Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

30 going to 34...a little more snow fell overnight.

Learned friend across the river are still without power and needed gas for generator...we texted them to come pick up a full tank, only to find out it was not LP gas, but gasoline they needed. Since I got the diesel zero-turn, I keep only small amounts of gasoline for the chainsaw.

Woodchuckdad, glad you got your power back...there are still 30,000 customers without power between you and me...talked to a guy yesterday that drove through Louisa County and said it looks like a war zone. We went to town yesterday afternoon and had to turn around and take a different route because of downed trees and ice on the roads.

Don, good to read about your knee progress...I wouldn't have expected any less from you.

BEF, 10 miles a night is great! They found that young woman on the AT who went missing on Christmas Eve...alive and okay.

Buppies, hope you don't find any damage at your place when it gets light this morning. I've got many days of clean up ahead of me.

 

[wngsprd]

A couple of snow pix...will enjoy looking at them again in August.

 

[riptides]

27 outside this AM, heading to lower 30's. Kept the wood stove stoked overnight and will be feeding it today. Copious amounts of wood for sure.

Snow came and went, leaving a fresh 2 inches around. Like others, still looking at tree damage from the last event.

On assessments, recall I appealed, the new note came in 50k lower. Property values have tripled around me. A simple house on 2 to 5 acres will run just under a million. Our place has Ag zoning, but Rural Zoning abuts us and puts pressure on livelihoods and taxes. It is the age old "growth" encroaching on farms battles that usually end up pitting property owners against developers, fellow neighbors and different groups that have their own ideas for land use. Most everything for zoning ends up contested at the county government.

That's enough gloom and doom from me. It is Friday and the weekend is upon us! If there was no snow on the house, I'd venture up on the roof and take down the Xmas lights. That should be fun!

Hope all have a good day, be safe. Enjoy the weekend.

 

[Buppies]

19 this morning one tree down I know of could not get in upper driveway daylight will reveal more

Prayers for all

 

[daugen]

oldest brother emailed me saying his granddaughter was looking at Univ of Kentucky and they had a foot of snow there.

only four inches here, light and fluffy, and thankfully despite lots of noise I didn't get any gravel jammed in impeller this time.
Shoveled the walkway, brushed off the truck, salted the walkway working my way back into the house. Good exercise, having a microwaveable
neck warmer helped keep me warm out there.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 26 and not going above freezing today. Looks like the forecasters got it right this time, everything is snow covered, I’ll be in the tractor after breakfast. It looks like putting out the driveway warmers was not a waste of time.

Yesterday, I did some tidying up in the shop filling the trash can before putting it to the curb. The new lifter and brackets made moving the heavy toter the 1/4 mile to the curb effortless with the carryall. Dr visit was uneventful, actually saw nurse practitioner, she said that the shingles were scabbed over and healing up nicely. I finished the week long course of antiviral medication, so now I just wait for them to be completely gone. Still some pain and itching, so I’ll be glad when everything is cleared up.

After the doctor, stopped by old time shop that does radiator repair, sells automotive paint and glass, welding supplies including steel and gas cylinders. Bought some welding cable and connectors at prices that reflected the age of the inventory. It’s always a fun place to go, I like wandering around the place and making a mental inventory for future projects. The original proprietor passed away last year, it’s now owned by his long time employee that operates it by himself.

Today will start with a bowl of special K and then I‘ll get some tractor time in, followed by shovel time. Not sure what will fill the rest of the day, no band tonight, drummer is COVID quarantined.

 

[Buppies]

Beautiful pictures wngsprd

Only one tree down dead one not too bad

nice picture Drew

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 48F @ 5:00AM. Rain early...then remaining cloudy with showers in the afternoon. High 54F. Winds SE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 90%.
Spent all day in the fog yesterday, with not even a hint of the promised rain. And only 0.01" overnight. Radar is showing some to the north and west this morning, so there's still hope.

Helpful diagrams of all those plugs, Lou. Can't stress the importance of opening the main breaker to the grid before back feeding a generator, though. You could kill somebody if you forgot.

I haven't had the SSQA come apart, Bill, but I have had branches move the handles up, and I have forgotten to engage them. Pretty much the same result.

Thanks for the snow pics, folks. I like looking at it, but that's as far as it goes.

Packed the big brush pile down with the tractor yesterday, then got a tarp over most of it. It finally started raining a few minutes ago, so there will be enough dry wood under the tarp to get it stated easily. No town run with the iffy starter in the van and the iffy brakes on the truck; I decided to wait for parts to arrive. Increasing CV19 numbers in town were another factor for holding off on a supply run I really didn't need. Conserved energy the rest of the day, paperwork and more of the same today.

TGIF gang!

 

[Thomas]

Back pockets dragging due to all that Overtime?

Naaa...more of my health and age...she said "your not than young anymore"

 

[Thomas]

After breakfast worked on study for CDL written.

As in heavy commercial or tractor trailer?