Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

2022-07-10, 0837

57° right now...high in the upper 70's...

Woke up around 0230-0300...had a heck of a time getting back to sleep (around 0500-0530). Posting late today and still a bit woozy from interrupted sleep. Probably back to bed for a while and do the weed trimming in the afternoon...chipping too

Interesting article, nice video

Cyclists Encounter Six Massive Bull Elk On Mountain Road (Watch)

What do you do when a group of six bull elk with massive racks are approaching you on a mountain road? Move over. The video was recorded by James Mason in

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Any of you guys watch NB88 on YouTube?

The wise ones.

 

[Thomas]

Buckeye...don't forget National Kitten Day is today...lap time and treats.

 

[rswyan]

It's either 69F or 77F and sunny @ 09:30, depending on who you want to believe. I think I'll go with 69F, which is the reporting station at CAK ... as opposed to "Bob's Weather", a local PWS just down the road via WU.

At any rate, both of them seem to be close on the forecasted high temp for the day: 85F or 87F.

Woman was up repeatedly last night, first couldn't sleep and then cat woke her up. She was pizzed ...

Up way too early after going to bed at around 03:30 myself ...

Did manage to get around half the EarliGlo Strawberries potted before I went to bed last night.

Also got the WB filled yesterday after replacing the hose.

Agenda for today:

Move plants out of the garage.

Refill one suet feeder.

Deploy chipmunk traps. Haven't been seeing many lately but they are still around.

Get oil stain applied to cedar board I bought a year ago for a shelf on the aquarium planter stand. That will be used on the top, which will raise the pots and allow for a second level below.

Spray rest of expanded garden area with glyphosate. Will have to wait a bit on that as it's still in shade and there's likely dew on the grass.

Make the rounds with the Water Buffalo, water new plantings up at the shop, peach trees.

Further clean up on back patio area. There's at least one pallet back there and some junk wood that needs hauled out to make some room and declutter the area.

Once that's done, I'll load up the asparagus, strawberry and rhubarb plants which are in the garage and get them moved around back. Don't think they will be bothered by the critters if they are up next to the house. Might be a few more squash plants that can be moved around back as well.

Run up and get another dump cart load of screened compost and make up some more potting soil to fill the tote. Any leftover can be taken around back and used to raise the end of the flower bed where the last three summer squash plants will go. Maybe get those planted.

The summer squash bed needs cultivated and soil added to it, so there might a second trip up to get more screened compost.

Woman noticed and commented about how all the summer squash that had been planted had really greened up. I think I'll mix up some MiracleGro and water/feed the winter squash and pumpkin plants, which are looking pretty yellow at this point.

Finish up that second large cage for another tomato plant and get one planted.

Finish mowing down here around the house.

I think I'm tired already ...

Hope everyone has a great Sunday ...

 

[rswyan]

Kyle,

That critter was a groundhog.

Interestingly, shortly before I took that picture he was grazing on the other side of the road.

I pulled out my Ruger LCP and took a shot at him from around 25' or 30' and missed, at which point he ran back into a culvert below the driveway going up to the gas well.

Wasn't long after that he came back out and came across the road (closer to me) and continued grazing on the way back to his den which is under a woodpile over by the shop.

It's almost like if you're on a piece of equipment they don't even see you.

Good luck with all you have going on at work, sounds like you have a plate full ...

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .76 inches rain

Scag culprit may have been a bad wire connection to starter. Time will tell.

Got a bit of mowing, 3 of the interior sections done. If it dries enough could finish rest of interior. The interior refers to about 6 acres in middle of the property surrounding the house, cross fenced to keep the dogs in and the pigs out. What might be considered our lawn area but in reality is just former pasture that has been mowed over and over since 2005 but would readily revert to pasture if neglected.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[txdon]

Good afternoon! 101˚F at 11:45 A.M. Today is suppose to be the hottest day so far this year heading to 108˚ and above.
The Chicago neighbor said at least you don't have to shovel hot.

 

[Dftodd]

Good afternoon! 101˚F at 11:45 A.M. Today is suppose to be the hottest day so far this year heading to 108˚ and above.
The Chicago neighbor said at least you don't have to shovel hot.

We actually had a cool down this morning. It was pleasant walking the pooch. Comfy and a nice breeze.

We hit 110° Friday in Central Arkansas. It felt like you walked into a steamer if your were out on the asphalt.

Yesterday morning I was soaked through with sweat on a 1/2 mile walk with the pooch at 7am. It was already mid 90's. About sunset last night the wind picked up bringing in cooler air from the east.

 

[txdon]

106 at 1:06
Hottest hour will be 5pm.

 

[daugen]

not that hot here thankfully.
took hours to get done but got the whole graveyard videotaped, for some future use.
High end Mavica drone, very cool to watch.

now I think I want to do absolutely nothing.

we have an $8,500 estimate to take down that ancient dying tree in the second pic. Gulp.

 

[Alien]

Saturday night was our coldest night so far. 5 deg C. But a beautiful day followed as was yesterday. In fact it was quite hot out in the sun. Lovely Winter now the rain and wind have stopped.
I removed some electric fence star pickets and wound up all the wire and scrapped it. I used the posts to mark some hidden stumps in the paddocks. Don't want to hit another one after it cost me the best part of $2,000 last time when I damaged the Flail mower.
After that I finished placing rocks around a garden bed that I have been putting off for too long. Then got some buckets of dirt to fill in around the barn so I can grass it. I then drove the tractor around the paddocks picking up fallen sticks to make it easier next mowing session.
I almost bogged the tractor when I was getting buckets of dirt. (well I did bog the tractor) With a bit of bucket pushing and 4x4 drive I managed to drive forward and then turn out of the soft patch. Thankfully didn't need to call my mate again. Had to go to another area of the farm to find good dirt.
Well it's Monday morning already. Hope you all have a great week.

 

[sodamo]

Got almost an hour of mowing with Sophie’s BX before getting rained out. Have to admit to being impressed with her BX. With the filled tires and extra 4” width I found it quite stable on slopes, far better than even my LS (not filled). Grass was still wet from overnight rain but not enough to clog the discharge. I told her I thought it a better mower for our conditions than the Craftsman or Scag Z turn. Only 11AM, so hopeful conditions improve and I can get back out there.

 

[RoyJackson]

Trimming is done with the weed whacker
Some branches are down and staged at the chipper, but not enough to start the tractor to chip....maybe more over the next week. There's enough to do, but I'll need the pole saw.
Done today...time for a beer

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Productive day was had..... string trimmer worked flawlessly! Got a little more than halfway of what was left to do. By then, it was too hot to continue....
Not as hot as Don or Dftodd, but, lets say it was just too warm....

Finished up a few zones of drip irrigation, so the plants are happy for a few days.

No sign of a storm cloud in sight! Supposed to be a cold front coming in bringing some moisture overnight tomorrow. That might trigger some storms for Tuesday.

Came in and cooled off with a hot shower .... then put some sirloin burgers out on the grill. They were tasty.

Time to relax.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, back from Europe.

I now know what happens to a car when rocks fall down a mountain in Switzerland.
Still waiting on the bill from the rental car company.

Big rock hits in front of us and explodes. then lots of rocks hit us.

i hit the gas and looked in the rear view mirror.

Person behind us stopped, rocks hit their car, bolder knocked off his roof rack, car sat their smoking.

Road closed and people behind him to help.

We could not get past the rocks behind us, so kept going, hoping we would not get hit more.
Windshield broken, large dents in the hood and scratches everywhere. Still had some rock bits attached to the car afterwards.

We are all ok and the rest of our trip was great.

Still catching up,

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Yet another mild overnight Low of 7C, calm and overcast. It's 11C now and may reach 13C. No rain but showers are predicted for tomorrow arvo.

The daughter of the horse owner is out on the front paddock/exercise arena. A lovely, active 'young lady' and I was happy to set-up an arena for her to use. It's the start of the Winter school 'break'; probably lasts for a fortnight. I certainly don't remember getting this much time off when I was in school! <said in a curmudgeonly voice>

I'll get stuck into chain-harrowing this arvo. I noticed a lot of light grey fur in that paddock so it looks like a couple of wallabies had a 'discussion' last night.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Morning all, back from Europe.

I now know what happens to a car when rocks fall down a mountain in Switzerland.
Still waiting on the bill from the rental car company.

Big rock hits in front of us and explodes. then lots of rocks hit us.

i hit the gas and looked in the rear view mirror.

Person behind us stopped, rocks hit their car, bolder knocked off his roof rack, car sat their smoking.

Road closed and people behind him to help.

We could not get past the rocks behind us, so kept going, hoping we would not get hit more.
Windshield broken, large dents in the hood and scratches everywhere. Still had some rock bits attached to the car afterwards.

We are all ok and the rest of our trip was great.

