Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Struck out at the baseball game in Nashville, only scattered single seats or sit on the ground.
Drove towards downtown and it was closed off with huge crowds. Tried to get in a couple restaurants near opreyland, long wait. Stopped at a chain restaurant heading towards sons place. Don’t think I’ll see fireworks.

 

[daugen]

very nice day today, currently in high 70's with sun going down and cooling off.
Should be a great night for fireworks, not that I can see much here.
Plus with the police station across the road not like my neighbors are going to go
all wild and crazy.

Brother took me out in his car, what fun, somewhat deafening. No power steering or brakes, I declined to drive it with
my shoulder still weak. I tried to video tape the car to get the exhaust bellow and all I got was something of me saying
Boy That Was Fun! and Sounded Great but no motor noise. We will do this again. I want to take a quick video of him burning out in this car
on the old/new skinny tires while my friend's son uses his drone to record it. He really had this car waxed up nicely but what a beast on the road.
When he floored it in second gear it slithered for a second and then just shoved you backwards with this amazing noise.
But honestly a dual motor Tesla 3 probably accelerates faster.

then had a nice dinner at friend's, declined the pool but enjoyed the lobster I brought and we all tore apart.
Got home and did some plant watering, and now proverbial feet up and going nowhere fast.i

May our country and our freedoms always survive and prosper.
And in celebration of that it's now boom boom boom out there at 8 with the sun just starting to go down.

 

[sodamo]

Seems like a lot of holiday enjoyment

Flail is ready go back to work. Opted to replace only the missing, broken, or badly worn hammers. Seemed a waste to replace any that appeared to have lots of life left.

Sophie mowed with the Craftsman for 1st times since her surgery.

Grilled dogs and burgers hit the spot, but it did seem strange not sharing the holiday except via phone & Facetime.

Finally posted my M1102 military cargo trailer on CL. Once it sells I’ll likely get something more appropriate for the Ridgeline.

 

[rswyan]

72F and "Fair" @ 22:30, headed down to an overnight low of 65F.

Good open window sleeping weather again ...

Beautiful day ... even if it did get a bit warm (87F)

The Woman's hibiscus really seem to be liking it:

The white one surprised us ... thought it was going to be a different color.

Finished up bed prep finally and started planting hostas, got about 3/4 of the bed filled. Probably between 50 and 75 in there so far:

They're planted pretty close together so it will fill in fast, we can thin them later.

Of course, they needed watered so I was dispatched to go fill up the water buffalo which I did.

While I was waiting for it to fill I glued up the last piece of pvc on the sprinkler set up. Later, after we knocked off, we tested it ... seemed to work okay:

Looks like the heads are each hitting a 15' circle so may need to adjust that and dial it back some.

Also filled hopper feeder and both suet feeders out back while I was waiting.

Before The Woman came in she made the first harvest from the garden:

Suspect we might do some grilling tomorrow, probably do up the yellow squash along with a zucchini we had to go along with the meat.

After she went in I took the Cub up and retrieved the sparrow trap and three unoccupied nest boxes (No.s 1, 3, and 4) for cleaning.

Bluebirds in Nest Box No. 5 are raising their second brood of the year. I put out some mealworms for them yesterday.

We caught some of the "A Capitol Fourth" on PBS this evening which was enjoyable, I worked on the Chinese takeout from yesterday, still have a little more to go.

Tomorrow is supposed to be a hot one (91F)

Hope everyone had an enjoyable 4th of July ...

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 64° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 90 with mix of sun and clouds. Had a great day enjoying parade and then picnic with neighbors. Today will be a conserve energy day.
Took this picture just before start of parade. We were the lead vehicle behind flag carriers. Streets were lined with people.

Hope everyone had just as great a day as I had yesterday. My arm is still sore from all the waving.

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
Ron parade looked like a lot of fun and good turnout.

heat advisory posted again, close to 90 today and humid.
I have foodshopping to do but no other plans today other than finishing the hand rail I've been working on.

coffee is brewing, blue mountain Jamaican

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-07-05, 0656

57° right now...pretty overcast too.
Forecast high is in the upper 70's and partly cloudy.

