Good morning!!!!

[Looking4new]

I guess I will have to call my gravel supplier tomorrow and see when he planned on delivering it. T'was supposed to be either yesterday or today.
Note to self; call my foreman, I've been forgetting the call for the past 3 days.
I called the PO this morning asking why I am getting a notice to pick up a parcel when I am on the rural route. There was nothing on the notice saying I had to sign for it. First phony excuse: new driver and he doesn't know the area. I suggested maybe he is too lazy to learn. Second phony excuse: he may be afraid to come up my virtually flat driveway. I told the postmaster that the girl that delivered here for the past 28 years didn't have a problem, but now we have a man and he has a problem? I left it 'open ended'. I will be taking pictures of the notice and when I get into town on Thursday I will also try putting my parcel in the mail box at the corner (group box) and take a picture of it. IF it fits in the letter box (2.5"x8"x15" deep) there will be hell to pay. I will take it straight to the postmaster general, by way of the postal security people. Delaying the mail is a huge thing up here as I am sure it is in the 'states.
Good night all

 

[sodamo]

For you Frits
Taken from neighbors a few weeks ago

 

[sodamo]

Pretty good fix, Drew

 

[sodamo]

Rather good day of seat time. Finished up the outside area then took a break and went to PO.

Another maintenance issue with the flail, but with the lift pin. More on that later.

After lunch break got some time on the BX and mowed about 1/3 of the inside areas.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee just finished brewing. 26° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 52° with mix of sun and clouds. Not sure if going shopping at Rural King and Menards with neighbor is conserving energy. But that what I did yesterday. Back to garden pond cleanup today. Flasher for lighthouse arrived yesterday. Will work on getting it installed when it warms up.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

39 high of 62 today tired again working on getting sugar levels down. Cyst is still putting out puss just much smaller amounts

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[Buppies]

Nice Blue Jay Ron always enjoy your pictures

Sorry about Post Office problems L4N

 

[daugen]

Pretty good fix, Drew

you are being way too kind....
I picked it up this morning and it was all pretty tight.
It's my Frankenstein version of Humpty Dumpty.
I'm hoping before I go anywhere I can get this replaced.
A new one is all of 65 bucks, I thought remarkably cheap for an oem Hella light assembly with four bulbs in it.

the place I ordered it from charged my credit card, then came back and said Oh we can only get it in wholesale quantities of ten, and btw it's backordered.
I got right on them about processing a credit, which they said they did. Shouldn't charge cards unless you know you have the product...

one thing this little project did is remind me I need to get some disposable gloves. That super glue got all over my fingers and very, very hard to get off.

39 degrees out now, cloudy day going up to low 60's, rain this afternoon.
going out to lunch with neighbors across the street, it's her 80th birthday or something, and I volunteered to be their driver for a birthday lunch. Going to
Pineville Tavern, not far away.

forecast still showing about two inches of rain from Friday through Monday morning.

 

[daugen]

I don't know if Florida has capital punishment, but hope this psychopath never gets out of prison.
Throws his 2 year old son out in pond to be eaten by alligators.
Turnaround might be fair play?

A Florida toddler found in an alligator's mouth died of drowning, police say | CNN

The 2-year-old boy found last month in an alligator's mouth in a St. Petersburg, Florida, lake died of drowning, police say.

www.cnn.com

our kids should be treasured, their innocence protected

 

[m7040]

Good morning, 43 going to 64 today with rain in the forecast.

Gave Cody his morning walk (more accurately Cody walked me) and no sign of the fox this morning.

For a while seems we daily had to go somewhere but today we stay home except maybe a drop off at the PO.

The PT yesterday was focussed on flexibility of the leg. She said it can have an impact on tracking of the kneecap. Gave me some of the stretchy rubber bands to continue at home. Will continue with shoulder PT and now do leg stretches at home. She also went over the taping techniques for the knee so I can improve on that.

Picked up Cody from the groomer yesterday. He was very handsome and looked proud.

David, thank you for the picture. I am sure living your dream on Hawaii must be great. Always looks fantastic

Buppies, hope that your medical problems have improved.

L4N every time we get a new mail person there are problems here too that takes some "education"

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 32 and the high to 43°F. Wind N 2 mph. 50% chance of flurries/rain.

