Good morning!!!!

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It was 71° an hour ago .. now 59° with a 15 mph north wind. We’ve had a mist of rain off and on all morning. Likely most of the needed rain will pass north of here.

Spent the last ten days busy with tree trimming and cedar / yaupon removal and have several large brush piles to eventually burn.

Hope everyone has a safe, productive, hump day.

Prayers to all.

 

[daugen]

rains have started. And so did some loud voices outside the house.
Ahhh, Verizon Fios has finally come to Solebury, and the road crew decided to pack it up when the rains started.

planted the squash yesterday and some early peas.

 

[sodamo]

Does that “vent” keep the grass from collecting under the deck?

Wet grass reduces that effect

 

[daugen]

Rick,
looking good. Is the area outside the fence yours also?
if so, boy do you have job security, and you already had that...
I would call that a glade now, sure looks nice.

growing up my Dad used to call this beating back Mother Nature. If we didn't, the woods would creep in and slowly take over the house.

 

[rswyan]

46F and cloudy @ 12:45, headed up to a high of 52F for the day. WU is currently calling for a low of 28F tonight, and high of only 32F tomorrow. Got some rain overnight.

Filled hopper and two sunflower tube feeders yesterday.

Noticed the hydrangeas are starting to bud out and those black tulips The Woman planted are starting to come up ... as are the hostas.

Got several more bucketloads of crusher run placed on driveway in low spots yesterday and knocked down with the box blade. Didn't really try to level it as the driveway was pretty dry. Might hit it later, depending on how wet it looks.

Spent the most time on screening compost though, got a pretty good pile of screened material going ... should be ready when weather gets good enough to really begin with the planting/landscaping.

The Woman came down last night to see the new fish fry ... probably over 100 of them in two tanks.

Have appointment @ 15:00 for first Moderna shot.

Just about enough time to get cleaned up and get the fish fed before I head out.

Hope everyone has a great day ...

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Mostly, saw the first lizard of the year yesterday, still no snake sightings after the big Texas freeze.

The fence lizards have been out and about here for almost a month now, Don. I think it was Tasty that I fed four mealworms to last night. Came right up and took them from my fingers just like always, as if it hadn't been 5 months since her last feeding. Also have seen more than a few smaller lizards, so they've had at least one clutch already this year. The more the merrier, I say. They eat a lot of bugs when they're not mooching meals off of me.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, wish you a speedy recovery from Dental ordeal.

We have Delta Dental, don’t know if available in your area.

 

[daugen]

RS, nice fish.
but can it do this?

by the time you are done you are ready to throw the whole thing in the water
just to shut it up

what I think is delightful is Al Green got more royalties from the fish singing Take Me To The Water than he did from anyone
else singing his song.

And of course who could forget the Sopranos episode where this fish was the star. I found the episode....ah, nope, two ladies dancing
with not much on at the Bada Bing episode, surely not for prime time

 

[daugen]

Thanks David I'll look them up.

 

[wngsprd]

Just tall pile of small mud balls and dirt with a hole in the center.

crawfish castle - Google Search

Calling it Just a mud ball might hurt that poor crawdaddy's feelings after working so hard.