Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

Mowed the big field this afternoon. Was long overdue and took longer than it should have and now there is layer of clippings all over but it will rot down soon.


Worked some more on the pressure washer pump. Old one is apart as well as the (new) one. One of the one way halves recessed into the housing was not working and pulling it out was a challenge until I remembered I had a seal puller that had replaceable legs depending on size.

Also stacked some more wood 2 loads as planned per day. It is starting to add up and up to about 7 or 8 high. Will stack it up to the ceiling and then go for second row.

 

[Buppies]

Nice wood pile m7040

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Mowed the field, lots of bugs, had to keep
Mouth closed, and eyes almost closed.

Need to do the lot this coming week, maybe Tuesday.

Storm yesterday knocked corn over. I tried to lift it back up, ground is so soft it fell back down, but more in the row instead of sideways.
Beans not looking too good. Potatoes blooming, picked 1 more little cucumber.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) morning. Overnight Low of 3.5C and it's presently 4.6C, clear & calm (for the moment). There was 5mm of rain in the gauge @ 0730.

The ointment is working wonders on "Rum"'s eye, the 'MAHW' is pleased. No up-date on which end the pills are entering, though.

I'm off to Church in a half hour, then the rest of the day is His.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[sodamo]

Another day with the morning dominated by wetness.

But had “fun” anyway. Have had a mysterious, recurring Amazon Prime charge show up on my credit card. Card isn’t listed on the Amazon account, nor the charges. Our Prime is paid annually and we don’t do the rents or purchases, so a mystery.
First call was to Chase. I reluctantly decided to just cancel the card. Nope. Chase said I had to get the charges cancelled by Amazon.

Combination of Chat and phone, it only took another hour and half. Provided Amazon with the transaction identifiers from CC statements. I had hoped they could ID the beneficiary, but if so I never got a hint even though I suspect they after numerous pointed questions. Charges reversed and refund issued along with recommendation to cancel the card.
Digging further, I believe the card was lightly compromised on my trip to Honolulu. Really looking forward to updated the linked accounts - NOT.

 

[daugen]

back in the rv, waiting for the heavens to open up.
Great fun meeting RS and his wife at their home.
Lots of beautiful flowers to look at, and I was admiring his tomatoes.

we went out to a local restaurant and had a fun time coming home.
Campground closes at 7pm, allegedly. No problem, plenty of time.
Road closed. Road Closed. Road closed.
we felt we were doomed, thankfully RS grew up this area and knew every shortcut. Got back with five minutes to spare.

Really nice tour of downtown Akron.
This is the town of rubber for sure. Huge plants for Goodyear and Firestone. The area isn't even industrial looking they have landscaped and planned the area, with parks nearby. Everywhere you looked, something was named Firestone. Very interesting.
University of Akron was very large.
Great time to be downtown, not much traffic on Saturday.

RS's wife made a homemade rhubarb pie and I can't wait to try it.

tomorrow is my longest day, but it's all PA turnpike, 360 miles to campground in Lancaster. I wonder if I'll get a hundred dollar EZ Pass charge...

 

[Thomas]

back in the rv, waiting for the heavens to open up.
Great fun meeting RS and his wife at their home.
Lots of beautiful flowers to look at, and I was admiring his tomatoes.

we went out to a local restaurant and had a fun time coming home.
Campground closes at 7pm, allegedly. No problem, plenty of time.
Road closed. Road Closed. Road closed.
we felt we were doomed, thankfully RS grew up this area and knew every shortcut. Got back with five minutes to spare.

Really nice tour of downtown Akron.
This is the town of rubber for sure. Huge plants for Goodyear and Firestone. The area isn't even industrial looking they have landscaped and planned the area, with parks nearby. Everywhere you looked, something was named Firestone. Very interesting.
University of Akron was very large.
Great time to be downtown, not much traffic on Saturday.

RS's wife made a homemade rhubarb pie and I can't wait to try it.

tomorrow is my longest day, but it's all PA turnpike, 360 miles to campground in Lancaster. I wonder if I'll get a hundred dollar EZ Pass charge...

