Good Morning, er, afternoon!!! 94F @ 12:00PM. Sunny. High 102F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tried to post several times this AM, but all I got was database errors and lost text.
ullinghair: Emailed Muhammed, looks like things are fixed now.
Mr Shooz, you can keep your snow. I had enough while living back east to last a lifetime, no matter how pretty it looks or how hot it gets outside!:laughing:
Didn't get any spraying done yesterday because there was a high fire danger alert, and that means no power tools out in the meadow. This morning it was a high heat alert, so I loaded up the sprayer and went at it. Poured a couple ounces of pond dye into the tank and was pleased with the light blue trace left on the straw colored grass.
I had visions of bright blue stripes, but as can be seen on the left side of the meadow, it's not that visible. I'd tried before with some expensive industrial red dye and it never made enough of a difference to be useful. Dumped most of that in with the blue, figuring a nice shade of purple would result, but it still came out blue. Put out 60 gallons of 3% glyphosate and probably used 8 oz of dye. Not bad, considering the 32 oz. bottle only cost seven bux at TSC. :thumbsup:
I wasn't as thrilled with the mess on the driveway or the back of the Kubota, but I'd expected as much because I ran into the same thing with the red dye I tried before. Fortunately most of it will eventually wash off, but I might have to spread some more decomposed granite to get it gone from the golden colored parts of the walkway. :laughing:
Yesterday I figured out how the ignition switch went back together on the old/new bike, and learned that all the little parts were there in the process. Put together an Amazon order for a few colors of wire I didn't have that are needed to rebuild the wiring harness; the insulation is so brittle much of it is missing on the old one. Also picked up a primer bulb for the old Craftsman push mower (cheaper than ordering from Sears), a needle threader (the old eyes aren't what they used to be), and a good pair of sewing shears (neither are the old scissors). Also learned I need a special primer for the bumper plastic cement I'll be using on the fuel tank insulation for the VW, so ordered that at the same time.
The temperature gauge was heading for the red when I came in for another tank of glyphosate, and it looks like the cap on the radiator is leaking. It was getting too warm to spray anyway, so I'll finish tomorrow and pick up a new cap next time I'm in town. That's likely to be Tuesday, since tomorrow the rivetnuts I ordered are supposed to be in and I'll be able to install the outside mirrors and mud flaps on the van. Nothing like drilling holes in a brand new paint job to make a person cringe.:confused2:
Hope everyone enjoys what's left of the weekend!
