Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning
71 going to 83 today.
I did get all the mowing done yesterday, grandson was late to the party, but he helped take the 3 pt mower off, blow the tractor off, refuel it and park it back in the shop.
Then we got on the Lazer and trimmed every thing up, all the pasture fence lines are tedious. Need to attack them with the string trimmer in the not too distant future.
Next up was a gate repair using a come along and sledge hammer.
This is some of what gets mowed with the 16’ Progressive TD16

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Got a good picture of Zoe with a real camera-

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Today we are taking the grandson to the Philadelphia Zoo, should be a fun day until he gets worn out. Although he held up pretty well working with me yesterday. He just turned 3, so I give him some leeway.

Zoe is one good looking dog. Nice picture; I like the eye's "catch lighting." Thanks for sharing and I hope you have some quality time with the grandson.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

83°
Got up on roof, nothing obvious for a leak. Will see what rain this weekend does. Should take water hose, start low and work my way up along the dormer.
Tilled parts of garden with my troybilt tiller. It started right up, as I run it out of gas each time.
I put too much in today so pulled hose at carb to drain tank.
Pulled back one side of plastic in corn rows to just till the planting area. That saved a lot of work. Between the bean piles I just chopped it good with a hoe.
Got 3 rows corn, 1 row pole beans, 3 rows of potatoes planted. Not planting more potatoes unless we sell some, still had almost 5 buckets left over from last year, planted about 2 buckets of smaller ones.

 

[m7040]

Went to the PO and checked out the airport getting ready for the weekend on the way back.
Got 25 MPH the other day on a 75 mile stretch with the Sprinter driving slower on secondary road. That is about as good as it gets with the V6 diesel.
I use the Kubota mower blades because they are heavy and less likely to bend. Keeping them sharp I have worked out to an easy process. Mowing the tree planting area it runs into branches and rocks lurking in the grass. I scrap them when they are out more than 1/4 inch on the magnetic mount for blade balance. Trying to claim a set of blades against Comcast for rocks after upgrading the cables and doing some digging.

 

[jbrumberg]

Thanks to an early afternoon bear raid I am now down to 7 feeders. It stole the sunflower tube and ran off into the woods with it. At some point another SAR.

This is an old picture, but it really played out as pictured here

 

[m7040]

Thanks to an early afternoon bear raid I am now down to 7 feeders. It stole the sunflower tube and ran off into the woods with it. At some point another SAR.

This is an old picture, but it really played out as pictured here

Supermarket for bears!!!!

 

[Popgadget]

While at the zoo, I was fascinated by the exhibit of the elusive Ryobi drill in its natural habitat

 

[jbrumberg]

While at the zoo, I was fascinated by the exhibit of the elusive Ryobi drill in its natural habitat

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Looks like evidence of nest building. Just like Blue Jays gender ID does not happen. Great capture. Thanks for sharing.

 

[KilroyJC]

Thanks to an early afternoon bear raid I am now down to 7 feeders. It stole the sunflower tube and ran off into the woods with it. At some point another SAR.

This is an old picture, but it really played out as pictured here

i’m telling ya - cable 20’ up, pendant feeders…

 

[KilroyJC]

GM Update:

Mom shopping run completed, finished with a nice late lunch. Got home just as the raindrops started, got the redeigeratable items out and into the house mostly dry. So the rest of the afternoon will be energy conservation.

along the way, we stopped into a local thrift shop. Picked up a couple of assorted and sundry, but Mrs found a homemade dog bed, of pretty good size, homemade, for $25.

Youncouldnt buy the lumber for it for $25! So it is outside in the rain,mand probably tomorrow it will get pressure-washed.

Meanwhile, I will FINALLY attempt using the PTO brush deck on the tractor soon, as the grass is a growin’. Problem is, the PTO handle does not stay up. So I will be fabricating a little sheetmetal flip lever that pivots and prevents the handle from falling down, but won’t get lost like a split pipe (a solution someone local suggested) or a bungee or other things that, if it goes wrong, would be difficult to disengage and are also prone to getting lost or falling out. Good couch work

 

[sodamo]

RNG, yes in the DvR mode. Has a neat feature better than Dish as there is a little preview window so you can see progress when you hit Fast Forward to jump to next segment. Still need to figure out how to delete a watched show.