Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Hey, we're back...

 

[mpham]

Great day here also.Hay fever is kicking my butt though. I can only go out for about an hour at a time. Need to start taking meds again. Not much going on here trying to enjoy what's left of summer. Jay-hope you get better soon. BEF- glad you are improving every day, just don't overdo it.
Sodamo-That was a close one-stay safe my friend!
Thomas-only a few more days left and 1 more year for me. congrats!
Hope all is well with the rest of you.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I struggled to wake up this morning. The fingers on my right hand thought still thought they were curled around the handle of a pointing trowel. It was a long day yesterday but at least the snug wall is now done and as requested, here is a proof-of-roof pic, taken yesterday morning.

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It won't win any beauty prizes even after I clean off the bricks, but should at least remain standing for a good few years. This is the view from the windows.

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You lucky, lucky man. On the occasions when my wife has bought her own present, I have felt simultaneously pathetic and euphoric Belated birthday wishes to Mrs Kyle.

My wifey's favorite hobby is the modern equivalent of window shopping....online. She's always looking for deals. Some women just like to see men "sweat" about getting them a pleasing gift. I would have better luck shooting rubber bands at the moon. So my wifey makes it easy on the both of us. She gets what she wants and we both don't have to suffer a fool's errand. Maybe you should get your wifey an over/under shotgun like my friend's dad did....that'll teach her.

Bricks looking good. Should have stuck/snuck a few lucky pennys in the mortar. Yes, change hands. Hee hee.

56 going to upper 80s. Summer is back.

Had a special treat yesterday...saw a bobwhite couple herd their chicks into the rose and honeysuckle hedge in our yard from the nearby field. They must have had a late nest as the approximately 8 chicks were tiny. I manage a lot of our land for wildlife, especially hoping to help the quail recover. With the number of foxes, coyote, hawks and bobcats around here, it will be a challenge. But they have lots of cover and food sources.

Summer is back here too, in fact I don't believe it has left. ( I wish I had some of your current summer).. All Week looking at temps in the 98F-100F with feels like temps even higher.

I like reading about your wildlife/hiking excursions. I bet your place is gorgeous. My friend has left a row of wild rose hedge on his property for decades....all for a covey of bobwhite quail. They usually number only about a dozen birds, year in year out. Fireants are number 1 predator.

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49 right now...high about 80.

Chores: Dump run, mow...after that, depends on how I feel.

There were 17 teeth pulled yesterday, including some broken off. The dentures are in...uppers are fine, lowers are chaffing and quite painful.

Ouch. Hope that things smooth out.

Finished mowing the field with the ZT,. Wind blowing wrong, got covered, and since i was covered, mowed the yard also.

Walked up stairs for first time since GBS, using my better left leg for each step. Actually did it twice. Still scooting down.
Getting better each day, but noticed im walking with left foot turned out. Need to work on that.

Forgot all about trying to get BH on Kubota.

Good to hear you are getting better one day at a time. Prayers.

Dave Sodamo, I call those a**hole pucker factor moments. The split nano second you realize you went a nanometer too far over the edge. Glad all is good. I've been meaning to ask, with the Pacific ocean right there, do the prevailing winds bring the storms in from the sea, or away from you?


Randy, hope your keeping that bronchitis in check. Prayers.

Ron, nice car. Yes, TBN was down for a while. Bad Gateway error. Wonder what happened?

The Don, in the money. Shut up and play cards. lol.

J, nice pics. Southern BBQ huh? I saw on a youtube video about some guys from Germany that had been over here in Texas, and went home and made them a large pit on a trailer. They take it to fairs and such in Germany to sell Texas style BBQ. I don't remember what wood they burn. They were making money as long as they had meat to sell.

Prayers for those in need.

 

[txdon]

Award winning bbq wood is Post Oak. My mom has one in her front yard that needs removing. The trunk is half a cow wide.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Award winning bbq wood is Post Oak. My mom has one in her front yard that needs removing. The trunk is half a cow wide.View attachment 622165

I have a few of those too. If left to rot for long, the interior gets compromised by wood eating ants.

 

[sodamo]

Jay, doesn’t sound pleasant - get well.

 

[daugen]

internet overall was slow this morning, bad gateway error for TBN
nice day, very busy with guest, just got dinner cleaned up, made garlic curry shrimp over Caribbean rice,
shrimp was caught yesterday so just yummy, and more tender than frozen store bought.

yesterday had to go in ditch to get out of way of combine, dry weather has combines out harvesting feed corn and soybeans.
What is super pretty to see are the fields of cotton all turning white now.

Jay, take care of yourself and feel better.

Walked to pond today, lower than I've ever seen it. With another ten days of dry weather, I wonder how far down it will go.
I just know there are cases and cases of doubloons down there....
Cypress knees always fun to look at, and not trip over

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 75F for the start, cloudy and windy. Brief shower this afternoon, otherwise, mostly cloudy with peaks of sunshine, moderate wind, and high temp of 88F HI95. Forecast for rain alnost every day this weeks, glad it keeps trying, have not had anywhere near enough rain. Chapel this morning, wife just wanted toast for breakfast, went shopping for new BBQ, groceries, and a trash can Was soo excited I took a nap
Buckeye, great update, you have to be feeling like progress is being made!
Ron, nice car.
David, had to be a bit scary, glad Sophie could help out. Nice progress on sun screen.
Jay sounds like a rough illness, you need to kick it's butt, not let it kick yours
Phil sorry to hear about your hay fever.
Drew, hope you are able to recover the treasure before you sell!
prayers for all.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Checking In-

Yesterday’s beautiful weather repeated itself again today. Unfortunately I am/was in no condition to enjoy it and/or do anything other than nap in my easy chair heated by the afternoon sun. I’ve been attributing my dry cough to the second air tube needed/used during my endoscopy last week. I believe now that I have an upper respiratory illness trying to morph “south.” It was a bad night with the night sweats. I woke up early in the AM shaking, freezing cold, and drenched in sweat. I have not been unable to maintain body temperature today even with the temperature in the low 80ºF’s. I’ve been wearing sweats and under a blanket all day.
. The OTC expectorant cough medicine is working so far…. My lungs still seem to be clear; my bronchial tubes are clearing. I have not used a steroidal aerosol inhaler in + 5 years. I hope that I do not need one tomorrow or a nebulizer at some “Urgent Care” Center. Once they see my medical history with BOOP they usually freak out and it takes me an excessive amount of time SOB to get the meds that I need while they contact the covering pulmonologist to approve exactly what I am requesting. It’s all in my medical records. I’ve BTDT too many times. I never run fevers with this stuff. I need to find my finger oximeter.

I’ll hopefully be in a better state tomorrow.

David I sm happy to read that you and Sophie were able to extricate your tractor w/o too much excitement.

My + thoughts and prayers/

Prayers you get better and figure out what's going on. The "sweats" part worries me. Did you find your finger oximeter?

 

[Scrambler82]

I thought it was just me this AM, not getting in the Site, read some other postings and the Site was having problem.

I tried all of my Icons, all worked except TractorbyNet.com.

Just had an Update on my Operating System, thought it had screwed up.

Glad it is back !