Good morning!!!!

[riptides]

45 outside this AM. Nice! Heading to 77. Nicer.

Did more on the Front Porch yesterday. Sigh....tedious work. Had to take a few sheets of vinyl off, wife noticed some long ripples in them. No big deal. I have a huge waste pile. Only four seams on the entire front porch run from end to end. LOL. No big deal as I can use them for the barn. Wife was helping yesterday, she was putting them up as fast as I was hand cutting them. Unfortunate I have nice blisters on my hands now. Could not get gloves that fit my cutting tool.

Those lawns are amazing. Mine is over 4 inches high, but we still see the cut pattern. Hope to get to it...soon.

Sorry about your neighbor, Roy. Good that you are going over there. It's tough.

We have quite a few Alpaca and Lama farms around us. Interesting animals.

Hope all have a great day today. Prayers for you and your families. Good health and happiness on this Sunday. Be safe.

 

[txdon]

On a sadder note, I'm going to visit my neighbors. The wife, Kim, has advanced cancer and a couple weeks ago, her husband, Tim, said the prognosis was was 6 weeks to 2 months left. She's on oxygen and morphine now...if I don't stop by today, might not have any chance to see her again...

Sorry to hear that Roy.

My neighbor did not make it she died. Her husband was at the hospital with her constantly the last few weeks. This is the neighbor that was having a hard time being diagnosed in March. So neighbors on one side of me got covid and it was like a minor flu for them and the other neighbor was unfortunate to get sick during these "trying times" . She will be buried in her home town up North. I'll give their/his yard good weed eating, mowing and weed pulling while he is gone.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Popgadget, congratulations, you are the first person to ever have me contemplating Alpaca poop while eating breakfast. There are lots of enquiring minds on "Good morning", many will be wondering how long will it take for 40 Alpacas to fill your new bin. My question though is once the bin is half full, will you be providing a ramp to make it easier for them to get up there ?

I want to know how he trains them to poop in the bin, and shouldn’t there be a door with a crescent moon?

 

[Bird]

Well, that HP Envy 5660 was a good printer for 4 years and, as I said, they've sent me emails saying no service available, obsolete, etc. so after looking at Walmart and such, I went back to Best Buy and got an HP Envy 7155. It looks like the old one, uses the same ink cartridges, etc. just cost about $50 more than the one did 5 years ago.

Now I've been paying Best Buy $99 a year and can take a computer in for them to fix anytime at no cost, or call and ask questions on the phone. Today I went for the $199 plan that takes care of the computers when needed, but also provides in home service for most other things for $50. And to start with . . . I'm gonna pay'em $50 for their technician to come "install" this new printer, pair it up with both my laptop and my notebook computers, etc. Yep, I'm gettin' old and lazy.

Everything is always changing. I said I was going to let their technician install the new printer, but yesterday morning, I had just a few things I wanted to print; about 6 pages. SO . .. I went ahead and installed it, got it paired up with both my computers and everything working as it should.:cool2:

 

[txdon]

Eric since the Alpacas wool sells for 6 time that of sheep wool they deserve their own (mostly private, 3 sided) restroom.

 

[Popgadget]

:

a lifetime supply of the best socks that you could ever want. Homemade alpaca wool socks, sounds like a bit of heaven on your feet. Paul, does your wife sell online?

No, but you can come to the farm and get them.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 38, colder blast coming in tonight, chance of some snow. The weather guessers now say the heavy snow (12-18") will occur way north of here.... good. I'll take a little, but don't want to get dumped on.

Roy, hope you have a good visit with your neighbor, sad news.

Phil, the paver walkway looks great! I have always liked pavers, and cobblestone streets for some weird reason....

Rip, hope the siding goes easier for the completion of the project. Those ripples were the only thing I hated about vinyl siding. Some would always show up somewhere, no matter how careful not to install it too tight...

Don, sorry to hear about your neighbor too... sad.

I got all the yard cleanup done yesterday, really wasn't too bad. Then I was able to get some progress out in the shop yesterday, more of the sanding of the planks done. Today will be more of the same, hoping to get to a partial assembly, but that's wishful thinking.

Everyone have a great day!

 

[Buppies]

Roy and Don so sorry about your neighbor prayers sent

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 40F @ 6:45AM. Sunshine and clouds mixed. High 58F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph.
It was nice and brisk in the attic yesterday morning, but it turned out not to matter.

Glad your printer cooperated with you, Bird.:thumbsup:

Exactly what I was thinking, Paul. Except my experience with pneumatic tires and tubes from HF is pretty bad. They just won't hold air, and every time I went to move something that used them, I had to remount or air up the tires. Probably shop at McMaster-Carr for something that's less trouble, and worth the extra cost in the long run.

Same experience as you all with glyphosate once the temps drop. It still works, but might take an extra week or two before the results show.

Looks like you caught yourself a happy titmouse, Ron!

Is there steel under your dash, Mike? If so, maybe you could use some of those super magnets to hold your red light district in place?:confused2:

First camera I wanted to place yesterday was a doorbell cam, but there was no access from the attic to that outside wall to run the wires. The house has never had a doorbell, so I had to install one of those, too. Ended up drilling through a couple of walls to reach from the wiring closet to the front door frame, then popping off some molding at the top of the door to drill another hole from outside to in where the chime would mount. That's when I learned that the transformer I purchased was defective, so back it goes (free return shipping with Prime) and an easier to use replacement will be here tomorrow.

Gonna rig a looooong RG45 cable today and make some temporary camera placements to check out the views. I'd like a camera on each side of the house, but I'm not sure if I want them in the middle of the side or on the corners.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of their weekend!

 

[rswyan]

69F and sunny @ 11:30, possibly headed up to a high of 76F with light and variable winds ...

For some reason Squeak elected not to go on safari this morning when I opened the door to the garage.

Large flock of good-sized black birds (color, not kind) raising a ruckus out at the feeders this morning.

Need to refill bird feeders then maybe on to working on culvert crossing, some more clean up outside.

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, productive, and safe day ... :thumbsup: