Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

A mostly clear 28ºF for today’s low temperature, a sunny 34ºF presently, and I anticipate a mostly sunny afternoon with a high temperature in the upper 50ºF’s. A beautiful day to appreciate albeit a little cool for some, but not for me. Actually tomorrow looks to be pretty decent as well, but a little cooler. I’ve been thinking about starting to prune my apple trees; no ladders at this point (too freakin wet). Most the trees and shrubs around here are still basically dormant.

Yesterday’s pizza and bread run to the bakery went smoothly. We have decided to do one curbside pickup meal from the local restaurants/week. We have Italian, Chinese, and seafood restaurants serving the public and one BBQ joint is getting ready to open for the season. Some variety, but not the most healthy eating. I think Ted made the observation of the creative ways essential businesses are modifying their physical plants to enable indirect transactions for the sale of their products. I am seeing a lot of examples here.

Kyle- I am sorry to read abut the scorpion(s). One bug with which I do not have to deal.

Rich- That’s a nice looking revolver.

Thomas- That Tom looked serious.

Frank- Nice place.

Randy- Your grandson looks serious too. . I am lucky that I have no neighbors to complain about me :embarrassed:

Ted- Thanks for your offer. It looks like the seeds I ordered will be arriving in time for Memorial weekend. At this point I hope that the ground is dry enough to till. The ground here is still saturated. This AM’s walk of the lower perimeter was a mix of crunching through snow or slogging through mud. I like your landscaping.

“… Frugal is her middle name. Having survived the tough times, today money is often a subject for humor. Blessed indeed.”- David Peg thinks as Sophie and we too feel blessed for what we have and don't.

I hope everyone has the Sunday they anticipated.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[Bird]

When I was eight years old, my job was to push a mower around the yard.

Been there; done that. Then when I was 14 I started mowing yards to make money, and bought a Clinton gas mower.

Back on the 14th, I posted about my first experience with ordering groceries online from Walmart, then went to the store and they had an employee bring the groceries out and put them in the car; you can see post #110275 for details. They substituted one item. I overlooked the fact that you can specify whether you want them to make substitutions or now. And they were out of some things. That was the Walmart Super Center in Hickory Creek. I ordered just over $30 worth and got nearly $25 worth.

Well, this weekend, I ordered groceries from the University Drive Walmart in Denton; bigger and newer than the Hickory Creek store. And I ordered nearly $120 worth of groceries and toiletries. And this time I'm trying out their delivery service. The things I ordered are supposed to be delivered between 3 and 4 p.m. today. I was a little surprised that they deliver on Sundays. And so far they have not said they were out of anything I ordered, and I did check the box to NOT substitute anything. Ought to be interesting to see how well they do this way.

 

[Looking4new]

Wow! 39°F up here at 6:42 A.M. and you guys in Mass and Maryland get below freezing temps.
506 miles between me and you in Maryland.
498 miles between me and Boston, MA.
These are both 'as the crow flies'.
I think I found a mileage calculator that is easy to use and fairly accurate.
Distance between North Bay and Boston

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Bird, I was maybe 9 when my mom would let me push the mower. I remember going to Kmart and we got the cheapest 22" mower w/Briggs they had...it was still over $100, maybe $122??? It was underpowered for 22"

I went out and killed another 15 or so scorpions last night with the blacklight torch.

Randy, we just had online church too. It was really good. Nice photo.

J- is that the BBQ place opening that you 2 like? I haven't Q'ed for quite some time. Wifey made a huge batch of enchiladas yesterday. yummy.

RNG, dragging out the unveiling.... To be honest, after seeing the steepness of your place, and your "drop the FEL to brake" **** pucker moments, I hope it has good brakes. I was beginning to worry if you were going to succumb to those bad brakes.....and if/how we would ever hear of it. I know, I know, I'm being self centered, but I hope you got a good one.

L4N, that is weird. My friends were warmer in Ohio the other day than us in central/south Texas.

Drew, are you up yet?

Ron, your place is beautiful.

 

[sodamo]

66°F and no rain

Happy Sunday

Looks like I might get this round of mowing finished YEAAA

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Drew, are you up yet?

I think Drew and Don are both sleepin' in (for a change)!:laughing:

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Another few hours mowing. Great day for it.
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That is an unbelievable view. How in the world can you keep a straight line with that?

 

[jbrumberg]

Kyle- Sadly no. I just hope they reopen. Fortunately there are 2 Brew Pubs in the "Big City" that do a decent BBQ, and my local butcher has his smoked products which are really good, but he is really not set up for making/serving lunches/meals.

I/We are still doing bird counts; no warblers yet, but hopefully soon. Today I saw a pair of Tree Swallows swooping around the birdhouses which necessitated fixing a bear damaged birdhouse this PM. I actually worked up a sweat in the 56ºF sunshine. I do not think the birds will be enjoying the "Springtime" temperatures around here this week.

 

[Bird]

Well, our groceries were delivered from Walmart shortly after 3 p.m. Now there had been NO indication at all of anything we ordered not being available. However, the beef roast my wife planned to have tomorrow, and three other things were not included, there was no receipt, no indication of the final cost, etc. until I went back online and found the 4 items not available and of course, the bill was supposedly reduced. I don't think I'll be having anymore delivered to the house. I might still order online and go to the store for them to put the items in the car.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Ron has his beautiful birds, Kyle has his glow-in-the-dark spooky scorpions. Me? I get Jerusalem Crickets.

Found this little thing scratching around outside the bedroom door in the wee hours this morning. Sounded just like the mouse I've been hearing. Hmmm...

