Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

heres the fox from last night, didnt have time to zoom in.

 

[daugen]

Riptides, hope the swelling and itching goes down. I got stung two weeks ago twice on the ankle and once on the arm, thankfully extremities. Took three days for itching to stop.
Almost headed for the epi pen. Just be extra careful for the next few days not to get stung again.
I've asked all my bees to stay in the orchards and not come out...

finally starting my day after almost five hours of driving to and from the Raleigh airport, doing my good deed by giving a friend a ride so she could fly back to Williamsport and see her grandson in the Little League Championships. Many parents have costs easily exceeding ten grand for this, flights, 200 a night hotels booked solid there, was nice that a bagel shop in Greenville shelled out over thirty grand sponsorship money to pay the first five days of hotels for families in need. I hope he/she gets a lot of bagel business for being so generous.

86 here, thunderstorms late in day. I'll make sure they come by going out and watering trees now...always works.
Best wishes for Texas, Houston has over ten inches of rain predicted, but I don't see any indication where the storm is headed from there.

 

[daugen]

haven't heard from Larro in a long time. Tip of the hat to him.
Not a chilly time in North Florida...

Buckeye, do you have any small animals that fox wants for dinner?

Grew up without farm animals, and always had really big dogs on our farm, so the den of red foxes back in the woods
never bothered us. Big solid granite overhang with a small cave like area underneath, perfect for the foxes with good vision out the front.
We called it the Foxes Cave and it was so and perhaps still is.

I had to shoot a rabid red fox at the end of our lane as a teenager. Think I used a shotgun. Biting its tail and running in circles, clearly not an
animal to reason with. Lead reasoning, a difficult task for a pacifist. One I thought about a lot for a long time afterwards.
Crazy animals need to get put down or they will bite you and infect you. Learned that from my grandfather who sadly used to beat any snake he saw to death
because with failing eyesight he wasn't quite sure if it was a rattlesnake. Lot of poor garter snakes bit the dust, and he often did it with his cane.
He was protecting his family, plain and simple.

Crazy people need to get .......now there's the problem. And ISIS would surely like to bite us and infect us...
A comment that belongs in Friendly Politics but I'm not going back in that mosh pit anymore.

off to do lots of watering.

 

[hawkeye08]

House didn't cool off last night, but seemed to be cooling now.. was 60F at 7am, headed to low 90s.

Ed, thanks for prayers for wife.

Don, sorry about weather risk on fish fry, hope that all works out. Stay safe. I remember the success in years past.

 

[sodamo]

72°F and .59 inches rain
Really needs to dry before I can mow some more.

Be safe
Have a great day

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Drew, no outside animals that are mine. Neighbors cats visit often. First fox I've seen in the yard. When it first saw me, it kept coming. Was hoping it wasnt rabid. Then it turned and ran into the treeline. I turned mower back down along my creek, turned back and the fox had followed me and was running towards me again, then it turned again and crossed the creek and went into the neighbors woods.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!! 87F @ 10:45AM. Sunny. High around 95F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.

Sounds like you need to spend some time debugging your shorts, Eric!:laughing:

There are several good bee sting salves out there, most of them containing clove oil and one of the over the counter "canes"... I carry a small bottle on the motorcycles for when a bee, wasp, or yellowjacket flies down my neck or up my sleeve.

Popped the valve covers off the old motorcycle yesterday to clean the black paint off of them. They're not supposed to be painted, but that's the best way to hide scratches and worse. And did I find worst: Cracks patched with epoxy that went all the way through in several spots. Got it all cleaned off and I'll be spending a fair amount of time under the bucket today welding them up and filling in the ground off spots. Lots of grinding and sanding, too.:muttering:

Happy Hump Day, gang!

 

[Bird]

The NWS forecast a 60% chance of rain this morning. I guess they could say they got it right; my gauge had about .02" of rain in it.

 

[toppop52]

We had a rabid coon here about a year ago, he was chasing the outdoor cats, me if I went out the door, looked really bad. Finally one of the smartest cats I ever saw, led him into the woods and did an end around on him and came out about a hundred yards back. Never saw the coon again.

Picked up my siding, J-channel and corners today, my new trailer is coming in handy.

 

[ronjhall]

Got in from barn work about a hour ago. Very tired. I need to take the advice I gave Drew a few days ago. Neighbor brought ladders and a worker over for the barn roof. One worker got a little over 1/2 roof coated. Biggest job of putting screws in loose panels is done. Will see if worker returns tomorrow. I hope he does. But I can complete job now that all high task are complete. Off to shower and bed.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We are predicted to only be in the 70's for the next week. I love it.

 

[RoyJackson]

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51 right now...high in the low 70's....my kind of weather!

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 51° with some clouds. Heading to 68° with with mix of sun and clouds. Little sore this morning. But ready to get back at roof. Doctor that prescribed MRI added some lab work and a X Ray to order. May get that done if worker shows up. Neighbor says worker is good when you have him on site. Showing up next day can be a problem.
Don, hope rain holds off for fish fry.
Roy, my kind of weather too.
Good Morning All.

 

[mpham]

Same for me Roy. Great time of year! Garden is providing,good outdoor working weather,great sleeping. What's not to like?

 

[daugen]

2.87 inches of rain yesterday, that will sure green things up. All because I spent about three hours watering trees yesterday.
Storm brought much cooler air, like others we are going to get a break from the heat for a week it seems. Nights in the sixties, yeah.

Helper is coming today and I am on the injured bench. Pulled something in right shoulder yesterday, feels like area of rotator cuff, and can hardly lift arm this morning. Will just have to see what I can have fun with using one arm today.

Now if I had won the 3/4 billion powerball, I would have given each of you a new tractor. See what you missed?
I guess we'll be driving what we've got for awhile... MPham, did you win it in Massachusetts? :thumbsup:

 

[Eric Salop]

No rain today but we do have some blustery wind this morning, enough to make me soon pull up the zipper on my jacket. Trees are randomly shaking their branches around, as if in annoyance at being unable to predict which direction each gust is coming from.

When I first got a wood burner, I was told that I would never be able to appreciate trees in quite the same way again. That is certainly true, a sweet chestnut grown from seed over 12 years ago is now horizontal on the ground. While I lament it's loss, I have to admit I almost look forward to getting out the chainsaw once it's leaves have dropped.

Don, hope the weather improves and you don't need to go to plan B. Or even plan C (fish soup ?) or D (fish-in-a-hole fertilizer ?).

 

[Eric Salop]

Now if I had won the 3/4 billion powerball, I would have given each of you a new tractor. See what you missed?

Never mind Drew, maybe next time.

We are though now all a little curious as to which model you would give us - would mine have looked like this ?





:laughing:

 

[Buppies]

66 high of 82 very nice but still no rain pond continues to go down grass looks dead

 

[Thomas]

50F clear mid 70's for high.
Ahhh yes taste of early autumn in the air :dance1: into the weekend.:cool2:

After work I'll take trimmer for about 2 hour walk and lawn will be ready for Saturday mowing.

Mother deer fawn starting to keep what fallen apples off the lawn,youngster finally getting nack of rolling apple while eating.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Good morning all. 62 this morning going to 70 with a 20% chance of showers. Costco run today, and a few other stores while I am up in the Harrisonburg area. Other than that just the normal stuff.

Drew, Praying for your shoulder.

Thomas, I know you have a smile on your face while you are watching "your" deer.

Eric, You can have that one but I want the real thing. :laughing;

Don Still praying for your fish fry.

Have a great day. Ed