Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

91F full sun.
Since late morning been slow motion day enough so I got a nap
Fingers cross temp will drop enough couple hours plus before dark and wind will pickup so I can mow the front field.

This evening some grilling setting on the deck about it.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[mostly_gas]

This did not post yesterday
Good evening all. 68F for the start, rain, light wind. Did not check rain gauge till 10 1.6 inch in it then. Rain quit about noon, some clearing mid-afternoon, raining again tonight. High temp for the day was 80F. Was supposed to help entertain some church youth today but that was a washout. Did get some office work done, but
Covid update: Cooke 3232 confirmed cases, 2 active cases,Montague 1775 confirmed cases, 1 active cases, Grayson, 11360 confirmed cases, 6 active cases, local not updated.
Kyle Thanks for your prayers, nice gifts for daughter, hope lull does not last long
Ron glad windows are washed, love both the pic and caption
Thomas let us know when song gets recorded
Bill hope you can conserve a lot of energy. Hope summer goes well.
Roy good to hear you are still mending. just don't push it.
Billy neat repair shop.
Don our backflow valve are above ground. Lot of valves there hope you can make more progress today
Paul sorry no rehearsal, and weather was pain. hope GS birthday goes well
Randy cool story
Drew Granpa's machine shop had 2 overhead shafts that flat belts drop down to drive machines. The machines had gearboxes to regulate the cutting speed. A 12hp motor ran both shafts.
David prayers for surgery
Don nice looking potatoes and onions
Ken good to hear neighbor is working with you an dead trees
Drew muffins sound good
Randy great pic
Thomas sorry about soaking, early shower
Doug nice pic
Mo you are hotter than I have been this year!
Steppe you going to have a pet beat like Thomas?
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter and car crash,Bird/aging issues, Billy/skin cancer, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies cancer surgery, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes,Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/recovery, Bill/DIL home care, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, Drew/tendon healing, David(sadamo)/Sophie's eye surgery,RNG/fire season, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[mostly_gas]

Today's post. Hope I get posted correctly
Good evening all. 64F for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light wind today, clouds thinned during afternoon, and high temp was 84F. Chapel to start day, made wife's breakfast, Did DASH meal deliveries then home for a nap ) cleaned out my sink drain lot of buildup again.
Covid update: Cooke 3232 confirmed cases, 2 active cases,Montague 1775 confirmed cases, 1 active cases, Grayson, 11360 confirmed cases, 6 active cases, local not updated.
Dennis can I join your church?
RS productive day
Kyle must have been good BBQ. Played with an Endoscope for work, it would work with phones great but not android tablets. Issue likely was missing protocols on tablet, no tech support to talk to so project was a bust. Swap tires to see if problem noise follows ire or stays on driver side.
Ron great pic. The few old engines show I have been to owners were always there to answer question.
Drew hopefully you can drive loaner OK with one arm
Paul pork looks delicious. Hope not too much work to tear down.
Billy sorry to hear snakes got into the wren nest. hope you can get bindweed under control.
Eric maybe RNG can help you with the striped paint not sure if surfboards good idea in Texas, maybe Dennis's friend from church work better
Rick you are getting a lot of rain!
Roy sorry illness hanging on so long!
Drew understand about sweatband season. I have to change sweatbands every hour on bike
Ron glad you don't have to worry about mowing headphones!
Don could not make out pic until I read your post. hope practice game was worth missing nap!
Thomas sorry about fox pup.
Dennis if you have gone this long without it...
Thomas glad you got a nap
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter and car crash,Bird/aging issues, Billy/skin cancer, David(moss)/remodel/divorce, Buppies cancer surgery, Phil/reflux/wife's eyes,Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Dennis/older brother/son, Grev/wife's eye, Randy/recovery, Bill/DIL home care, Ted/knee recovery, Doug and wife/health issues/nerve and pain/ wife's eyes, Ken/uncle, Drew/tendon healing, David(sadamo)/Sophie's eye surgery,RNG/fire season, and Country.
stay safe and healthy you all.

 

[two_bit_score]

Beautiful day in south central Texas today. Fair skies. Ate watermelon. Mowed. Burned brush. Ate more watermelon. Great day.

 

[RoyJackson]

2021-06-07, 0341

71° right now...high about 90...

Guess I'm feeling strong enough to go to work. Not near as weak, but not 100% either

 

[Thomas]

67F clear sky mid 90's for high.

E muffin soon outside chores.
Little over 2 hours finally got the front field mow.
Plans for today...not sure yet.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Thomas]

Thoughts and speedy recovery Sophie.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Dennis if you have gone this long without it...

I know, they said “for $10 more” we can get you this new receiver. I said “I’m more inclined to cancel”. They didn’t push it. Lol


Doves are up.
My 2nd bathroom break of the night. drank a lot of water last night. Would like some more sleep.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
hot and sticky day, high in low 90's with rain showers later, heat advisory still up.

