Good morning!!!!

[kenmbz]

Wow David, a jig for TV mounting?
How is the caretaker unit coming along?

 

[toppop52]

86 now but comfortable in the shade, wife and I had eye exams this afternoon, ordered new glasses, $$$$!
I still have to go to my retina specialist soon. I’m having what appears to be a minor issue.
Grilled turkey burgers and corn on the cob, had Mac salad also. I feel a little guilty about missing church, but the homemade blueberry and strawberry pancakes eased my conscience a little. We took a nice long ride before lunch.
Not much else today.
Thinking of Wngsprd and Buppies, Bird also and everyone in need of something.

 

[toppop52]

The trucks rolling by my house shake it more.

FYI, our tallest building is 146’, on its tip toes.

 

[Engineer42]

Drew, the Tuckahoe Steam Show is coming up in a couple weeks. It’s a nice show with tractors, a few cars, and threshing, lumber mill, shingle making, rock crushing. Dunno if Randy goes but it’s quite the experience. Think it starts on the 8th.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 75F for the start breezy, partly cloudy. Sky clouded up this afternoon, wind going up and down all day, and high temp 92F, HI 97F, DP 65F. Chapel to start the day. Wife wanted yogurt for breakfast so no breakfast cooking this morning. Into energy conservation mode till nap time.
Covid update: Cooke 3241 confirmed cases, 4 active cases, Montague 1787 confirmed cases, 4 active cases, Grayson, 11374 confirmed cases, 13 active cases.
Doug the bison live in a pasture. Not sure how dangerous they are, and don't plan to provoke then to find out
Ron great lily pic, hope you can get back on surface finish project
Roy good to here travelers back home safe
Thomas hope you stay cool as well.
Drew hope you remember to keep plant density down
Paul sounds like a good day, safe trip
Phil good to hear health is good. Nice pic
Buppies sorry you missed car show
Dennis can't blame you on not giving good tractor away.
RNG Good to hear fires still controllable at this point. Have to wonder what they are mowing? Good catch on control labels.
Bird still only mow once a week, getting plenty of grass per mowing .
PJ glad you got your mowing done. Hope you conserved some energy too.
David good luck TV swapping, and mowing
RS enjoy you inside activities
Drew neat story, hope she enjoys the lobster
Thomas love dressing room joke.
Ken quite the project would love that much firewood
David quit the size improvement
Randy hope you eye thing is a minor issue.
Engineer welcome back
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter and car crash,Bird/aging issues, Billy/skin cancer surgery, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies cancer surgery/ diarrhea, 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]

Currently 80F outside and clear, HI 83.

Attic ventilator just shut off a bit ago.

When I checked about an hour or two ago - just before I went back out after dinner - it was 85F, felt like 94F, with a DP of 76, 75% humidity.

Got the pork delivery made and hung around for a little chat.

Refilled hopper feeder when I got back, three more house sparrows in the trap. Did not cover it tonight, low will only be 72F. Did take up some fresh water and cracked corn earlier.

Woman says hawk has taken to perching atop Nest Box No. 5. That's probably not good.

Did some clean up in that area in the second circle, brought more screened compost down:

Think that makes 5 bucket loads so far. Still more raking to do.

There are a number of small oak trees on the right side of the picture that I'll try and remove and transplant. The large oak on the right has been producing lots of mast every year. Number of other smaller trees in there that need removed also as well as a good amount of poison ivy. Also there are some honeysuckle bushes in the back that will get removed and planted elsewhere.

Even though that area was in the shade it was still pretty brutal working out there this afternoon.

Didn't take too long before I threw in the towel and headed inside to see what I had in the way of PVC and fittings for the sprinkler rig for the beds. Gathered that stuff up and then started working on the Menards order for what I was missing.

Also ordered new strapping on Amazon for the shoulder strap on the FS 66 which broke the other day. $6 for 10 yards ... which will probably be a lifetime supply. They even had it in orange ... which should help in spotting it when it gets set down somewhere. Supposed to be arriving by tomorrow.

Hauled water buffalo around back and got it filled.

Woman brought home Dominos for dinner.

She came outside for awhile afterwards and we got the garden watered and she worked on her plants out front.

We dumped the entire 55 gallon load from the buffalo on the hydrangeas, hostas, and daylilies out in front of the garage. Ground was cracked, that area took it all ... no run off. Dunno if it was because it was dry or because Alvin and Company.

After that I hauled a load of trash and recycles up to the road, picked up the invasive shrubs that were laying on the lawn that she had removed from the hosta the other day and hauled those over to the burn pile. Grabbed the two buckets of hosta on the way back down to the house so they could be watered.

Then loaded up the bucket on the Kubota with items for the compost pile and took those up. Ran a couple bucketloads of compost through the screener while I was up there.

It was still light when I came back down so I fired up the Cub and ran up and mowed the compost/wood lot as it was starting to get long.

Need to finish off Menards order and get it placed so we can pick it up tomorrow (good activity to get done while it's raining)

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[sodamo]

Wow David, a jig for TV mounting?
How is the caretaker unit coming along?

Thanks, worked very well. Easy off and in with Soph working the jack as I guided. Bought that hydraulic table when friend moved back to mainland and it had been a lifesaver.
Took a bit longer as I had to lower the wall mount.

Caretaker work basically on hold until I get mowing caught up and a few other things thisweek.

 

[sodamo]

Best of luck with your eyes, Dennis

 

[buckeyefarmer]

91F more clouds than sun steady 10mph wind.

Welll front field trim and mow before noon while TSC getting critter food Mrs. strongly insisted I try on blue jeans for outside work pair she said "kind of ratty" seems I went from comfortable 38W to comfortable 34 since March young cashier kinda of smart @ss as I was leaving I told him dressing room was out of toilet paper and he was speechless and his look was priceless.

Chicken potatoes onions mushrooms peppers from grill kick back on the deck once temps cool off enjoy smooth cigar cold spirit.

Enjoy your evening all.

I bought a pair of jeans at TSC yesterday, didn’t check for TP in the changing room , as I never try them on. Always get same size as before.

Went in to get a 7 to 6 pin trailer adapter, seems I left my 2 at home, so now have a third.
I now have a “new” trailer also.

 

[sodamo]

New trailer AND new tractor Dennis? A blessed life indeed