Good morning!!!!

[newbury]

Y'know pics help:

cute little tail.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Green dewberries.

 

[ronjhall]

For those raising chickens.
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[buckeyefarmer]

TBN app hasn't worked all day. must be a friday the 13th thing....

Got to mid 80's today. Had pellet stove going 2 nights ago, got windows open now.

prayers for all in need.

Been several deaths here lately, few weeks ago it was the guy with lung cancer. Last week a lady with colon cancer, and this week a guy with cancer. last 2 closer to my age.

cleaned up the landscape fabric from the garden, If the app was working I'd post a nice pic of a crop of weeds about a ft tall growing underneath it. But now they are mowed off. Got the massey out with the finish mower on it, mowed the old corn stalks, actually went over the whole garden area with it. Then mowed some of the lawn, gettting tall already.

tomorrow maybe change the tractor oil. check the truck brakes.... depends....
need to pick up sticks in the yard and down along the creek.

Got some low spots in the front that needs some dirt. Think they are sink holes forming. I've had a couple small ones before. These are near the road, mostly on the right of way where I mow. The state guys come by with their mowers, they got to see them, but they have done nothing. right now the are depressions, but getting a little deeper each year.

 

[Looking4new]

Tractor back home, BH and all except for the thumb. That will come in the mail later next week.

 

[toppop52]

I fixed some sink holes and stump depressions and went to move one of the trailers, about halfway through the steering on IH 234 broke. Steering wheel spins line a top. I disconnected the trailer put the tractor in the shed steering with the brakes. Worked pretty well. Moved the trailer with my truck and called it a day.

 

[lostcreekranch]

I fixed some sink holes and stump depressions and went to move one of the trailers, about halfway through the steering on IH 234 broke. Steering wheel spins line a top. I disconnected the trailer put the tractor in the shed steering with the brakes. Worked pretty well. Moved the trailer with my truck and called it a day.

Just drive it like an old bull dozer .... let out the clutch and one foot on each brake pedal.

Or ... just fix it Randy! You choose? I’ll bet it’s an easy fix though.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 70F for the start, windy and mostly overcast with sun peaking out a few times. Wind stayed up until front came through, high temp was 81F and line of thunderstorms came through with .2 inch rain. The storms were more intense down toward Bird in Denton county so things were likely worse for him. Did sneak a bike ride in the morning, did not get started on upholstery. did not get outside before weather arrived.

 

[txdon]

Tractor back home, BH and all except for the thumb. That will come in the mail later next week.

Now you can have fun like this when you pond needs cleaning out during a drought. Working on the Edge.

(Found this pic from 2011 drought when looking for the copperhead pic with a green tail.)

 

[Buppies]

50 acre brush fire broke out very close to home still burning 20 percent contained in very mountainous terrain. Too close for comfort

 

[lostcreekranch]

50 acre brush fire broke out very close to home still burning 20 percent contained in very mountainous terrain. Too close for comfort

Be safe there.

 

[sodamo]

My day ended much different than anticipated. Wife’s hip pain was bothersome this morning so she made an ortho appointment and I went on errands myself.
I came back to find her nearly in tears from the pain and wondering if maybe a trip to the ER was in order. She couldn’t get an Ortho appointment until 4/24. I agreed and off we went to the hospital where the ortho has privileges rather than the closer one. Almost no wait, less than 2 minutes from the time I wheeled her in. She’s already in their system so checkin was easy. History taken, Dr exam, IV drugs administered. While drugs were taking effect the hospital pharmacist walks in, having seen her name on the order. Rich is a good friend. Probably doesn’t hurt for the staff to see you are friends with the help.
The CatScan lady showed up to do her thing. We did bring our two dogs, not our cat, but guess she had her own.
Dr returned and assured her hip didn’t showed new damage, I had brought her X-rays from a few weeks ago, that her problem was muscles. No fix per se, just time and working thru it, possibly PT. He did 2 prescriptions, muscle relaxant and pain. Not too bad, in and out in about 2 hours. Have taken longer for a scheduled appointment. Filled the prescriptions at pharmacy close to hospital as I doubted we’d make Hilo Walmart in time. Back home, wife resting somewhat comfortably.

