Good morning!!!!

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 67° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 84° with partly cloudy skies. Got shopping done and stairs done at neighbors. Then sat on his porch and watched storms go every direction other than out places. Did get 1 1/8" rain overnight. Back to barn door project today. Trip to Menards for couple of hinges.
CV cases keep adding up in Michigan. 398 yesterday, 1 death. Oakland County, 8754, cases. 1043 deaths. My township has had 48 cases and 3 deaths. Population 20,000.
I have been trying to get this Hawk picture for awhile. This is the one that got Squirrel population under control. It is about 24" tall.

Drew, best wishes that you keep getting better.

Jay, please check in.

Phil, I remember my retirement about the same time of year 16 years ago. That feeling of I am free. I had 5 weeks of vacation to use up before I could retire. Wife retired a year before me.

David, good news on Sophie's recovery.

RNG, hope the hard start capacitor solves your problem.

Buckeye, hope cat is doing better.

Wngsprd, Coco doing better today?

Don, good that repair on chainsaw is going be easy.

Everyone be safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

69 going to 92.

Wind just won't slow down enough for me to feel safe spraying. It's dead now, but everything's covered with dew. Tractor and tank are ready, maybe we'll get a brief spell later today.

Glad to hear Sophie's eye is on the mend, David.

Hope your cat is, too, BEF.

Eric, it was worth your time to provide us that great pic of your wild flowers. That's a great find.

Ron, nice photo of that red-tailed hawk. That's the kind that nests in out pines every year, and follow me while bush hogging to catch the field critters.

Thanks for asking about Coco. Not a good report from the vet yesterday. New meds again, and back Tuesday.

 

[Buppies]

70 high of 90 today humid too my IPhone 7 getting long in the tooth

Prayers for Drew Jay and prayers for all

BEF hope kitty cat has improved today

 

[Buppies]

wngsprd hope coco gets better

Sodamo glad wifes surgery went well both of my implants doing well since 2002

 

[Buppies]

Stunning picture of hawk Ron

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 77F @ 4:45AM. Sunny to partly cloudy. Hot. High 98F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph.

Handsome bird, Ron. Red tail?

Now up to 143 CV19 cases in the county, up 10 just yesterday. Starting to think it's the price to pay for demonstrations, where people gather too closely and scream their heads off.

At least you're in good enough shape now to do laundry, Drew. And you don't have to worry about it sprouting legs and wandering off, like you would in a public laundromat. Granted, not as nice as having your own laundry room, but you'll get there.:thumbsup:

Wonderful colorful green, Eric. Some of those flowers look familiar, but I didn't see any orchids. Thanks for sharing!

Tree work ain't cheap, is it, Mike. But it's money well spent if it keeps you and your home from getting banged up.:thumbsup:

The run capacitor swap yesterday was easy, but it didn't make any difference. Found a gen-u-wine Carrier hard start kit at ebay for about half what everywhere else wanted, and with a little luck will have it by next weekend. Installed a new UPS on the entertainment system, so don't have to worry about those components anymore.


Spent the rest of the day reading knowledge base articles and poking around the web interface to the solar power system, and was able to figure out where the settings are being made and more about how they work. It's obvious that in blistering weather like we're having now, the solar panels have a hard time keeping up with the demands of 24x7 A/C, but they are offsetting almost all of the power during the peak demand, and most expensive, time of the day. For a worst case scenario, and not much tuning of the settings, I think it's a good start.

Not sure what I'll get into today; it's an opportunity rich environment!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

[riptides]

Nice pic Ron.
Thats great news on the eye...David.
wngsprd...hope for better for coco.
It is hazy hot and humid out. Entertaining this weekend. Family coming together. Should be relaxing.
Need to cut the back forty this weekend. Getting tall.

Have a great weekend and be safe...prayers to all on the mends.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Had a red tail hawk flying overhead as I mowed recently. It was so pretty. Love watching hawks, and I have too many squirrels around.

 

[riptides]

RNG...I am amazed at your skills and understanding of that solar project.
That is a lot of effort your putting into it.
Good for you.

 

[riptides]

Wife counted nine having a party just yesterday..all young ones.

Eight too many. And I ate enough squirrel many days ago....lol.

Had a red tail hawk flying overhead as I mowed recently. It was so pretty. Love watching hawks, and I have too many squirrels around.