Good morning!!!!

[jbrumberg]

Checking In:

I do not know where my energy is coming from, but I am much happier counting birds and being productively active outdoors and in physical contact with dirt than listening to/reading the 渡ews and getting more depressed.

Yesterday's 34ºF and today's 37ºF have not hurt the garden and I feel my best physically with these cooler temperatures. Yesterday was another active day and relatively productive day outside as well as a successful curbside pickup from our general store and a curbside pickup of some decent barbecue. Today I got fuel for the mower and truck, mowed the remainder of our lawn, and bushwhacked some more invasive/encroaching Autumn/Russian Olives and brambles. I really like my Stihl 131R powerhead and its Kombitool (interchangeable) Attachments. I have 2 string trimming heads, a pruning saw attachment, and a chisel head circular saw blade. The chisel head saw blade is ~40 years old. Today with Wifey's approval I got a new saw blade and an adjustable hedge trimmer attachment to continue taking back the woods.

Billy- Bears are pretty intelligent. For every measure I take to outsmart them they always seem to figure out a countermeasure.

Thomas- I get up before dawn to put out the feeders and I swear that I am getting buzzed by hummers in the dark.

Drew- Thanks for the updates. I continue to project my + thoughts, wishes, and prayers your way.

Bruce- The past 2 nights have been bear-free.

I really need to tune in here daily.

My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[Molalla1]

good morning all
covid really messing up my options, may need to stay in 250sf place for a while just to get out of here. Cant get north.

Late wife came to me in dream/drug induced/spirit state last night, told me to move on and open up my heart, have hope.

Drew keep the faith! I'm glad to see you posting again . . . I go in for back surgery on 6/11 . . . replacing/fusion of 3 of the lower disc. :confused3:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Don, question on your potatoes. Do you plant whole or cut into sections? If cut do you wait between cutting and planting?

I cut as I’m dropping them in the ground.

 

[Buppies]

Day started out cool and nice by end of day 88 and humid big change work was ok very tired

Prayers for all

 

[toppop52]

Stayed cloudy and low 70s all afternoon. Tomorrow though...

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Did my Walmart grocery pickup, while wife went in to get all the other stuff we needed that you can’t get delivered outside. This was my pickup that got canceled last Sunday, don’t know why. Meantime 3 more things not in stock for groceries, and she couldn’t find some other stuff.

Nice day, slightly cool

 

[sodamo]

Dennis, That’s what I remember as a kid, but that was not last week

 

[Looking4new]

Kyle, gross legal is just a cats' hair under 140,000 lbs. Right now I am grossing 138,675 lbs. Just a hair under 11,000 US gallons.
I have 11,684 lbs on the steer axle and can go to 14,000. I prefer to keep the steer axle around 11-12,000 lbs for the ride.
The joy with these 'B' trains is that they back up so much easier than the old school 'A' trains. Only 2 pivot points as opposed to three with the 'A' train

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 71 for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Another light wind moderate gust day, sky clouded up some but no rain, and high temp was 93. Will stay in 90's, and humidity build over next few days. Went fishing this morning, got some bites early could not set hook so no catches After lunch and rehydration, went biking, then nap. finished with trip to out favorite Mexican restaurant.
Covid update: Cooke 19 confirmed cases, Montague unchanged, Grayson 350 confirmed, 52 active.
Eric having trouble coping with the good weather?
Mike sorry about the wet hay.
Thomas we just drowned our sorrows about no chowder in some Carne Guisada at Mexican restaurant.
Ron glad car ride went well, great hummer bird pic
Don have fun on the tractor
RNG sounds like you are this close to achieving self sufficiency, for when PG&E turn grid off. :thumbsup:
Drew, sorry you can't get north yet, hang in there. I had the impression you were moving on with your life.
Ken pretty flower pic
RS interesting hummers have not shown yet. Still have same calipers I bought 40 years ago.
Ted get the same thing here other side of lake gets rain our side does not. hope you get some rain.
PJ sorry things are so ugly in STL, great to see progress on pond project, hope it is done soon so we get pics hint hint.
Randy, sounds like you're in for warm weather.
Thomas glad you don't have to de-rock the ditches every year
Jay I enjoyed my fishing and biking humidity not off the charts here yet but I know it's coming:yuck:
Buckeye, sounds like reasonably good shopping trip.
Bill that is some weight.
prayers for all especially Drew
stay safe and healthy

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got 2/3 of the things on the shopping list, not the best trip. No shredded cheese, grape jam, sweetener, hand soap, onions.
Couldn’t entice my wife to stop at DQ, so had rest of strawberry shortcake when got home.

Stayed up late entering last 2 months credit charges into quicken.
Had some Mexican chicken from moes for dinner, in tortilla with some salsa. Hit the spot.
Wife was cleaning window sills today. Cat knocked over bucket of water on our foyer carpet.
Haven’t seen the baby rabbits since the day I discovered them under the deck.

 

[RoyJackson]

2020-06-03, 0326

52 right now...high in the mid-70's today and probably some rain this afternoon.

Had a cook out yesterday afternoon...that was a pleasant surprise after work, Also, a treadmill purchased for the wife and stepdaughter was delivered (heavy SOB!!) and I sold a portable table saw (Bosch TS3000) I bought years ago (before moving to Vermont)...nice folding green in my pocket and the buyer got a very good tool

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning all. We have rain ! :cool2:

Not a lot, but it is still falling nice and steady and that will do nicely.


Still can't get picture insertion to function normally, but it looks like it is taking some as attachments.

 

[Thomas]

52F cloudy mid 70's for chance of rain.

Outsid3e chores done E muffin time. :licking:
Around 4am this morning darn owl starting hooting close to bedroom window about 30mins another owl would answer back.
Plans for today...Been dreading this project for months 3M tape molding than paint ceiling edges half the main floor of the house tomorrow paint roller ceiling,that will be enough for one day.
Guess I better get my butt moving.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[riptides]

70 outside this AM. Nice and warm. Heading to lower 90's today. Someone flipped the heat switch on.

Hay baled, got dry yesterday. LOL.

Did a HD run, actually got everything on my shopping list. Including grass seed. Oh, the irony. I cannot keep up with the grass mowing and I am buying seed. LOL.
Even stopped by wife's favorite Ice Cream shop. Observed corona-practice-procedures heavily in place.

The local coyotes were nice and loud last night.

Hope all have a good day Be safe.

 

[ronjhall]

First cup of coffee is cooling. 67° with light rain this morning. Heading to 85° with possibility of thunderstorms all day. Storm came thru about 2 am. Lots of wind and a power outage. Generator came on for about 10 minutes then shut down. Could not get back to sleep. Put some of the yard decoration out yesterday. Put carpenter bee traps up. Got JD mower jacked up high enough to work under it. Hope to get belts changed today before it gets hot . Then get back in cool house with a cool adult beverage.
Did a little weeding in garden next to pond. This frog was keeping an eye on me.

Drew, best wishes that recovery is going good.

RNG, glad they are getting everything installed.

Jay, buzzing in the dark BATS as they are flying by?

Mostly, glad virus count is staying low in your area. My county hit 1000 deaths yesterday.

Eric, poppies? Did you plant them? They look equally spaced.

PJ, good progress already.

LS, hope shes delivery went well.

Everyone, stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All

 

[wngsprd]

71 going to 94...yuck.

Buppies, glad you could get back to work.

Eric, we need rain, too...glad you got some.

Roy, folding green in pocket sounds like another gun may be in your future.

Thomas, you know you wanted to get up at 4am anyway, right?

Ron, looks like you got close enough to kiss that frog. Great photo.

On Monday, we enjoyed a nice drive up to Shenandoah and took a short hike on the AT to Rock Springs where we enjoyed a lunch sitting on the stone steps of a cabin by the springs. Was great weather and lots of wildflowers. Saw no one on this trail but plenty of cars parked at some of the other trailheads.

