Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

started out my day by having shower head squirt water right in my eye. Cleaning ladies brush around in there and must not realize all those little streams are aimable, and they get them all out of whack. One on top right was perfect angle so when I put on shower it got me before I could move.
Nice shot lady.

picked a lot of veggies today, okra and peppers. One more week and I"m going to call it quits.

worked on motorhome, got both tv's to work, hope to be off at 8am tomorrow morning to get replacement tires.
So I'll be up early letting jacks down and putting things away. I'm guessing it will take them about two hours to change and balance six tires.
Am concerned how they will do with add on TPMS system, which puts heavy sensors on the end of each air cap, and each one is gently bolted on.
Hoping they will gently take them off too and reinstall at right location, so as not to confuse unit.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

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[Thomas]

71F more sun than cloudy gentle breeze nice late summer day.

Got everything done I plan on and little bit more.
Met new neighbor seems like heck of nice young man and doesn't mine working the dirt and even owns Kubota :thumbsup: him and his bride never tasted winter nor mud season.
While chewing fat with the young man he ask is that person walking long side field also lives in this area... after out chat drove over to field opening but the person was gone but clearly park block opening into field,sooo now half dozen signs space apart HUNTING PERMISSION ONLY...today first day of archery season.

Well time to get clean up numb out the rest of the day...Mrs. hinting Chinese for dinner. :confused2:

Enjoy the evening all.

 

[lostcreekranch]

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That's .... very nice. Thanks for sharing it.

 

[toppop52]

BEF, you are doing great!

I started my little tractor today and Ellen moved it for me so I didn’t have to climb. Started remarkably well. I hope the others do too. I want another SCUT, but I’m just going to wait until my valve replacement and make sure everything works ok before diving in.

Got a new split king adjustable bed delivered today, just bought it Friday. My side is firm, Ellen’s is medium. Hoping for better sleep, we shall see. I loved my old Temperpedic king, but it was 8 years old and we wanted individual adjustability.
I’m not able to lift or move much yet, but I’m adept at writing the checks! LOL

Prayers for all you folks.

 

[jbrumberg]

Drew- I never enjoy rude morning awakenings. Usually it’s something that I stepped in. I am a little bug eyed reading your RV thread in its entirety. Wifey and I talked about a similar trip and actually did some basic research. One of our biggest challenges is the used RV dealership owned by one of closer friend’s significant other. It would become a lose-lose outcome. I’ll be following closely and good luck.

BEF- Thanks for sharing. I truly hope that some day effective treatment interventions can be found. I hope today that you were/are neuropathy free.

Billy- The only way to make coffee. I have cobbled together 3 different drip systems (due to breakage) that make coffee as you. I do use organic paper filters dripping into a pre-warmed thermos carafe. I/We like decent beans and grind our own grounds, but do not roast our own beans.

Trail cleaning with wifey and Brogen went as planned.

“…. Well time to get clean up numb out the rest of the day”- Thomas I consider martinis to be clear liquids tonight..

Not much around the house I can appropriately eat, but I do see either grilled, air fried, or sautéed scallops and re-heated mashed potatoes in my future later.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

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BEF, that is so true. I have trouble thinking "around" the box into the realms of someone who's mind is a starcluster of thoughts. About your potatoes, hope you got enough to have some with your frozen burritos.

Billy, my wife ran out of her regular coffee and bought some Maxwell House in a bind. Small town woes.

Cooked NY Strips, green beans and wifey made a nice salad with spring greens. I cut up a home grown purple onion in very thin strips, and my wife said it "made" the salad. We had the associate pastor, his wife (worship paster) and son come over. His son and mine ate hot dogs. We all took the 2 person kayak for a few rounds in our pond. Fun workout.

We may have a river otter in our pond. Does anyone have experience with them? Are they real destructive (like I'm figuring)?

I hope all of you had a great Sunday. Prayers for our team, especially those on the mend. I like reading of all of your exploits "pushing the envelope" getting better, bit by bit, day by day.

Drew, that is quite the bounty. Some of that okra is really fat in diameter. Is that a special variety? My daughter always steps out of the shower, leaving the pull knob up, and it will get you every time.

J, I like scallops. Are they easily purchased up there? I've been told the ones down here are punched out of stingrays. Not sure if that is true or not.

