Good morning!!!!

[txdon]

Strange, I cannot edit in a pic but I can start off with a pic.

 

[txdon]

Park playground
Chainsaw muffler fell off, again, ordered new bolt.
Eric no worry here on which month it is before we star the chainsaw.

Noticed my cap had fresh bloodstains, now when did that happen? Need more protective hair.

 

[Buppies]

Thanks I thought it was some plant

 

[Buppies]

Great park and great use of natural surroundings

 

[Rich B1]

Good afternoon! 50 now, falling to 29 overnight. Tomorrow is gonna be cold.

Have to get a molar removed tomorrow and get a partial bridge...not looking forward to this.

The internet is fixed. Aaron from Mumbai had changed settings Monday while I was on the phone. Told him not to, he did it anyway. So it went from working with a problem to not working at all. Tech was at the house yesterday, the modem actually did have a problem, everything worked after he redid the settings after replacing it. Not the first time remote tech support has shut off the internet by changing the settings.

Tech also told me he thought a branch hit the lines. Half the customers on the branch I am on lost their cards in the router, other half lost the modems. He has been busy replacing things.

Today has been special on tech calls. One this morning just amazed me how stupid people can be. Rather than fix a heater in a cab, they rigged up an inverter, extension cord, and 110V heater in the cab. Being rotating construction equipment, the cord got tangled and torn, caught the machine on fire. Amazing

Everyone stay safe out there

 

[Alien]

Officially La Nina is now over. We still have some rain forecast though. The last few showers we got seemed to do the trick as the creeks started running again briefly. Our bore obviously got a top up as we had dirty water flowing for a day or so. Life is back to normal. Grass has returned in time for winter. Most bald patches are now covered and mowing paddocks is all go. We even have a number of quail around now. First time I have actually seen them on our property.

 

[sodamo]

Strange, I cannot edit in a pic but I can start off with a pic.

Yup, something off. Sometimes pics aren’t opening for me.

 

[toppop52]

You have to put raw bacon on the end of a string and lower it into the hole. The crawfish will grab hold and you can pull him up slowly.

We use to use what we called streak o lean, side meat, salt fat whatever, works like a charm, but takes a while to get a bushel!

 

[Thomas]

54F cloudy.
Today 7 1/2 hours raking lot more raking ahead,dinner little recliner time than pillow time...going to bed on chicken time.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[rswyan]

47F and cloudy @ 19:00, headed down to an overnight low of 29F.

Ran by county health department and got first Moderna vaccine shot @ 3:00. There was a line of about a dozen cars ahead of us but things were moving pretty quickly - shot was delivered in the vehicle and we were out of there by 15:25 or so, having waited 15 minutes after getting jabbed.

Scheduled the appointment for the next shot on May 2nd while we were waiting for the 15 minutes to pass. Injection site is a little tender already, nothing terrible though.

Swung by Swensons after that and grabbed a couple of Galley Boys, along with French-fried mushrooms and onion rings which we shared. The Woman had a root beer float and I had a hot fudge malt.

Then we headed up to Menards in the Falls and I returned the incorrect items that they had given me the other day. The young fellow that waited on me went to check on the correct items and surprisingly he located all them and brought them back to Order Pickup and hooked me up ...

Then we headed for the barn.

Fed fish after we got home (didn't get a chance before we left) while The Woman ran over to her friends for a few minutes.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[toppop52]

.6” rain since four, maybe another 1/4” or so overnight.
Went TSC to pick up dog and cat food, litter and treats, had a very heavy downpour coming home.
We had taquitos, refried beans and fiesta corn and nachos for dinner, lots of salsa, enchilada sauce and sour cream.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Rick,
looking good. Is the area outside the fence yours also?
if so, boy do you have job security, and you already had that...
I would call that a glade now, sure looks nice.

growing up my Dad used to call this beating back Mother Nature. If we didn't, the woods would creep in and slowly take over the house.

The pictures are from inside one of our pastures .. about 20 acres. This one .. is our experiment. Other than fence lines and yaupon / cedar removal .. no herbicide has been used, on this pasture.

We've done nothing but mow it .. 2-3 times a year. When we bought this place, in 2006, it was nothing but 3' high goat weed.

