Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

good morning all
46 going up to 60 today in clouds
geez five nights in the 30's in ten day, not going to be good for the veggies.
no wonder Burpee does not send out tomatoes to first week in May.

hope everyone wakes up feeling good this morning.

Dennis, that lot is lovely. Bottom line is where do you want to live?
quality of life factors of both properties? How far to hospital, supermarket, friends/family, etc.

 

[Thomas]

39F cloudy low 50's for high.
Outside chores done E muffin time.

Plans for today...4 hours at part store,afternoon good size rock slide off retaining into the ditch hoping Kubota can lift and reset rock afterwards remove back blade and install carry all basket to Kubota.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[wngsprd]

55 going to 71, maybe a pollen washer shower.

Rip, sorry to hear about the will problem.

Sodamo, hope you're better today. Maybe just plain flu?

Another couple hours mowing...now done for a few days. Also ran through 3 batteries edging my wife's flower border, string trimming, and blowing debris. Zonked out in the recliner before 9pm.

 

[riptides]

54 outside this AM, heading to mid 60's. Cloudy and quite a difference from yesterday.

Day job and more yard work on tap when the sun comes up.

Kind of sore this AM from the weed whacker. I forget how much fence line is out there in one pasture, but it is done.

Around the koi-less pond, I spotted four tiny slider like turtles. In the back forty, one lone turkey keeps making their appearance. That's a super low number for us.

Hope all have a great day, and a better start to the w/e. Those ailing, hope you get healthy soon.

 

[Buppies]

Very cloudy this morning 57 high in low 70s maybe rain maybe not already showing slight deficit for the year. I believe the red bird has biblical references.

Feel better sodamo, fuddyduddy, I’m sorry riptides relatives and money never a good thing. Scaredy one day at a time this to shall pass

Prayers for all our Country

 

[riptides]

Very cloudy this morning 57 high in low 70s maybe rain maybe not already showing slight deficit for the year. I believe the red bird has biblical references.

Feel better sodamo, fuddyduddy, I’m sorry riptides relatives and money never a good thing. Scaredy one day at a time this to shall pass

Prayers for all our Country

Not a relative, not a friend, not an acquaintance, passing or present. Have no idea who this person is. Except for their criminal record.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Vt, 40 to start going to 60 supposedly! Got in up here about 7 pm, and Kathleen made up some ziti and she had already made a sauce with meatballs and sausage!!

Today will be mostly all work, raking out the front garden and moving that 20 bags of mulch from my truck to the garden via my front loader on the Massey ! Back will be hurting tonite !

Sitting in front of the wood stove with coffee this morning, and looking out seems like skies are clearing !

David, hope you make a quick recovery !

I also learned it's very important to have spouse check me & I check her for ticks at least every day!

Fuddyduddy, I like that idea !

After mowing, I asked my wife if she really wanted to give up this park like lot for the woods in WV.

Dennis, like someone else said, only you know what’s right, but the Va property is beautiful! I would have a hard time giving up that beautiful meadow ! That’s coming from someone whose property is mostly meadow !

in other news ... it has been a sad, confusing, conflicted, numb, time for me - but after 2.5 yrs of Separation, my estranged wife has finally, Finally, FINALLY connected with her lawyer, so that a rescheduled meeting can be planned.

Scaredy, glad you are making some progress, even if it is in small increments!
Stay strong and keep the faith !

Hope all have a good day !

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 46 to 59 and cloudy.
Son off to jr. Prom tonight.
Not much else to report.

Sorry to hear about the lymes Fuddy. I have been spraying my clothes and wear a hat, but the things are everywhere.

BEF - my uncles house was 4 hours away when we were kids, drive seemed less when we got there and wandered out into the woods. It seems both properties are still in the running, make a pro/con list.

Kyle - has to be whatever plan that person was on, I am on a bog standard plan and got no fees extra in Switzerland or Italy. I also don't make a lot of phone calls on the road, but upload pictures all the time. Roaming calls have been a thing for decades on cell phones.

Scaredy - my prayers to you that this lets you move on soon and goes the way you want.

Maybe mulch and cleanup today to get the front area complete. Then Weedwhacker if it's dry enough, might get a bit covered in green...

ordered a 16gallon sprayer, used some Amex points. Tired or dragging cans to water plants out in the fields.

Be well,

 

[Buppies]

Beautiful pictures Scotty

Sorry I miss spoke riptides

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,

Not a relative, not a friend, not an acquaintance, passing or present. Have no idea who this person is. Except for their criminal record.

Mike sorry to hear about all of this ! Your last sentence says it all for me ! Hope you can resolve it easily !

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
The sun is up and it looks positive for outdoor work today ! A quick shot looking south east towards the wood shed !

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good Morning,


Dennis, like someone else said, only you know what’s right, but the Va property is beautiful! I would have a hard time giving up that beautiful meadow ! That’s coming from someone whose property is mostly meadow !

