Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Another visit with financial advisor, got a plan. Will at least work thru this fall, then maybe retire.
Rainy day .88” today so far, 1.74 since yesterday.

Chilly, started stove.

 

[rswyan]

Removed dump cart wheel and tire and took it down to the local tire shop to get the tube replaced. Guy said the tube was falling apart when he took it out, also the tire itself was about gone which I could see: cracking after the tube was replaced and inflated. $10 while I waited which seems reasonable (although it looks like they bent the rim a little ... )

Something about rubber products that the Chicoms seem to have difficulty with (I'm assuming it is Chinese)

He did say that he stocked the tires ... so when they finally go ...

Filled up The Woman's car on the way back and collected the mail.

Reinstalled the tire after I got back.

Still a little chilly out there.

Got some online banking done.

Inspected the screws holding in the hose bib on the outside of the kitchen wall, they look to still be in fairly decent shape ... so getting those pulled out shouldn't be too bad hopefully.

Noticed that the Orienpet lilies over there are starting to poke through the soil.

Old daffodils planted long ago are in bloom:

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Will have to remember to mark those so they can be dug up later and thinned out.

Also the forsythias are in good bloom ... considering how heavily they were pruned back last year:

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Probably will pull in the large planters here in a few and see about getting those Elephant Ear bulbs planted. Then maybe a little further work down in the fish room.

 

[pennwalk]

46F. It has been raining steadily all day. I was thinking about doing some stuff today but the rain gave me second thoughts. My wife assures me that I won't melt but why take a chance.

I'm feeling for the people down in Washington. First they are getting picked off one by one by the alligators now they are getting stalked by rabid foxes. Crimminy, it is a wonder they don't get discouraged.

Here is hoping for a dryer day tomorrow.

Chris

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 44ºF for the start, clear sky, windy. Wind peak gust over 40 today, sky mostly clear, and high temp was 66ºF, DP 11ºF. Bike ride early to beat worst of wind, still had wind penalty of .66m. Did get wood restacked, and nap after lunch. Did not get maintenance or bike wash done because of wind
Dennis nice amount of rain. Sorry about not going back too sleep.
Bill hope your snow clears soon. Hope you had a nice conservation of energy day.
Doug sorry to hear about wife's heart. Praying for good outcome.
Randy(wag) sounds like a busy day. I will never criticize tool purchases as you don't always know when you will need it. Quite the temp swing.
Drew hope labs went well and you get good results.
Roy hope you can get some sleep through all that. hope you enjoyed the celebration
Dennis at least it is not coming all at once
Paul glad flying no hitches. good luck with no cooling issue.
Ken hope your grass seed sprouts.
RNG glad more progress on driveway, have fun on weekend ride.
PJ what more do you need to do at night?
Ted good to hear wind gone for a day or 2. Hope you get the staining done
David praying surgery went well, and recovery is fast and complete.
Drew glad ducks are back.
Randy glad surgery over, hope recovery quick as well.
Helogabals quite the change from morning to evening. nice pic
Mike hope work going well.
Thomas glad only 8 hrs on job. hope you enjoyed night of, kittys need time too.
Don thanks for link to tractor video.
Buppies glad stitches out, sorry about the soreness. Maybe need to wait for more healing before mow grass.
RS glad fish room catching up. still adding flowers I see. pic will be something else.
Dennis good to hear plan, getting plenty rain.
RS glad dump cart tire fixed and back on cart. nice flower pics.
Chris sorry day was rain-out.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /mom recovery and breathing, living alone, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's FIL death /new(2) cancer surgeries /cataract surgery, Roy /palpitations, /angina , Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer recovery, /wife head wound healing, Thomas/gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted/knee recovery/retirement, / passing out issues, /family issues, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's heart /rib, Ken/aunt fall injuries, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery follow up, /Cateract surgery recovery, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/injuries from fall, Paul/ wife's disc issues /dog seizure, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis/ brother "alligallyitus" and improving, James /wife's fall and recovery, Ukraine war, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[txdon]

In case you missed the Texas Tesla cyber rodeo here its is.
The drones were impressive: minute 20 through 28

 

[Wagtail]

Good afternoon all. Overnight low of 5.5C, overcast but no rain. Wind is variable and calm. Presently 18C, and I think that that's going to be the high for today. (Mid-Autumn weather, eh? Can't make up its mind.)

Over to the Community Garden for a 1000 start. 7 raised planting beds filled with mulch & top soil. Finished by 1300 and home. Tractor FUN!

Not much else, take care all.

 

[Alien]

Sounds like she'll end up with a pacemaker...
I had an arrhythmia since 2009...on my second pacemaker

Roy, they did ask her if she was willing to participate in some new program. It will be interesting to find out what they are talking about. She must be a prime candidate perhaps?
Thank you everyone for your kind wishes and prayers for my wonderful wife.

 

[Alien]

Yeah

Bought for wifey Y recently
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That one cached screw in tire on way from transport company's backyard to my home

LOL hope the puncture isn't a sign !!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, low temp 34 and going up to 48°F. Wind WNW 3 mph. 60% chance of showers.

The only thing I am doing today is the eye appointment at 3 P.M. There are three of us going, so that will take until 4 and with a 45 minute drive home will make us late for supper/dinner/tea/the late afternoon meal, so we will eat at the truck stop. I have been eating there for 25 years, their food is usually good, but I haven't eaten there since last fall.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
lot of rain has finally stopped, 3.91 inches total. Local stream flood warning posted.
But a sunny day today and the start of some needed drying out.

waiting for Volvo service to come pick up my car and bring a loaner. They are going to fix the one rashed wheel as a we owe from
delivery. I'm going to also ask them to check pulsing brakes.

