Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 49 degrees with clear skies this morning. Heading to 74 with sun. This is my kind of weather. Hope it stays that way until winter. Doing yard maintenance today.
Good Morning All.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

70 headed for 85. Rained a little last night, and there is a chance of scattered t-storms all weekend. the 10 day forecast is lovely, mid- or low 80's, upper 60's at night... HEAVEN!

I'm going to do something, not sure what... But I will be outside!

Be well all,
David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

I know what I'm gonna do! I gotta go get some hay!

 

[creekbend]

08-18-2012 Currently 66 degrees. High of 87 expected. Hope everyone has a good weekend.

 

[deerseeker001]

morning,partly cloudy 44 warming to 72 today with a chance of showers.

 

[toppop52]

72 but wind has shifted to north and a nice breeze, so it's a cool 72, headed for low 80's.

 

[RoyJackson]

2012-08-18, 0957

Been up a few hours, finally some time to post!
70 degrees now and quite pleasant. High of 78 predicted and maybe some passing showers. Great day to mow the lawn, but the showers last night left the lawn pretty wet.

 

[Mousefield]

88 and a mostly sunny day with a chance of a thunderstorm later in the day. Yesterday was the warmest day of the year, a sizzling 96 for us. Town about 35 minute drive to the west set a record for the warmest August 17 ever. Going to the beach with my niece and her 5 year old daughter later today. Next few days not much will get done around here.

David, congrulations :applause: :cheerful: :yes: :jump: on getting the job offer and a start date. All the best and hope it works out even better than you think.

 

[mostly_gas]

Hire Buzz Buzzard, he gave Woody fits!

I would if I could find him!!

 

[mostly_gas]

Mostly_Gas - So if the tractor is not in the shed, what ended up in there?
David

The usual junk kids and grand-kid won't take

 

[mostly_gas]

Good morning all, I had no idea it has been 3 days. 78F going to 81F, was about 60F early this morning. Have mowed a few patches, but most of the grass has not grown much with the rain I've had.

 

[mostly_gas]

Roy congrats on the job prospects!!
Moss congrats on the new job!!

 

[JDgreen227]

Only because you deserve it Bill!

PS - I got my job offer at about 6pm tonight... I accepted it, I start 9/1...

I'm excited...

Be well all of you (even Bill).
David

I deserve to be insulted, huh??? Well, about your new job....






YOU DESERVE IT !! CONGRATULATIONS....glad they picked the best man for the position. Hopefully it's a boost in your income so NOW you can afford to buy a green and yellow CUT....:laughing:

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy congrats on the job prospects!!

Thanks very much...but I'm not getting my hopes up yet. Been there and have been quite disappointed before.
We'll see if it happens.

 

[300UGUY]

Dave, congrats on the job!! Roy, good luck with the same!! I think things are picking up.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking hot coffee will warm me up. Another 49 degree morning with partly cloudy skies. Heading to 75 with thunderstorms in spots. :confused3: That's a weird forecast. Maybe it is better than the one where we are suppose to get thunderstorms and nothing ever shows up. Going to uncover Motorhome for a trip later this week. Then Sunday afternoon NASCAR.
Good Morning All.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

David, congrulations :applause: :cheerful: :yes: :jump: on getting the job offer and a start date. All the best and hope it works out even better than you think.

Roy congrats on the job prospects!!
Moss congrats on the new job!!

YOU DESERVE IT !! CONGRATULATIONS....glad they picked the best man for the position. Hopefully it's a boost in your income so NOW you can afford to buy a green and yellow CUT....:laughing:

Dave, congrats on the job!! Roy, good luck with the same!! I think things are picking up.

Thank you ALL for the well wishes, and I echo the well wishes to Roy as well.
I keep hoping our economy will turn the corner and start getting better, for all of our sakes. So 300UGuy, I hope and pray you are right!

Thank you all VERY MUCH.
Be well,
David

 

[MossflowerWoods]

62 headed for 81 with a chance of t-storms and rain in the late afternoon, and 50% rain overnight.

I went and picked up the first 50 of at least 200 bales of hay from my guy yesterday and loaded them into the "barn", I had to move another 10 or 15 older bales around as I figured out the best way to stack them. Hot and dirty work, but fun.

Unfortunately my collarbone is really howling. It hurt last night, but I am very sore this morning, I cannot imagine I hit it, or what, because I've loaded many many bales since I broke it last November, but I am really uncomfortable today... My wife thinks it i a muscle somehow...

I've got Church later at the little daughter Church we started here in Ladysmith and I'm smoking some turkey thighs, but I'm not sure what else I'm doing today. Maybe bushhogging??? Who knows.

Be well,
David

 

[rswyan]

Woke up at 0330 .... couldn't sleep

60 degrees and mostly cloudy here @ 0500 .... supposed to be partly cloudy with a high of 76 today. Supposed to have another 6 or so days of nice weather before any significant chance of rain - highs in the upper 70's, low 80's ....

Wound up with three helpers yesterday .... and got quite a bit of wall built .... it sort of ended up being a mixed bag though - while I was pretty happy with how the base course of rock ended up, the courses above that are a mixed bag ....

The kids didn't quite "get it", totally .... although I'm not sure I did either :laughing: - it's the first time I've ever done a rock retaining wall of any real scale. It's definitely an art ....

They seemed to be in a big hurry to chuck rocks around .... rather than working at a measured, deliberate pace .... with an eye towards creating something that was aesthetically pleasing, as well as structurally sound .... despite a good bit of effort on my part to communicate what was actually needed and wanted ....

I will likely go back thru the upper courses at my own pace and reset some (many) of the stones to my satisfaction. The good news is that the hardest part (physically) - the setting of the largest rocks on the base course - is done .... and it looks reasonably decent I guess. Finishing the upper courses will still be a lot of work .... but at least the rock sizes are manageable (mostly under 100 lbs)

Ended up backfilling about 6" to 12" behind the wall with gravel and stuck some perforated 4" flex pipe in there to facilitate drainage.

I was amazed at how quickly the wall "ate" the rocks .... about 1/2 way thru I was wondering if there was going to be enough rocks to make it as high as it needs to be .... still may have to scavenge more rock out of some piles I have laying around ....

I think I'll have at least two of them back today .... if so I'm going to shift them to a few other tasks/projects I need to get completed to get the outside area around the barn done.

David,

Hope ya get the collar bone thing sorted out - it doesn't sound like any fun .... maybe the woman can give ya a little rub

BTW - congrats on the new job :thumbsup:

 

[imgone52]

Good Morning! 54 degrees heading to 78 today. Sun and clouds in the PM> Heading to camp to mow this morning. So glad to see things getting green again. Enjoy the day, TBN readers.