 

[sodamo]

Removing the dry stack blocks was a challenge. Almost went and got the tractor. When I dry stacked, I filled with our local, manufactured sand. After over 5 years and all our rain it was almost as solid as mortar. Chipped a good number of corners getting them loosened. But success, and moved them out of the way

Hmmm, cannot load apic.

George brought up his TLB and a roll of mesh.

 

[txdon]

This mornings excitement:

I took Gray2 out on the front walk this morning to do the daily "airing out of the cat". I looked across the street and from about rooftop level a large object was bearing down just to my left about 10' high as it was approaching and descending rapidly as it was coming down in a glide. I yelled and waved my hands and the owl aborted his mission and swooned upwards just missing my house. Gray2 still must have had some of his 9 lives left. The wingspan of the owl was about 4' and 9 pound Gray2 looked tiny compared to him.

I think in 3 days I'll have enough okra for a shake.

Nice poster BEF. We need to look at thinks in different perspectives.

Nice vegetable haul Drew. My fall plantings are starting to sprout.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

This mornings excitement:

I took Gray2 out on the front walk this morning to do the daily "airing out of the cat". I looked across the street and from about rooftop level a large object was bearing down just to my left about 10' high as it was approaching and descending rapidly as it was coming down in a glide. I yelled and waved my hands and the owl aborted his mission and swooned upwards just missing my house. Gray2 still must have had some of his 9 lives left. The wingspan of the owl was about 4' and 9 pound Gray2 looked tiny compared to him.

I think in 3 days I'll have enough okra for a shake.

Nice poster BEF. We need to look at thinks in different perspectives.

Nice vegetable haul Drew. My fall plantings are starting to sprout.

Don, glad you were near the cat. Was he on a leash? I believe we have that owl's uncle, with a wingspan that seems as wide as my car. We keep seeing glimpses of him when we drive up at night. Our chickens are in their cage before dusk. My neighbor's have had multiple cats go missing. He says he saw it outside one morning, perched on their birdbath....just waiting for the morning "airing out the cat" moment.

I'm not even going to tell my wife about okra chocolate shakes....She'll start wondering what other crazy stuff we are up to.

 

[lostcreekranch]

This mornings excitement:

I took Gray2 out on the front walk this morning to do the daily "airing out of the cat". I looked across the street and from about rooftop level a large object was bearing down just to my left about 10' high as it was approaching and descending rapidly as it was coming down in a glide. I yelled and waved my hands and the owl aborted his mission and swooned upwards just missing my house. Gray2 still must have had some of his 9 lives left. The wingspan of the owl was about 4' and 9 pound Gray2 looked tiny compared to him.

I think in 3 days I'll have enough okra for a shake.

Nice poster BEF. We need to look at thinks in different perspectives.

Nice vegetable haul Drew. My fall plantings are starting to sprout.

"I think in 3 days I'll have enough okra for a shake."

When I stopped at the DQ, for a delicious DQ chocolate milk shake, on National Chocolate Milk Shake Day, last week .... I asked if they offered, had ever offered, or have ever considered offering an Okra Shake?

As far as I know .... they're still rolling on the floor laughing at me.

I may have to wear a disguise ...... to go there in the future?

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 73F this morning, clear, calm wind. Light wind day, sky mostly clear, high temp was 98F HI 104F. Choir sang at chapel this morning after service time to make pancakes for wife. Check the trolling motor batteries, both at 12.65V so nothing is draining too quickly, 1 battery was not hooked up correctly and got totally drained of charge. Pulled some sand burrs, and watched some football, baseball and a nap.
Phil, sounds like a productive week, glad your getting so rest today.
Ron sorry you did not get seat time, hopefully soon, hope you are doing well.
Jay good luck with the rest of your prep, wife and I got a chuckle from your pear tree story. She got poison Ivy in her blood stream and had to do a course of Prednisone so she could totally relate.
Drew sorry about the water nozzles, nice veggie haul When I rotated tires on my pickup, it only took it 1 mile or so and the computer worked out the new location of each tire. Still went through the "training" procedure anyway.
Buckeye, thanks for the poster
Kyle nice update.
David sorry to hear block removal not so easy. hope all are still usable after being chipped.
Don glad you were able to convince owl to abort. Stepdaughter boyfriend blood work came back, diabetes better cholesterol not so much so gave them links to nutrionfacts and forksoverknives website.
Rick if disguise doesn't work, how far to the next DQ?
prayers for all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good evening all. 73F this morning, clear, calm wind. Light wind day, sky mostly clear, high temp was 98F HI 104F. Choir sang at chapel this morning after service time to make pancakes for wife. Check the trolling motor batteries, both at 12.65V so nothing is draining too quickly, 1 battery was not hooked up correctly and got totally drained of charge. Pulled some sand burrs, and watched some football, baseball and a nap.
Phil, sounds like a productive week, glad your getting so rest today.
Ron sorry you did not get seat time, hopefully soon, hope you are doing well.
Jay good luck with the rest of your prep, wife and I got a chuckle from your pear tree story. She got poison Ivy in her blood stream and had to do a course of Prednisone so she could totally relate.
Drew sorry about the water nozzles, nice veggie haul When I rotated tires on my pickup, it only took it 1 mile or so and the computer worked out the new location of each tire. Still went through the "training" procedure anyway.
Buckeye, thanks for the poster
Kyle nice update.
David sorry to hear block removal not so easy. hope all are still usable after being chipped.
Don glad you were able to convince owl to abort. Stepdaughter boyfriend blood work came back, diabetes better cholesterol not so much so gave them links to nutrionfacts and forksoverknives website.
Rick if disguise doesn't work, how far to the next DQ?
prayers for all.

