Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

Lou, thank you. I would sure like to be as skilled as that guy

 

[check]

Thanks for the nice comments about Sharon’s 4Runner, guys! I forwarded them to her and she will be tickled pink! (We had 2003 4Runner Limited back in 2003, and several other vehicles since, including 2 Pilots that we loved. But I knew that she still longed for another 4Runner, so in a moment of weakness I finally got her a 2021 4Runner in December of 2020, and sold our 8-seater 2010 Pilot - to a family with 6 kids! Felt pretty good about that.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and .41 inches rain

2nd attempt at mowing yesterday only lasted about 10 minutes before the sky opened up again. Today looking better.

After giving up decided to meet some visiting friends for early dinner. Took advantage to make a quick stop at HD.

Zoom Happy Hour this afternoon

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[LouNY]

Lou, thank you. I would sure like to be as skilled as that guy

Yes, he is quite skilled.
It would be a heck of a project to create something similar and likely expensive,
but a nice trailer mover.

 

[rswyan]

85F and partly cloudy @ 13:15, HI 87F. Headed up to around 89F for today's high.

Looking forward to cooler temps tomorrow.

Moved eggplant, pepper, and tomato plants out of garage and water first thing yesterday. They all fit on the sideboard of the Weber Grill now, so they did not get put back inside last night.

The "King Kong" strawberries also got set out but on the ground.

Woman reports that it doesn't look like any of them were disturbed.

Got one suet feeder refilled.

Moved pallet and scrap wood from in back to up in front. Also picked up another pallet off the lawn and put it on the stack of pallets.

Went up with the Cub and dump cart and got a full load of screened compost before it was too warm. Really glad I decided to make that pile where I did (in the morning shade):

Refilled tote for potting soil after second screening. Should have enough to repot banana tree, so that may be on agenda today.

Got 3 sides of shelf for aquarium stand planter stained, will do the remaining 3 today, assuming the first 3 are dry.

Made the rounds out front with the Water Buffalo, watered both peach trees, gingko, and new plants up in front of shop, also large rhododendron in northeast planting bed that looks like it's under stress.

Cleaned up some on the patio around back and arranged plants, moved 55 gallon aquarium out of the way and closer to the basement door, made room for additional plants.

Cultivated summer squash bed at back of frog pond and added screened compost. Not quite done, but significant progress made.

MiracleGro mixed up and two tubs of winter squash and pumpkin plants fertilized and watered, also some loose pots. Will do the 3rd one sometime later today.

More spraying done on expanded garden area. Can see areas that were previously sprayed starting to turn yellow:

Mostly done at this point, just need to take some measurements with my 35' Fat Max tape (that I located yesterday) and set some stakes and run a string line then clean up the edges.

Remainder of screened compost in dump cart placed at the spots the last three summer squash will be planted.

Agenda for today:

Head up to shop first thing and turn on AC for working on Kubota later.

Move sun-loving plants in garage around back to patio area.

Refill Water Buffalo.

Refill hopper feeder.

Finish staining shelf.

Repot banana tree.

Pot the rest of the bare root strawberry plants.

Finish up mowing northeast corner of lawn down here at the house.

Take up recyclables and garbage to the cans at the road and set those out.

Plus whatever else comes up.

Hope everyone has a great Monday ! ...

 

[riptides]

85F and partly cloudy @ 13:15, HI 87F. Headed up to around 89F for today's high.

Looking forward to cooler temps tomorrow.

Moved eggplant, pepper, and tomato plants out of garage and water first thing yesterday. They all fit on the sideboard of the Weber Grill now, so they did not get put back inside last night.

The "King Kong" strawberries also got set out but on the ground.

Woman reports that it doesn't look like any of them were disturbed.

Got one suet feeder refilled.

Moved pallet and scrap wood from in back to up in front. Also picked up another pallet off the lawn and put it on the stack of pallets.

Went up with the Cub and dump cart and got a full load of screened compost before it was too warm. Really glad I decided to make that pile where I did (in the morning shade):

View attachment 753709​

Refilled tote for potting soil after second screening. Should have enough to repot banana tree, so that may be on agenda today.

Got 3 sides of shelf for aquarium stand planter stained, will do the remaining 3 today, assuming the first 3 are dry.

Made the rounds out front with the Water Buffalo, watered both peach trees, gingko, and new plants up in front of shop, also large rhododendron in northeast planting bed that looks like it's under stress.

Cleaned up some on the patio around back and arranged plants, moved 55 gallon aquarium out of the way and closer to the basement door, made room for additional plants.

Cultivated summer squash bed at back of frog pond and added screened compost. Not quite done, but significant progress made.

MiracleGro mixed up and two tubs of winter squash and pumpkin plants fertilized and watered, also some loose pots. Will do the 3rd one sometime later today.

More spraying done on expanded garden area. Can see areas that were previously sprayed starting to turn yellow:

View attachment 753711​

Mostly done at this point, just need to take some measurements with my 35' Fat Max tape (that I located yesterday) and set some stakes and run a string line then clean up the edges.

