Good morning!!!!

[Alien]

So much happening here I don't honestly know where to start.
Stepson came for the weekend to help out. Pulled a rotten gutter off the back of the house. Messy job. Pulling kitchen apart so electrician can access walls to fit switches. Emptied all pantry and kitchen stuff into 8 storage bins. Finishing architraves around windows. 9 more to do. Wife helping to paint them. Big job. Shed kit arriving today. 4 1/2 tonnes. Builder to erect next week. 6 meters of topsoil arriving today and 3 meters garden loam. (where to dump it all?) Lawn needs mowed, weeds need sprayed. Paddocks need mowed. Cars need washed. Who said retirement was easy?

 

[Thomas]

Guess you have gotten to that chapter in retirement hand book about working at home.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I hope he gets an extra dose of crash symbols!!!

45°F and cloudy and windy this morning, going up to 57° today. It is supposed to be sunny today, but that only lasted about maybe 15 minutes while we were eating breakfast out in the sunroom. Some dark clouds rolled in and it got very windy. I really need to get some outdoor stuff done today, as we're going to be dipping below freezing overnight most of this coming week.

Wife was watching the little one again last night, as the boy and his girlfriend went to a Halloween party. I stayed up way too late waiting for them to get back, and my stayupiness ran dry just after midnight. No idea what time they arrived, as I was already fast asleep what The Wife finally came to bed. They (he) apparently drank too much, as he's been in and out of the bathroom all morning, and is still in bed as I write this at 12:22pm. That's about to change, though, as I'm in the studio, which is right across the hall from the bedroom where he's sleeping, and I'm getting ready to continue working on some drum parts I started last night. Wakeup call!

Hoping it warms up a bit this afternoon. Really need to clean and store the kayaks, then drain and store the hoses.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

So much happening here I don't honestly know where to start.
Stepson came for the weekend to help out. Pulled a rotten gutter off the back of the house. Messy job. Pulling kitchen apart so electrician can access walls to fit switches. Emptied all pantry and kitchen stuff into 8 storage bins. Finishing architraves around windows. 9 more to do. Wife helping to paint them. Big job. Shed kit arriving today. 4 1/2 tonnes. Builder to erect next week. 6 meters of topsoil arriving today and 3 meters garden loam. (where to dump it all?) Lawn needs mowed, weeds need sprayed. Paddocks need mowed. Cars need washed. Who said retirement was easy?

It does sound like a lot is going on.... I love to spread dirt, or gravel, but only with my tractor's FEL and box blade....like spreading icing on a cake.

Drew, sorry about your shed situation. Hope you get them to take it back, or the piece will show up.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, best of luck getting your shed resolved.

Doug, good you’re staying busy

Sounds like some really nice family time being had.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Well, got the shed remodel completed. Well almost..... just some paint touch up on the trim and the door has to be painted. All new siding, trim, and roof. Didn't turn out too bad for a 25 year old shed.
I ran out of steam and the knee was complaining, so tomorrow will be the official completion.

 

[wngsprd]

Wng, hope your powder stayed dry in the rain.
I have only shot muzzleloaders on firing ranges, not familiar with them for field use. Must be exciting after a shot, waiting for the smoke to clear. At the end of your day, do you fire off your charge before you climb down from the tree stand?

Wasn't too bad...not really rain, just some drips off the trees as the first breeze blew.

When I first hunted with a borrowed blackpowder rifle, that procedure was required. The more modern version allows you to just remove the firing cap which makes the gun considered safe and "unloaded" by the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources. Sorta like having a rifle cartridge without the primer, I guess. There is still just one bullet (.50 caliber), loaded from the muzzle along with powder, and the cloud of smoke when fired.

It is unlawful to hunt over bait or minerals, and it is unlawful to even feed deer from September 1 to January, and discouraged by them at any time due to potential disease spread, since a few western counties have reports of Chronic Wasting Disease.

That's a real nice jack-o-lantern.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Coffee is brewing. 46° with light rain this morning. Heading to 53° with more in the morning. Cloudy skies in afternoon. .66" since yesterday. Found something that was easy to install on Mule. CV guards took about 10 minutes each to install. Did not get anything else done. Not sure what I will get done today.
Tree from a few day ago has gotten full color. Hope to get some dry weather so I can get drone out and get more pictures.

Mostly, hope you get your desk hutch mods figured out.

Everyone stay healthy and safe.

Good Morning All.

Pretty tree Ron, hope you get to fly the drone.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

53°
Back from camping, put some nice ruts in my yard getting the camper put in its place. Even had to use 4 wheel drive it’s so wet.

Last night had a nice campfire but sat back under the camper awning due to rain dripping.
Told the camp host about my GBS experience camping there 2 yrs ago, he had never heard of GBS.

Lunch before we left.

Finally had sunshine on the drive home. And very windy.

Once camper was unpacked, decided to mow just the front, which ended up being the field also. Got all the leaves mowed that are down.
Saw a nice buck down by the creek, but too far for a pic. Took mower down to get closer but it ran back into the woods.
Took tree pics while mowing, but was getting too dark.
Our only wild dogwood.

 

[Alien]

Well the topsoil and garden Mix soil arrived followed shortly by my barn Kit. relief...