Good morning!!!!

[kenmbz]

Morning all, bit of a freeze last night, and a power outage. Seems another Ash tree fell through a wire up the block.
Peco got us back on line by 10pm, but ran the generator to keep the family happy from 4-9:30 or so.

Android phone here-when I run out of space for pictures, I just swap out a memory chip and go on my merry way.
I have an Iphone 10 for work, don;t like it much. Switching through cloud from old iphone7 was easy though.

have fun with the family PopG!

Roy-have used irfanview myself, works well. On my Android phone, emailing a picture to myself gives the option of resizing.

So much work to do this weekend, hopefully I'll feel well enough to do some of it.

Stay safe and be well

 

[kenmbz]

Just heard a boy hood friend of mine is going into open heart surgery today...

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy-have used irfanview myself, works well. On my Android phone, emailing a picture to myself gives the option of resizing.

I do the same, since carrying the phone (Motorola Moto G7 using Android) is pretty convenient. I haven't used a "real" camera in quite a while, except one I bought for work...which stays in the office
I guess I should research the camera app on the phone...see if I can reduce the size since the pics are normally between 1.5 and 2.5 megabytes

The Motorola isn't a "great" phone and requires the battery to be replaced by a tech (not a home project), but it was cheap ($250) and reliable so far. I'm not about to spend upwards to a thousand for a cell phone

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 39˚F now, it did get down to 34.2˚F before sunrise, clear skies heading to the 70s.

Eric the bloodweed attracts vegan vampires as it's sap is close to the color of blood (but a tad more purple). I don't know the real name of the weed maybe some else in Texas can identify it by it's Latin name. It's broad leaf and grows up to 6'.

Drew, the gardens sit on top of a hill and and with no wind yesterday morning the temp was a few degrees warmer. No Freeze damage, Yea.

The Gardens are looking for ideas to spend their money in the 5 year plan. My suggestions were to raise the garden blocks (like I did to my garden) and to get an online weather station in the garden that everyone can access, but I guess that would require internet service so maybe we do not need to have that extra expense every month.

Got an e-mail from AT&T, I still have mom's phone on the account, They are sending me two (unknown) phones to replace the 3G phones that will not be compatible anymore. (wife's 5s and mom's flip phone) I only have mom's flip phone with them???? Even when I dumped them I still cannot get away from them I started to try to cancel one phone and it was turning into a fiasco so I just told them - whatever, as long as it does not cost me anything or change the contract. A month ago I was just trying to get a reduced price new phone and they refused after being with them for 20 years which made the half price phones at T_Mobile look very good. Even with two services I am spending $10 less than before with just AT&T. T_mobile still does not have good enough coverage in the county my mom lives.

 

[txdon]

The Motorola isn't a "great" phone and requires the battery to be replaced by a tech (not a home project), but it was cheap ($250) and reliable so far. I'm not about to spend upwards to a thousand for a cell phone

Same here Roy, That's why I got the new Apple SE phones for my wife and I - with t-mobile's new service just $400 for both.

 

[wngsprd]

My Cardinals beat the Reds on opening day (we were in Cincy)!

Real opening day in STL (which is a holiday) is next Thursday.

Good luck to your guys this season. I’ll go for a Cardinals v Orioles World Series!! The Orioles began as the St. Louis Browns many years ago.

MoKelly

...and good luck to you. Jack Flaherty is one of my fantasy pitchers...sure wish he had pitched better yesterday...but I'm sure he will be better next time.

 

[MoKelly]

...and good luck to you. Jack Flaherty is one of my fantasy pitchers...sure wish he had pitched better yesterday...but I'm sure he will be better next time.

Yea - I’m a tad worried about him. Even with a huge lead he couldn’t go 5 and get the win. He didn’t have a great spring. But, like you say, it’s only the first game and it was chilly.

MoKelly

 

[txdon]

Drew, don't forget Rick's $10 charging pad for your new phone. Cha-ching.

 

[RoyJackson]

Not going to get above the mid-30's today and the "real feel" is quite a bit chillier.
Could bring the blade in the garage...but, I think tomorrow (upper 40's tomorrow) will be a more comfortable day.

The 4052R cab tractor with all the glass (much more then my 4520 with a Curtis cab) provides a lot more visibility when swapping out loader QA implements. Right now, I only have the bucket and blade...probably all I'll actually need. I haven't used the off-seat hitch assist yet, except for raising and lowering the 3PH...swapping out the snow blower for the chipper might be a good opportunity.
For those of you not familiar:

Obviously, they make this look simple, but aligning the tractor is the hardest part, and hitch assist doesn't help you in that part. But, as I'd written above, more glass equates to better visibility

 

[rswyan]

30F and partly cloudy @ 09:45, headed up to a high of 41F for the day.

Soreness in shoulder from shot pretty much gone at this point. The Woman is due to get her second shot this coming Tuesday.

Saw Red-bellied woodpecker on the eave out the kitchen window as I was putting my coffee in micro a bit ago. The Pileated is drumming and has been very busy lately ... sounds like he's setting up shop hereabouts.

Snow from yesterday mostly gone at this point.

Amazon order due in today via UPS. After that arrives I may run down to Menards in Massillon and pick up last order.

Need to go through filing cabinet and pull paperwork from previous years and file that away in bankers boxes to make room for the current stuff.

Probably refill squirrel feeder this morning, after feeding fish.

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