Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Dad said tractor was overheating, I was going to run to Ohio. My brother in law looked at it and cleaned radiator. Dad thought it was clean, but it wasn’t.

The 5030 Kubota will overheat with a small amount of obstruction on the radiator and the pull out radiator filter. It happened on mine several times and cleaning the radiator and filter solved the problem.

 

[m7040]

A typical Kenyan meal consists of ugali (a type of cornmeal porridge), sukuma wiki (collared greens), ndengu (stewed mung beans), and chapati (a tortilla-like bread made with wheat flour), all homemade.

maybe your daughter can ask for not too spicy on the mung beans.
the "pride" of Kenyan food, likely because it is scarce and expensive, is a barbecued meat dish called nyama choma

Top 100 Dishes in the World

List includes: Kahvaltı, Guotie, Butter garlic naan, Toum, Pastel de Belém.

www.tasteatlas.com

I am tired just looking at the plan for the trip:

1. Nairobi, Kenya: Oct 16-18 - visit the Nairobi National Park, David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, and the Karen Blixen Museum.

2. Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya: Oct 18 - 21 - wildlife safari and annual wildebeest migration (usually between July and October).
⁃ We can do a fly-in safari or drive in (I’d aim for drive in because overland is a good way to see everything. I’d opt for Fly-in options only if we need to save time)
⁃ Giraffe Manor
⁃ Also consider Hells Gate National Park and the Geothermal spa there
⁃ https://www.masaimara.com

3. Amboseli National Park, Kenya: Oct 21-23 - Mount Kilimanjaro and spot elephants, lions, and other wildlife against the backdrop of the mountain.
⁃ Lodging: Serena Safari Lodge (one option)

4. Zanzibar, Tanzania: Oct 23 - 25: Stone Town, snorkeling, or boat trip.
⁃ Lodging: Melia Zanzibar as an option Hotel Melia Zanzibar, an elegant luxury hotel in Tanzania | Melia.com
⁃ Zanzibar Serena Hotel

5. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania: Oct 25 - 27: Witness vast open plains teeming with wildlife, including lions, elephants, zebras, and giraffes. The Serengeti is renowned for its incredible game drives.

https://servalwildlife.com

6. Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania: Oct 27 - 30: Discover the Ngorongoro Crater, a UNESCO World Heritage site and a haven for wildlife, including rhinos, lions, and flamingos.
⁃ Ngorongoro Wildlife lodge

 

[sodamo]

The 5030 Kubota will overheat with a small amount of obstruction on the radiator and the pull out radiator filter. It happened on mine several times and cleaning the radiator and filter solved the problem.

I have to pull out the radiator screen about every other mowing to blow up on my LS

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The 5030 Kubota will overheat with a small amount of obstruction on the radiator and the pull out radiator filter. It happened on mine several times and cleaning the radiator and filter solved the problem.

That appears to be all it was. Dad just can’t see down in there. He mowed about 2.5 hrs today and said it didn’t overheat.
When I was there I blew it out every time I came in for a break.

 

[rswyan]

68F and cloudy with rumbles of thunder @ 20:45, currently under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

Tornado to north and west tracking southeast, Huron, Lake, and Ashland counties under Tornado Warnings.

 

[rswyan]

Tornado Warning now issued for Wayne County (next door to Summit where we’re at)

 

[Rich B1]

We are not under any warnings here, but the sky was getting very dark on the way home from dinner.

And I got something in one tire on the way home. Like my 4th flat tire this year. I will deal with it tomorrow.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Fritz, prayers sent for a good outcome for your daughter. Sounds like quite a trip she will be taking!

Don, thanks for the coffee grounds article. We will be implementing saving the grounds for the plants.

Successful materials run. I even got some sheet steel to put solid sides on the trailer. If it's windy again tomorrow (now forecasted to be worse than today), I'll have a couple things to work on.
Probably do the trailer first, then it will be ready to get some gravel next week (without loosing 1/4 of the load). I tried to convince the wifey that we NEEDED a dump trailer..... I must be loosing my touch --A "no go" from the start......

Our "monsoon season" official start was today..... they are already calling it a "non-soon" season, being there is no precip in the 10 day + forecast.....

Time to put the feets up.....

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of 3.3C and it's presently 15.5C, mostly grey cloudy yet fairly calm. Wind is expected later on.

Mostly contacting organisations that require my new CC details... as I remember them. I'm also cleaning out folders/stuff on this desktop computer in anticipation of heading into Launie to upgrade to a new one. I'll let 'them' transfer the data from one to another.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I have been kicking around getting a dump trailer.
Thought about going to lot to mow tomorrow, but calling for rain there and here Don’t want to drive 4 hrs and not be able to mow, then 4 back. Tomorrow makes 4 weeks already. Should have went today, but I was preparing to go to Ohio to check out the tractor.
Pebbles has been fast asleep in the other lazyboy.