Yesterday did a battery worth of string trimming and dump run/hike.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 68˚F heading to the 90s clear skies. I did not get to the garden yesterday till 10am and my arch-rival was already doing tractor work but there is always tomorrow. I did manage to plant two short rows of okra where I pulled up the potatoes. The weedeater started after a dose of seafoam, I love that stuff, it makes me feel like a mechanic.

Time to load up the truck it's Cedercide day in the county park and a dozen helpers will join us.

Don't kiss the frog Ron.

Thomas, I hate painting ceilings also.

 

[daugen]

great frog Ron:thumbsup:

another day of PT

Mostly I was moving on until strokes hit and left me incontinent, plus adrenal cancer

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 72F @ 4:45AM. Abundant sunshine. High 101F. Winds light and variable.
The coming weekend's chances for rain are rapidly evaporating, but at least this heat spell will end. Can't ask for everything I guess, but the hot weather is keeping firefighters very busy with several call outs a day in this area.

Ceiling paint jobs are a literal pain in the neck, Thomas. And arms, and shoulders, too. Hope yours goes quickly and easily.

Did you put the Seafoam in the fuel, or squirt it into the carb, Don?

You're really reaching out to that frog, Ron. Had to rescue a toad that got trapped in one of the trenches yesterday. It didn't at all like riding in my gloved hands to the tall grass where I let it go.

Poppies in the middle of the road, Eric?

Glad the nice weather is perking you up, Jay. I want to pull the covers over my head and go back to bed in the morning when I read what passes for news these days. Not just bad, but down right frightening!

How in the world do you back up a truck pulling two trailers, Bill?:shocked:

Some issues have emerged with the electrical work. In the previous week's walk through, we'd discussed a problem with the conduits as they come up to the back of the house not emerging from the ground in an exactly perpendicular fashion. We talked again yesterday morning about a solution, then I went off to do some other work, with the understanding that the electrical lead come get me so we could work together on a fix. When I came by a couple hours later to see when we were to get together, this is what I found:

Then he showed me that the connections where the plastic conduit connected to the steel were cracked. I asked how they got that way, and was told that's how he found them. They seemed OK the day before when I cleared the debris out of the trench for the last time. But now the smaller conduit they'd run all the signal and 110V AC lines in was too short to reach where he'd installed the new box. And he couldn't snake the wire up inside the wall because he said it was packed with insulation, so he shoved everything from those three conduits inside one even smaller conduit. But the crowning glory is that "S" bend plumber's nightmare. I'd be embarrassed to do work like that, but he thinks it's OK because he can blame my lousy conduit installation. I need to have a talk with him this morning, and I don't think it's going to be pleasant. But there are several solutions that could have had better results if he had come to talk with me when we'd agreed.


Then there's this at the north side of the house where the conduits come in from the pump house. One was supposed to be used to bring the solar power feed back out to the well pumps, the other was what I was going to use for new RG-11 and CAT5 cables. Grid power (the line I'd damaged) was going to be repaired by pulling out the old wire and running a new one. The same contractor said that wouldn't work because there were too many bends in the old conduit and the wire inside couldn't easily be removed. But that's not what he said during the walk through the week before, when all was hunky dory. So now my two signal leads share a conduit with 240V AC from the grid, and I'm worried about AC interference, which he says won't be a problem. And who knows what's inside that upside down U bridging the two boxes?:shocked: In the walk through, I'd also asked about a bypass switch that would reconnect the household loads to the grid should there be a failure in the solar power equipment. I really never got a straight answer to my question, and now that's been troubling me as well. My sense is that the salesman made promises this poor guy is having to deal with, and that four hours of driving a day is causing him to spend more time on the job than he's been allotted. Another difficult conversation awaits...

And it's Hump Day already.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Yet another somewhat confusing "news" story on the effectiveness of wearing masks to prevent the spread of CoVid-19. Same conclusion, though: Plain cloth masks now recommended by the CDC are better than nothing, but not by much.