Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Good morning! Cold front blew in around 3am, no rain 65˚F with an angry wind, about 15mph.

Bird did you get any rain for your fertilizer?

I got the tomatoes out of the garden yesterday and was getting worn out then I check the temp - 96 with heat index of 101. I'll get the okra and bean out in cooler temps like this week.

Yikes Roy, tractorless and winter coming. How much would the tractor depreciate in 10 years, now 19 years old, almost a classic.

I still have another 13 hours on our JD before I do the 600 hour maintenance, all the oils and filters magically appeared on the workbench in the tractor barn. Joint ownership does have benefits.

Drew, :thumbsup:

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 84F @ 5:00 AM. Abundant sunshine. High 99F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
AQI 115 and 181, inside and out. Long about 3PM yesterday the northern part of the fire near Bucks Lake started really going to town, putting quite a thick blanket of smoke that the northwesterly winds carried right over the house. AQI took a huge hit, and around 10PM I got an evacuation notice via text and Facebook posts by the sheriff. Still here, watching the fire cams and satellite maps. There's also word of a relight much closer that is probably more of a concern. Didn't get but maybe a couple hours of sleep last night, and will be glad when the sun comes up. Lots of stars out, so at least I'm not still downwind of the smoke. That will let them get the spotter planes up as well as the borate bombers, hopefully to get this thing back under control. Still under a Red Flag Warning, winds are still strong farther up the mountain, and the power is still off, likely for most of today as well. Thank goodness for generator power and satellite internet.

The waiting really is the hardest part!

Hope everyone's week gets off to a better start than it has here...

 

[toppop52]

supposed to be best fall color in years here peaks around second week of October
:thumbsup:
when I drive North from VA end of next week, will be going up 81 to PA turnpike and then heading East.
Am hoping the colors will be out and it will be a pretty drive
going this direction takes half an hour longer than going up 95, well worth it to me
Google Maps

I don’t like either route option, 81 is usually a rolling road block, 95 is an 80 mph demolition derby.

 

[Bird]

Bird did you get any rain for your fertilizer?

Not a drop of rain. I did do just a little bit of watering after spreading the fertilizer, then hoped for rain that didn't come. So I just went out this morning thinking about doing some more watering, but it's so windy that I wouldn't know where to put the sprinklers to get the water where I want it.

 

[wngsprd]

Good Morning!!!! 84F @ 5:00 AM. Abundant sunshine. High 99F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
AQI 115 and 181, inside and out. Long about 3PM yesterday the northern part of the fire near Bucks Lake started really going to town, putting quite a thick blanket of smoke that the northwesterly winds carried right over the house. AQI took a huge hit, and around 10PM I got an evacuation notice via text and Facebook posts by the sheriff. Still here, watching the fire cams and satellite maps. There's also word of a relight much closer that is probably more of a concern. Didn't get but maybe a couple hours of sleep last night, and will be glad when the sun comes up. Lots of stars out, so at least I'm not still downwind of the smoke. That will let them get the spotter planes up as well as the borate bombers, hopefully to get this thing back under control. Still under a Red Flag Warning, winds are still strong farther up the mountain, and the power is still off, likely for most of today as well. Thank goodness for generator power and satellite internet.

The waiting really is the hardest part!

Hope everyone's week gets off to a better start than it has here...

Real sorry you are still in this terrible situation.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Too funny, Ted.
I know what scrapple is, but there was a jersey diner that I almost always ordered it for breakfast. Fried with a nice crust.
As for the Pork Roll, we shared our meals generously with the dogs (after the company left of course), found it just OK, nothing special.
SPAM, that’s a local, in Hawaii favorite and we usually have a can or 2 in the pantry. Can even get it at Mickey D’s breakfast.

Oh yeah, SPAM is a staple, usually have a can of the different varieties in the pantry. One of my favorite ways to cook it is on the grill! I like it on a sandwich or as a side....

 

[LouNY]

Interesting conversation;
I just finished a breakfast sandwich,
fried two slices of spam, two eggs and a slice of pepperjack cheese on two slices of multi-grain toast,
and now finishing my coffee before getting up and going good.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 40, we left the bedroom windows open last night.... got a bit chilly... The high for today will only be 61. Gradual warming back up to 80 by the end of the week. No rain....

Bacon, sausage, spam, pork roll, fried bologna, Canadian bacon ..... all good tasty stuff! The secret is moderation, maybe have one of them once a month or two.... I usually don't eat breakfast....

Ron, nice pic of your place... won't be long before those little hints of color are painted everywhere! The other pic reminds me of the movie "The Birds". We had the flocks of migratory birds passing through starting last week.

Rs, are you going to start charging admission to the "park and arboretum".... looking really nice. Your hard work is coming together....

Roy, congrats on the easy sale of the tractor.... hopefully you will be able to make someone else's sale easy.... hard to find good used tractors.

Rng, I hope you do not get caught in the path of one of the flare-ups. It sounds like you are well prepared, but still a scary situation to be in. Hopefully they can get them knocked down quickly!

Today's agenda is taking the grandson to school first off, then going to the neighbor to help him with his 50 hr service. Nothing else planned, but I'm sure something will crop up!

Everyone have a great day!

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning. It was 76° at 5 a.m. but .. dropped to 64° by 6 a.m. as the cool front passed by. We got a bit of rain about 5:30 a.m. but .. it didn't amount to much.

I did finally get two burn piles lit yesterday mid-day yesterday. I got delayed by one of our absentee neighbors .. who got his zero turn stuck .. then his pickup stuck .. trying to get his zero turn. This is the guy who shows up with his buddies .. they all get boozed up then start shooting, sometime well after midnight. This guy is the SIL of the gentleman who owned the property .. but died about 2 years ago.

I went over there first, with the Polaris Ranger and extracted his ZT. Then went back to get the N-H and a tow strap. I spent more time going back and forth than pulling out his truck. My parting "shot" was to remind him that their late night "shootemups" wakes up the guy that just bailed him out.

About 1 pm .. the wind dropped off enough to burn some brush.


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I lit a second one about 3:30 pm.



Only five more piles .. to go.

Hope everyone has a great start to your week.

Prayers to all.

 

[Bird]

Not a drop of rain. I did do just a little bit of watering after spreading the fertilizer, then hoped for rain that didn't come. So I just went out this morning thinking about doing some more watering, but it's so windy that I wouldn't know where to put the sprinklers to get the water where I want it.

Temperature this morning is 60 degrees going for a high of 75, but now the wind seems to be dying down, so I got the sprinklers going front and back.