Good morning!!!!

[PJSprog]

31°F and cloudy this morning, going up to 46° today. Near 60° by Wednesday, then plunging back down into the teens and 20s by the weekend.

I had one of those much sought after weekends; parked my car in the garage when I got home Friday evening, and it stayed there until I left for work this morning.

Lots of rain Friday and Saturday, about 4" overnight. It turned to snow briefly Saturday evening, but we only got maybe 1/4". Mostly gone this morning. What's also gone is some of the rip rap rock the landscaper put in the new swale last week from the pond to the road. I questioned whether or not the rock he had there would be big enough to stay in place ... but, what do I know.

Piddled around in the studio a bit, but didn't really get much done. Too distracted by other stuff.

We've had two foster dogs for the last couple of weeks. The one we've had for a couple months (blind and deaf Australian Shepherd) left yesterday for her new fur-ever home. The temp puppy (an all-white Border Collie, neither blind nor deaf, and a very boisterous barker) is leaving next weekend to go to a foster family in the Kansas City area. Wife will drive to Columbia MO to meet them halfway. We both readily admit that five dogs in the house was just too much.

Hope you guys with aches and pains get things sorted out.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good Morning Everyone!!!!

An overcast 25ºF morning low temperature; 29ºF and till overcast; and I am hoping for some clearing skies and an afternoon high temperature in the low 40ºF’s. Two frontal nuisance rain/mixed precipitation events this week bringing down colder air and a possible snow management event Friday-Saturday. that may change over to mixed precipitation/rain.

DABSGT- Your CN soup looks like great eats. Corelle® ware? I love our Corelle ware; almost unbreakable. I am sorry to read about your truck.

“… Watched most of the Houston-KC game...what a huge swing from the wild beginning.”- Billy I agree.

“… daugen; you need to get your health straightened out BEFORE you go galivanting all over the U.S. of A.

buppies; do you get the impression that we are nagging you? You need to get checked out and x-rays.”- Bill Nicely posted and I agree.

Ted- I hope that your hole digging goes as anticipated and without incident. Those morning glory vines are problematic around here as well as the wild grape vines.

I hope that everyone is having a decent or at least a manageable Monday.

My + thoughts, wishes, ad prayers.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Yikes, if I cut off the branches with the mistletoe there won't be much of a tree left.View attachment 636827

You'll need to use a product with ethephon to control the mistletoe. It needs to be applied after it starts to warm up but before tree buds.

Monterey MLGNLG4100 Florel Brand Growth Regulator 16oz, White Amazon.com : Monterey MLGNLG41 Florel Brand Growth Regulator 16oz, White : Florel Fruit Eliminator : Garden & Outdoor

The University of California has done a lot of research on mistletoe and control methods. Almost all recommend mechanical control first.

Mistletoe Management Guidelines--UC IPM

 

[Rebeldad1]

best way to control mistletoe that I know of is just dont stand under it...

 

[sodamo]

68°F and 3.18 inches rain. Getting a bit too soggy.

Guys won at Hand & Foot

No plans yet. Likely inside day

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[toppop52]

I don’t like that Drew has not posted.

 

[hawkeye08]

I got a text last night that school was running 2 hrs late today due to weather. My wife didn't get the text, so I forwarded it to her so she had the info.. Then I got a call with the same information... then my wife got call.. daughter got both text and call.. seems they are improving their communications (good thing).

Then this morning, daughter got a text from bus driver about it.

The storm Friday dumped 6" or so, but the rain that followed compressed it down to 2-3".. winds last night, 3" of snow.. some areas locally got twice those amounts. Daughter in Idaho got 16" from Friday storm, a bunch more last night. She got Friday's storm snowfall cleared from driveway by working all day Saturday on it, not sure when she will get out to their property to clear snow from Sunday's storm..

Stay safe, prayers for all

 

[jbrumberg]

I don’t like that Drew has not posted.

Hopefully we'll be reading a post soon.

 

[sodamo]

Ted, why a 4x4x4? Seems a bit large to me. How big are the trees?

 

[sodamo]

Drew, where are you?????