Good morning!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I appreciate the birthday wishes. Thank you.

Prayers for those in need. For rain in the dry west. And for our country.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, cloudy and warm.
Got RM43 down for the areas I don't want growth and the Milestone Specialty down for the Stilt Grass, which is everywhere and hard to control-comes up through bushes and ground cover...

Drew - glad to hear the shoulder is getting better-
RNG - can you fill up the tank for just in case, even though not inspected?

Stay safe and be well

Refurbished Doylestown theater :

 

[wngsprd]

RNG, thanks for sharing all that info and pix...pretty amazing the fire makes its own weather.

Don, my roaster capacity is 1 kilo, but I rarely roast more than 454 grams (1 lb) per batch.

Saw on the clickbaits that there is a petition signed by 185,000 people to NOT let Bezos come back to earth.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron, awesome picture, did you take that in a kind of portrait mode?
seems like a perfect representation of summer
fly away bee, don't land on me

I was watching bee move from one Hosta flower to the next. It would move up into flower so far I could not get a picture of it. Then it landed on a flower that was not fully open yet. What you see in picture. These are the settings on camera.
f/6.3 1/2500 115mm ISO 1000. I cropped picture to only show what you see.
This is original picture.

 

[txdon]

Ron did you post the original picture in a different way? I cannot see it.

 

[PJSprog]

66°F and clear-ish skies this morning, going up to 88° today. We had a hazy red sunrise this morning. A friend posted a picture of it on Facebook that looked like one of those matte red golf balls.

Made dinner last night, but no one else came home in time to eat it. Leftovers for tonight, I guess.

Spent a fair amount of time tweaking stuff in the studio. I'd downloaded an update for my recording program (or is that called an "app" these days?) on Sunday, and it has all kinds of new bells and whistles to play with. Lots of new metering options now.

Stay safe out there, RNG. Hate to see you having to deal with that yet again. What a mess.

 

[Eric Salop]

These last few days have been hot for a country that has very little air con except in cars (and tractors!). Lots of people complaining, I am just relieved that thunderstorms have stayed away. Hay is ready and the bailing contractor should be here in about an hour. Looks like we will be stacking and covering bales into the night.

.lot's of joking around...mainly on getting a "dead man switch" for in my office

Roy, only thing likely to mortify you is discovering dead mans switch not made to ISO9001.

 

[daugen]

that looks pretty fast Ron, it's the foreground focus and background out of focus that I wonder if the camera autofocuses for that specific effect or you
do it by eye for the best focus on target and that's what the camera does automatically. Just curious about the mechanics of focusing here.
Iphone has portrait setting for clear front, fuzzy back so just wondered if today's high tech cameras do that too, and I know you have a good one.
I think this has to do with depth of view but I'm quickly getting over my head here.

I'm glad Paul doesn't have to pilot around this stuff...
Probably what is making Ron's sun so red

The Bootleg Fire in Oregon is so large, it's creating its own weather | CNN

As hot, dry weather conditions continue to fuel wildfires across much of the United States, the Bootleg Fire in Oregon has become so intense that it's creating its own weather.

www.cnn.com

which means it's coming in this direction...
maybe that explains why there is an air quality warning out now.

 

[ronjhall]

Ron did you post the original picture in a different way? I cannot see it.

I changed it. Posted same way as orginal.

 

[ronjhall]

that looks pretty fast Ron, it's the foreground focus and background out of focus that I wonder if the camera autofocuses for that specific effect or you
do it by eye for the best focus on target and that's what the camera does automatically. Just curious about the mechanics of focusing here.
Iphone has portrait setting for clear front, fuzzy back so just wondered if today's high tech cameras do that too, and I know you have a good one.
I think this has to do with depth of view but I'm quickly getting over my head here.

That Landscape option on iPhones has editing built in to phone. I focus on what I want as center of photo. Then anything else will be out of focus. I can set up camera to focus using multiple focus points. But to me the item I want to be most in focus never is as good as single focus point.

