Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Riptide, my brother who is happily at lake in Michigan right now reported from Markham, South of you:



We have been on generator 24 hours. Towns of Warrenton, Markham, Marshall and MIddleburg
still without power. Trees down all over. Worst just east of us.

 

[rswyan]

Stringline strung in the Yellow Crookneck patch, and 5 stakes put in on 2’ centers.

Filled up the WB.

YC plants were drooping so She watered those (plus the rest of the ones out front that I hadn’t gotten)

At that point I decided I’d had enough of the sun so I headed up to mulch around that big maple behind the shop.

She kept weeding out back (in the sun … )

Got the perimeter of that about 1/2 done, 9 bags placed.

Came down for a little snack and a Mike’s.

Should have shade now to start digging the holes for the Yellow Crooknecks so will head back there for that.

 

[Alien]

Daugen, that bug looks similar to our Christmas beetles.

 

[daugen]

Alien, looked like it came from far away
but then I'm not a bug expert
Almost wood like grain on exterior

 

[PJSprog]

Google suggests it may be a spotted grapevine beetle.

 

[daugen]

Google suggests it may be a spotted grapevine beetle.

well that sure makes sense
my next door neighbor has 30 linear feet of grapevines
one of his bugs came over to visit?

finished endless personnel zoom meeting, brain is fried
my last official bit of business except I have to write up detailed notes, but that's next week.

starting to make a big list of stuff to do tomorrow, get ready for little trip. Have 7 one pound strip steaks to pick up at local market, and three pounds of
freshly steamed shrimp for appetizers. And a big bottle of Kelchners cocktail sauce. Originally was going to take one pound of raw shrimp but was immediately told
absolutely not, smell of shrimp shells brings the bears in and then the porch gets torn up. That happened once while I was inside 30 years ago, literally looked out the window and bear was three feet away.
I slowly shut the curtain...and hunted for my camera.

Now that I have finally fixed the trailer so I'm not a menace on the highways, I should have a nice four hour max drive up there. 65 and cruise in right lane.
same route as always, all my life. 202 to 287 North through NJ, up Thruway 87 in NY until Kingston, head West.
Going to nephew's home in West Kill and then friend's cabin in Arkville. These are my foodie friends and for 50 years our motto has been No One Goes Home Hungry. And we sure don't.
No electricity, that gets a bit much at night. Propane lamps are very harsh on the eyes.
Very happy I'm staying in nephew's brand new home 45 minutes away. with a new queen bed and hvac. First world. I'll go play in the second.
Nephew thinks no phone service. Hmmm. My laptop better work or I'll be MIA until Tuesday night.

Or perhaps I'll get eaten by Bob the Bear. Not quite as friendly as Thomas's bears.

Toppop, hope you are doing ok.

 

[Rich B1]

The county I live in (Tuscarawas) has been declared a disaster area from last weeks storms. The township I live in is identified as one of four with significant damage. I know my property has been surveyed twice by the county EMA people and once by the NWS.

They have identified 3 separate Derecho events hit the county early last Tuesday with winds at 100+ MPH.

This is a pic from the next township S.E. of me in an area called Schupp’s Hill. The damage there is stunning.



Some friends live on that hill. They suffered no property damage to their farm, but that damage is about 200 yards from their house.

Whatever happened at our place passed within 45’ of the house. That is where we lost some trim on the house.

 

[daugen]

that looks like a tornado went through there Rich.
Always good to be in lee of trees, something to block the wind
until the tree uproots...

all that wood breaking must have been quite a sound
glad it was only trim for you

 

[Rich B1]

There are some trees in my woods that look more like a tornado Drew. They are physically twisted. But the NWS is adamant there was no tornado.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

High today went a little bit higher than forecasted, hit 84°. Only big puffy clouds, not even a hint of a storm. That's OK, more on the way over the weekend.

Took the new shrubs I picked up yesterday and Wifey found new homes for them. Then, of course, I dug the holes. Had to do them by hand, wasn't going to spend the time to put the PHD back on the tractor. Wasn't bad, the soil was soft and moist at least a foot down.

Only a few really wet spots to avoid, where the rain had left some bigger puddles. Of course, they were the first spots Max ran into....

I was having a bad day.... just no energy, feeling blah... Took many breaks, drank plenty of fluid. I didn't sleep well last night, so probably the root cause. The drip still needs to be hooked up, but that will happen tomorrow.

Also need to swap out about six drippers on the fence line planters. most of them overflow after about a half hour. The drippers will get a size down.....
2 gal/hr will change to 1 gal/hr. , 4's down to 2's. Not hard, just couldn't do it today.

Hopefully, I'll have more energy tomorrow. We want to start marking out the walkway in the courtyard. At least a rough idea.