Good morning!!!!

[PJSprog]

66°F and mostly clear skies this morning, going up to 86° today. The cool before the heat, as we're looking at 102° here by Friday. And ... it's not even Summer yet.

My traffic vacation is definitely over. It's taking me much longer to get to and from work now. Seems all those drivers with "no particular place to go" are back on the roads in large numbers. The jams are back in all the regular places, along with multiple "accidents" (pronounced: predictable results of questionable driving practices) every day. I guess it was nice while it lasted.

When I got home yesterday, The Wife asked me to finish power washing the deck, as her hands were starting to cramp. Fair enough. She'd done the driveway concrete pad and about 2/3 of the deck. I finished the last third of it while she went out and picked up dinner. She fed the fuzzy butts while I gathered the trash and rolled the can down to the road. Went out to the barn to check on the chickens, as well as the live traps set for the groundhog. He's been smartly avoiding them. May move them to the other side of the barn tonight.

Sorry about your friend, Paul.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Walked the New Hope Lambertville bridge again this morning.

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Pretty area.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

My traffic vacation is definitely over. It's taking me much longer to get to and from work now. Seems all those drivers with "no particular place to go" are back on the roads in large numbers. The jams are back in all the regular places,.

Same thing here, was nice while it lasted, though.
At least a lot less cicadas now.

I’m going to have to get a groundhog trap.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

MD cv19 cases under 100 for the 5th day in a row, under 200 in hospital.

 

[sodamo]

65°F and .04 inches rain. Only been raining about hour and a half and I don’t recall rain being forecast so hopefully short lived.

Without planned interruptions I can be a bit more productive today

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

Too dry for the Weed-N-Feed, so working on the lime instead ... 12 bags down so far, 2 in the hopper, 6 left on the pallet. Rain predicted for Friday then again on Monday ... so may wait until Saturday for the Weed-N-Feed.

Had the "Auto-Stop" mechanism jam, locking up the drive wheel. Caught it immediately and stopped hopefully before any damage was done. Took Kubota up and emptied the material into the bucket, took it down to the house and put that in a 5 gal bucket, then went back up and retrieved the spreader with the loader bucket.

Loosened up the screws attaching the "Auto-Stop" mechanism to the hopper and blew it out with compressed air which freed it up. Nothing obvious came out that should have caused it to jam.

That happened like 10 bags ago, been working fine ever since (knock on wood)

Note to self: spin wheels during and after washout.

Will finish the lime and then probably work on getting the rest of the garden plants in and watered.

Have some tree trimming to do with the Stihl HT101 pole saw after that.

Taking lunch break currently.

 

[sodamo]

Condolences onloss of your friend, Paul.

 

[toppop52]

52- 78 today, some clouds and sun at times.
Got the stone garden for the kitties stretched to accommodate Charlie. I aired the tires in the spreader, now I’ve got to go to the recycle center, bank, drugstore and TS for cat paraphernalia. Then come home and spread Spectracide.

 

[daugen]

Buckeye those bugs have come North, I'm looking out my office window and seeing dozens of them flying around coming in
and out of the woods. I found a couple live ones latched on to my snow peas this morning.

beets picked mostly for the greens and first pattipan squash is coming in.

I could have waited another day or two but since the lawn service mows it high, and the grass was dry, good
time to mow. With standard discharge blades JD mowed beautifully

eggplant leaves were covered in aphids or some kind of eggs. I soaked them down thoroughly with organic neem oil and it will likely cure them.

 

[Thomas]

Pop...sorry for the loss of good friend.