Scooped him up in a Kleenex, then dumped him in an old peanut butter jar and went back to bed.

Just saw the jar on the counter and took it outside for release. I hope it'll be happier out there, cause I sure don't wanna step on one with my bare feet in the middle of the night...

 

[ronjhall]

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Ron has his beautiful birds, Kyle has his glow-in-the-dark spooky scorpions. Me? I get Jerusalem Crickets.

Found this little thing scratching around outside the bedroom door in the wee hours this morning. Sounded just like the mouse I've been hearing. Hmmm...

Scooped him up in a Kleenex, then dumped him in an old peanut butter jar and went back to bed.

Just saw the jar on the counter and took it outside for release. I hope it'll be happier out there, cause I sure don't wanna step on one with my bare feet in the middle of the night...

When I find a bug in the house. I start looking for it’s relatives and friends.

 

[Thomas]

RNG.
"Mr. Tom looks very proud of himself in that photo, Thomas. How close was his girlfriend?"
About 10 yards she cluck couple times and he came looking for me.

 

[Thomas]

57F cloudy chance of rain later tonight.

Good day for outside finally 5 hours got that nasty mess clean rake end of the driveway :dance1: just one more area left to go.
Not much plan for this evening movie and bowl of ice for sure.
Gotta scoot Mrs. said dinner ready. :licking:

Enjoy the evening all.

 

[farmeratheart]

A nice day today. It started off frosty at 30, but quickly headed for the high of 59 with lots of sun. We cut lawn today for the 5th time already this year. Trees are beginning to flower and leaf out.

Our Red Bud has been in bloom for almost a week.


The flower clusters on the Carolina Silverbell are almost ready to burst.

The baby leaves on the Red Oak are unfurled.

I hope everyone has a safe and healthy week!

Frank

 

[daugen]

after foodshopping this morning, I went to CVS and Walmart to pick up prescriptions, and neither were open, recent message posted they had put Sunday
hours back to 10am. Groan, back home and then back in to pick them up. About half the folks in both stores were wearing masks.

heavy rain is coming in soon and will continue into tomorrow. Will certainly water the flowers nicely.
Otherwise I've had a quiet day, mostly reading a book.
Need to call my 93 year old MIL shortly, been trying to call her more often during this stay at home period.

 

[Rich B1]

Good evening. Been a busy day. Got some serious seat time mowing. First time the NH has mowed this year.

Made my weekly grocery trip with the wife today. Been watching the shelves. IMO, there are starting to be supply chain issues. The shelves are getting very lightly stocked. Significant amount amount of empty shelves, and more than just paper products and cleaning products MIA.

I may just get that 3 GP. I do like my Ruger revolvers.

Everyone have a good evening.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

After streaming our worship, had my Walmart pickup. 4 substitutes, 3 item out, but got most of it.
Got gas for $1.80
Wife did stroganoff in crock pot for lunch.
Then mowed all of yard and field.

Then used grapple for over 3 hours, picked up 3 multiflora roses that neighbor had cut in his fence line, then moved trees I had cleared 3 years ago across creek. Trees rotted pretty good since I had piled it up.
Putting it all in the old mill race,
Most of this pile gone.

Found this.


And started clearing out this area. In background is where I’m dumping it all.

 

[toppop52]

R

Well, our groceries were delivered from Walmart shortly after 3 p.m. Now there had been NO indication at all of anything we ordered not being available. However, the beef roast my wife planned to have tomorrow, and three other things were not included, there was no receipt, no indication of the final cost, etc. until I went back online and found the 4 items not available and of course, the bill was supposedly reduced. I don't think I'll be having anymore delivered to the house. I might still order online and go to the store for them to put the items in the car.

We picked our order up this afternoon, we were short 4-5 items also. But substituted two smaller cat treats for the large one, same price, more treats. Spaghetti was 2 lb for the price of 1. But no margarine, finally got Ellen her bagels.

 

[toppop52]

Planted the rest of the flowers, seat time hauling dirt from my pit to the house. Put edging around the pavers in front, finally. Had leftover ham and cheese sandwich for lunch, Ellen had the rest of my homemade ham salad. Then we took a nap. I woke up in Afib, but I think it was from dehydration, a couple bottles of water and I got back to normal.

Everyone stay safe and healthy. Prayers.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Randy, hope they figure it out, glad the water helped. Prayers. I've noticed lately, I've awoke (possibly from some dreams) and my pulse would be over a hundred...is that AFIB? My 90 year old mom and 70 year old brother have it. He just got diagnosed a few weeks ago.

Dewberries are still relatively slim pickens. But we (daughter and I) managed 1.5 quarts. Should be enough for a cobbler.

It sure got hot quick. Yesterday and last night was cool 60's, and today hit around 90 with full sun.

RNG, I have my guess ready for what kind of machine you might get, but I don't want to give it away.

Took a 45 minute ride on some back country roads.

I saw where Smithfield meats had most of their workers come down with the virus. The workers were complaining about no PPE or very little. Also came out they are Chinese owned. So for me, scratch them off my grocery list for hams and such.

It is sad to hear so many farmers and dairy people just tilling in food, or pouring milk down the drain. I hate waist. Was taught to clean my plate. (So I put the bare minimum of vegetables on it, unless it was beans, black eyed peas or green beans). My daughter, who loves most vegetables, has decided she doesn't like kale. We still have a row about 15-20 long of it, and it is still doing well. Wifey still likes it.

We are doing well with provisions. Although we still do NOT like single ply toilet paper.