PT this morning early, then I think I'll work on organizing/cleaning up garage and will likely be able
to pick a meal of snowpeas today.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 70° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 83° with PM rain. I think today is going to be a conserve energy day.

David, best wishes for Sophie's surgery today.

Roy good you are feeling better.

Don, hope you get sprinkler valves figured out.

Mostly, I have found that most want to tell about their tractors. At this show there was no one waiting behind us to talk with owner.

Everyone stay safe and healthy.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

70 going to 91.

Ron, great bluebird. We've been watching them land on the edges of our roof and feed their young.

Yesterday I retilled the garden and put black landscape fabric down...reused last year's so didn't have to cut the dozens of holes in it. Buying the more expensive stuff is really worth it...and 6' wide so it covers the tiller width with room to overlap. This is the latest we've ever planted a garden by far, for a number of reasons, but we were growing tomatoes and peppers in pots and transplanted them. It got so hot my wife thought she was about to go into heatstroke, so did a first aid protocol. Stayed in house and binge watched Yellowstone for rest of afternoon.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 77˚F heading to the upper 80s. Cloudy 70% chance of afternoon clouds.
I sneaked a peak at this weeks ranking in H&F and surprisingly not only am I still #1 but I have a 2 game lead on #2. To positively maintain my lead tonight I can only loose one game. The pressure is on. Yesterday during my nap deprived practice games I lost three, glad they did not count.

No Mostly, depriving myself of a afternoon nap for cards was not in my best interest. The Sunday H&F card group has beginners in it that do not understand the 4 laws of closing melds.
Austin has a bicycle shortage: Bicycle shortage affecting Austin may continue for another year

Got an appointment today for the Kia's another 6 month maintenance (they mentioned that If I wait, their mandatory mask requirement is still in effect) - still using the free coupon book negotiated at purchase.

Every time I think I have the water valves figured out I start to overthink and then they don't make sense. Today I have access and tools so hopefully I can turn the valves and figure this out, If the rains don't flood me out again. The valve I took a pic of filled with 4" of water after I drained it. Leak or seepage from the rains, time will tell.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, sunny and hopefully cooler today, was 96 yesterday, luckily under a massive tent for kids band event yesterday.

Eric, any poplar I take down is due to rotting etc. I have made benches from the Ash trees.

Turtle nest marked off and got some pool time yesterday.
Neighbor lost their dog, went looking with my hound, who can;t find anything but food and stinky things to roll in, luckily neighbor found his pup, but not until close to midnight.

TXDon - seems like whoever put in your plumbing had a bad sense of humor.

One of the foxes was wandering down the driveway, saw us and ran. Thought they were more aware of their surroundings, was maybe 20 feet from us and dog.

Hope Sophie's surgery goes flawlessly today

Stay safe and be well, flail arrives today. Built rolling dolly for it, will see how it works.

My boy on Guitar.

Turtle Mom after I moved her from road day after laying eggs.

 

[toppop52]

85 headed to 90, but this hot at 9 AM, makes me think only 90 for a high is a bit wishful thinking.

Got this shot of the hummers this morning.

 

[rswyan]

75F and mostly cloudy @ 10:00, headed up to a high of 83F with showers and/or thunderstorms likely this afternoon.

Refilled hopper feeder yesterday, scoop of cracked corn for doves, also put out 8 mealworms each, front and back. Plus two refill two suet feeders.

Watered the south end of the newly seeded area where I'm trying to smooth out the bumps as it was getting some sun. Moved water buffalo around back for refill after that as it was empty.

Mowed all down around the house.

Mowed upper front.

Started trimming back the Japanese yew at the southeast corner of the house. It's huge - probably 15' wide x 12'+ tall - and will be getting removed and possibly relocated if I can get it out without damaging the roots too badly. Took one dump cart load of the trimmings up to the compost pile.

Spread last bag of lime on the lower front.

Spread two bags of actual lawn fertilizer on lawn around house (finally ! )

Moved pallet with with large Contico tool box on it around back and got that hosed off.

Hosed off spreader before knocking off.

Currently on menu for today:

Prep blueberry patch for vegetable plants (weed, probably remove old wood chips and add composted soil)

Plant said vegetable plants.

Refill feeder for hummer.

Momma bluebird on Nestbox No. 5:

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

 

[buckeyefarmer]

85° , yesterday 91.8° is hottest of year so far.

Wife went early to pick strawberries, passed her coming home just after I left for work. She’s making more jam today.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 61F @ 7:15AM. Mostly sunny. High 87F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph.

Ran into strong headwinds north of Bishop, CA along US395 yesterday afternoon, which turned into cross winds along CA70 for the rest of the trip. Laid down on tank bag to get out of the wind, a real pain in the neck. An early 6:30AM start got me to Bishop before it got hot, and from there north the elevation gain kept temperatures mild. After eleven hours in the saddle, it's still a contest to see if the saddle or my butt will be the first to break in.