Didn't go to bed too early last night...watched an old British movie "A Night to Remember" about the sinking of the Titanic. Excellent film...much better then newest version with DiCaprio and Winslett. It's a free watch in high definition on YouTube.
Felt really nice not waking up at 0315...

Did some weed trimming late yesterday...lawn needs mowing and that's today's primary chore

 

[wngsprd]

64 going to 90.

Thanks for sharing your great Independence Day pix and stories. We had 2 sons + wives and my MIL here...great brunch, cornhole and birthday celebration for one son that's tomorrow...then I grilled turkey burgers, since they won the vote, and grilled mixed vegetables. We ate our first tomato from the garden, and some jalapenos from the garden.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
61 and going to 85.
A little fog this morning, burning off quickly for a nice day.

Yesterday was partly in the shop, and partly chasing my tail. The airport where we keep the work planes is closing for two weeks while they pave the runway intersection, closing both runways. So we had to move the planes out (or not use them for the next two weeks). My son flew our little plane there to drop me off to start the process, but when he went to start up and leave, the starter contactor stuck on. So it looks like that plane might be stuck there until the airport reopens. I have until midnight tonight to get it fixed and out of there. We’ll see. I’ve got to go to Parkersburg WV this morning, so I have a narrow window to get it sorted out this afternoon.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The fireworks and noisemakers went on till the early morning hours. People in this apt complex spent some money. Then some of the neighbors stayed up talking loudly outside till at least 4 am. Between that and my wife waking me, got very little sleep.

Nice to read about everyone’s events. Nice parade Ron.
Nice car drew, looks like one a former coworker has.
Fresh stuff from the gardens, wonder how mine is doing?
I will go thru Parkersburg wv tomorrow evening, but 8 hrs of driving to get there, and another hour to dad’s.

Today we will pick up some end tables my son ordered a couple months ago. Not sure what else, they want to go to the hermitage.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 69F @ 5:45AM. Abundant sunshine. High near 100F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
Looks like another Groundhog Day weather wise.

Almost finished the trench leg up the hill, but the bucket ran out of sand with about 10' left. It was lunch time anyway, and at 90F, that was it for the day. Siesta nap, watched The 15:17 to Paris movie, a true salute to heros if there ever was one. Rested up watching Joe Kid after dinner, no fireworks here.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a great start!

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 75˚F heading to the mid 80s with afternoon showers. It's like Hawaii with all the rain.
Ron, more parade pics if you have them!

Our neighborhood 4th of July golf cart parade came by the house when I was walking Whipper on the trail but I did see them heading into another section but did not get a pic.

Walking Whipper on the trail we saw the effects of a quick downpour a few minutes before. The trail passes by a "Y" as two creeks join and the leg of one creek got all the rain and the creek that crosses the trail was running backwards. The water level was rising a foot a minute!

Whipper got a third walk in the evening by some neighbors house where a party was going on and all were singing "Sweet Caroline" - baa, baa baa, as everyone joined in, even Whipper.

Fireworks from the surrounding neighborhood outside ours continued till midnight.

Kyle, Camp Tejas was a supper spreader event with all those unvaccinated kids, over a fourth came down with covid, so far.
Make sure you get some pics of the cut grass and bales on the ground for the tax office.

I ordered Mom a Powerlix knee compression sleeve, after it really helped my knee, hope it works for her also.

The second order, the arctic cooler, is going back. I wasn't expecting much from the "as seen on TV" A/C but was hoping it would keep the garage from getting too hot. It did not and it was noisy. I never expected it to cool the garage but the temp just kept rising even with the thermometer right by it.

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[kenmbz]

Good morning, Sunny and hot, hope everyone had a good fourth.
No rain forecast for yesterday, so of course it rained at around 4pm when we went down to the pool for a swim.
We did get some pool time though, and did a movie night outside.

