Good morning!!!!

[KilroyJC]

Happy Victoria Day to all the Canucks here.
It pissed down rain all day. Good news though is tomorrow will be dry. 15% chance of rain. I have some stumps at the neighbours to attack tomorrow and Monday.

Kilroy, that is one nasty looking stump.

Bed time, goodnight all

There is a bigger Diameter double-trunk pine stump I will be pulling, which I am hoping is easier because it is a) pine and b) I left it a little taller, so o can get more leverage. There is an even thicker poplar that I may try pulling/punching over, so that it (hopefully) uproots.

on the plus side, starting about 3’- 4‘ down there is a good bed of clay, and I will be extracting some of that so that I can make a beehive oven and a tandoor at the house - two projects that I have been itching to do for several years now, but the materials have gotten so expensive!!!!

 

[KilroyJC]

Good evening all. 56ºF for the start mostly clear sky, Breezy. Moderate wind wind brisk sustained gusts, sky became partly cloudy, and high temp was 74ºF. Bike ride to start day, stopped in on garage sale and could not resist buying it, $40 and runs good. Needs new air filter, oil change, and blade sharpened. Also found full set Husky metric allen wrenches. Because of the sustained wind gusts did not no leave the lake. 60 miles. Took truck back to get mower, ate lunch and napped. Did not get a chance to go over mower yet.
Ron Sorry about heron and losing fish. Good luck getting it to move on. Glad rake is off and put away., and strawberry sundae tasted good. Hope heron project and pine tree project went well.
Thomas glad yesterday luck day Hope today lucky too.
Don sorry about hail, hope no damage. Is that a flail type mower? Good to hear mail box relocated and your mom's new pink coffee maker operational. Glad she liked the no Tuna sandwiches.
Bill sorry about rain washing out plans.
Frits glad mowing progressing, and blades still sharp.
Kilroy Glad concert good. Hope you can get your gravel and relative visits go well.
Buppies glad cyst gone, hope back is healed. Sorry about BS that high prayers sent.
Chris I am going with best entertainment he got all week.
Drew spores work really well on grubs. Good luck with stumps. I thing you can rent stump grinders.
Kyle sorry you are worn out and have to make your coffee. Good to hear kids having a good time!
Billy hope you got your rain. Hope cordless trimmer works for you. Good luck with mulch.
RNG Sorry about having to wet the stucco 3 times a day. Hope no Humpty action during the watering. Sorry about how hard it is to get brush hog on and working. Hope flail cleans up the bad haircut. Hope the van works out for you.
Frits Volvo quite the performer. That much performance and drum brakes not a good combination.
Drew good car stories.
Drew more good stories.
Jay BF ==? Good to hear solor back up and running, wonder if you can get resetable circuit breakers?
Ted Nice rain. hope you were able to finish gravel and get more rain. Hope you can get water diverted. Hope juniper transplanting works.
Paul Glad flight went well to pick up plane. Sorry little plane lost out. Hope ou can get to it today/
Jay nice pics.
David sorry only 1 wall got pw. Good to hear guys pulled it out and dinner good.
RS nice rain. glad you will get some good weather. Hope you can get weed burner working better. Hope you made good inroad on your agenda. Looks like sprouting is in full swing.
Ken sorry to hear about dog sick . Sorry to hear wife stuck at work. Have fun chauffeuring, won't last long. Nice pics
Kilroy nice story.
Frits thanks for link
David pw cleaning walls nicely.
Dennis I like plan A better Interesting story about storage barn.
Joel glad day improved, nice pic. Is that an ols bridge in background?
Jay glad you are getting needed rain. Neat pic and colorful bird.
Dennis that pic is raising my blood sugar just looking at it.
David thanks for the layout and story.
RS glad core aeration went well. Hope relocating the back locusts goes well.
Kilroy making progress!!! Nice pics
Bill glad better weather tomorrow.
Buppies what about Thomasina?
James hope the second on is as good as the first.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /back surgery healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

nice garage sale score! I have this old Murray mower that came with the house, the engine refuses to die no matter how we abuse it, but the deck has literally rotted away. I am going to try to bend up some 1/16x2 steel and make a new skirt, because the back wheels are splayed flat on the ground.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Nice mower mostly.

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly…).

61.9F going to mid 70s, supposedly sunny all day.

