Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

At least I know where all of our rain got lost...Frankenk has been hoggin' it. If my backpacking experience is correct, you live in the western NC mountains where years ago we were rained on almost non-stop during a one week hike.

Mostly, congrats on your new lap record. I set a new record yesterday, too...killed 147 deer flies on my hike...total this year is now 1379.

That’s sounds like a fun hike. I always wanted to hike the entire AT. Guess I won’t be doing that.
We are going on a drive to PA today. Might stop by the place I was camping when I got GBS, Pine Grove Furnace the midpoint of the AT. Usually some thru hikers there this time of year, doing the ice cream challenge.

That’s a lot of flies.

Need to get out of bed though. Was up till midnight, woke up at 1, couldn’t sleep so stayed awake till 4 or so.

 

[K5lwq]

Good Morning Everyone! 80F already this morning. Went to the shop early to cut and drill some steel while it was cool enough to work. Tomorrow morning will go do some welding.

Update on crazy dude. The FBI is investigating him now and he has not bothered the wife in the last few days. Hopefully that will be a solution.

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[RoyJackson]

Chores are done...really, the grass was too wet to mow but I did anyway. Lot of clumped grass, but that'll dry out by day's end, I think...
Might pressure was the mower to get all that wet grass off (especially under the mower deck), than re-lube everything if I get ambitious...

Temperature isn't real bad as I type this (0953 and 77 degrees), but we'll be shutting up the house within an hour or so.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low at 52, very nice, going for a high of 88. Monsoon seems to be kicking in next week, 50-60% chances of showers each day all week. That would be really nice if it happens. Looked like we got a little sprinkles overnight.

Drew, sorry to hear about the nighttime intruder.... odd that you have been there for a while and now they are making checks? Sounds fishy to me....

Ron, another great picture! At first I wasn't sure it was a turkey...

Looks like our extreme heat wave has ended... at least for the time being. There is still the rest of July and August to contend with.

Lots of stuff going on here at the homestead... getting a couple of spare bedrooms put together for 5 family members coming in for a 78th birthday party for my MIL next week. We have to get mattresses / beds set up, food getting prepared, bunch of stuff. One son's vehicle has to get some work done (timing chain), so throw that into the mix. We should have enough hands on deck for help.

Going to get started.... everyone have a great day!

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, another great picture! At first I wasn't sure it was a turkey...

I thought the same at first. Then it got up and walked around.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It was a very nice 72° first thing this morning but already up to 84° on the way to 92°. There’s a small chance of rain next few days. We’ve not had a drop in nearly a month.

This morning’s job was installing a new air pump on our aerobic septic system. I had an alarm a few days ago and thought I could just replace the diaphragms. No such luck .. when I removed the cover .. I discovered it had already let the smoke out so, ordered a new one online. I went to next larger pump this time.

I finally finished all the hydraulic work on tractors, grapples, etc. and now everything works correctly on both tractors.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Prayers to all.

 

[sodamo]

71°F and .06 inches rain a beautiful morning

So many choices. Probably should get the pool area mowed. Pile of soil just crying out to be attacked by the tractor. Or I could just conserve energy and enjoy the day.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good evening all. 76F for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Light wind day, Sky cleared off and high temp was 98F feels like 107F Walked with wife this morning, then bike ride. Adjustments made worked well. Think I set a personal record for elapsed time around the lake., average speed was 18.4 mph. Still trying to get update on boat cover repair, and might be able to buy golf course access land and will be able to irrigate it, I already mow it. Grilled some brats for dinner and helped wife make spaghetti sauce. After dinner did some prepping for Saturday ride.

Good luck on the land purchase. 18.4 is fast. Did you guys make sauce with home grown tomatoes? I bought some jalapenos and cilantro to try and entice my wifey into making some cold process fresh salsa.

My son had 2 of his 10 year old friends spend the night over here. I got up and made a big batch of pancakes, some with blueberries. One of the boys ate his pancakes dry and plain. No butter, no syrup. And he ate more than anybody.


Don and Drew, yes it has taken on a life of it's own. Haha. We'll see. I will give it one more try. Piston ring design and material is everything.


It's already hot. I need to change oil on commuter car.


Drew, hope you can get a good spot. You might have to move to the rv camp initially, then let the owner you are interested in a better spot, if available. I wish I was in a position to have purchased some of your stuff you were off loading. sorry about your sleep. Hope the person wasn't up to clandestine activities... My wifey would have trouble wrapping her head around the "not like chocolate" thing. We use ghirardelli chocolate chips in our cookies. Soooo good. Oh, and real butter. No fake stuff.


Prayers for our team.

 

[txdon]

Just for your information.

Quote from Dr. Mcdougall: "Cholesterol, accumulated throughout the body, and measured by a simple blood test, reflects the healthfulness of one’s diet and is the most powerful indicator of your risk of developing and dying from heart disease and other serious chronic illnesses. Cholesterol is only found in substantial amounts in animal foods (meat, poultry, fish, eggs and dairy). Now, this diet-caused condition has been found to be a determining factor for hospitalization or dying from COVID-19. Overloading the body’s cells with cholesterol is an invitation allowing the deadly virus to invade."

I did some searches and found there is a connection between Cholesterol and covid19 and it was not a good connection.

 

[txdon]

Did you guys make sauce with home grown tomatoes? I bought some jalapenos and cilantro to try and entice my wifey into making some cold process fresh salsa.

We canned 12 pints of salsa from the home grown tomatoes. Three are gone already.