Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I'm sensin' you need a vacation. Give it a month to cool off a bit and comon out. Pretty sure I can put a smile on yer face... :thumbsup:

You don't know how inviting that sounds. If my kids were grown and out of the house, I would jump on it. Thanks for the offer.

Good morning! We have clouds! 77˚F high of only 95 and a 25% chance of rain.

The garden's tillers are broke and I'm in the Repair SIG and the Tiller SIG is getting a lot of request to till gardens so that will be on the agenda this morning. We are at the end of summer and starting into the preparations for the Fall gardens. The Tiller SIG will do a good job of tilling your garden for $25 and all of that money goes back into the Garden Club to keep things running smoothly.

The Green House SIG is in full swing and will have transplants of Fall veggies ready to plant in about two weeks. Also on Sept 21st is our big Fall plant sale for the neighborhood where we sell plants we raise and specialty plants we resell to finance the Club's expenses (which includes our tractor).

Nice Drewmobile, I see I'm in the middle of hi.

(SIG = Special Interest Group, neighborhood lingo)

Don, I will donate $50 if you all come till my garden.

Ahhh the day we all dream about in Texas in August! That first blast of cool air. It will be here in October.

The other night, it cooled to 87F outside and was low humidity. It felt so nice with a decent breeze.

Drew, you are welcome here to our humble but lively abode. Would love to meet you. My wifey makes great decaf coffee. I know, I just had some. If it were me, I would plan a Texas trip to avoid summer.

We are still in a heat wave. It hit 103F yesterday while driving home from San Marcos. A shower just barely brushed our place, but almost no rain fell on us. Not enough to get the topside of a cow wet.

 

[farmer2009]

64 this morning and headed to 79 today.

I’ll stop by the funeral home on my way to TSC. I need some clamps to repair pond pump. Was going to pick them up yesterday while son was at therapy but those plans got changed. So I’ll do it today and hopefully get the expensive (county) water turned back off. Then I’ll be back on the tree cutting. Shouldn’t have to worry about over heating today.

Drew nice wheels. Glad you got the one you wanted and don’t have to wait all winter. I agree with RNG. Don’t rush the trip. When I make my western loop it’ll be 3-4 months. I’m going to enjoy it at my pace. Of course I’ll leave in May or June and I’m going north into Iowa and the Dakotas then to Montana and probably Alaska. Then I’ll come back through California, Arizona and Texas in September or October.

Buckeye nice to here of your great escape. Can you get the therapist to setup your workouts in the barn? Give you an excuse to get out of the house. Honey, I’ve got to go do exercises, I’ll be in the barn.

Eric I’ll hold a chain saw all day and you can have all that pointing. My thumbs and wrist are tingling just listening to you. Precision work like that lights the CT in my hands up.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I used to fight carpal tunnel. Never been operated on for it.

I attribute cordless drills and impacts for remedying my situation. I try my best to only use a screwdriver as a pry tool...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Buckeye nice to here of your great escape. Can you get the therapist to setup your workouts in the barn? Give you an excuse to get out of the house. Honey, I’ve got to go do exercises, I’ll be in the barn.

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I told wife on the way home, if i can get in the seat, i can run the ZT, all upper body. Think i can do the brake. Hard part is getting in the seat.

Getting in kubota will be hard also, if my legs give out getting in, it wont be good.

Wife said how can i get you to barn. I said ranger, im sure i can get in it.

Oh well, that stuff will wait for now.

Just watched my sec cam video of the ramp build. Very well engineered, course he's an engineer also.

 

[daugen]

thank you all. I'm only going to do this once, or honestly in my case twice, since I broke down the last time...
I think the trip will be five weeks, not three. Will be staying for several days in many stops, the route is just the approximate
road routing the software came up with based on the rv campgrounds I'm staying at. But I can move the route and the rig is small enough I can
get to most areas without a problem. I'm going to move this out of here, for several reasons, including keeping trip suggestions all in one place so I can
start taking notes. Don't want to do that here. Well, if I can take a picture of a volcano erupting or something, and survive, I'll surely post that.

I'll feel a lot better once I figure out how to work the dash cam I just bought for the rv. So I don't have to drive and try to take pictures at the same time like last time, out
that huge windshield. This has a much smaller windshield. 128Gig memory card, think it will record for quite a few days. The trick is how to
get the info out of the unit the easiest which I assume is just popping the memory card out. But maybe a data cable can be plugged in...not helped by
absolutely awful directions in I swear 3 point text. I had to get a magnifier and still the settings options were indecipherable. One of my closest friends used to write
instruction manuals for a high end multinational company and we laugh about this stuff. Wondering what the credentials of the original writer was.... Am sure it helped he did a long stint as an English teacher.
No English teacher wrote this manual for sure.

nice haul in the veggie run this morning, washed and bagged. Refrigerator is cram packed with these bags; I really should take a load
down to the food bank. Just my luck I trip some alarm even though I've been given the door key code.
I think I'll wait until Monday when I pick again in the morning and then can take a whole carton of produce down to their cooler.
Rest of garden looks awful, weeds everywhere, not too worried about the Garden Club coming back to inspect...
Okra is 9 feet high in spots, trunks are like small trees. Remarkable vegetable.

 

[toppop52]

Hi guys, checking in to see how you all are. I had an ordeal unrelated to my heart but it was resolved. Went to dinner with friends last night. I had a couple of appointments yesterday that required a bit more walking than I’m up to yet, so my knees are sore today. But I’m alive and kicking so I’m not going to whine about it.

Our weather has turned beautiful today, 75 with a NE breeze.

BEF, Ron and Betty, I’m still thinking of you.

 

[sodamo]

73°F and .04 inches rain

Another successful few hours brushhogging. Couldn’t help but comment to wife how blessed we are to have such a pretty piece of God’s paradise. One of the neighbors told wife he’d like to put cattle back on the property. Guessing he’s seeing how lush compared to current pasture. Of course, he’d have to do some fencing on 2 sides so not holding my breath.

To town for lunch with the retired military crew.

Glad everyone is finally back home and on the mend. Jay
sounds like you are have a great time

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[toppop52]

I told wife on the way home, if i can get in the seat, i can run the ZT, all upper body. Think i can do the brake. Hard part is getting in the seat.

Getting in kubota will be hard also, if my legs give out getting in, it wont be good.

Wife said how can i get you to barn. I said ranger, im sure i can get in it.

Oh well, that stuff will wait for now.

Just watched my sec cam video of the ramp build. Very well engineered, course he's an engineer also.

Just saw you’re home, wow, great news! Don’t get ahead of yourself. I can’t get on tractor yet. I’d love just ride the property.
Congrats my friend!

 

[mpham]

Out with the 14ish year old mower and blower and in with the new mower with a power lift snow blower. Old one was to heavy for my 82 year old father in law to pick up anymore. This one is just an electric switch operated. Hope it last as long. Oh. 6 more horse power too.

 

[sodamo]

RNG
Scott
A bit more $ but tend to last. Probably works out to under a dollar/mon for me.
I alway have 2 sets, different colors, the newer pair being for town/dress, older for home/work.
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