Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

83 with heat index at 90, supposed to be in the 60’s by late afternoon with heavy rain. We shall see.
I don’t want to mow until after the rain, so that will be tomorrow or Thursday.
Insurance issued a direct deposit payment for my awning yesterday, normally it appears the next day, not there. I’ll give it until tomorrow before I call them. It’s just coming in the left hand and going out the right anyway.
I don’t have a great deal planned for today, maybe piddle in the garage for a while.

Live long and prosper!

 

[Eric Salop]

Good afternoon, unlike some it is neither hot nor humid here, even though the sun is shining. Cooling comes courtesy of a gentle northerly breeze, it nicely kept us from overheating this morning while worming the lambs.

Think I will go for an easy afternoon, especially as exterior woodwork sanding is on hold until a new pair of step ladders arrive. The old ones are creaking and starting to fall apart (much like me). Stripping off the old weathered Cetol finish is taking a lot longer than I expected, 6 down, another umpteen to go at about 3 hours per window. Fortunately a "little guy" local shop sells hook-and-loop sanding discs at half the price of on-line stores.

 

[rswyan]

55F and mostly cloudy @ the Timberlink station @ 09:30, bright sun here at the moment. Headed up to a high of only 66F today. DP currently 47F. Big cool down. Back up to more normal temps tomorrow though.

Looks like we got almost 0.50" rain yesterday, had a torrential downpour last night around 01:00 - just after I had gone to bed ... only lasted less than 5 or 10 minutes though. Probably another 0.15" with that.

Will go out here in a few and if the grass is still wet I'll hook up the spreader and get the weed and feed put on the lower front. If not, there's always tomorrow.

Removed pallet with Menard's order from van yesterday and got the 4 bags of lime put away in the garage, moved pallet up to wood/compost lot. May put that lime down later today.

Spent most of the day inside though, working the basement, cleaning up and organizing. Woman got down there as well.

Today's agenda will include removing about 5 shelves worth of old, old paint (mostly latex), taking it out back and opening it up so it can dry out and be disposed of properly.

Got fish all fed, some filters cleaned, fish room maintenance. Still more to do on that today.

Refilled hopper and two sunflower tube feeders. Replaced chain on one suet feeder the coons got ahold of and filled and hung it. Other one was still up on the roof by the chimney last I looked, maybe wind yesterday blew it down to where I can reach it.

Raked up the berms around vegetable plants for water retention after the rains. Have cukes, tomatoes, yellow squash, and zucchini on the vines. Due to spread more Deer Scram today.

Ordered belt sander from the Depot, due in tomorrow.

Emptied whole house vacuum and took trash up to the cans at the road.

Lost two of the sparrows in the trap, so I took them out and stuck them in the freezer.

Thinking about it, ground should still be wet enough that I can core aerate again today. Will probably be the last time before the heat of summer sets in so I'll probably go ahead and do that and get it out of the way, so the aerator can be cleaned up and put away.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ...

 

[kenmbz]

Sparrows in the freezer?

 

[rswyan]

Sparrows in the freezer?

Saved for the local raptor rehab center ...

 

[toppop52]

Sparrows in the freezer?

They take up a lot less room than a turkey.

 

[Buppies]

1/2 in of rain and counting diarrhea bug here for a visit since Sunday night lots to deal with here.

nice picture Eric

 

[kenmbz]

Sorry to hear Buppies, hope you feel better soon.

 

[ronjhall]

1/2 in of rain and counting diarrhea bug here for a visit since Sunday night lots to deal with here.

nice picture Eric

Hope feel better soon.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .07 inches rain.

Another mowing day ahead.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day