Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

James, both my Mom and her brother shared Apr 1 birthdays.

 

[Looking4new]

I forgot about April fools day B-days. My daughter in law was born on April 1st. The year of the Queens' coronation.

 

[rswyan]

63F and partly cloudy @ 13:30, headed up to a high of 66F. Rain due in after midnight.

Noticed this morning the purple and yellow crocus are now up ...

Called and spoke to Roberto at Menards yesterday. They only had one of the items I had ordered six of ... said inventory was wrong. Not sure if that's really accurate ... or if they just couldn't find them.

Kubota moved around back and bucket unloaded.

Hopper and two sunflower tube feeders refilled.

Glued up and clamped small chip on barn owl box.

All fish fed.

Removed snowblower from Kubota and put box blade on.

Unloaded pallet of cat litter from van, still have some of that left to put away before the rain gets here tonight.

Cleaned up leaves in planting bed in front of garage and hauled debris up to compost pile. Worked for a while on incorporating the remaining grass clippings from last year into the pile and getting them covered. Probably have about one bucketload left to do.

Gathered up recyclables and loaded into van.

More clean up in garage.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day today ...

 

[rswyan]

Ron - nice turkey pic ...

Ted - hope they can get things sorted out for you and locate/remedy whatever is causing the inflammation.

Mostly - hope wife's issue was not a heart attack.

David - hope Sophie enjoys her night out and birthday dinner.

Glad to hear folks are having success with getting vaccinated. Still appears to be a considerable problem here I'm afraid.

Dad's birthday was April 1st - he always liked to refer to himself as an "April fool".

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good evening all. 55F to start, cloudy, light breeze. Periods of showers, windy and high temp of 57F. Thunderstorms moving through as I type and 1 more line possible latter tonight. Slow start this morning, took wife to see heart Dr. he think Feb trip to ER was heart attack. More tests over next several weeks, should know more mid April. Printer had paper jam that was real pain to clear out 4 small pieces on rollers was issue.
Covid update: Cooke, Montague, Grayson, unchanged, local not updated.
Roy looks like a nice mower.
James enjoy your bonfire
Ron hope fox not a problem, glad your weather is cooperating with pond cleanup. nice redhead
Randy hope you can get caught up or learn to say no Having Pickers there sounds like fun
Drew have fun getting plants and growing them
Bird sprinklers worked got rain starting at 9:45
Doug prayers for wife's eyes.
Paul glad gravel spreading went well, you know Ted is salivating. Brisket and ribs sound yummy.
RNG making good progress on fire wood
Ken sorry to hear about uncle,prayers sent, and about hippos
Bill safe trip.
RS what will you do with golf cart tires and wheels?
PJ Nice bike rack, looks like a nice set of bike trails as well. Used to inner tube on Black River near Lesterville in September.
David tell Sophie Happy Birthday!
Ted prayers for your knee.
Billy nice day for a hike wish for pics from hikes
Dennis please wish you dad happy birthday
Dennis sorry about day 1 results
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/sister & family Covid/friend's grand baby/son&wife Covid, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Ron/hearing/son/aunt, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/family, Bill/DIL, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

Prayers for your wife, family and her medical staff.

 

[Alien]

So much to do, So little time. Why did I ever retire?

 

[RedNeckGeek]

So much to do, So little time. Why did I ever retire?

As I've grown older, I learn about more things I'd like to do, and I keep running into things have no choice but to do. I'm grateful I had the option to retire, even though there's little chance I'll get them all done because the list is getting longer faster than it's getting shorter.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Back from the Dr's.... good news, no blood clots found. No other speculation from the doc as to the cause of the edema.... oh well. On to the next...

 

[txdon]

Drew, there are still no cruise ships leaving the US ports because:

“The CDC lifted its no-sail order in October and replaced it with a conditional set of rules; industry officials say the 40 pages of rules are either indecipherable or impractical, such as a measure requiring cruise lines to conduct “simulated voyages” with volunteer passengers.“I refer to it as the ‘impossible-to-sail order’ because no business could operate profitably,” Capt. John Murray, Port Canaveral’s chief executive officer, said.”

If the CDC's "impractical" conditional set of rules do not change they will expire Nov. 1, 2021.

LS good news but what's next, continuing on with PT?

 

[sodamo]

That’s good news Ted

 

[sodamo]

Back from HD. Picked up their 2nd least expensive push mower. I like the larger rear wheels.

Troy-Bilt 21in. 140cc Briggs & Stratton Gas Push Lawn Mower with Mulching Kit Included TB100 - The Home Depot

Offer an essential addition to your garden by selecting this Troy-Bilt Briggs & Stratton Gas Walk Behind Push Mower 2-in-1 Cutting TriAction Cutting System.

www.homedepot.com

Primary job is to mow the dogs’ fenced area. Chassis of the old mower has rotted out beyond fixing, no longer safe. Had been half looking for replacement body, gave up. This was a $50 mower I had picked up about 12 years ago. Guess I got my money’s worth.

Started raining about time I got gas in the new one, started 3rd pull from empty. Put it in the tractorshed.

so tomorrow.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Yes, Drew, prayers for lots of folks this morning, and happy belated birthday to Sophie. Mine is next, I guess, on April 1. (Cue the April fools jokes, and here is one - my sister was born on the exact same day 1 year later!)