Edit: I read your question again and realized what you had asked. The pasture on left side is my neighbors. Even his .. looks way better than what we started with.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 54F for the start, overcast, and windy. Windy day, sky started clearing mid morning wind dies off at dark. High temp for the day was 65F. 80's next week. Forgot to mention yesterday's activities, that included catching gopher out of his hole. He did not run away so the battle ended quickly. Today start with Men's meeting , then bike ride to beat the worst of the wind, then nap after lunch.
Covid update: Cooke 3117 confirmed cases, 16 active cases, Montague 1738 confirmed cases, 6 active cases, Grayson 11064 confirmed cases, 40 active cases, local, not updated.
Buppies glad you are better.
Kyle, there must be a story behind the maul handle color!
David never seen a deck rusted that bad
Phil sorry about the shot pain, must have been bad to keep you from sleeping.
Doug sorry about your wife's allergic reaction to pneumonia shot. hope tooth extraction goes/went well.
Roy sorry about your issues, prayer sent
Billy hope anything you have only needs the freeze gun.
Drew hope dentist visit goes as well as it can.
Oosik hope grading went well.
Thomas enjoy your putter
Paul hope you had a safe trip
Dave that is a lot of rain. are your feet webbed yet?
James homemade maple syrup sounds yummy
Eric not much felling before you hit your limit. I did not consult a calendar just the land owner.
Ken you blood O2 ok now? nice score on the vaccine
PJ nice to help neighbors, I remeber bunches of times a line of storms would die as the approached us then refire up after crossing the river
Drew glad you survived.
Dennis sorry about the PI
RNG glad you got tree down with minimum issues. Sound you had a ggod day with the dead trees
David I wish you success finds tha ham you want
Rick trees are looking nice.
Drew gardens look nice.
RS Hope the cold does not hurt your flowers. hope shot went well, nice fish pic
RNG as it warms up the lizards will climb the window screens to munch bugs
Drew I laughed at Billy Bass
Doug sorry about the week of antibiotics, sorry to hear about the arthritis in your hand.
Don my lizards are easier to see (on the screens)
Don neat park, sorry about muffler, loctite?
Rich reminds me of some of the pic of how people loaded their cars at HD, Lowes etc
Doug congrats on the rain
Thomas that was a lot of raking
RS glad shot and town trip went so well
Randy you must be way ahead on the rain, dinner sounded good
Rick looking much nicer now!
prayers for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/sister & family Covid/friend's grand baby/son&wife Covid, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Ron/hearing/son/aunt, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/family, Bill/DIL, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle and low blood O2, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The youngest in my house is first to get a COVID shot. What’s wrong with this picture?

.2” of rain, they had forecasted up to 2”. Dots matter

 

[check]

What is your fuel for heat during the boil down?

Good question. Haven’t decided. Have a propane Turkey fryer, but that would take forever. Any ideas, guys?

 

[sodamo]

Congrats on getting shot, RS

 

[sodamo]

Mowing works, Rick, but it sure doesn’t take long if you can’t keep up. I’ve already noticed guava seedlings 6+ inches since my last mowing.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-04-01, 0243

38 right now...a cooler 40° today with rain/snow mix this morning...

 

[Eric Salop]

Good morning, looks like we are back to cooler windy weather. fortunately no rain in forecast for newt few days, may soon be able to get some muck spreading done on the hay fields.

Arms are aching this morning from an excess of chainsaw and pole sawing to get tree work over April 1st deadline. I failed to get it all finished - although not a badly as I have failed in previous years

Don, that is a creepy playground, like something from the Addams Family

Noticed my cap had fresh bloodstains, now when did that happen?

Vampires too in the playground !

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
43 here going to 50's with dark dreary skies for the day.
Cold and windy in the forecast so conserving energy is where it's at!
Feeling better as I got some sleep last night. Arm is sore but survivable.
If they told me a tetanus shot and a pneumonia shot at the same time would kick your butt I would have waited on one of them!
Looks like wife and I will be venturing out to do some shopping. We need to restock some supplies in case of another lockdown.
Still have a lot of branches to pick up from the downed tree and the whole yard needs raking.
We just lost a good friend and neighbor to her 2 year fight with cancer! They made 50 years married just a few weeks ago. He's fighting cancer also!(Vietnam vet!)
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy.