Good morning!!!!

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,

You practically have to lay flat on your stomach to work on it

So very true I have this stove up on 3 or 4” blocks, raises it up a bit

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Starting to get some color in the hills, although I don’t think it will be great this year because of the drought

 

[thclimer]

I'd say 20% of our leaves have already turned brown and fell off, the drought is really going to lesson the brilliant color of the leaves in the northeast this fall.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

camper showing some issues inside, like the glue dried up.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 61 to 81 and sunny.
Son helped me get the pool cover over to the pool. Took him to the train later on.
Went to Costco for the first time, what a mad house. Wife did warn me.

Got the walk behind blower out, and walked behind it for a bit.

Haircut tonight.

Hope Harv heals quick, it's been a while since hearing from him.

Be well

 

[WinterDeere]

Got the walk behind blower out, and walked behind it for a bit.

My back yard is one big continuous hill, about 300 feet wide x 150 feet long, and then there are other steeper but shorter hills in the front and side yards. I maybe should have bought a self-propelled blower, but not thinking that through prior to purchase, I bought an EX-27 powered replacement model of the same Little Wonder blower I grew up with in the 1980's. Great blowers, they'll literally blow the grass right out by the roots, if you want it it.

After a year struggling to muscle it up and down the hills, I broke down and bought a Blower Buggy from JRCO, and have thanked myself yearly for that ever since! The method they have of tying down the front wheel isn't great, I've had to re-work that component many times, but everything else about the design is a nearly perfect compromise between convenience, maneuverability, and durability. They work really well:

That's not my mower or my blower, but you get the idea.

 

[riptides]

64 outside might touch 80 today. In town for a day or so, then another road trip. Major reorgs taking place at various customers.

Managed to start burn pile and started and finished "lawn" in one day. A new record of accomplishment. Literally 12 hours on equipment.

Hope all have a great work week. Be safe.

 

[ronjhall]

This morning will be a good time to sharpen blades on both mowers. Then cut front grass that did not get done yesterday.

 

[wngsprd]

65 and cloudy going to 77...maybe a shower.

Sorry to hear about Harvey...sounds like a terrible accident.

Nice day at the Carter Mountain Orchard yesterday with 2 yo GD and son and DIL and her relatives. Real nice place, on a small mountain overlooking Charlottesville with orchards, vineyard and barns on top...sort of a mini version of where Don works...fresh hot apple cider donuts...and apple-everything you can even imagine...tastings provided of different variety of apples, of course with all of them for sale right there if you didn't want to pick your own. Wine store, gift shop, food trucks, etc. Perfect 360 degree views of the Shenandoah NP, the piedmont and UVA area.

Then we went to their house for birthday party.

Home later to mow grass. We thought all of our hummingbirds were gone, but saw one while outside this morning. Maybe a migrator, but it sure found our feeders easy enough.

Final day of regular season major league baseball yesterday, so our fantasy leagues finished...all 3 of my fantasy teams won a trophy...virtual trophy that is! I hate to think how many hours I spent this season to win those.

 

[ArlyA]

Where our camp is, the leaves are much further along in color and not all that bright. Was a wet, wet summer. 30% might have falling off by now. Those dead hangers were pole-sawed off in lower pic.