Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

66°F and .49 inches rain and raining. Could be a factor in days activities.

Guys won H&F, gals gracious. Shrimp scampi was excellent dinner and my chocolate pineapple upside down cake a hit.

No big plans for the day, just continue from yesterday. Mostly relocate supplies to the work area.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[m7040]

Staying out of the sun so went up to the barn and greased the boots and melted it into the leather with the heat gun. Will let it dry some before wearing again. Also oiled the leather flaps over the laces as well as the leather laces

 

[jbrumberg]

There was an acrid smell of smoke to accompany the mist rising and dissipating in the morning's veiled sunshine. This morning low temperature was 62ºF. It was a humid, veiled sunny morning and the temperature reached 87ºF before the cold front rolled in around noon and there have been ongoing, intermittent, brief T-storms with rain sometimes downpours until the cells dissipated/moved on. The current temperature is 74ºF; a 13ºF drop in about an half hour. Hopefully I might see a rainbow this PM.

A better picture of Mr. House Wren:

 

[jbrumberg]

My AI Bird ID app,"Merlin", id'd Ovenbirds, Red-Eyed Vireos, and Chesnut-Sided, BlackThroated Green, and Common Yellowthroat Warblers were singing away. The truck "blind" is prepositioned and I am patiently waiting to hopefully capture Mr. & Mrs. with their young soon (and get the tiller).

 

[Thomas]

Got everything mowed around the barn, except 1 edge that was too much of a clincher. Couldn’t put ROPS up, bolt missing again. Kubota replaced one last year when it was in the shop. In this pic everything except top left which was yesterday. Approx 5 hrs on meter today, did not record yesterday start hours.
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Couple box turtles survived, saw them scrambling away
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Saw what I think was coyote running out thru far field last time I drove out. Saw several deer.
And few rabbits.
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Filled tractor twice today.
Sad to see the barn in such bad shape. Lots of childhood memories in that barn. Dad added the whole shed side back around 1952.

Fond memories.

 

[Thomas]

‘’Bear back got bird feeder again

Was lucky enough to watch skunk and bear face off...skunk won.

 

[Thomas]

81F clouds slowly rolling warning of pop up t storms 4-8pm.

Just before 6am took trimmer for 4 walk,than couple hours bouncing on the rider mower follow by lunch after lunch couple hours mowing front field,that was enough for lawn care today and slow shower felt.

Plans for the evening...date night!!! if the rain passes before sunset chair on the deck has my name also smooth cigar.

Enjoy the evening all.

 

[sodamo]

Dennis, always enjoy seeing pics of your Dad and his place. If OK to ask, what’s the future for his place? You seem to really like it there.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Success at last!!! Got the sequoia transplanted into a bigger container and trimmed a couple of 'bad' lower branches. Then noticed the willows we have been rooting had big bunches of roots present, so planted them in some larger nursery containers.

My "ramp" idea worked perfectly! The tractor bucket almost reached, but was about a foot shy reaching over the picket fence. The dirt hit about halfway on the ramp and slid down the ply right into the planter. Took 3 buckets (1 yard) to fill. Still have to add about another 8cf of soil amendments before transplanting the strawberries.

Just as I was spreading out the last bucket, a few rumbles of thunder...... A t-storm popped up out of nowhere.....
Got the garden tools put away just as the rain started, I got just a little rinse when putting the tractor away. (technically she got put away wet)

The temp dropped from 68° to 52° in 15 minutes. A quick downpour put 1/8" in the gauge.

Took a nice warm shower and got the comfy clothes on now. We're going to have an early supper of meatloaf done in the smoker along with some corn on the cob and baked mac and cheese with bacon.
Unfortunately, no desert....... Might just have to have a bowl of IC.

 

[m7040]

The Uluru rock in Aus is the largest rock in the world with nearest town being Alice Spring central Australia.
A new laser show and 1100 drones has created a unique experience to learn about the original inhabitants and their culture.
spectacular desert show above Uluru

Although you might think that Uluru and the vast outback skies need no adornment, a new experience in Australia's Central Desert might make you reconsider. A world-first Indigenous tourism experience called Wintjiri Wuru has opened at Uluru that tells a chapter of the Mala ancestral story using lasers, light projection technology and 1,100 drones in a blend of ancient and new. Most importantly, it was carefully created in collaboration with Anangu elders to make sure their story was told in the right way. It took five years, and the result is spectacular.