Remainder of screened compost in dump cart placed at the spots the last three summer squash will be planted.

Agenda for today:

Head up to shop first thing and turn on AC for working on Kubota later.

Move sun-loving plants in garage around back to patio area.

Refill Water Buffalo.

Refill hopper feeder.

Finish staining shelf.

Repot banana tree.

Pot the rest of the bare root strawberry plants.

Finish up mowing northeast corner of lawn down here at the house.

Take up recyclables and garbage to the cans at the road and set those out.

Plus whatever else comes up.

Hope everyone has a great Monday ! ...

Dang....you sure have some talent.

I get exhausted just reading what you are doing.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, saw the pic of your squash and immediately pictured nice slices grilling on the BBQ.

 

[Thomas]

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.

Dang glad you both safe and home.

 

[Thomas]

Still around, more later.

 

[Thomas]

77F clear light breeze.

Before leaving to work 3:15am did outside chores 49F,going down the driveway just off to one notice Boo,and got the look where yer going buddy.

Long day at pt. job and I enjoy see costumers etc.
Pretty sure this evening BIG ole hamburger with all fixing for the grill.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[sodamo]

Lou, thanks
So envious of such talent (and tools)

 

[buckeyefarmer]

79° and low humidity and I’m wasting it with a kitty asleep on me.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

77F clear light breeze.

Before leaving to work 3:15am did.

Just after I went to bed.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Mornin, 87° with an expected high of 105° here in Ellis County Texas!

Welcome

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Tuesday) morning. Overnight Low of 5.6C with a wee bit of early morning rain = 0.5mm in the gauge. The predicted rain for today has changed to a slight chance. (I swear that I should've been a Met rating in the Navy, 20% accuracy would've meant I was doing an excellent job on my annual assessment). It's a steady 11C outside, overcast and calm.

That's about it; take care all.

 

[NHBX]

Someone stopped by to check on the wife’s tomatoes, apparently they’re not ready yet!

 

[daugen]

nice dinner at new upscale Korean restaurant in Doylestown. Everything I had was good, not too salty, called a Bento Box, and it was quiet enough in there only at the very end
did my ears bother me. Big restaurant, very professional, not one Korean in sight... No Kimche for me.

Before that watched the British movie Phantom of the Open at the totally renovated County Theatre in Doylestown.
Slightly weird, not very funny though billed as a comedy, dry, oh so dry...,and touching actually of a true story
of a guy who entered the British Open and had never played golf before. He was loved as the world's worst golfer, shooting a 135 or something terrible.
Just an average guy, a crane operator, told by his wife to pursue his dreams, and she supported him all the way. Nice movie.

now to polish off a few more chapters in the Kindle before tomorrow morning arrives.

 

[NHBX]

Was trying to put 2 pics in the previous post, haven’t got the hang of the new tablet yet lol.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good evening.... FINALLY got all the weed wacking done! Now I just have to stay on top of it. So much easier when the weeds are small. Some of the ones I was attacking had 1/2- 3/4" stalks. Tough SOB's.
I was procrastinating doing it, knowing the knee would be seriously complaining, which it is.

Thursday is the day...appt at the neurologist . I'm going to take Thomas' approach.... tell the Doc that I want answers to why the knee is still giving me trouble.

Good chances of rain tonight and tomorrow..... hopefully some will find its way here.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 75ºF for the start, clear sky, light breeze. Light wind today, clear sky today, and high temp was 100ºF, HI 103ºF. Bike ride to start off morning, then mow back yard. Like Bird some area did not need mowing. Did clean lube and adjust front derailleur, should be quieter. Did get nap in. VFD meeting at 5 went to see what maintenance going on, my main contact was on vacation . Wife fried pork chops for dinner.
Dennis sorry to hear about rocky start to worship. Sounds like nice after church get together. Glad you got sprayer working again. Big tree, wonder how old it was.
Buppies glad trip had no issues and good meal.
David quite the story about the boulder. glad all were safe.
Buppies sorry so late to bed after long trip, glad you got good rain at home.
Randy thanks for checking in.
Drew us folks in Texas would not mind if you can pull it off Sounds like nice day.
Bird congrats on 16 y smoke free.
Mike nice to hear progress on milk house. hope you can keep mowing under control.
Don hurricane or real strong cold front to push out high pressure.
NHBX hope the container garden works out. Nice pic
James nice boat. Hope it was not too heavy for 4Runner.
Drew nice garden haul and nice pic.
Ted I get more done if I give my self deadlines. Hope you got trimmer work done.
Roadkill welcome to GM thread.
Ken neat pic. hope you get caught up with Tikki bar and weeds
Lou not too many home shops have a Moore Jig Borer in them! Hope pre-coating ceiling works.
David sorry rain came back so quick after restart. Hope Happy Hour goes well.
RS Glad some plants not needing constant move in/out every day. hope you made progress on today's agenda
Thomas glad you survived long day at job.
Dennis time not completely wasted
Randy(wag) if you were met rating then you get to listen to all the complaints
NHBX nice pic
Drew glad movie and dinner both good.
NHBX good pic.
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.