Still catching up,

WOW! Glad you are ok. I bet you weren't expecting such excitement!

 

[txdon]

Kenmbz glad you made it through the avalanche, hope the insurance picks up the car damage bill. Exciting vacation. I prefer my dull vacations.

109˚ today thanks to the clouds that rolled in early this afternoon. It did drop to 107˚ at 7:30pm for Whippers walk.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Day started with a few snags streaming worship, but got it done. As minister started his sermon, his PowerPoint froze, and I had to fix it. Which was just restarting PowerPoint, but to the minister I had performed a miracle.

Large after church crowd at lunch, usually there is 10-12 of us, today over 20. We set 4 tables in a long row. Local Italian place, owners who do most of the cooking are Italian and her mom still lives in Italy. He loves us coming, a super nice generous guy who donates a lot back to the community.
Stopped by orchard for more black raspberries.
After I got home, jumped on ZT and mowed it all, mowing 8 for field, 14 for around house. Mower did very well after changing hydro fluid yesterday.
Sprayed just a little sevin left over from last year, had trouble, sprayer hose leaking before the spray valve. Ended up grabbing old spray hose from old tank that had cracked, but I had kept the hose “just incase”, so today it got reused. My hands still smell like sevin after many washes and another shower.
Got trash and recycle out for tomorrow.
Quick shower and head to evening service, I had songs. Good study in Gal 3.

Last night I posted 12 part series on George Washington’s 1770 survey of Ohio river, in my FB picture group. Lots of responses. I traced the route for each day on google maps using the measure function and posted that with a write up I copied from the web. One place they found a sycamore tree that was 36 ft around, 3 ft off the ground. He had a friendship with the Indians. One place they killed several Buffalo, the town there today takes that name. Very interesting reading.

Thomas, got a little time in the chair with the kitten.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 74ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Light wind with moderate gusts, sky stayed mostly clear, and high temp was 99ºF, HI 102ºF. Chapel to start day, then made pancakes for breakfast. Did clean and lube chain on Volagi, removed broken spoke from Peugeot, Figured out lock mechanism on boat driver chair, put away nav lights, found issue with water pressure gauge, still need to recoil anchor rope, and do some clean up before Saturday. Did get nap in.
RS Glad you got weeds at fence down Sounds like got a lot of Saturday's agenda done.
Randy(wag) glad horses moved, glad Church went well. Hope you enjoyed your quiet day.
NHBX hope the trimmer got it's exercise, Happy b-day to Jasmine.
Drew glad you slept well last night, hope day went well.
Thomas hope day went as planned.
Billy glad you got some rain. Yes mustard really helped. Glad town trip went better than expected.
Buppies sorry vacation is over.
Kyle glad you got to pool yesterday. Hope training and learn go well, prayers sent.
Roy thanks for link
Ted sorry rain changed it's mind.
Rich sorry about pole saw getting bent. Glad you worked out how to fit everything together.
RS getting a lot done.
David glad you may have found problem with Scag. Good to hear progress on mowing.
Don no you just melt in it.
DF good to temps have abated for a while.
Drew glad videotape done. Sorry about the tree price.
Doug good to hear you have such nice weather, glad you got unstuck without help.
David good to hear Sophie got the better mower. hope you get more mowing done.
Roy glad trimming done.
Ted sorry no rain, Glad trimmer worked well.
Ken welcome back. Scary car story. Glad you got out with only car damage.
Randy(wag) I don't remember 2 weeks off except between spring and fall semesters, and that was almost 3 weeks.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid, /learning new job, Bird/aging issues/, Don /mom's pipeline process, /fire nearby, Randy/FIL living alone adjustments /MIL Covid /son's heart issues, /pneumonia and not posting, Roy /palpitations, /angina , Billy /wife fall, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /wife knee healing, Thomas/gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery/retirement, / passing out issues, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife's hospital stay, /torn bicep, Ken /kids shot tragedy, David(sadamo)/Sophie's new eye surgery recovery, /cataract surgery, /Sophie's hand infection, Chris/neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /wife not feeling well, /marriage, Paul/ wife's disc issues, Gale and KY/ tornado victims, Mike /5 year plan, Dennis /retirement plans / brother "alligallyitus" and improving, Drew /foot heel issues, /friend cancer diagnosis and recovery, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Ukraine war, mass shooting victims and family, and Country.

 

[Buppies]

Back home long day finished up trip with side trip to GeorgeTown had marvelous lunch at Between the Antlers shrimp and grits nice to be home