Went to see Jay Allen show last night. Excellent show, very poorly attended. I figure that since Marina McBride performed the night before (and the tickets were quite pricey) people opted for only one show. Plus, it was the final night of the Rodeo, so there was that competition too, although the weather did not really help the rodeo — rain started about 6-ish, and downpours from 7:30 to 9, and the rodeo started at 8…

Relatives in town for a few days, so we will be running around with them, I don’t expect to get much done up the mountain for the west several days, other than beinging Bailey up for her walks.

time to get started on the day — coffee is calling.

I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[wngsprd]

60 and wet after a nice rain last night. Going to 78.

Mostly, nice find on that mower.

Sodamo, great story on your house build and Sophie.

Kil, with that mini you are king of the mountain.

We worked all day outdoors...mowed the yard, used the grapple to move some brush, then pitchforked all 3 yards of mulch on top of landscape fabric we put down, and moved a ton of rocks with the wheelbarrow. Hitting the sack felt good.

 

[Buppies]

Big work day wngsprd, glad you found mower mostly and thank you, nice plan that came together sodamo, sorry about fish Ron, nice story BEF.

55 sunny high in 70s started mowing grass yesterday front yard three times it was so tall. Made a dump run yesterday watched Law and Order last night

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Thomas]

Maybe I should call bear Thomasillana as she is a girl

How did you verify bear she?

 

[Buppies]

Shape of head plus she acts like a girl

 

[Thomas]

"stopped in on garage sale and could not resist buying it, $40 and runs good. Needs new air filter, oil change, and blade sharpened. Also found full set Husky metric allen wrenches."
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[Buppies]

Sounds like a lot of work Kilroy

 

[Thomas]

We worked all day outdoors...mowed the yard, used the grapple to move some brush, then pitchforked all 3 yards of mulch on top of landscape fabric we put down, and moved a ton of rocks with the wheelbarrow. Hitting the sack felt good.

Prepping for long hike?

 

[daugen]

well I found out what was digging up the stumps in the front yard.
too bad I couldn't get a picture, scared him away when I tried,
but a seriously large red headed woodpecker was mining away yesterday.
Beautiful bird, looked powerful, and I have provided a food source.
That woodpecker is just going to do what woodpeckers do.

I'm off to get more grub control this morning plus a little grocery shopping.
I'm also going to get a hanging suet cake and put it out front to try to give the birds something else to eat.
ordered a case of ten on Amazon and several feeders.

these suet cakes are where the old cows go....really.
is it vegan?
no ma'am
It's a deelicious easy to eat blend of rib sticking energy.
Much better than that stump bird.
pay attention, eat the suet

if you can't fight them, feed them
Full size rabbit in my yard yesterday.
At least not in the garden.

And then a large brown and black cat came in and sat on the bench
right next to the bird feeding area.
Scoot!
I am ignored.
maybe I should be like RS and feed them far away.
last time I put up a suet cake a bear in NC ripped it down.
I do not not not want to attract bears.

and I'm thinking, I'm thinking I'm back...
time to get a bb gun with a scope again.
Two pumps in the rump is a fine message sent.

I don't want to hurt the animal.
what should I feed a rabbit in the rear of my property?
what is a cheap feed? Is there a small critter pellet food?
simple is good. Like corn. Lots of critters like corn.
now what can you put out that would attract a rabbit but not a deer?
Not many deer here after the big cull.
but since folks in municipal building right down the road
paid a lot of bounty out to shoot all those deer, I believe they would take a
dim view of intentional deer feeding.

I've tried putting old lettuce out before on a stump top in back yard.
not much interest
it's like that little rabbit came over and saw me feeding the birds from multiple feeders and on the ground
and he asked what do you have for me?

food or a bb. I'll try food first.

going to pick up the five or ten pound economy bag of carrots. Worst case, I'll be making carrot muffins
for a while.

bb's are for critters that get inside the veggie garden.
after they have eaten two eggplants to the ground.
electric fence now off, tomatoes have grown into it, as intended.

too bad the rabbits can't learn to behave like little weed eaters.
go nibble around all the edges, eat all you want but only the edges.
better than cordless.
smaller than sheep.

sorry this was too long

 

[Thomas]

50F steady 10mph wind partly cloudy 70F for high.
Mother nature wash pollen from the leaves and buds over night puddles are yellowish.