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy, only thing likely to mortify you is discovering dead mans switch not made to ISO9001.

Good point!!!!

 

[rswyan]

80F and sunny @ 11:45, HI 84, heading up to a high of 84F. Chance of isolated thunderstorms tonight.

Was very hazy yesterday due to smoke from fires out west, probably similar today.

Got cylinder reassembled and put back on Kubota. Also greased loader and topped off hydraulic fluid.

Finished mowing the rest of the lower front.

Refilled hopper feeder.

Dug up remainder of hostas along west wall of shop and moved them down into the woods by the creek crossing. Still a few more of those invasive shrubs to pop out before we can prep the bed along the west wall of the shop and plant it.

Nice having a functional loader again.

More yellow squash harvested yesterday by The Woman.

Not sure what all is on the agenda today, but Woman reports one side of kitchen sink has a leak so that's likely the first thing on the list.

She is also likely to be "hot to trot" to get that northwest planting bed mulched now that it's been weeded.

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

 

[buckeyefarmer]

See Don’s suggestion or
If you have to come from under, I have sometimes built a 2x frame of sorts. If fact, for my upcoming greenhouse project I plan on using the forks to lift/hold in place until fully supported. That will require a frame the full length and 5-6 ft out from forks. I’ll fasten to the forks with metal bands for stability.

It’s 18 ft long, has to be unrolled as it’s lifted down(unless I cut it off at the top). Will need to be hand rolled going back up, as the top of awning gets slid into the track, then the tube installed at the bottom. The spring is fastened in place during this. Other end of tube contains the motor.

I’ve watched every YouTube video there is. None with my model. Maybe extending then removing is better. Then spring will be wound.
The plan is to remove the motor end from the tube once it’s down.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .28 inches rain.

Back in the Caretaker unit taping and mudding. Probably about 1/2 done 1st run. Sure wish I had one of those machines like on You tube but no, just hand application with putty knife. At least it’s looking good

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[toppop52]

90 now and quite humid.
Put the other new axle in the Toro and cleaned the grass off everything, my valve stem replacement seems to have fixed the tire leak.
My father in law helped with that and cleaning up the garage.
That’s another story, a situation has come and he is staying with us for a while, maybe longer not sure yet. He’s had some issues living by himself, since his wife is in the nursing home and his disabled daughter died last year. There’s a lot at his place that has to be tended, his grandson has his dog. The outdoor cats have to be fed, and he has several large buildings full of antiques, collectibles, tractors, carriages and countless other things, plus 36 acres of soybeans. I think his neighbor is going to tend the crop, but that leaves a lot to be done.
I don’t mind him being here, we just have to make some adjustments. I won’t mind having the help on things.

 

[two_bit_score]

TOP, I'm sure you will weather this just fine but prayers for your family and FIL anyway.

After 65 years I can say that half of life is making adjustments and the other half is showing up. So if we keep showing up and adjusting we will probably do just fine. Look at the cockroach.

 

[Alien]

Some woman traveller who was fully vaccinated came to Queensland from down south and brought the Covid with her. It is now beginning to spread in Queensland thanks to her. Hope they can stop it asap.

Ordered a new bore (well) pump to come this week. Old one has a faulty foot valve and drains back. Putting a bigger one in this time.

 

[Buppies]

Ron doing better still has scab not sure when it will come off though

 

[Thomas]

81F cloud sun mix slight chance quick passing t storm later on.

All the damage area have been remove on cabin going to nice burn pile come winter,the owner of 2 man partime sawmill stop and chatted,he thinks order will be deliver before the weekend that's if ground dries and no more heavy rain.

No plans after dinner other than setting on the deck enjoying smooth cigar witing for the critters and maybe stars if eye lids don't get to heavy.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Thomas]

Ron doing better still has scab not sure when it will come off though