The area around our campsite was hit very hard by last year's Castle Fire, but firefighters saved Camp Nelson and the surrounding homes. There was heavy equipment everywhere along the road removing trees and branches, all charred and blackened by the flames. I followed an empty semi trailer used to haul wood chips until it turned up a side road where a temporary chipping station had been set up. All the road shoulders in the burned area were covered by chips. Sure hope nobody tosses their cigarette butts into the chips, as they'll make great kindling for all the standing dead trees. Maybe that's the plan to finish the job, as it's hard for me to even imagine how they're going to clean up all those thousands of toasted acres othewise.

Maybe Randy can coach you through the installation of a '70s style vinyl roof if you can't find a new one, Kyle.

The neighbor was supposed to come over with his big backhoe while I was gone and knock out the rest of the water tank terrace, but I see that didn't happen. No word on why, so I'll get going again on it this morning. Also need to make calls to arrange for the tank delivery, and more gravel.

Hope everyone's week gets off to a healthy start!

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 55, going up to near 90 again... both Sat and Sun hit 92. NO RAIN! Again, all around us, just bypassing our area...

Only caught a brief report of a wildfire to the north of us, but this morning, the sky is very hazy and filled with smoke. I am assuming it has grown in size.

Just been piddling around... changed the oil in the truck, replaced air filter. Then took the time and did a full interior detail. Taking it in for warranty work tomorrow. The driver's window switch decides to only work intermittently. Hopefully will be a quick repair.... I hate waiting for hours at the dealer!

The wifey has a bunch of plants really grow well in the greenhouse. Some will be coming out soon.

Best wishes for Sophie's surgery today and for a speedy recovery!

Rick, you need to turn off the rain vacuum and let some of it fall up here! That's a crazy amount of rain that you have gotten!

Everyone have a great day and start to the week!

 

[PJSprog]

70°F and cloudy with some light sprinkles this morning, going up to 86° today. Chances of rain predicted through Wednesday.

Wife had an event Saturday with a local rescue group. Took the foster dog, who left from there on a journey to another foster home in Atlanta. Her surgery staples were removed on Friday, so she got the all-clear to travel. She brought home another foster from the event. This one is an Aussie mix about 5-6 months, is mostly blind, but can hear just fine. Cute little thing, but rambunctious and hard-headed. She's in for a manners boot camp. I spent much of the day riding around on the zeroturn. Six hours later, the grass was all shorter. Wanted to get the broken off clothes line post dug out of the back yard, but couldn't find my round tuit. Maybe some night this week when the ground is softer.

In addition to bringing home a new foster dog, The Wife also brought home her brother Saturday afternoon. He stayed with us Saturday night so we could get up early Sunday morning and go paddling. He's been wanting to go with us, so we found a place that rents kayaks and headed out early Sunday morning. We loaded up and drove north to Lake Springfield in Springfield IL. We rented a kayak for him at the Lake Springfield Marina, put in there and paddled south about 1.6 miles to a little park in Chatham, where we stopped and ate lunch before heading back to the marina. We just kind of hung around on the water back at the marina, watching all the boat traffic and people playing on the water. It was quite busy there. The weather was supposed to be cloudy and rainy, but the rain never materialized and the clouds broke shortly after we got on the water. I didn't take my wide brim hat, so I got more sun than I'd hoped (planned) for. We had a great time, though. Everyone at the marina was super nice, and very helpful with the BIL for his first time out. The lake, though busy, was pretty nice, too. We'll definitely go back.

Glad you're feeling better, Roy.

Always great to see young people getting into music, Ken.

Best wished for Sophie today, David.

 

[lostcreekranch]

Good morning to all! Low of 55, going up to near 90 again... both Sat and Sun hit 92. NO RAIN! Again, all around us, just bypassing our area...

Only caught a brief report of a wildfire to the north of us, but this morning, the sky is very hazy and filled with smoke. I am assuming it has grown in size.

Just been piddling around... changed the oil in the truck, replaced air filter. Then took the time and did a full interior detail. Taking it in for warranty work tomorrow. The driver's window switch decides to only work intermittently. Hopefully will be a quick repair.... I hate waiting for hours at the dealer!

The wifey has a bunch of plants really grow well in the greenhouse. Some will be coming out soon.

Best wishes for Sophie's surgery today and for a speedy recovery!

Rick, you need to turn off the rain vacuum and let some of it fall up here! That's a crazy amount of rain that you have gotten!

Everyone have a great day and start to the week!

"Rick, you need to turn off the rain vacuum and let some of it fall up here! "

We'll likely be wishing for some of .. in July / August.

Was it your neighbor, I met in Austin, the one having to sell his tractor?