Finding battery drainage is not fun most of the time.

I had to take prednisone last time I got poison ivy. It worked. IIRC, 5 or 7 days worth.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good evening all. 73F this morning, clear, calm wind. Light wind day, sky mostly clear, high temp was 98F HI 104F. Choir sang at chapel this morning after service time to make pancakes for wife. Check the trolling motor batteries, both at 12.65V so nothing is draining too quickly, 1 battery was not hooked up correctly and got totally drained of charge. Pulled some sand burrs, and watched some football, baseball and a nap.
Phil, sounds like a productive week, glad your getting so rest today.
Ron sorry you did not get seat time, hopefully soon, hope you are doing well.
Jay good luck with the rest of your prep, wife and I got a chuckle from your pear tree story. She got poison Ivy in her blood stream and had to do a course of Prednisone so she could totally relate.
Drew sorry about the water nozzles, nice veggie haul When I rotated tires on my pickup, it only took it 1 mile or so and the computer worked out the new location of each tire. Still went through the "training" procedure anyway.
Buckeye, thanks for the poster
Kyle nice update.
David sorry to hear block removal not so easy. hope all are still usable after being chipped.
Don glad you were able to convince owl to abort. Stepdaughter boyfriend blood work came back, diabetes better cholesterol not so much so gave them links to nutrionfacts and forksoverknives website.
Rick if disguise doesn't work, how far to the next DQ?
prayers for all.

“Rick if disguise doesn't work, how far to the next DQ?”

Groan! 35 miles to Sealy.

 

[sodamo]

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Very very good

 

[sodamo]

That’s a nice looking load of veggies, Drew.

 

[sodamo]

That’s too exciting, Don
I remember when we had puppies we’d never leave unattended especially when the hawks were in the area.

 

[RoyJackson]

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48 right now...high in the mid-60's today.

 

[Eric Salop]

Didn't get to see the sun yesterday and it looks like it will be equally elusive for most of today. Baling didn't happen either, it turned to full on rain long before the contractor arrived. High pressure is on the way though and fortunately we still have a plentiful supply of hope.

Wng, I am fascinated by your Chemex, it looks so simple and elegant. I know next to nothing about coffee, is it really as easy as copying what this lady does ? Brandende Vragen: Chemex - YouTube

(I don't understand her language, but I know you always like to hear something new, so what better way to start the week than learning a little Dutch - "Ketel", "Kop", err "Timer" )


Ron, are you on your second "Kop" of "Koffie" ?


Kyle, if you're otters are like ours I wouldn't worry, they will soon leave - once there is nothing left to eat

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Everyone is up early, or is it late?

I remember mowing in my woods once and a big owl sat in a tree above me. Scared the crap out of me when i saw it. Guess it was hoping id stir up some food.

Yesterday i went out on the side porch with my walker and sat on the swing. Supposed to do that today in PT, so thought id practice first. Didnt stay out long, it was hot, no air moving, and stink bugs were attacking.

Son got home from the Delaware beach. I used to go there when i was his age. Told my wife we should go for a few days.. If only i could.

61°

Saw some cute pics of the neighbors at the county fair with their grandkids.