My oldest brother and sister are same day 2 years apart.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The flail mower video that Roy posted inspired me to run up to the farm and dig out the bush hog. I was pretty pleased that everything started. Sorted out some downed branches and got the meadows mowed. I am always amazed what a 18 hp tractor and a 4 foot bush hog will do. Of course now I have seen a bunch of other stuff that could use some attention. It is supposed to be nice today but rain tomorrow. That will keep me from going too wild. I've got to ease into it.

I wasn't going to watch the new Medcram video about covid and children but it turned out to be interesting. It is amazing how our understanding of this disease is changing over time. I have the feeling that there is a lot more to learn.

Pace yourselves guys and gals

Chris

I used a 5 ft cutter on my 20 hp Massey. Little tractor did good.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got home late. Interstate shut down due to tanker on fire so took back roads. Took me near by old coworkers house, so drove by to see if I could find it, he was outside bringing recycles to curb. I wasn’t sure it was him hadn’t seen him in probably 6 years. He didn’t recognize me till I told him who I was. We talked for over an hour, was a great impromptu meeting. Then realized my low gas light was on, so got half a tank.
Called dad to say happy birthday. 2 people brought him food for supper.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Don, I am assuming that PT will continue as scheduled, as long as the edema decreases. The circulatory specialist has to send the report over to the ortho specialist, then he has to sent a report back to PT.... hopefully it will get done in a reasonable amount of time....

 

[toppop52]

Back from the Dr's.... good news, no blood clots found. No other speculation from the doc as to the cause of the edema.... oh well. On to the next...

Good news, now patience is in order, but I’m not a good example. Hang in there.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 45F for the start, clear sky, moderate wind, 2.0 inch in gauge. Wind 14-20 mph clear sky, and high temp was 68F. Started with bike chain cleaning on Volagi, then bike ride, head into town for lunch and eye doc visit, both good on vision and eye pressure . Nap then lube bike chain. No gopher activity yet after burn newspaper/sulfur, maybe he might leave.
Covid update: Cooke 3104 confirmed cases, 11 active cases, Montague 1732 confirmed cases, 8 active cases, Grayson 11019 confirmed cases, 44 active cases, local 0 active cases.
Kyle just hope the prayers are having the desired affect Exotic food weekend !
Don glad no damage.
Ron good to hear progress on pond. Turkey look like plenty of meat, guess 8-10 lbs dressed
Buppies no stitches woo-hoo!
Phil glad pine tree caught oak, plenty firewood for a while. Big muffin
Drew thanks for the wishes, hope they can help your shoulder
Luther hope puttering went well.
Thomas thanks for your thoughts
Drew thanks for pics, I don't remember them
Thomas hope your day went well.
Bill good luck with back hoe
Paul would be interesting to hear one of those jam sessions.
RNG sorry to hear about wood quality, hope you can get permit soon and stop wasting good weather. Don't need motorcycle parts...
Billy thanks for prayers, and enjoy your seat time
Chris have fun with the other stuff.
Don enjoy your nice weather, our weather took longer to go through.
Lou good score on the vaccine, good luck with PPP
Ted hope Dr can get knee back on track, spring just fine here
Drew my chair creak when it wants a lube job, Hope the cruise get their ducks lined up!
PJ sorry about the rain, how does guitar play?
Randy will know more mid April, not sure what will happen after that.
Don amazing video, tornado appeared to be on ground for a while.
David hope Sophie enjoys her dinner!
RS productive day, thanks for the wishes
Ted glad no blood clots
David nice score on lawnmower.
Dennis sorry about bad commute glad you got to catch up with former coworker
Ted hope communication happens
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/sister & family Covid/friend's grand baby/son&wife Covid, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Ron/hearing/son/aunt, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/family, Bill/DIL, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-03-24, 0329

27 right now...high in the upper 50's today.

Snow's pretty much gone, except for some areas...

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 50° with light rain this morning. Heading to 69° with mix of sun and clouds in afternoon. Worked a little more on pond. Looks like I will need to dig down to pipe that feeds waterfall on garden pond again. May get that started today.

LS, good Dr report. Hope swelling goes down soon.

Mostly, prayers for you wife's condition.

Drew, did not know La Z Boy made office chairs. Hope Dr visit went well.

PJ, my brother played a Les Paul guitar. But has not played since finished school. I am still fascinated by those that can play a instrument. I learned to play piano. But cannot play one note today.

Looking, sorry shopping for contain did not go well.

Lou, good you got second shot.

David, HD and lobster. Should be a good day. I have a old Snapper mower with the large rear wheels. But have not used it in years. Do not like pushing a mower.

Alien, 17 years of retirement and I am still not caught up.

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all.
Going to be a rainy day but in a few hours I'm headed South to VA for an overnight with my older brother and wife in Markham. Still have some more stuff stored in their
basement I need to bring home. Going to go out the turnpike and down 15, seems to be a nice road. 4 1/2 hours, not too bad a drive.

ortho doc looked at my shoulder and said that's not good, and of course promptly ordered an MRI which I will get later this week on shoulder.
hope you all have a nice day.