 

[sodamo]

This was the end of 5 weeks on my weight plan. Lost 14.9 lbs. maybe not a significant amount but one I’m happy with. Will be making some adjustments with idea to keep it off and slowly lose a bit more.

 

[RoyJackson]

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41 right now...high....well, that's about today's high too. Looks like an inch or two of wet snow, then a 10th of an inch of ice coming in today.
I'd like to run up to Randolph and get a haircut, but I doubt I go anywhere. Other plans...not really.

 

[Looking4new]

27 and going down to a high of 25. Wind NNE 13 gusting 22 mph. 30% chance of snow.
Forecast for Sunday AND Monday is snow! Another foot of it.

txdon; whoever is running that hoe has bigger balls than me.

A buddy of mine had a Cat 235 track hoe that he was stripping the top cover off a gravel pit, he was attached to a D 8 via a cable to keep him from toppling over the face of the pit. Now IMHO, I think that is just plain nuts!

sodamo; do you have legal MJ or at least medical MJ in Hawaii? It might be a better way to go rather than liver destroying drugs. Just a thought.

Happy Saturday all

 

[sodamo]

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sodamo; do you have legal MJ or at least medical MJ in Hawaii? It might be a better way to go rather than liver destroying drugs. Just a thought.

Happy Saturday all

Actually we do have medical MJ, but I don’t know much about it. Actually my wife brought it up a couple days ago as her sister was telling her about a friend who acquires some sort of MJ topical in CO and brings it back to AZ. I googled briefly, but didn’t learn much of value. Likely my own ignorance.

 

[Eric Salop]

It's dry this morning and only a single cloud in the sky. Pity that cloud streches from horizon to horizon. Even so it is a vast improvement over the last few weeks and we may reach the gidy heights of 14C/57F by this afternoon. The diesel store is empty, so I better order a fill up ready for when the ground dries out, though I guess that it going to take a few days.

Eric, are sheep inquisitive, dumb or both?

Drew, you know the expressions "curiosity killed the cat" and "like a cat with 9 lives" ? Lambs would be just like cats - if only they had 8 more spare lives.

L4N, didn't expect you to be on here so early. Are you eager to get started, or have you already been digging holes by moonlight ?

David, we knew that you had great weather and lifestyle. Now we hear your paradise island has fantastic medical service too. You got to keep it quieter, or it will get way too overcrowded by envious incomers. Hope Raggedy Ann is having a better day today.

 

[freedomlives]

Uhmmmm, were you and you're wife gardening about 9 months ago per chance???.... (You don't have to answer my cracky joke)....

Hmmm... unfortunately the garden is down by the house and the neighbor has a clear view on it, so the only seeds sown in the garden are vegetables. :-D

Huge pile of branches from pruning and taking down some old plums was converted to chips yesterday, mostly by my father in law manning the chipper. Half of the hill of dirt is gone, just got some beds in our garden and a neighbor's rotovated, and now I've got to dig out the Goldoni trailer as I got it stuck dumping the soil yesterday.

 

[daugen]

Andrew I bet you are having a lot of fun with that tractor.
The horns on that ram are impressive, would not want to be on receiving end.
Are you getting any sleep? Or do you have this new baby thing down pat?

 

[daugen]

The Gap Band - You Dropped A Bomb On Me - YouTube

another wonderful day of international peace.............

going foodshopping early, then helper comes and we mulch flower beds that never got done late last year due to running out of mulch.
This is where his dump trailer has really been handy, and no wrecked lawns from big dump trucks.

Another warm day, then storms on Sunday and high winds. Am afraid of planting the okra because it's all tall and spindly.
That does not do well with 25mph winds whistling through those fields. It's been strong enough to knock beans over, at least the one
35mph day we had. Seems to be a breezy Spring.

Later today on hands and knees weeding the beet rows, and then will reseed them. Would be easier to just rototill the whole thing again but I saw some survivors
from my transplanting in there so I'm going to see how many of them are really there. If I don't find enough, the tiller is coming out.
When beets are done, then on to reseeding carrots. But I'm waiting until after this big rain storm coming. Last time a storm washed all the seeds away.

Hope you all have a nice weekend, are on the mend where needed.