Someone set off fireworks at 3am- wow was that obnoxious.

Saw a new Mustang Mach-e in town yesterday, not sure what to think of the looks.

Buppies-hope your hand gets better soon.

Drew- how did lobster surprise go? And have seen your brothers car around town, very nice!

David-glad you got the flail back together. After your issue I went and checked the bolts on mine.

Car in shop, everything they fix seems to have "faulty" parts. New radiator (under warranty) and new brake caliper (under warranty, but labor for radiator is going to be approx $500.
I have brought it in three times for brake issues and three times for radiator/waterpump/hose issues.
Time to find a new garage.....

Stay safe and be well.

In town by playhouse (old mill), we see this blue heron hunting all the time. Caught 2 fish while we watched.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .09 inches rain morning showers forecast.

Not sure what I’ll get into today. I did tell Sophie I’d give the dogs’ area a trim. It is still a holiday so maybe energy conservation.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[rswyan]

87F and sunny, HI 95. Headed up to a high of 91F. Attic fan started running pretty early today. Today and tomorrow promise to be a little rude, heat wise.

More than likely limited activity outside today, but we'll see.

Checking feeders on menu, along with cleaning out sparrow trap and nest boxes.

Cut board for bottom shelf on Woman's planter stand, maybe cut some 2 x 4's for saw horse legs and get next set of saw horses put together.

Adjust throw on sprinkler heads.

For seat time, may continue working on filling in the area just south of the barn and leveling that out.

Also might do some spraying.

Some more pics of Woman's flowers:

She wants (me) to get the strings put up for sweet potato vines to climb which I have agreed to do ... but not until the area is in shade later today.

Doubtful that any further work on hosta planting will happen today ... but we'll see ...

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe Monday.

 

[daugen]

finished one of the two entry handrails. Weather was nice for getting multiple coats of urethane spar varnish on.
Now to patch a few holes where that fibbing stud detector swore I'd find wood.

 

[Thomas]

80F almost cloudless.

Been slow putter day enough so both kitten got good brushing and this eveningsetting on the deck with feet up enjoying twin stick popsicles.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[PJSprog]

64°F and clear skies this morning, got up to 88° today. Was supposed to hit 91°. Small victories, I guess.

We ended up loading the kayaks yesterday around midday and going to Silver Lake in Highland for a short paddle. We were out on the water for about 2-1/2 hours, just paddling around the main section of the lake. Lots of power boats out there yesterday, and only one of them (a large pontoon) was remotely considerate of the affects of their wakes on small boats. We saw another couple in kayaks out there, too, just ahead of us in the picture.

Spent the evening at home, then sat out on the front porch around 9pm to enjoy the fireworks shows of three of our neighbors. Two of them were quite impressive.

Today was largely an indoor stuff day. Wife ran off to do a couple of trainings over in Missouri this afternoon, so I ran into town to make a financial donation to that struggling Walton family business, picking up a bunch of random stuff we have been forgetting. On my way there, I noticed that a farmer a couple miles north of us had baled his wheat straw with rather patriotic netting. That was a nice surprise. I had to pull over and take a picture.

Nice pictures, gents. Hope everyone has had a safe and enjoyable holiday celebration.

 

[RoyJackson]

Mowed the lawn...some weed trimming too

Back to work tomorrow...

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

64 going to 90.

Thanks for sharing your great Independence Day pix and stories. We had 2 sons + wives and my MIL here...great brunch, cornhole and birthday celebration for one son that's tomorrow...then I grilled turkey burgers, since they won the vote, and grilled mixed vegetables. We ate our first tomato from the garden, and some jalapenos from the garden.

Happy Birthday to the birthday Son!

Gitcha an onion and some garlic and you've got salsa.

Yes Don, but I'm wondering how so many kids got it? have they not already been exposed? How have they avoided it thus far? Have they been in individual caves since 2019? They are saying the antibodies are as good as the shots....(maybe better IMO).