Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

Bear came last night I thought she was in bed

Shouldn't be too much longer for the bears to start denning in your area???

 

[Thomas]

Wishing you many many more trios around the sun David.

 

[Thomas]

26F clear upper teens over night.

Streams small brooks just about ice over early this this year.

After work today started on list things get ready for late Thursday into Saturday AM Buppies forecasting.
Mrs.said you need to go to store for cat food I forgot can't say no when both kittens are looking at me and one giving push loves.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Buppies]

Happy Belated Birthday to your daughter Mark P

 

[Buppies]

Thomas she (bear) has figured out how to bend Shepards hook pull bottom off bird feeder and eat to her hearts content

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Wednesday) morning. Well, so far this is the Summer that hasn't happened yet. The overnight Low was 3.4C and it's currently struggling to reach 10C. High winds, overcast and raining... the rain started around 0530 and there was 5.2mm in the gauge by 0900. Crickey, it's the middle of December and I've got my electric heater on!

Months ago my Aunt, who is going to visit this month, told me the date/time she'd be flying into Launceston = 15 Dec @ 1520, so I was prepared to go 'in' tomorrow. She messaged me from her cruise ship late yesterday that it was Saturday the 17th, but I'd got the time right. At least all of the house cleaning is complete and her room is 'made up'.

It's 'into town day' for mail/groceries but that will be later in the day as I've got a Veteran's Christmas Lunch gathering at Noon.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Currently 25°

Got an alligator booster today, arm was ok at work, but sore now.

Cleaned pellet stove when I got home. First clean of the season. It could have gone a little longer, but if was off and cool. Got it running now.

Happy birthday David.

 

[rswyan]

28F and fair @ 19:00, high reached 38.1F here for the day and that was with a good bit of bright sunshine.

Did get hopper feeder refilled yesterday, also cracked corn scattered for the ground feeders.

More tank work: front glass and gravel cleaning, water from pwc's hauled back to the stationary tubs and dumped, more replacement water added, some pre filters changed.

Got the Orange Julie fished out of the tank in the living room last night and moved to one down in the fish room. Still have at least 1 Multi up there that I need to move down to the colony downstairs.

Got additional Menards order placed.

Woman headed out again early today to get blood drawn, was unsuccessful yesterday (outdated order) She has doctors appointment tomorrow and will get her flu shot.

After She got back She cooked some hot sausage patties for lunch and after that we headed up to Menards and picked up the orders: 14 sheets of 1" polyiso foam board, roll of tape for the foam board, 10 rolls of unfaced R-11, and one bundle (11 sheets) unfaced R13, 4 large tubes of Loctite polyurethane adhesive, and a 250' roll of 12-2. Polyiso and roll insulation were both on sale so saved a bit there.

Will need to unload the polyiso tomorrow and move it around back before the weather turns bad, will likely leave the rest of it in the van until it's needed due to lack of storage space. Also move over some sheets of the 2" pink board from the barn.

Had some "visitors" just before we headed out:

These characters were not who I had in mind when I put out the cracked corn for "the ground feeders" ...

Really need to get that window cleaned off ...

Hope everyone had a good Tuesday ...

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

42°F and light rain this morning, only got up to 47° this afternoon. Rained most of the day, and was misty in-between.

Sad day at the Smith house. Our oldest cat, Katniss, finally succumbed to the kidney disease she'd been fighting for the last five years. Found her this morning laying in the hallway downstairs, mostly unresponsive. Took her to the vet, who told us there was nothing she could do for her, except euthanasia. So, she left us today after almost 11 years. She was a good kitty, and is already missed.

Not a lot else got done today. Wife was feeling better today, but still not great. I seem to have made it past most of the cold symptoms. Still have a bit of a stuffy head, but that's it.

Good evening, all.

Paul and Wifey, sorry about your kitty.

Good Friday morning !
Yesterday night went for dinner for b-day of my wife's sis-in-law husband. They live not far from us, so we have a nice connections. (if I can say so ) We were 10 people at table, was nice evening

During night got another 5 cm of snow. Wake up early to clean our driveway. I live on lowest priority street and that is private, dead end street so city will never clean it. That's fine for me, I own tractor and dont care at all.
Our road crosses city road in T cross. Near that cross is old house, where lives man ~ 40 - 45 years old, single guy, but together with his mom. With that older lady we sometimes have had some chat, actually yesterday I have pushed snow also from that cross and little bit of city street and we make jokes that her shovel is almost same size than my tractor's plow. but I have never exchanged a single word with that guy. Meantime we have super good connections with other neighbors. Kids are playing together, help each other whenever is needed and so on. As this year I am plowing snow I am becoming even more popular

So this morning that guy was cleaning his yard and went out, towards me as I were approaching
Bloody bastard, how he spoiled my mood

Anyway, forecast says that cyclone is coming with strong winds and for the Sunday/Monday we could get another 25 - 30 cm of snow on top of already existing 20 - 30 cm. Nice.

