Good Morning!!!! 64F @ 3:15AM. Rain and scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. High 74F. Winds SSE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Locally heavy rainfall possible.
Woke up way too early to a very stuffy room. Opened the slider for some fresh air, but the wind appears to be picking up and I can hear thunder in the distance. But weather radar shows the storm heading away from here.:confused2:
Sounds like good progress on the garden, Jay. Seems like this year, summer came early here, too.
Last night the weather lady showed flood warnings in effect north of here, thank goodness not here! Hope the worst of it misses you, RS.
I started that bushing project thinking I'd do a quick job with an adjustable reamer and knock out a couple of bushings. Ha! The holes were so worn it would have taken days to get 'em round with that reamer. That 10x rule was pretty accurate.
So you had a messy helper for your paint job, Thomas? Bet you're glad that job is done!
Sometimes you just gotta do what feels right, Ted...
Good luck with the bar move, Ken. Slow & steady...
I don't envy you guys your black flies. Dad used to take the family fishing in Canada when I was little, and I still remember the bloody welts and fiery itching...:hissyfit:
Ten sheets of plywood sheathing, four 9'x20' tarps, and lots of big rocks later, and the trench has a roof. I can hear an occasional rain drop on the porch cover and more thunder in the distance, so I'm about to find out how good a job I did. I normally shop in Chico, but needed some steel and that supplier is in Oroville, so that's where I went yesterday. Much larger HD and HF in Oroville, both much better stocked. The HF stop was on a whim, as I'd planned to recycle tarps that had been worn out on the firewood stacks, then remembered HF had pretty good prices on their tarps. The 9'x20' jobs were only eleven dollars each, and will do a much better job. Not sure what I'll use the plywood for after this, though. Also tarped over the pile of sifted dirt, finally something useful for all the rocks around here to do. Just hope I put enough rocks down to hold those tarps and plywood down, things could get pretty ugly out there if the wind comes up enough.
Got some seat time in on the tractor using the box blade to take some of the off camber out of the trail to the back of the house. Had a couple of spots where it was around 10ｰ, now it's all less than 2ｰ. Found more than a few bread basket sized rocks, and put 'em to use on the tarps. Used the spoil, a mix of dirt and gravel, to fill in a low spot on the driveway just before it reaches the concrete, and hope the rain today cleans it up a little.
Made a short video showing the solar rack and tarps, mainly to see how well the rack was aligned with true south. I think it'll be OK, not much I can do about it now anyway...:laughing:
Hope everyone enjoys the weekend!
