Good morning!!!!

[scaredychicken]

 

[m7040]

The cemetery on our property is marked on the plat and has an easement access path to get to it. There were several grave markers 30 years ago but over the years vandals have destroyed them except this last one that have flaked off to where the inscription is no longer readable. Researching the records from the Frederick Post newspaper I was not able to find anything relating to the property in the time period of the 1800's. The county has researched the property and wrote up a nice summary of who had owned the farm starting with a German immigrant in 1802 taking out a deed for a homestead of 200 acres. It was interesting to see when buildings were added and the 3 families that owned the property until we bought it more than 30 years ago. The daughter of the last family that owned the property lives across the street on property that was split off from the farm. Martha has told us about life back in the days she lived on the farm.

 

[daugen]

PJ, how far is Tower Rock from you?
apparently historic lows versus flooding
lot of interesting stuff on the bottom of Mississippi.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low was 30°, headed up to near 60. That will change overnight, wind coming back and a good chance of snow / wintery mix tomorrow. The high tomorrow is forecasted to only hit 45°.

Ron, welcome back! And a beautiful pic to boot! Awaiting some Sassy pics now...

Doug, sorry to hear about the Bird/dog/daughter issues. The loss of a beloved pet is always hard. Hope Leslie is doing ok.

Check, condolences and prayers for you and family on your loss.

Phil, sorry about your wifey's injury. Hopefully the surgeon can get het fixed up good as new!

Kyle, you will never have enough time when you're teaching.... there's always more to show / tell the students!

Today's agenda will be to see if I have a board long enough for the shelf for the wifey.... didn't get to it yesterday. Then dig out some grow lights and set up a stand / holder for them. Wifey is starting some Honey Locust trees from seed. They will need the lights over the winter.

Need to change the oil in the car already.... seems like it was just done a few weeks ago..... I have the oil, just need to get a filter, so maybe a trip to the parts store this afternoon.

......and whatever else that gets thrown into the mix.

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[scaredychicken]

check - so sorry for your loss

 

[Mark P.]

Good Morning - currently 65° going to 76°

Check, sorry for your loss
Phil, hope the wife gets better soon..

Hope everyone has a great day..

 

[sodamo]

70°F and .15 inches rain.

Horse of a different color. Off to breakfast in Hilo this morning. Haven’t done that since the pandemic. Then a few errands before getting started on my Starlink install at cottage.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

David, any local warnings on Mauna Loa? Grumblings about volcano, maybe just being safe and being prepared
51 percent of Big Island is technically a volcano.

rumble rumble

half the tulips planted, then trip up to Popgadgets to get some of his wonderful brisket.
He was putting in a new water heater in his garage
and when I saw water pouring out of a ceiling pipe I decided it was time to get out of his and his helper's way.
The brisket is a smokey delight.

steady light rain out now

 

[rswyan]

57F, cloudy, and wet (raining) @ 13:30, calling for 57F to be the high for the day.

Very slow to get rolling this afternoon.

Went back over to the barn last night to move things inside and shut off all the lights, ended up staying and working for several hours (until 01:00)

Mostly was digging out perimeter but I also did some straightening up and organizing of tools, plus trimmed some foam board.

Woman woke up around 03:00 and was prowling around (She often wakes up in the middle of the night due to various annoyances like restless legs, cramps, indigestion, etc), I didn't get to bed until around 06:00 this morning.

Hopper feeder needs refilled if it ever stops raining.

Probably make a trip down to Menards later for additional supplies and materials.

Their website is still not "working" on the desktop computer here ... although their mobile app seems to work fine. This is highly annoying ...

Then maybe over to the barn once I get back.

Gas prices here lowest I've seen in a while, unfortunately diesel not so much ...

 

[rswyan]

I wonder if you couldn't incorporate some sort of tank to store water, with a level switch to shut the well pump off when it got full. Not sure how you'd keep the tank and plumbing from freezing in the winter, though.

Yeah ... our well system does incorporate a storage/expansion tank already.

It's not all that big though ... maybe 40 gallons ?

About 4' tall and maybe 20" in diameter.

It has an air bladder inside which has to be checked for pressure periodically and re-pressurized if it's low.

Pump is set to come on when the pressure in the tank drops to 40 psi and shuts off when it reaches 60 psi.

Probably doesn't even store a full 40 gallons.

Sure would be nice if we could incorporate a large storage tank like you have done but like your say, not really realistic given the temps here.