Drew, I agree whole heartily with you and Florida now has the lowest threshold for imposing the death penalty in the country, following Gov. Ron De Santis' signing of a new bill on April 20, 2023. The bill allows juries to recommend a death sentence with an 8-to-4 vote, a change from the previous requirement of a unanimous decision from all 12 jurors.

Cody looks like he is plotting the next place to roll in the dirt and get the smell of soap off himself.

If the gravel comes today, then I will spread it, other than that it will be a conserve energy day.

Have a safe day all

 

[m7040]

I don't know if Florida has capital punishment, but hope this psychopath never gets out of prison.
Throws his 2 year old son out in pond to be eaten by alligators.
Turnaround might be fair play?

A Florida toddler found in an alligator's mouth died of drowning, police say | CNN

The 2-year-old boy found last month in an alligator's mouth in a St. Petersburg, Florida, lake died of drowning, police say.

www.cnn.com

our kids should be treasured, their innocence protected

Sounds like mental illness to me. Treatment of mental illness is way underfunded and difficult to get help
Also a cause in many of the mass shootings

 

[Thomas]

36F cloudy low 50's for high showers/rain arriving around sun down.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...couple stops in town for critter food also goodies,Kubota gets good greasing lube spraying follow by bubble bath this afternoon...pretty sure going to be slow motion day.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[daugen]

I agree Frits. How can any sane person do something like that?
And then I think of the Nazis who sent my relatives to the gas chambers and
not ready to give them a pass for that.
Hurting kids seems like the ultimate depravity though.
Deterrence does not seem to work for the mentally ill. They go by different rules.

thankfully there are many good things happening in this world at the same time.

 

[m7040]

I agree Frits. How can any sane person do something like that?
And then I think of the Nazis who sent my relatives to the gas chambers and
not ready to give them a pass for that.
Hurting kids seems like the ultimate depravity though.
Deterrence does not seem to work for the mentally ill. They go by different rules.

thankfully there are many good things happening in this world at the same time.

Regimes that do bad things are also present today although not at that scale at least as of today.
Executing mentally ill people may feel good for the victims but it will not deter the next event from happening

 

[KilroyJC]

Nope, it happens around here too. Binalong Bay out towards The Gardens and South to Scamander are very popular 'getaway' camping spots for touring RV's and caravans. Many people put out A$15 small bundles of split firewood in road-side stands. Local grocery & petrol stations do the same.

It is a nondenominational game, commonly known as “Fleece The Tourists”

 

[wngsprd]

35 and frost on the roof again.

Mark, congrats on having such a successful fishing day. I wonder if you caught any of them multiple times.

Thanks for sharing your beautiful bird and landscape pix. It takes great patience to get the right shot of a bird.

Kil, hope that water tests perfect for you. Are you planning to source your water directly from a stream?

Starting to meet more thru-hikers on the trail. Yesterday, a 35-ish year old lady was hiking with her two boys...maybe 10 and 12 YO. Amazing to see the three carrying large backpacks and smiling the whole time. She said they had been on the trail 25 days...were flip-flopping from Harper's Ferry heading south. Also, a nice young couple from Boiling Springs, PA, where the AT passes just walked out of their town heading south. I hiked The Priest and Spy Rock. Never seen so many wildflowers.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
It’s a grey 39 outside, rain in the forecast along with a high of 60.
Yesterday was sunny but cool, actually had the heat on in the Kubota.

Made a Costco run in the morning, then started mowing. I got all th e open areas done with the Progressive, then blew it off and parked it. Then hitched up the 90” Landpride 3pt to do inside the small pastures. The Lazer would be faster, but the tractor is more comfortable and the rear discharge mower leaves a neater swath for the higher grass. I used the Lazer for the fence lines and the RC runway.
So pretty much all the mowing machinery got a workout yesterday, even the string trimmer, but the whole place is done.

Even washed the Kubota before putting it away.

Even got a few RC flights in before calling it a day.

Not sure what I’ll get into today, need to clean up a bit in the shop as it will be a cafeteria tomorrow to feed the shearing crew.

 

[LouNY]

Regimes that do bad things are also present today although not at that scale at least as of today.
Executing mentally ill people may feel good for the victims but it will not deter the next event from happening

But they sure as heck are not repeat offenders.
Too many hiding behind "mental illness" when it is just a lack of will.

 

[wngsprd]

The whole mountain was covered with trillium and a variety of other flowers