Good morning!!!!

[pennwalk]

PJ, always nice to see you here. I have enjoyed your posts.

Chris

 

[toppop52]

if only there was a hawk sitting on that tree limb, Wngsprd's pic would be worthy of a magazine cover. What a view.
Being high up is its own adventure.

I’ve got an eagle he can borrow.

 

[toppop52]

Drew should enjoy these

I watch those all the time and marvel at the lack of boating skills.

 

[toppop52]

My dad was a 20 year old boy on the morning of June 6, 1944, he was man by noon that day. Dad got “volunteered” to transfer from artillery to the Quartermasters about six weeks before the invasion. Their mission was to land first and preposition ammo and equipment for the main forces when they landed. Only a handful of those first LCMs made it to shore. My dad was 5’7” tall, the landing craft drivers were scared kids and stopped short of the beach. Dad stepped off the ramp and immediately sank over his head. Luckily a a tall farm boy type was right behind him and kept picking him up and shoving him forward until he could walk on the bottom. That was their first run, he made several more over the first few days, carrying equipment in and wounded out.
Thanks dad, and all your buddies, for the freedom we have today.

 

[rswyan]

75F and partly cloudy @ 11:00, headed up to a high of around 81F. Forecast is for more clouds than sun with the possibility of a stray shower or thunderstorm, with rain more likely tonight.

Glad I checked on the mulch last night after I posted - Menard's had put it back on sale through 6/5. So I was able to place an order for another 50 bags just under the wire ...

Plans for today (if not raining):

Refill/rebait chipmunk traps.

Refill hopper feeder, check to see if orange half is still hanging tough. If not, replace.

Some planting.

Some weeding.

Take the dump cart up and grab some more screened compost to make up some potting mix since I used up all I had yesterday.

Probably should mow down here around the house before the rain arrives.

If/when it starts raining I'll be headed up to the shop to work on the Kubota.

Woman is headed out to pick up a prescription before She gets (in Her words) "all hot and sweaty outside" ...

Will have Her pick up a couple of gallons of gas for the Cub while She's out.

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

 

[rswyan]

RS, do you realize how much squash all those plants are going to produce?

Yup, sure do.

It will be quite a bit.

My back is already hurting at the thought of having to pick, load, and transport all of it ...

You'll need a farm stand.

And a place to put it (we're really too far off the beaten path to get much in the way of traffic ... )

Even better, find your local food bank/pantry and donate the
big stuff to them.

That is the plan, already in contact with one of the managers at one of the local ones ...

I am growing yellow egg shaped squash, and most will go to neighbors and food pantry.

I've already offered some of the plants to friends and relatives, just waiting for them to pick them up.

I ate so much squash as a kid, thank you Dad, I swore I'd never eat
more again... I look at green zucchini now and just groan in memory.

It's still pretty popular here (and I ate a lot of it as a kid)

We like to sautée it up along with the yellow squash and some onions as a side dish whenever we have kielbasa. Sometimes have it with other main courses as well.

Of course there's always zucchini bread, which Mom and The Woman used to make as well.

Stuffed zucchini, etc.

find someone who needs a kindness today.

 

[scaredychicken]

photo credit: popgadget


I need an auger like this for the BX23S (?) the one that I have is tiny

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .16 inches rain.

Successfully reconfigured part of my network, but just a part. Otherwise an easy day yesterday.

I do have to make a PO run this morning.

Zoom Happy Hour this afternoon.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low was 57°, going up to 88°, sunny and light breezes at 1015 mph.

Buppies, thanks for posting the video..... that was some rough breakwater! I was also surprised to see not many people wearing flotation devices. Especially the small kiddos. I would have looked at that surf and said NOPE! Not gonna happen.

Drew, did you ever do rough water like that? Something tells me you were a bit more cautious......

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

PJ, glad to see you back! We all need a break every now and then.

Now, where are the other MIA's?