Did hoe garden some tonight and watered.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good Evening all. 69ºF for the start, not as foggy as yesterday, near calm breeze. Light wind(except during t-storm), Sky clouded up early evening and had several thunderstorms with strong winds and light hail. High temp was 95ºF, HI 106ºF. Bike ride to start day, got front mowed then took nap. After dinner, fish club meeting, and thunder storms came through, radar estimates 1-2 inch of rain. Notice store work on one side of tunnel, no stone work other side
Dennis Started at Clinton not Sedalia on bike ride
David hope you got the prep done.
Thomas hope putter day and rider maintenance went well
Dennis glad you worked out issues on streaming so quick.
Jay hope no damage from storms
Dennis nice dogwood.
Drew nice flag pic
Snagglepuss has such a rough life, as does Pebbles.
Frits glad tree planting service does maintenance as well.
Kilroy glad you got your scaffold parts. Hope grilling was not impaired by the rain.
RS sorry about water pump. Glad wife back home and helping
Randy(wag) glad you got new CC. Good luck with new computer.
Kyle nice field pic. Neat tree pic. Good luck with Traverse
Kyle thanks for warning on Venmo, I do not use them.
Dennis got sent a "bill" supposedly from PC Matic that was incorrect. Missed the red flags
Ron glad you found makeup water issue on pond. Nice pic you have been posting. Hope shopping went well.
Drew sorry about back issues, hope you can lose some weight. Nice peppers
Kilroy hope you agenda got accomplished before rain.
Buppies hope you sleep better tonight. Glad you are enjoying the trip pics.
Frits hope biopsy went well, prayers sent
Kyle as I told Dennis there were enough red flags I should have picked up on, just did not do due diligence prior to reacting.
RNG glad you got side by side tires squared away. Enjoy your trip, hope you can check in on occasion.
Scotty hope new to you car works out.
Ken glad you got some rain. Hope you get some raspberries.
Dennis he may become more sociable yet. Nice spring fix.
Ted sorry about the wind. Hope day went well.
RS nice progress on weeding hope water pump shows up soon.
Frits sounds like you understand the point system very well.
Kilroy nice weather you are having.
David hope H&F went well for guys.
Lou that is a lot of concrete work. Sorry your tractors want so much work done on them.
Thomas hope busy day means good day, glad you got nap in, nice branches are cleaned up, sorry storm was doozy.
Dennis glad no trip needed to Ohio, nice to hea BIL was able to help out with gas leak and tractor radiator.
Frits quite the agenda for trip.
Rich glad no warnings, sorry about all the flats.
Randy(wag) glad you have light day.
Dennis sorry rain messing with your plans. Interesting headless kitty pic
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.

 

[sodamo]

Ted, I was had Sophie convinced we needed a dump trailer, but I could never convince myself to spend $10k for one.

 

[sodamo]

The guys fell at H&F again. Thankfully, a great meal of homemade chili and awesome company.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured Frist cup of coffee. 56° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 71° with partly cloudy skies. .34" rain yesterday evening. After grocery shopping got rest of grass mowed. Not sure what I will get done today. Always weeds that need pulling.
Daily visitor.

M7040, prayers daughters test are all negative.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

64 high of 85 today rain later mostly scattered

mostly great pictures

Ron is that coyote?

m7040 continue prayers for daughter

rswyan stay safe

Prayers for all our Country

 

[wngsprd]

59 going to 86...maybe much needed rain.

Cool tunnel, Mostly.

I've heard the Anvil is a great place.

Took a nice hike. Then replaced a dimmer switch yesterday...in a gang box with 4 other switches...had to take them all out to get to the ground wire. Real challenge getting them all lined up perfectly to screw the cover plate back. Plus, it turns out the replacement dimmer I had was a single pole, and I needed a three way...so a trip to Ace Hardware and a chance to use my $10 off coupon.

Can't already be Friday?

 

[daugen]

good morning all
looks nice out now but that is changing, more rain on the way all day today

woke up sneezing again, all stuffed up. Antihistamines don't seem to help.

absolutely nothing planned for today, might work in garage decluttering.
I sure do like to make piles...

am hoping BIL and his son will stop by tomorrow, we can change oil in rv together. Otherwise I'll take it to truck shop next week.

I got the replacement LED ceiling light in for rv, might work on that. Good job on a rainy day

windy day yesterday and new flag stuck back up on roof, most annoying, pulled it out of gutter again.
these are the little challenges of life...

it's time for this stump to go. Right outside my front door. Going to rent a backhoe, get my BIL to operate it since I have zero seat time on one, and have
my landscaper helpers clean up the mess and seed it when done. Don't want wood chips, want lawn. Those roots will continue to rot and whole thing
is subsiding. At least putting bug killer on the stumps helped with the grubs, now the birds, mostly a huge red headed woodpecker, no longer come and
peck the stumps to literally bits. I'm thinking a small red maple right there would be nice.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
54 with a high in low 70’s today, rain and thunderstorms by lunchtime.

Yesterday ended up being pretty productive, started out after a nice breakfast on the Lazer, new suspension seat is awesome, can go much faster in rough areas. Got all the trimming done, hooked up the progressive and mowed the rest as well. A local sod farm has the same model (TD65) progressive mower for sale, along with a spare one for parts.
It’s tempting, as mine is going to need some repairs to the rear deck where it’s rusting through, but for less money I can by a CNC table for my plasma cutter and make a new deck pan to weld in. And then
I’ll have the the table for future projects.
Once I finished the mowing, I got out the pressure washer and soaped the tractor, Lazer and Prius with the foam cannon, used a long handled brush to scrub, rinsed with a 45° tip, and then chamois’d with the leaf blower.
Loaded grain into the feed bins in the barn, played with Zoe and grandson a bit then sat down for a bit of dinner before putting my feet up.

Off to Portland, ME again this morning, hope to be back before the weather gets here from the west. Should be home in time for lunch at my favorite spot, and do some tinkering in the shop while it rains outside. Supposed to play music tonight, so it should be another full day.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron is that coyote?

Not sure. It could be a Fox with Mange. But it is larger than most Fox that I see around here.

 

[Buppies]

I think your fox idea is correct Ron

You are really busy wngsprd