Good morning!!!!

[newbury]

Here is what you can do with your cicadas: Maryland candy company cooking up chocolate covered cicadas

During the last major cicada cycle in Northern Virginia I was still employed as a senior scientist at Fort Belvoir, just south of Washington DC. They were THICK. I remember walking into work several times with several of them attached to my clothing.
Some of the female scientists were rather surprised because I had a tendency to pick the cicadas off my shirt and eat them.
Crunchy little things.

<snip> It'll be warm enough later that the deer will try to test it, so we'll see what happens. One of the security cams looks right at it, so I might have some video to share later...

As I've written several times before, around here my cousins solution for the electric fence/deer combo is (with the power off) run a thin coating of peanut butter over the fence wire. He just dips his fingers in PB and runs the wire between his fingers. Turn fence on, deer lick wire, deer learn quick.

 

[sodamo]

The idea in the beginning was that RNG wouldn't be spending any time on the van; most of the work was supposed to be hired out. We know how well that worked out, and I wouldn't recommend it for tractors, either. In fact, the last trip the old tractor made to the Kubota dealer took nearly four months to finish.

Take comfort knowing our empathy.

 

[Thomas]

9am temp 75F around noon 2 heavy rain showers past winds increase 15-20mph now comfortable 67F compare to last 3 days.
Finish planting garden,my little repair to Critter Cafe table was meet approval. other than that indeed putter day.
Looks like recliner yesterdays movie share bowl of ice cream with kittens kinda evening.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 66F to start, overcast, .1 inch in rain gauge, light breeze. Overcast all day with periods of light drizzle, light wind, and high temp of 74F. Chapel to start day. made wife pancakes, conserved energy for rest of day, did get a nap in. Carp roundup put off till next week, Thunderstorms in forecast for tomorrow.
Covid update: Cooke 3226 confirmed cases, 4 active cases, Montague 1769 confirmed cases, 4 active cases, Grayson, 11334 confirmed cases, 25 active cases, local not updated.
Ron hope you got a good rain since outside activities ruined, Two hawks sitting on a roof and one says ...
Drew glad some got it that liked the pie.
Buppies thanks for your prayers
Randy never tried a magnet on leaves
Roy hope you get the idle slowed down to use the hitch-assist
Billy hope you get some rain soon. glad the bird have left the nest
Paul great pic of GS on tractor
Dennis hope you had good visits, and safe trip home
Bill or it gets too cold too long.
Drew have not seen casings or heard any yet.
Randy hope you enjoyed your day of rest.
Eric enjoy your family time
RS hope your day was productive
James sorry about black flies, good luck with dirt work
Roy sorry about the belts
RNG hope the fence works on the deer. good luck with the terrace, glad you got the stump out
David hope the ceiling sheet rock goes well
Don good to church w/o mask went well.
Drew sorry about neighbor and no mowing, does not sound very smart.
Thomas glad critter cafe repair is good. recliner sounds good as well.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter and car crash,Bird/aging issues, Billy/skin cancer, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies cancer surgery, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes,Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/recovery, Bill/DIL home care, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, Drew/tendon healing, David(sadamo)/Sophie's eye surgery,RNG/fire season, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[rswyan]

75F and mostly cloudy @ 21:15, high hit 86.4 today. Radar actually shows rain currently, but not hitting the ground yet apparently.

Got 3' rake, tow-behind spreader, and 8 empty 5 gallon buckets picked up first.

Then got lower front mowed when I got back.

After that, started in with applying the gypsum - put down 13 bags (520 lbs) and almost got the entire lower front done. That's probably a third of what it needs, but it's a start.

Ground is pretty dry and it was a rough ride.

Took a break in late afternoon and ran out to get gas and pick up a slab of ribs from the rib folks who had their stand set up.

Hope everyone had a great day.

 

[sodamo]

Got everything done today, including hanging 5 sheetrock panels on ceiling. Challenge was maneuvering 90” panels in 91” width. The lift, while not perfect was a big help.
Still need to SR the bedroom area, but that needs to be insulated first.
Dump run was crazy, 6 vehicles ahead of us.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

So let's grow some tall grass to hide venomous snakes in your back yard.

I like the butterfly bush idea, Drew, but the problem seems pretty much self correcting. Maybe the new tenant will have a lawnmower?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Meanwhile, there are still 13 holes in the floor of the barn, but one of them seems to have been chewed a bit bigger. (Anyone remember that thread? I think I have updated pictures that I can post over there.)
!

I remember that one.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Great worship this morning with 2 families we haven’t seen in over 20 yrs. they invited us to their house for lunch afterwards and we got to talk old times. Their kids were young back then, now married and grandkids.
No masks in sight at their worship.
Just got back to in-laws house in VA at 12:30 AM, left TN at 2 pm CT.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-05-24, 0329

61 right now...high in the low 70's...

Reckon when I get home this afternoon, I'll troubleshoot the flail mower...