Just remember as you drive back towards your house, he lives with his mommy still because he "don't know the womens". Thus very angry about everything. Don't smile too big when you are driving on other side of road...

I know. It's bad right? I'm supposed to want an EV... But I can't help it...
Hee hee he!

That looks like fun. I was about that age when my Dad got a little MGB. He let me shift while he drove. That started a love affair with roadsters. The Cobra is a Factory 5 replica with a fuel injected 302. Should be alot of fun. Some other cars I have > The Boxster S and a Mustang GT

cool,cool,coool!
There are plenty of good replicas out there.

Helplessly behind. Trying to catch up.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 63ºF for start, overcast, light wind. Had squall line come through about 8AM headed for storm shelter for about 15 minutes. did not check rain gauge prior to squall line. We got 1 inch rain Friday and Saturday plus this morning's rain had water over Low water #2 crossing. High temp for day was 64ºF and low temp forecast to be 45ºF at midnight. Changed out to new light on Christmas decoration, wife likes it now lights are multi color lights, instead of all white. Bike ride in afternoon, water sill over #2 crossing, slows the time a bit. No nap Cold weather coming more insert fires .
Phil glad you got plowing done inspite of chain and battery issues. glad chain fixed already. Sorry to hear wife has chest cold, sore throat going on prayers sent. Good luck on battery search.
Drew hope MIL doing well. Good to here she is back in her own apartment. I think tart cherry pie is favorite with pumpkin close second.
Ron sorry Sassy not a fan of bath. Spaghetti with home made sauce, yum! Sorry so hard to correct billing, did you have issue with English not being primary language. neat pic
Drew hope the suet cake increases variety of birds, we need to trap most of squirrels here they think they own feeder.
Billy hope not too much ice. Hope you get splitter started without hurting shoulder.
Frits as much as one pays for dealer service they would make sure you get quality repairs. Then wonder why thy don't get more service.
Buppies sorry for the poor working conditions. I saw snow on my ten day! prayer sent.
Bill hope you get good test and plow back blade combo works well.
Drew good luck getting TV service stopped. I will wager internet bill goes up after TV stops.
Don please keep me updated on counter tops.
Scaredy no quiz on what has been posted on thread . Prayers sent regarding personal situation. Hope truck is easy repair. glad you are getting friends to stop in.
Don hope switch is all the problem.
Paul glad you could fix the no heat problem. Hope something interesting pops up.
Scaredy never had a holiday train come through where I lived.
Jim nice to hear leaf control near done. Good luck at DMV.
Ken glad you feel well enough to cover day job.
Rich good luck with passport renewal.
RNG hope you can work something out on new car. Good luck with gateway suggestion. Sorry about the lack of fines. but good dirt not washing away.
Ken neat pic. Snow has the same effect here.
Ted sorry you did not get enough snow to try out edge tamer. Hope no goose chasing today, and you don't need more pellets.
David sorry about no mowing. Hope today's errand go well.
Frits glad glow plug done, sorry to hear about oil leak not that simple. neat pic. And second one also.
Helogabals thanks for update.
Thomas kitties have you wrapped around their paws
Randy(wag) glad cleaning done early. hope town trip and lunch was good.
Dennis hope no more side effects.
RS good to hear fish getting taken care of. Sorry about blood draw issue hope it got done today. Sorry wrong ground feeders hitting corn.
Kyle good to see you post, hope all is well at work and the home front.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Roy /passed away, /wife ankle,recover from getting sick, Don /brother medical procedure, Ron /broken arm and heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /elbow healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, /wife's pain, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes and fall, Frits/ daughters hip replacement /veteran son with mental issues, Ken /dad possible dementia, /uncle's surgery, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Lou / eye issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage not doing well, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /coughing, /neighbor issues, /land development, / brother "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's surgery, Scotty, /back pain, Frits /daughter recovery from surgery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Mark /wife colon surgery, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.