Outside chores done E muffin time.

Plans for today...couple stops in town for this and that,finish planting veggie plants and seeds,darn good chance of helping Mrs. plant her investment. than see what rest of the day offers.

Enjoy day all.

 

[KilroyJC]

60 and wet after a nice rain last night. Going to 78.

Mostly, nice find on that mower.

Sodamo, great story on your house build and Sophie.

Kil, with that mini you are king of the mountain.

We worked all day outdoors...mowed the yard, used the grapple to move some brush, then pitchforked all 3 yards of mulch on top of landscape fabric we put down, and moved a ton of rocks with the wheelbarrow. Hitting the sack felt good.

Oh yeah - forgot this little story:

while I was engrossed in the extraction, Mrs2@# over my the gate, watching progress, when the neighbor stopped by, so we finally got to meet him.

his comment to her was, “He ain’t partickly good at that, is he?”

to which Mrs replied:

”Well it is only his fifth day on an excavator…”

and he said “Well he is going pretty good for only five days!”

he was a heavy equipment operator for 40 years…

Found out that dozer is a Case diesel with the same engine as our tractor, and has the six-way blade, and he said he parked it when the “engine was locking up” whatever that means.

I will find out more in the future…

 

[jbrumberg]

Dennis- It amazes me how much “good stuff” people throw away. I am happy to read about your salvaged treasures.

Joel- Thanks for sharing the picture of your property and family.

David- Thanks for sharing the history of your and Sophie's beautiful property.

Bruce- Nice score.

Kilroy- I really enjoy reading about your project and seeing the pictures of your progress.

RonJ- Nice picture of Mr. & Mrs. dining together. Thanks for sharing it. That "pairing" is going on around here as well with the Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, and Rose-Breasted Grosbeaks around here; probably the pairing is going on with the Jays and Mourning Doves as well

Yesterday's/last evening's rain event dropped 1.08" of rain. The high level haze and clouds have been clearing since sunrise with 47ºF as this morning's low temperature. It has been breezy too with 17mph gusts recorded. The current temperature is 52ºF with a mix of clouds and varying degrees of filtered sunshine. I expect the wind to continue with clearing skies and an afternoon high temperature in the upper 60ºF's.

This morning I received an e-mail from the energy collaborative regarding our solar power production and being back in their system. I do not think that I'll be seeing any more electric bills until the next time the power company starts messing with the line voltage.

No real plans for today except enjoying this beautiful day, hopefully capture a couple of pictures of some additional returning birds just seen yesterday, and stir frying up some shrimp with assorted peppers in a garlic-ginger sauce for tonight's dinner.

This "work"week I will get serious about getting the garden going.

 

[jbrumberg]

Drew- Thank you for your morning's post. Hopefully you'll post again later.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low temp is 47 and the high going to 62°F. Wind N 10 to 15 mph. 3% chance of rain.

Being as it IS Sunday, I wont fire up the tractor until 11A.M. ( noise laws), the noise laws don't apply for snow removal but they do apply for stump removal.
I think I will take my electronic bug killer with me, just in case I wake them up. (Thermacell)

Drew, a 12 gauge loaded with rock salt works good.

One mans' trash is another mans' treasure.

Time to check my lottery tickets and see what I didn't win.

Have a safe day all

 

[m7040]

Good morning, 49 going to 77 today nice weather no rain

Finished mowing the tree shelter areas yesterday and was too beat after that to do much else. Wife wanted to get lobsters on sale so went to town to get that. The picture shows a small area mowed yesterday. It takes time to mow around the shelters and chew up 2 ft long grass without leaving a lot of grass piles around but all the tree shelter areas are now mowed

 

[Buppies]

Drew perhaps you should tell stories to children at the library well written and entertaining to boot.

Kilroy cool story: State Police officer getting close to quitting time speeding car goes by and he sets off chase. He really doesn’t want to do this as it’s 15 minutes till quitting time, so he says to himself if this guy has a good story he will let him go. Pulls over car tells driver he would like to see his driver permit and registration and why were you going so fast. Driver looks at officer and says my wife left me for a state trooper and I thought you were trying to bring her back. Trooper hands license. back and goes home

 

[Buppies]

Nice mowing m7040