This morning I expect a delivery of ten flats of pachysandra, all going to church for planting. 20 dollar flats now 25, or more, I found ten for 22.50; least expensive locally.

hope those of you healing have a good day and good progress.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-04-08, 0634

39° right now...high in the low 50's and rain...feels chillier due to the dampness.
Been rainy April so far...as the saying goes "April showers bring May flowers". In my case, it's weeds
I really want to drop the blade and snowblower off the tractor...been so wet, running across the lawn would probably leave impressions. Well, no need to mow yet...

Boy, I'm really falling apart...UTI (seems under control) and occasional angina... The angina is worse when I'm lying down...bad enough that I finally took a nitroglycerine pill...abates after a bit, with or without the pill, but very uncomfortable. I can't recall getting any of these attacks when up for the day...strictly a nocturnal event...which is strange
I have an appointment with a cardiologist on the 12th.
Way too wet for any outdoors activities today

 

[Buppies]

38 high of 56 today rain ‘snow showers later very cool weekend

Prayers for Sodamo Toppop Aliens wife all others

 

[LouNY]

Morning all;
40F and raining still, rain most of the night and yesterday.
Coal fire in the insert feels good, looking at the 10 day forecast I'll keep
that going till the evening of the 10th and then let it go out for the season.
Let the mini-splits handle the heat and cooling from then on till late fall.
Planning on an interesting and likely expensive little trip today,
going to a cabinet shop to look at new cabinets, first estimate $15,000.00.
Dang that is some expensive wood boxes, and doesn't even include installation.

 

[wngsprd]

43 and foggy but clearing up, going to 66.

Hope all with illness and surgeries are doing better. Sorry to hear of your new issue, Roy.

 

[daugen]

Roy, sounds like a recliner day for you and if you feel pains where you shouldn't, don't delay. Sorry for the worry it's giving you.
glad the UTI has improved. If your body is telling you it doesn't want to wait four days until your doc appt, listen to it. You've been through this before
and better smiling in telemetry if in doubt.

Sun is coming out and the sky is blue. The lawn is almost ready to be mowed assuming it wasn't the swamp it is now.
Need to check all my newly planted flower pots, four inches of rain may be overflowing the ones without a hole in the bottom. Which I probably should drill anyway.

 

[Popgadget]

Good morning.
It’s 45 and might make it to 60 under clear skies today.

We got 3.45 inches of rain according to the trusty Davis weather station. The Tempest says 1.8, and the old fashioned funnel gauge froze and cracked over the winter. But historically, the Davis has been the one to trust.

Yesterday, was still putting out fires from the failed engine and the havoc that it caused to the schedule. However I was fairly productive in the shop, all 4 speakers have all the internal parts in them and the holes for the handle and jackplate cut out and recessed.

Today will be finish sanding and filling.

It is so wet outside, I can’t imagine when I’ll be able get on the ground with a tractor. I can mow around the house with the Lazer, as that has a pretty light footprint, but can tear things up if you aren’t careful turning.

 

[Thomas]

Yes...indeed speedy recovery for all and hope you may consider ER before taking to many nitroglycerine pill Roy.

 

[rswyan]

36F and partly cloudy @ 07:45, heading up to a high of 48F. Current soil temp is 39F, 24-hour average is 47.5F.

Just looked out the wind and one of the sunflower tube feeders is lying on the ground ...

I may have created a monster (or two): late last fall I moved the two tube feeders from where they were over to where they are currently ... but I didn't move the pole they were on, opting to use another pole which was considerably shorter. That brought the tubes down far enough that the deer could reach the bottom hole/feeding port with their tongues and pick out the seed. Wasn't too bad when I was using sunflower seeds in the shell ... they weren't quite as interested as they are now with the sunflower hearts. Seems like they can drain a tube almost overnight ... which is expensive.

So those won't be getting refilled until I put the other (taller) pole back up ... which should raise the feeders up a couple more feet.

Got a little more fish room work done last night after dinner.

Brought the two large planters in from outside and cleaned the dead plants out of them (with assistance from The Squeak) after dinner, then got two of the Elephant Ear bulbs planted. Also checked all the other plants and watered all of the them except for one of The Woman's hibiscus which was moist.

Her hibiscus are not doing real well at all ... besides needing repotted, they have some of kind of aphids (?) on them (tiny little white buggers) ... so I ordered some neem oil last night from Amazon (thx to Mr. Daugen) ... should be here tomorrow. Now I just need to locate the bottle of Castile Soap.

The Banana tree however is doing great. Keeping it well watered seems to be key.

Was considering the fencing for what will be the enlarged garden area and started pricing 6" x 10' PT fence posts. Then realized that some of the black locusts that I have down already might well work ... and if not, there's more out there that I can cut down. Not like it will kill them (if you cut down a black locust tree, the root system - which is interconnected with the surrounding black locust trees - will shoot up new trees ) That should save around $125 or so.

I think I have most of the rest of the materials (high-tensile wire, tensioners, etc.) so whatever else is needed should be minimal.

Today's agenda will include bagging up and loading the aluminum cans in the van, and then running those down to the scrap metal recycler ... along with the scrap aluminum siding from the shed tear down last summer that's been sitting in the van forever.

After that I'll run by Tractor Supply and pick up some 1/2" EPDM hose so I can redo the boom for the sprayer and then probably swing by Menards and pick up a few items.

Once I get back home I might try and get those hibiscus repotted.

Hope everyone has a great TGIF !

 

[Thomas]

40F on/off shower to afternoon low 50's for high.

Outside chores done E muffintime.
Plans for today...town for critter food, groceries shopping for the Mrs.,4 gallons vinyl siding cleaner at HD,and date night,but most of all stay out of the mud.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[RoyJackson]

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Today will be finish sanding and filling.

Very nice!!!