It would take full house to beat that pair.

 

[wngsprd]

Your hornets might have more than 1 entry? (Or are these even ground hornets?)

Do you spray to kill everything on your walking path? I've got a bermuda grass lawn, but have problems with dallis grass and other invasive weeds. I've read where you can mix a very light ratio batch of glyphosate and it won't kill the bermuda but will kill most of the weeds in a broad application. I do know that if you mix it regular strength, it will kill the bermuda too. The other alternative is MSMA which is selective and will kill most weeds. I believe they still use that on turf grass lawns and maybe golf courses. It is not available to the general public.

Two of the nests are in ground...yellow jackets...I think I've got them. The other is a European hornet nest...inside a royal paulownia tree...they come and go from a small hole, smaller than a quarter dollar...same hollow that the honey bees swarmed into 2 years ago...about 15 feet from our porch door. There are other ways in and out, but they only use this one. I shoot them with spray and they laugh.

My spraying is on food plots...I'm getting them ready for fall planting (late August/Sept.). One has the worst infestation of Virginia Buttonweed I've ever seen.

Glad you're doing well. Hope your son hasn't encountered any more snakes at the tank, but lots of big fish.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 76ºF for the start, overcast sky with intermittent sprinkles, light breeze. Bike ride to start day, stopped after 30 miles to get boat ready to launch and launch. Hauled some of the youth group around on an inflatable, they had fun. Group went to go make pizzas while I got boat back on trailer and in parked in driveway. Did get nap in, Mexican for Dinner. Today started another lap around the sun.
Randy(wag) glad it was a worthwhile trip to vet.
David did you search for toplink? Sorry about lack of weather cooperation.
Ron sorry about losing both your aunts. My condolences. Hope paint patch holds till roof redone. Nice flowers.
Drew hope no rain while driving. Glad you and Ron having good visit, again. Sorry Sassy did not get as excited at getting chew toy as you did finding it. Hope good trip to RS neck of the woods.
Thomas hope lawn work went well.
Billy nice you were able get that much spraying done. Sorry hornets being so resilient. Hope Buppies ok
Mike hope mowing done. Good luck with the weeds. Sorry about the lack of success getting the bottle beer.
Frits good luck with punp. Doing better with stacking than I am. Good luck with water leak. hope video call to daughter went well.
Kyle sorry about no rain at the house. And to spend so much time on such a simple issue. I remember older Fanuc controls used G code to call up different coordinate systems. Hope you got son to go get action items.
Frits interesting patch, thanks for pic.
Kyle wonder if they used softer material for a safety like a shear bolt.
Ron thanks for update.
RS good to hear the monofilament line working on deer. great flower pics
Paul probably good you walked away, vehicle was not matching sellers description. Sounds like a good gig you have at the fair.
Rich hope you found something.
Buppies good to hear from you, thanks for the prayers. Prayers sent.
Ken hope art festival was good. Neat basement.
Drew I understand not doing well in heat. Glad you had good trip to campground. Never dinged a prop in Mississippi River, much easier to do that on rocky bottom lakes. Did grind skeg pulling boat out of lake today
David hope weather cooperated and dinner was good.
RNG glad roof started.
Dennis glad slow breakfast not issue. Sorry intermittent A/C problem, they are the worst.
Two_bit not yet here.
Thomas glad mowing went well.
Two_bit we are at $2.92 per gallon.
Frits glad wood stacking back on track and you had a puller that works on pump.
Dennis glad mowing done. Sorry storm so hard on garden
Rand(wag) thanks for update on horse, hope church was good.
David sorry about your experience with the charge card. Hope card ois canceled and accounts using it updated.
Drew glad you had nice time with RS. Hope trip home goes well. nice pic
Billy glad you may have gotten the yellow jackets. Hope you can do same European hornets.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /back surgery healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[NHBX]

Today started another lap around the sun.

Happy birthday mostly, me too!