Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

A mostly clear 28ºF for today’s low temperature, a sunny 34ºF presently, and I anticipate a mostly sunny afternoon with a high temperature in the upper 50ºF’s. A beautiful day to appreciate albeit a little cool for some, but not for me. Actually tomorrow looks to be pretty decent as well, but a little cooler. I’ve been thinking about starting to prune my apple trees; no ladders at this point (too freakin wet). Most the trees and shrubs around here are still basically dormant.

Yesterday’s pizza and bread run to the bakery went smoothly. We have decided to do one curbside pickup meal from the local restaurants/week. We have Italian, Chinese, and seafood restaurants serving the public and one BBQ joint is getting ready to open for the season. Some variety, but not the most healthy eating. I think Ted made the observation of the creative ways essential businesses are modifying their physical plants to enable indirect transactions for the sale of their products. I am seeing a lot of examples here.

Kyle- I am sorry to read abut the scorpion(s). One bug with which I do not have to deal.

Rich- That’s a nice looking revolver.

Thomas- That Tom looked serious.

Frank- Nice place.

Randy- Your grandson looks serious too. . I am lucky that I have no neighbors to complain about me :embarrassed:

Ted- Thanks for your offer. It looks like the seeds I ordered will be arriving in time for Memorial weekend. At this point I hope that the ground is dry enough to till. The ground here is still saturated. This AM’s walk of the lower perimeter was a mix of crunching through snow or slogging through mud. I like your landscaping.

“… Frugal is her middle name. Having survived the tough times, today money is often a subject for humor. Blessed indeed.”- David Peg thinks as Sophie and we too feel blessed for what we have and don't.

I hope everyone has the Sunday they anticipated.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[Bird]

When I was eight years old, my job was to push a mower around the yard.

Been there; done that. Then when I was 14 I started mowing yards to make money, and bought a Clinton gas mower.

Back on the 14th, I posted about my first experience with ordering groceries online from Walmart, then went to the store and they had an employee bring the groceries out and put them in the car; you can see post #110275 for details. They substituted one item. I overlooked the fact that you can specify whether you want them to make substitutions or now. And they were out of some things. That was the Walmart Super Center in Hickory Creek. I ordered just over $30 worth and got nearly $25 worth.

Well, this weekend, I ordered groceries from the University Drive Walmart in Denton; bigger and newer than the Hickory Creek store. And I ordered nearly $120 worth of groceries and toiletries. And this time I'm trying out their delivery service. The things I ordered are supposed to be delivered between 3 and 4 p.m. today. I was a little surprised that they deliver on Sundays. And so far they have not said they were out of anything I ordered, and I did check the box to NOT substitute anything. Ought to be interesting to see how well they do this way.

 

[Looking4new]

Wow! 39°F up here at 6:42 A.M. and you guys in Mass and Maryland get below freezing temps.
506 miles between me and you in Maryland.
498 miles between me and Boston, MA.
These are both 'as the crow flies'.
I think I found a mileage calculator that is easy to use and fairly accurate.
Distance between North Bay and Boston

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Bird, I was maybe 9 when my mom would let me push the mower. I remember going to Kmart and we got the cheapest 22" mower w/Briggs they had...it was still over $100, maybe $122??? It was underpowered for 22"

I went out and killed another 15 or so scorpions last night with the blacklight torch.

Randy, we just had online church too. It was really good. Nice photo.

J- is that the BBQ place opening that you 2 like? I haven't Q'ed for quite some time. Wifey made a huge batch of enchiladas yesterday. yummy.

RNG, dragging out the unveiling.... To be honest, after seeing the steepness of your place, and your "drop the FEL to brake" **** pucker moments, I hope it has good brakes. I was beginning to worry if you were going to succumb to those bad brakes.....and if/how we would ever hear of it. I know, I know, I'm being self centered, but I hope you got a good one.

L4N, that is weird. My friends were warmer in Ohio the other day than us in central/south Texas.

Drew, are you up yet?

Ron, your place is beautiful.

 

[sodamo]

66°F and no rain

Happy Sunday

Looks like I might get this round of mowing finished YEAAA

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Drew, are you up yet?

I think Drew and Don are both sleepin' in (for a change)!:laughing:

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Another few hours mowing. Great day for it.
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That is an unbelievable view. How in the world can you keep a straight line with that?

 

[jbrumberg]

Kyle- Sadly no. I just hope they reopen. Fortunately there are 2 Brew Pubs in the "Big City" that do a decent BBQ, and my local butcher has his smoked products which are really good, but he is really not set up for making/serving lunches/meals.

I/We are still doing bird counts; no warblers yet, but hopefully soon. Today I saw a pair of Tree Swallows swooping around the birdhouses which necessitated fixing a bear damaged birdhouse this PM. I actually worked up a sweat in the 56ºF sunshine. I do not think the birds will be enjoying the "Springtime" temperatures around here this week.

 

[Bird]

Well, our groceries were delivered from Walmart shortly after 3 p.m. Now there had been NO indication at all of anything we ordered not being available. However, the beef roast my wife planned to have tomorrow, and three other things were not included, there was no receipt, no indication of the final cost, etc. until I went back online and found the 4 items not available and of course, the bill was supposedly reduced. I don't think I'll be having anymore delivered to the house. I might still order online and go to the store for them to put the items in the car.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Ron has his beautiful birds, Kyle has his glow-in-the-dark spooky scorpions. Me? I get Jerusalem Crickets.

Found this little thing scratching around outside the bedroom door in the wee hours this morning. Sounded just like the mouse I've been hearing. Hmmm...

Scooped him up in a Kleenex, then dumped him in an old peanut butter jar and went back to bed.

Just saw the jar on the counter and took it outside for release. I hope it'll be happier out there, cause I sure don't wanna step on one with my bare feet in the middle of the night...