Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

Good Morning.

80F and sunny @ 10:45, HI 86, DP 73 ... heading up to a high of 87F again today.

Somewhat of a disaster this morning - The Woman confessed she has let us run out of beans ...

Fortunately, we do have Taster's Choice ... so it's Kaffee con Leche this morning.

Got order for 20# of milky spore to treat the lawn grubs placed last night.

Also placed a small order with Eden Bros. for some seed - perennial and fall-blooming wildflowers, lavender, cat mint, and catnip ... which should brighten things up a bit.

The lavender and cat mint are for the groundhogs - apparently they don't care for the smell of either one.

The catnip is for the cats of course.

Hope to get another order placed in the coming days for bulbs and a particular color of peony (light pink) The Woman has been wanting.

Today's agenda includes finishing up the clean out of that east side planting bed along the edge of the woods and getting the hosta planted over there.

Probably do further prep work (leveling, add more screened compost) on the planting bed on the east side of the frog pond.

Then later this afternoon or evening, once the sun drops behind the trees to the west, will probably start the gutter clean out on the front of the pole barn.

Suspect it's now probably dry enough to move forward on the creek crossing, so that's a possibility as well.

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

 

[PJSprog]

70°F and foggy this morning under clear skies, going up to 93° today. We'll be pushing 100° this week again, so heat advisory has been issued.

Storms popped up on and off much of the day on Saturday, but we really didn't get much in the way of rain. Most either missed us, or only lasted about 5-10 minutes. Still, made it mostly an indoor day.

Sunday was dry, and hot. I spent about three hours taking the line trimmer for a long walk around the back yard fence, the house, the trees and driveway in front, and the pond and swale. I was a tired and sweaty mess when I was done, but everything looks better now.

RNG, my friend did indeed make it back from Kabul. He posted some pictures on Facebook yesterday from his date night with his wife Saturday night at the Potomac Winery just outside DC.

 

[sodamo]

70°F and .05 inches rain. Except for some rather robust winds, Linda pretty much passed us by.

Got the texture paint sprayed yesterday. Wielding that hopper gun was a workout, especially the ceiling. Although I had taken care to mask along the walls, I managed to excessively spill probably a gallon or more in the uncovered center area. Not a real problem as it will be covered but will still require extra cleanup today.

Zoom Happy Hour this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[daugen]

sun has come out finally, though one more shower may pass through
weather station says 3.75 inches
water ditch overflowed again, soaking my butterfly bushes
wouldn't be surprised if closest one drowned

 

[sodamo]

Soph got this moon shot on her walk this morning

 

[Thomas]

73F steady rain started little after 3pm around midnight fading off.

Been slow motion day enough so caught 30 min nap.
Going to be inside night because of the rain.

Enjoy the day all.

 

[PJSprog]

Thunder is getting quite loud here in north St Louis city. Sounds like I'll be sitting in traffic a bit this afternoon.

 

[MossflowerWoods]

Hey everyone, sorry I'm tardy (again), Good Afternoon!

I'm very busy with my remodel finally getting started over the last few months. I'm getting up to speed in my new job at Cisco, but its still weird due to the Virus. My daughter is past 12.5 and rapidly turning into a teen and lovely young lady. My girlfriend and I are still doing well. I need to load pictures into my laptop from my phone...

Basically the basement bathroom is 100% functional (needs repainting, long story). I've moved exisitng HVAC into the attic and split the upstairs (inc. the too be built addition new Master BR), I added a mini-split to the "garden room and now we eat there every day. I put a new HVAC into the "utility room" in the basement and reducted for the main floor and basement, thereby clearing room in the center of the basement for the 9' pool table. I've had a TON of landscaping done to reclaim brick walkway paths into very nice paver patios, and he is starting a raised garden bed area for my GF next. All the former mossy jumbled brick walkways are pea gravel and slate stepping stones. Last week the Plumber upgraded all the existing bathroom toilets to match the basement, and we will soon start the refurb of the current master bath (tiny) and other 2 bathrooms (when all done, I will have 3 full bath & 2 powder rooms.

The new mudroom and coat closet which will have the door to the attached 2-car garage. my builder is mudding the drywall. Meeting with a painter tonight. The Pool refurb including new concrete apron, new pad for the hot-tub that project starts 9/14 (after GF, I and my daughter return from Maui vacay). My son (36 is getting married 1st time in Sept.).

I've ordered all the kitchen cabinets, next we are converting the old dining room into my office and expanding the kitchen 2' + into that area to add square feet to the NEW kitchen. I've bought the new fridge, dishwasher, wall oven and gas cooktop, deliveries start this week.

So please forgive my absence, I've been busy, productive, and HAPPY for the first time in a very, very long time...

I hope and pray ALL of you are doing well.

Be well,
David

 

[sodamo]

Good for you David. Wishing you the best.

 

[Alien]

Hey David, I know where you are at because the same is happening here. Not quite as extensive as your remods but much the same. Garage (Barn) kitchen and 2 bathrooms to do and all associated painting, tiling etc. Paid for the new wall oven and cooktop yesterday and Hitachi fridge is on order. Kitchen designer guy needs a shove to get this all moving. Plumbing supplies have arrived. Upgrading pipes from 1/2" to 3/4" and new pressure pump.
Supposed to be ripping off old guttering today but it has decided to rain. The rain is welcome though.
So much to do before house is re-clad...