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   / Good morning!!!! #151,651  
Was just outside tightening the clamp on the hose for the Water Buffalo (in the sun)

It was hot but didn't seem oppressive.

Guess I am maybe acclimating to the heat.

Of course, I wasn't really doing much, but sitting on my butt in a chair when I did it ... :LOL:
 
   / Good morning!!!! #151,653  
3,500 headstones, 20 seconds each = 19.4 hours
Lot of work!
good thing I'm not doing the weedeating. That the caretaker does.
Probably takes 8 hours to mow the whole graveyard with a smaller 48 mower like mine.
You just can't go fast in there, have to be super careful not to scrape the stone.
And after three or four hours of focusing on that left edge of the mower, you start getting sloppier.
Then it's time to call it a day and come back. So I'll do four hours instead of last time's five. half one day, half the next.

yes, perpetual, meaning forever. Why we have endowment funds specifically for the graveyard.
Current price for lot reserved and maintained in perpetuity is 1000 per lot. Plus all the burials costs which funeral home handles.

just came back, knock on door, golf cart was here. Guy did a very nice job on the prep and delivery. No scratches, like new.
was too hot to fool with, so put it in garage in shade to charge the battery. Nice that it comes with a new Club Car smart charger. No buzz.
And Trojan purple batteries.
Driver thinks if I take the spare tire off there just might be enough clearance now that it's raised to fit the rear of cart over the front rail. Then the rear gate
could likely close. I don't think it will.

think I'll fool with it later tonight or early tomorrow morning when it's cooler. Have to hook the car up first. Thank goodness for backup cameras.
 

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   / Good morning!!!! #151,656  
Good morning (afternoon) low was 62°, high was supposed to be 90°, buts it's already 92°. Hazy sunshine, not sure if it's smoke or building humidity.

Errands are done, piece of metal picked up. Now need to get out to the shop to finish the planters.

PopG, have a nice flight.

Drew, is there a director of maintenance? That's a lot of cutting and weed eating! Does the meeting still have your old tractor?

It's been so dry here, no need to cut the fields yet. Just weeds growing in areas up against something like the driveway and fence. Why can't they just stay out in the field?

Maybe if we get some rain, things will get greener. Normally in spring it greens up, but then just doesn't grow during the early summer. No spring rain = brown.....

I'm playing chef today.... center cut chops on the grill along with smoked baked potatoes and white corn.

Gotta get out to the shop before switching hats.......

Everyone have a great day!
 
   / Good morning!!!! #151,657  
Does the meeting still have your old tractor?

a bleak story. When I left for NC, I left them a $6K Case IH tractor in really nice shape.
Through neglect over six years it became a non runner and I'm told it was sold for $600.

We have a caretaker and his wife, yes head of maintenance and he gets free housing and a small salary on top.
It's a lot to take care of. The house they get I think is unattractive, being right on the main road.
 
   / Good morning!!!! #151,659  
94F and sunny @ 15:15, HI 110F, DP 74F.

Flip-flops located in closet.

Some clean up done in basement.

Garage opened up and veggie seedlings taken outside (into the shade)

Hopper feeder refilled.

About two dozen droopy squash and pumpkin plants watered out front. That perked them right back up ... (y)

Plants in dining room watered. Looking like we are getting a good crop of coleus.

Aquarium stand planter unloaded to be taken outside.

Happy to report that not a single pot that I planted pumpkin seeds in yesterday was disturbed (I sprinkled cayenne powder on top of the soil in all of them)

Same has largely been true for the grow bags I planted the gladiolus and ranunculus in - minor disturbance on top of the dirt and then they leave it alone ... (y)

First glads are starting to pop up.

And we have the first dahlia bloom:

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