Good morning!!!!

[Buppies]

BEF what part of Virginia

 

[wngsprd]

25 going to 43. Woodstove feels good. Ended up with a quarter inch of rain.

Glad you got some sleep, Buppies.

BEF, have a safe remainder of your trip. The light display sounds pretty cool.

Roasted coffee yesterday, but not enough for gifts...just enough to resupply, so more roasting this week. Got a short hike in during the last hour of sun.

 

[daugen]

speaking of coffee, just opened big Amazon box dumped outside my door last night.
Opened box and saw a bunch of things including a coffee grinder.
Nope, not mine.
This time I looked at the label carefully and sure enough, a next door neighbor, so this will be the third
mis delivery I've had to do myself. Must be temp drivers for Amazon, it's pretty bad.

 

[rswyan]

23F and "Fair" @ 07:00, headed up to a high of 42F with sun for the day.

Hopper, two sunflower tube, and one suet feeder refilled yesterday, plus some cracked and whole corn laid down for squirrels and deer.

Got old flue pipe removed, was in really bad shape ... probably from over-firing when burning paper. Will need to watch that in the future.

Also managed to extract the old damper which appeared to be in decent shape.

A good bit of vacuuming to clean up all the mess from that, but still more to do directly behind gas furnace. Other vacuuming done as well.

Plugged the entrance to the chimney with old plastic bags.

Got stainless steel sheet metal screws (and string for tin cans for fence) from out in the garage and brought them downstairs to screw the pipes together. Still having trouble getting the seam on one pipe to seat.

Local hardware only had one elbow, need two ... so a trip later over to their other location which is a little further away. Supposedly they have six of them in stock, but will call to verify before I head over. Looks like I may need another two foot section of flue pipe as well.

Scrubbed and hosed down old squirrel feeder. Had intended to spray it with bleach, but the spray bottle I put the bleach in wouldn't spray ... will have to find another one today.

Got angles cut on boards for new hopper feeder, also slots cut for the plexiglass.

Mounting board attached to roost box and roughed up the dowels for the perches with some sandpaper.

Some kitchen clean up and dishes done.

Did some labelling on the plant labels, pen tip is plenty small/fine enough ... now just need to see how the paint holds up out in the elements.

Tried the Moo Shu Shrimp for dinner from the local Chinese place, was actually very good. Woman even commented on it after having some (and she said she wasn't hungry ... )

Broached the subject of the possibility of staying home for the Holiday and not going over to relatives. We'll see ... but it's not looking good.

COVID-19 cases in Ohio are way up ... approaching the peak in 2020, with the worst of it concentrated here in Northeast Ohio. Governor has deployed 1,000 National Guard to help with hospital overload.

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

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s a balmy 20 degrees outside and going to climb all the way to 37 under clear skies.

Yesterday was another lazy day of puttering around in the shop.
Youngest son and daughter stopped by again for lunch.

Today the little plane has to go to Allentown for its biennial radar transponder check, but I think that my oldest son will take it, so I will likely have another day of puttering around here.

 

[Bird]

NWS says it was 35 degrees here at midnight, has warmed to 39 degrees by 5:30 a.m., with a 30% chance of rain and/or sleet this morning and going for a high of a sunny 51. How's that for covering all the bases?

Today is our regular garbage collection day, and they always come rain or shine, so I just took out one bag of garbage AND the recycling bin that was about full. Slight sprinkles when I went out and radar shows more rain nearly here.

I did a little grocery shopping yesterday, so today looks like I'll just be staying in, on the computer or watching the boob tube. I might even start my annual chore of cleaning out the file cabinet instead of waiting until after the first of the year.

 

[rswyan]

Sassy is eating with no indigestion since Vet visit.

Good to hear ...

Got a chunk of suet.

Nice red-belly ...

 

[riptides]

21 outside this AM, heading to mid 40's.

Weekend blew by. Wife said all she wanted for xMas was an owl box. So I built her one. Believe it or not, I did not even have to run to the hardware store. Got rid of some scrap wood too in the process. All that is left is to paint/stain it and hang it in the silo. The hanging part should be fun. LOL.



Hope all have a great start to the week. Especially so in this Holiday season, may you all find peace, health and happiness.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Yeah, I actually posted elsewhere so might just redirect you David. Link to the Scooter Website.

Now we can take the dogs walking/riding.

As some are aware my wife and I both have bad backs. Just two days ago I was confined to bed which is very frustrating. I have had 2 laminectomies and suffer sciatica as does my lovely wife. There are good days though. We just need to learn to take it easier at our age. I'm a slow learner. A...

www.tractorbynet.com

I have a 2 wheeled one as well I bought for the grandys when they come. I can ride it OK but it's very hard on my hips and back.

Did you get the FEL option?

Nice scooter, not what I pictured in my mind.

 

[Buppies]

Ron glad sassy is better

Nice bird house riptides