good to me
Monday mornin', it was all I hoped it would be

 

[riptides]

Day of liberation - eh? Drew. New life ahead. Good for you.

Odd weather. 61 outside...heading to mid 70's. Slight chance of rain these next two days.

Got all the yard work done yesterday. No excepts from me. Good for at least another week, ground is bone dry. Grass is browning out...time moves quick.

Hope all have a great week. Be safe.

Condolences for your wife, Randy.

 

[Buppies]

Mamas and papas eh Drew

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 64F @ 4:30AM. Partly cloudy. High 84F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Googling the model number of the pendent turned up this page on it, with a banner at the top for an inexpensive monitoring option.

Hope the move goes well, Drew, and your rapid recovery continues. Love the Mamas & Papas, but I'm more of a California Dreamin' kinda guy.:cloud9:

Here's to 14 days in jail for the CA morons, David. Or just put 'em on the next plane for Seattle's new country so they can join the rest of the anarchists.:grumpy:

If the squirrel hunting's no good, Kyle, at least you know what to bait a trap with now.

Nice heron shot, Ron. Are those bubbles on the water surface?

Got the pipe bushings at Tractor Supply yesterday morning, and half the draw pins I needed, but they didn't have the top link pins that I ordered. Clerk said it's not uncommon that their physical inventory doesn't agree with what the computer thinks is in stock, and blamed shoplifters. So there you have it, tractor owners so desperate for three point parts that they'll resort to stealing. Far more likely that the clerks aren't doing their jobs to keep the inventory numbers accurate, don't you think?


Used the bushings to install the quick couplers on the grapple, and got it mounted to the FEL. Guessed correctly on which one went where and ended up with the grapple opening when the right side of the rocker switch is pressed. Attacked a small tree stump with it, but even though the grapple did take a few chunks out of it, the stump proved more in need of the backhoe. But it did a real nice job of scraping the dead weeds off around the stump, and scooped them all up in one easy grab. Also had no problems picking up and moving a pretty good sized chunk of oak tree trunk, and getting that out of the way. Too bad it's getting so dry I'm afraid to do more with it for fear of starting a fire.

The movie I recorded yesterday didn't have any sound, so I figured out what went wrong and caught another showing. While that was going on, I dug out the documentation on the lathe and figured out why one of the digital read outs wasn't working properly, a project I'd been putting off for months. And while looking for the lathe docs, I sorted through a foot high pile of manuals and instruction sheets that had accumulated on the workbench over the past ten years. Threw out about half of it, filed the rest away, and found space in the book cases for the manuals.

Today looks like a good day to move the firetruck and finish grading the side yard. The hooks to make up new bungee cords for the tarp are in, so I'll swap out the ratchet straps that are on there now at the same time. And should probably clean the pine needles out of the gutters and make a pass around the house moving flammables into storage or onto brush piles. Last week the county banned all burning, and there are already several thousand acre plus fires burning in other parts of the state.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a good start!

 

[wngsprd]

Was 59 when I went out at 4:30am to start cleaning up all the hummingbird feeders that the bear emptied out last night, and got a one minute sprinkle of rain. I've been bringing them in along with the seed feeders every night, but my achilles tendon was killing me last evening...maybe due to wearing crummy shoes while going up and down the ladder many times yesterday. So with no bear sightings in the last few weeks, left them out. Brought most of the seed feeders in anyway. The bear took down all but 3 hummingbird feeders, and knocked over the permanent cedar gazebo seed feeder. Also took the one trash bag out of the can, and spread it around...definitely likes enchilada leftovers. Had to make two new batches of hummingbird "juice."

Prayers for you and Ellen and family.

Roy, hope you're feeling better today.

Rick, new flags are nice. Surprised you left that shredded one out. My Cha Ching came Saturday, but haven't used it yet.

Buppies, glad the Mrs likes the .22 and hope you get some target practice with her.

My wife has slept at the hospital with her mom the last two nights...still doing tests. Her mom will have to go into 14 day quarantine when she returns to the assisted living community.

Cloudy and only going to 74 today.

Rip, sorry you haven't gotten any of the rains...I noticed Culpeper and Warrenton got 2.5 inches a few days ago but it seems to be staying west, and today south.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Ellen痴 special needs sister passed away suddenly in the afternoon yesterday, so I will be helping her over the next couple of days.

Sorry for your family's loss.

Randy, prayers for Ellen and her sister.

all washed up, clothes packed, waiting on one last PT session they snuck in this morning at 8am. Hope I get to go for a walk. Dreary and rainy out,
not going outside today

Monday, Monday, so good to me
Monday mornin', it was all I hoped it would be

Drew, making a big step today. I pray you get better each day.

Got up at the crack of dawn to squirrel hunt. I guess our squirrels are lazy and sleep in. Finally saw 1 at 7:15, about hour and a half after first light. He ducked right when I shot, and managed to hide in the oak canopy. TREE RATS. Now garden rats. Eating my tomatoes, and later the pecans.

 

[riptides]

Wngsprd.....the rain events seem like they always stay on the horizons of late. Makes for great sky's and watching thunderbolts.

I finally found the critter gaining access to my garbage shed. He/she manages to open the door.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It was 69° this morning, already 75° and going to 90° this afternoon. No rain in our forecast until next weekend.

I'm dragging a bit this morning. The big Rice Dryer west of Garwood burned last evening. Five VFD companies responded and we were on standby to bring our two tankers and man power. It was after midnight before our "standby" was cancelled.

Today's plan is to start cutting another pasture, next to the horse barn, with the big tractor, then finish with the 55 hp tractor. Lots of trees to cut around.

The replacement halyards, for our two flag poles, should be in our mailbox by about 2:30 p.m. I'll probably save that job for after it starts to cool off this afternoon.

Drew .. best of luck with your next steps to freedom.

Hoping everyone has a great start to your week.

Prayers to all.

 

[txdon]

Good Morning! A superbright morning clear skies and 83˚F heading well into the 90s.
Randy and Ellen sorry for your loss, prayers sent for the family.

Drew, Rick will have the helicopter ready just in case there is any difficulty in your peaceful escape.

Roy, hope the dr. can figure out some relief before it becomes a painful problem.

A commode valve is acting up so already have a maintenance project waiting.

The okra is growing and needs one more thinning. The tomatoes are coming out of the top of their 4' cages with more leaves than tomatoes and the potatoes are still looking good. We still have quite a few potatoes the pantry from the first crop so I hope to harvest this second crop as late as possible.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low somewhere around 54, high today again 88. Only slight chance of showers. Seems like we have plenty of horizon rain...all around, but none here!

Drew, good luck with your move today, keep up the push forward! Our thoughts and prayers are with you! I am with RNG, some good Mamas and Poppas, but California Dreamin was my favorite song. As a kid, wanted to move there (Cali), but never made it...

Randy, our condolences to Ellen and her family. Always hard when things happen suddenly.

Wonder what is going on with Jay? I wish he would just check in....

I got all the insulation installed yesterday morning before the boys even showed up! They did jump in and get the ceiling panels hung. One son left to start prepping for GS birthday, other son continued to help me with some wall panels. We got about half done, then I had to call it quits.

Decided to cook out on the grill, I fired it up, wifey got some chicken on, and within 4-5 minutes, major flames and burning chicken! Seems that half of the burner components had been rusting away (knew it was on the way out) and gave up on this use. We spent last evening researching a new grill. I am going to make the drive up to Santa Fe to pick one up at Lowes up there. There are none to be had in the local stores.

Everyone have a great day!