Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

Thanks Thomas

 

[LouNY]

Good Morning,

GM Drew, a welcome break in the weather for sure

GM Lou, sorry to hear that Lou, hoping the scooter enables you to get around better and not miss the fairs. Is that the Washington County Fair ? I have been wanting to go to that one for years

Yes, It's the Washington County Fair. Just a few miles from the house. I used to routinely cover all the exhibits, every barn and tent and display. That would entail several miles of walking plus enjoying much of the motor sports. The out of the field tractor pulling, the super stock pulling all the pickup pulls and the antique pulls. The antique pulls can get a bit boring when the JD 2 bangers are running as the action is rather s----l-----o----w.
Most years I went out every night and a couple of days, and that is without going over to the carnival side.

 

[m7040]

good morning, 69 going to 79 cooler

Had a shower and thunder in the distance yesterday. About 1/2 inch of rain on top of one inch the day before.

Wife slept good for a change and feels a bit better today. Made her coffee and she is in her chair with heat, massage running and legs up.

Installed a hydraulic wheel chair lift inside the side door in the van. It sits flat on the ground so is easy to drive up on or stand on

Not sure what to get into yet

 

[Engineer42]

Tom(eng) much better this time. Very cool fire truck.
Tom(eng) hope you can get boiler certified.
Tom(eng) cool re-engine of the Wheel Horse.

Neither are mine, Mostly. The 1909 is owned by East Hampton NY Fire Co. The 1904 is owned by a private collector.

 

[FriendwithTractor]

Good Morning to All Who Celebrate! Currently 68° going to a high of 75° and cloudy. Had several rainstorms pass through last night, a welcome break from the heat.

Weekend went well, dog didn't run away. Spent a lot of time with my aunt and grandma up at the cabin. The closer we get to Labor day, the less and less people are up at the mountain. Last few hurrahs before school starts in earnest. Think the boss's kids and his wife (elementary school teacher) go back this week. Brought some firewood in for him so they can have an end of summer campfire and make some last minute s'mores.

Saw something interesting this weekend, while walking the dog, I saw an all black wooly bugger, then maybe 300 yards later, an all white one. Obliviously, one of them didn't get the memo.

Otherwise, not much else on the agenda, need to talk to the realtor about another place, but I'll wait until the morning crazies wind down before firing that up.

Nothing much on the agenda this week, just the day job. Parents want to install an antenna to antenna wi-fi from the house to pole barn, so I'm going to have to help with that tonight. This weekend I take grandma out to her great grandson's first birthday party. He's already proven himself to be capable with the combine I got him, so adding a bulldozer to his little plush fleet will be good. Die-cast models are coming as soon as he can be trusted not to eat them.

Y'all stay safe out there and be well! Enjoy the cooler weather!
Prayers for all Ailing and Recovering!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low was 51 and going up to 68°F. Wind ENE 11 gusting to 19 mph. Sunny!

Yes, a welcome cool down. Breezy enough that the bugs stay hidden. Time to get some stuff done outside.

Stay safe all

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 66 going to 73 and cloudy. got 1/4" of unexpected rain last night.

Started the morning out front trimming back the bushes. Got the first side done, cleaned up and moved to the larger section.
Made good progress and on the last bush was trimming when my wife came out and asked if I want anything from the store. Shut down trimmer, just as a Yellow Jacket stung me on the back.
Put everything down and moved away to see a huge entry with lots of YJ activity right under the last bush. Did not get to cleanup most of the area as I needed to go ice the sting.
Luckily happened at the very end of the work.
Nest dusted last night, but the rain may have messed that up. Will need to check later.
Once the nest is gone and everything dries will need to go back and cleanup.

Still need to do the bushes out back, but know there is another nest by the gazebo, so a few bushes may go untrimmed for a while.

Found a tree up front that looks like it got hit by lightning, will try and get a picture later.

Lou - we went to the Washington County fair when we were in Western MA at my uncles. Hope you have fun and the scooter allows you some freedom to move around.

Be well,

First set of bushes went easy

Got all the way down to the last bush on the left before the YJ decided they had enough of me.
Got the blower out and moved the trimmings by the path out, but the trimmings behind and around the bushes will need to wait until the YJ are vacated.

 

[gstrom99]

We just went to practice and he had to use a heavy racket, and he said he liked it a lot. We'll know more how he plays in his games tomorrow.

Heavy rackets are like heavy bats, golf clubs, etc. Harder to swing, but send the ball farther...

Had another heavy rain this morning. I think I figured out the water getting into the shop, by the door. Heavy rain sends the roof water mostly OVER the gutter, splashing down, to wash in past the base. I took a video, to show the potential gutter fixer guy but I can't post it here.

 

[ArlyA]

Good morning folks. NOAA says we have a 70% chance of rain here right now but the radar shows little, but maybe the Huron mountains are blocking the sweeps. Looked at a camp property yesterday and here is us having lunch in its yard.

 

[gstrom99]

Had another heavy rain this morning. I think I figured out the water getting into the shop, by the door. Heavy rain sends the roof water mostly OVER the gutter, splashing down, to wash in past the base. I took a video, to show the potential gutter fixer guy but I can't post it here.

Here is a screen shot of the gutter and splashing down by door.