VA lot is 7.3 acres, half gentle sloping grass. Neither lots have your views.

 

[scootr]

Having a view is nice but here where there is a view there is also wind. A cold wind in the winter and hot wind in the summer, too much wind drives me nuts.

 

[plowhog]

Time to kick back and have a cold one.

Spent yesterday collecting debris and managing a burn pile. At 4:30pm my wife brought out-- with two COLD ONEs! Woo hoo-- perfect timing.

Every spring is the same. A race to collect branches and sticks before the grasses grow and hide it. Better to find it now compared to the mower hitting it later. I burned about 6 dump trucks of material yesterday.

40F going to sunny 70F today. Today I'll be spraying the invasive Scotch Broom plants. My backpack sprayer works better than the tractor mounted sprayer since access is tricky. I finally bought the battery powered version of the Solo backpack sprayer-- no pumping.

Everyone have a great day !!!!

 

[riptides]

Having a view is nice but here where there is a view there is also wind. A cold wind in the winter and hot wind in the summer, too much wind drives me nuts.

Views are fleeting, unless there is a view easement. Growth comes from unexpected sources.

For me, it's gotta be about adaptable to life changes.

I see that with my FIL whose house he cannot maintain and I saw that with my Dad nearing his end. The properties became a burden for both.

 

[scootr]

Actually views are constantly what you see when you step outside. Hilltop views are impressive around here, all year round, but so is that wind. Sure it's an afternoon breeze most days, and we all benefit from that in the summertime. I still see 2 snowy peaks from my bottom land. Just gotta look up to see em lol

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
46° and partly cloudy, supposed to warm up a bit, but won’t see 60.

Yesterday started with my daily dose of Fusion 360, then went and picked up a friend from the auto shop and took him home. About a 30 mile trip all together, the Prius had enough charge to not burn any gas.
Went out to lunch with the wife, puttered around in the shop, collected all the trash and recycling, and got it all to the street.

I tried some 20 ga (.035) steel on the plasma table to see how it would cut. Combined that with a Fusion exercise to convert a normal font to a stencil type to cut it out.

Came out pretty well considering how fine some of the cuts were.

Not sure what today’s adventures will be, good chance that we will play music tonight, but not confirmed yet. Other than that, I’ll roll with whatever pops up.

 

[newbury]

Dennis, that lot is lovely. Bottom line is where do you want to live?
quality of life factors of both properties? How far to hospital, supermarket, friends/family, etc.

And more important - how far into the future can you see?
For BEF he has bought a good property, just has restrictions that he doesn't like and it's a bit far away.
From reading his posts it seems there always be restrictions on the Virginia property. The West Virginia property PRESENTLY does not have similar restrictions.
But if enough yuppies from the suburbs move there who knows?
The opportunity to do a Starker exchange (1031) helps minimize tax bite.
Right now from my point of view he has a tough decision.
Best of luck BEF.

 

[daugen]

oh happy days
my weedeaters/landscapers want my greenhouse and will take it back with them after
dissasembling next week. Now I can get serious about a nicer one. The ones built by the Lapps in Quakertown
comes on a sturdy frame, so I can move it if I have to.
Funny, I'm taking rv to Quakertown on Tuesday, wonder where their shop is. Probably along a major highway with a lot of sheds.
will have to look them up and see if rv can fit in their parking lot.
That would be convenient, while I'm there.

got everything cleaned and dusted in living room, now just have to vacuum.
then maybe I'll go to local nursery looking for flowers for my yard pots.
I have three 14 inch colored pots that go on my three tree stumps
or what's left of them after a big woodpecker went to town on them.
I want to line the pots with "real" dirt instead of the potting soil mix, which has to be watered
too often. Then just plop the 10-12 inch flower pot in the center. I have to hand water these weekly unless it rains
heavily

it's fun because it's instant color in the front of the house.
I have a lot of hosta coming in but in shady spots a little slow to get going

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 52F @ 7:00AM here in Orcutt, CA. Areas of fog early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. High 64F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

I remembered to turn off the traction control before starting up the driveway hill and had no trouble getting out yesterday morning, through I could hear lots of gravel being thrown by the front driving wheels. Wish I had a way to weigh the trailer; with all that steel shop equipment in it, I bet it was one of the heavier loads.

Took my time coming down, and the neighbor across the street already had his truck parked in his driveway, so I parallel parked at the curb and will unload today using his driveway to get the rig cross ways to the street. There's a large gate to the back patio on the east side of the garage, so I'll see if I can't back the trailer up to it this time. That means hopping a curb, but I have two crude ramps that should help. That'll make room for unloading the large compressor and cement mixer. Not much room left to unload into the garage any more. Might have a buddy coming over this morning to add an extra pair of eyes as well.

TGIF gang.