Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

Wishing you many many more trips around the sun Check.

 

[Thomas]

Nice relaxing homestead you have RNG,bet the night sky something nice to see.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Thomas, a very appropriate April Fool's trick for you.

We got 1.63" of rain, a lot more than the .50 forecasted. It'll be some time before I want to cross the creek bottom with my tractor to get back to my firewood, RNG, so I'll enjoy looking at yours in the meantime. I did have a lot of straight rounds from the trunk, but plenty of crooked ones from the many branches, most of which I brought up to the pallets already.

It's nice to be in control of your fire, rather than mother nature and the power company, right RNG? I'll have to ask my wife if she's named our lizards and skinks, which don't crawl up our leg, but do hang out with us on the porch eating the wren's mealworms.

When it comes to firewood, don't you wish trees were just one long, straight grained trunk? I did find myself cutting out most of the crotches and twisted limbs, then tossing them on the burn pile yesterday. Just not worth the hassle of trying to break them down on the splitter.

Not sure I'm feeling in control of fire around here, Bill, but it is nice to feel I'm not behind the 8-ball any longer when it comes to firewood. Yesterday within a 25 mile radius of here were three new wildfire starts, one of them an escaped "controlled" burn. A couple days ago, one grew to over 800 acres before they got it out. People are still careless, and from the looks at what went onto the burn pile, things on the ground are drying out fast. It's gonna be a long, hot, and dangerous fire season this year.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Yes, go! I had 4 biopsies plus 5 squirts. Problems can go from treatable to major quickly.

Hope they are all non cancerous. Prayers.

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.

Sorry about your neighbor. I hate cancer. I pray often for cures and healing.

Happy Birthday to me! (No fooling.)

My (non-twin) sister’s birthday, too. And my TA’s birthday - her birthday present is her first shot of the Pfizer vaccine today - LOL.

My birthday present is the Wife driving up from the city with a nice Turkey for Easter. Plus her and the kid prolly have a few surprise presents in store for me.

Meanwhile, SNOW last nite! I thought it was supposed to be over. Not enough to plow or anything, but maybe I should leave the blower on the tractor a bit longer?

Happy Birthday to you all!

They had a poll at work, about reducing Covid rules.

One guy called the radio, and said he was a landlord, and the Covid rules designed to help tenants not get evicted, were costing him a lot. He asked the county and state to reduce his property taxes, because he wasn't collecting rent. Trickle down, up, back and sideways.

Mostly, the pink handled maul started out a red handled maul, but was somehow accidentally left behind one season near a stump. A couple months exposure turned it pink. It still takes a pretty good heave ho to swing it.

I'm about to switch phone carriers.....wifey found a good deal with Boost and got a new motorola (with some coupons) for a tad over $80. Service costs about the same as Republic, but I get 5gb vs 1gb for a nickel more. And no contract. Still uses the Sprint/Tmobile backbone.

Hope all have a blessed day.

 

[daugen]

somewhat depressed reading my online mri report before going in to doc this morning.
Supraspinatus tendon torn totally in half, no wonder shoulder hurts like mad. Have no idea how it happened.
Have to get this fixed soon.

Happy Birthday Check!

 

[txdon]

Good morning! This was not suppose to happen they, said 39˚F, it is now 33.3˚F and still falling, potatoes are uncovered. Come on sunshine or the weatherman's April fools joke will be a good one on me.

RNG had to look twice, thought you rigged your chainsaw to your FEL.

Eric, now that you mentioned it, the playground does look kind of gothic. If a vampire was involved in the blood letting yesterday I'm in deep trouble being plant based I will have to find some Blood Weed. It used to grow as tall as a tractor at Grandpa's place.

Edit: 33.1˚F, hurry sun hurry.
2nd Edit: 32.9˚F
3rd Edit: 33.3˚F heading in the right direction finally.

 

[kenmbz]

morning, looks like rain is ending, probably another 1/2" or so.

Mpham- Sorry to hear about your friends-hope he can fight back and win
Rich-good luck at the dentists
Drew-sounds painful-hope the dental fix is less complex than it sounds-sorry to hear about your shoulder
RNG-like the new foot accessories
Check - Happy Birthday!
wngsprd - hope all the biopsies are neg!

My o2 is still under 90 and I am still pretty weak. But slowly getting better. Falling way behind with spring cleanup and planting.

Stay safe and be well

 

[wngsprd]

Happy Birthday, check! Hope the surprises are great! We had snow in our mountains last night, too.

Ken, glad you are improving. O2 that low should get you a day or two out of the dog house.

Don, close call!

 

[rswyan]

30F and cloudy @ 09:30, ground is looking pretty white around here this morning ...

Was hoping we were all done with that ...

Forecast high for the day is only 33F.

Left shoulder pretty tender this morning, most noticeable when I raise my arm. Not unmanageable though.

Woke up to that Squeak racing up and down the hall and carrying on.

Not sure what all will be on the menu today, but it seems like sorting out paperwork and filing would be a good move.

Not sure about mini-ex action - temps are a little bit less than ideal.

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

 

[PJSprog]

30°F and clear skies this morning, going up to 48° today. Another night below freezing tonight, then we warm back up again over the weekend. Looks like we'll hit the 80s next week.

Last day of the work week for me. Taking a vacation day tomorrow.

Sorry to read about your neighbors, Phil.

Happy Birthday, Check.