Good morning!!!!

[scaredychicken]

Agenda for the day ... Car Shows or Bookkeeping ?

Sadly, today it is Bookkeeping ... then critter care, mucking out the rabbit hut etc. I wanted the fun day today - oh well.

 

[sodamo]

69°F and .01 inches rain.

Hope to get my new bracket finished today. My hand cut slots (drill & cutoff) a bit rough and need some dressing up then hopefully my friend Mark will weld. This would be a good case for having the right tools and the skills to use them. Can think of several GM folks I wish were close neighbors

Functional vs pretty. My goal at this point.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[RedNeckGeek]

This would be a good case for having the right tools and the skills to use them. Can think of several GM folks I wish were close neighbors

As long as you're wishing, you might as well wish for one with a machine shop in their garage, too!

But why stop there? Why not wish for a few million bux? And while you're at it, immortality?

But why bother? After all, you already live in paradise, and share it with an angel...

 

[rswyan]

83F and (supposedly) "Fair" @ 13:00, HI 85F, DP 67F Heading up to a high of around 87F. 24% chance of precipitation with the possibility of a stray shower or thunderstorm. Rain chances increase to 58% tonight.

Fuel situation was good, but will need to head down to the corner at some point today.

Swapped out bucket for pallet forks and relocated the pine logs over to the east side of the compost/wood lot.

Also got the pile of split oak from near the edge of the woods moved up to a little closer to the shop, mainly because it had weeds growing up around it ... so now should be a little easier to access and get palletized.

Got front lawn all mowed. No action on the last 10% down here around the house.

Several bucketloads from the remaining junk wood pile moved down to the woods, no stings ... but the Yellowjackets were still there. Pile is pretty small at this point, would like to get it finished up today but we'll see.

Previously screened material ran through the screener again, mostly cleaned up at this point.

Agenda for today:

Relocate soil screen.

Try to get the rest of the junk wood pile moved.

Finish running landscape rake over compost/wood lot.

Swap out landscape rake for tiller and till up the area for the food plot. May need to refuel the Kubota in order to be able to do that since it consumes a good deal more fuel @ 2000 rpm.

Get the seed for the food plot sown.

Run down to the corner for fuel.

Post Office just delivered Woman's order of good-smelling bar soaps for Amazon + plus some Castile liquid soaps (Peppermint and Tea Tree oils) for bug juice and a little hand sprayer to put it on the plants.

Hope everyone has a great Saturday ...

 

[daugen]

RNG, forgot to respond. I put the standard end in the kit on the grease gun and it worked so well I never tried the right angle or slide on versions.
not much help, sorry.

really hot out, got everything watered, going to read a book

 

[Alien]

happy anniversary LS.
Pug wanted out for a pee at 4.00 am. Didn't mind as I was awake anyway. Had practically no sleep at all due to finger shoulder pain. Finger getting worse fast. Hopefully Dr can get the process moving. Looks like I will be spending Sunday catching up with sleep.
Ziggy (Pug) is sleeping on my bed lately now I'm in the other room. He sleeps better and he is good company. Spike sleeps in her room and the other 2 sleep in the back laundry.
Had a nice Saturday at the club flying my Tiger 3 Plane with 21cc Gas engine. Very relaxing plane to fly.
Weather has been fabulous lately. Finally getting some jobs done that my hands allow.
Seems like big aeroplanes have more problems than my models. Glad he got his throttle sorted before he took off. Could have been pretty scary. That happened to one of the guys models one day and he had to keep flying at full throttle until his plane ran out of gas.
Have a nice Saturday you lot.

 

[m7040]

Just got my oxygen regulator back from being rebuilt. It looks like new. They did a good job for much less than a

new one

 

[daugen]

New Zealand going through serious flooding
so many parts of the world seem to be flooding
hope our hurricane season is an easy one like last year.
No more Galvestons or New Orleans

I put 5 more gallons of water in the basement. Now I need to put some canned food there.
What could be better than Spam?
Vegan spam of course.
I wonder if it comes canned like Spam. Must have a fraction of the fat grams.

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I haven't had Spam in so many years I can't count. Fried it's quite a heart attack on a sandwich.
But likely better than than Scrapple for you. Maybe not much. Life's little treats. Don't forget your statins.
barbecued vegan spam. I'd like mushrooms and lentils in mine.

 

[rswyan]

68F and a rain shower @ 19:00, heading down to a low of 67F overnight. Calling for around 0.42" of precip tonight and another 0.29" tomorrow day and 0.22" tomorrow night.

Made decent progress today, although I'm completely covered in dust at this point.

Soil screen and screenings relocated first thing (yes - it's portable !):

More raking done + more of the junk wood pile moved to the woods, this is all that's left:

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Barely a bucketload ... but they're still swarming around it so I know the comb/nest is still in there.

All the junk wood that was moved and piled up along the edge of the woods:

Oak and pine logs that were saved for firewood:

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Pile of split oak that was relocated so it can be palletized (and rain moving in):

Ran down to the corner and picked up some gas for the Cub and diesel for the Kubota, refueled the 'Bota before I started tilling ...

Food plot area after two passes with the tiller:

Was just about finished with the third pass when the rain started coming down pretty good so I called it quits and headed for the barn.

Not too much left to do in terms of prep, other than recover those Ohio "glacial potatoes" ... of which there are easily a bucketload and maybe grade it out with the landscape rake.

All in all a decent day production-wise.

Woman brought me a hot sausage sandwich and salad from the local pizza joint.

Will eat and then grab a shower to get the crud off.

Hope everyone had a great Saturday ...

 

[rswyan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1561148579485556736

Hope Rich and Company is not in the path of that mess.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Looks like dad getting a lot of rain.

My brother did help him get power line back up to the garage. My cell camera now working on the AC adapter because it says 99% battery. Good thing cause it sent about 600 pics of them working.

We had storms here today. My son had a game night tonight with about 12 plus us.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 72ºF for the start,partly cloudy sky, light breeze. Light wind day, sky became overcast late afternoon, and high temp was 93ºF, HI 99ºF. Bike ride to start day, Gravel roads again, more dogs today than last week. 50 miles done 12:12PM. Lunch nap then dinner. Radar indicated rain here tonight, but sidewalks still dry.
Roy glad audit went ok. Hope you got dump run and mowing under control, glad right side only occasional twinge.
Buppies good to hear rain not messing too much with work. Sorry pond not back up.
Kilroy sorry about the insect noise among the other brain tunes
Bird surprised they are changing that much.
Thomas glad cubs were entertaining last night. Hope cleaning all Mrs wood furnace needs.
Drew hope low activity day went well.
Fritz like your plans.
Dennis sorry about hotel hope tonight is better. sorry about baby out doing you last night. Nice pic
Paul glad throttle easy repair, nice looking brisket.
Roy like your plan for the day.
Drew glad grill came out good.
Ken hope you got to fair, nice deer.
Ted hope you took day off.
RNG caught your video on bike startup, thought there was a lot of noise and was guessing valves. Hope OS update finished ok.
Drew wild male pigs have a distinctive taste most folks don't like, Young pig are best.
Kyle glad you got some rain. Did not know there are small Buc-ees stations. Hope trip to your mom's went well. Glad you got date with wifey.
Scaredy sorry about bookkeeping and not fun today.
David hope bracket works for you.
RS nice progress yesterday, hope today was as productive.
Doug sorry about sleep/pain issues. glad you are getting some stick time.
Fritz beautiful job ob regulator.
Drew good luck picking out your food.
RS nice pics sounds like you got a lot done. Nasty looking weather.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle's daughter/friend PT from Covid,/mom's breathing, /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, /fall injuries, /angina /wife ankle, Billy /wife back & hip, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /3 new skin cancer spots and treatment, /wife knee healing, /getting dehydrated and cramping, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, /wife's eyes, Steppenwolfe/son-auto immune disorder, Grev/wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery/retirement, /family issues, /wife feeling bad, Doug and wife/health issues, /nerve and pain, / wife headaches, 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, / friend stop drinking, 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, and Country.

 

[Buppies]

Just think ground is dry mostly dam is 27 feet

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Sunday) arvo. Yesterday's Low was 6C but this morning's Low was -0.9C = very light frost. It's currently struggling to reach 12C and there's a 'wind warning' put out from now until late tomorrow. It's overcast and, really, nothing in the gauge... which will change by tomorrow (Monday).

Yesterday I got away at 0500 (picked up another meeting 'delegate' in St Marys by 0535) for a very pleasant, practically traffic free, drive to Devonport. Arrived by 0840. Fun/interesting day at the conference, which concluded by 1700. We headed back about a half hour later.

Light traffic home but, once the sun set, I needed to be extra vigilant as that's when the 'critters' come out! A wallaby tried to commit suicide against the side of the ute but missed (just caught that out of the corner of my eye), a confused little possum was spotted in time (Possum, "Do I go right? No, left! NO, definitely RIGHT!!"), but the major avoidance were two different wombats.

I managed to see and swerve them both in time. Wombats aren't all that big... but they are solid. They will wreck a car and do serious damage to a ute.

Uneventful drive after dropping my friend off in St Marys, getting home by 2035. I just put the electric heaters on in the house, had a wee bite to eat (+ a glass of Pinot Noir ) to finish a long day.

Of course Church this morning was extended as it was also our AGM (finances report/election of Church Councillors/etc...) Whew, I've started the fire in the woodheater and am more than ready to put my feet up.

Take care all.

 

[Buppies]

68 rain and storms we shall see

Took wife out in convertible yesterday she had a ball gone most of the day our time

Prayers for all our Country, Toppop, Alien and family, Kyle and family school start, Kenmbz, all others spoken or silent

 

[wngsprd]

69 going to 80, and rain likely later.

Buppies, that convertible ride sounds like fun. Glad you got some nice time with your wife.

Yesterday was dedicated to the world of grass. Dump run and diesel jug refill, compressed air cleaning of mower, then crank up the deck and pry chunks of grass crud ...I bet my tarp weighed 40 lbs when I was done...grass has been so well blessed by the rains that it is tropically lush this year. Then mowed for a while to enjoy a completely different sound...when the deck has accumulated grass crud, it makes a more muffled sound, and clearly doesn't discharge as well.

When almost finished mowing, I came up the hill on a seldom used narrow trail full speed, and thought that the branch hanging over the trail was just a sapling bent over...nope, it was a hungry briar that turned my hand and lower arm red with blood...so back to the house for some nursing and a get well kiss. This was the one trail I didn't walk and pick up sticks and lop off any overhangs.

 

[RoyJackson]

2022-08-21, 0624

64° right now...high in the mid-80's

While wife and stepdaughter were at the wedding, I did some housework...mainly carpet cleaning and washed the dishes and silverware. Margeaux was outside, patrolling, and had no interest in coming in.
Today...lawn could use a bit of a trim...borderline...but I think I'll let that slide and do some work on those audit findings

 

[wngsprd]

Oh yeah, Thomas, I saw a hen turkey and 2 young poults walking in one of my food plots yesterday. It's very late in the season for poults to be that young...I guess her first nest was unsuccessful, and her second only has 2...maybe the rain, or predators.

 

[Rich B1]

That mess stayed north of us. Odd, didn’t get an alert on the phone about the tornado warning. Looks like it extended into Bucks Two. where I live.

There is thunder and lightning again. Been off and on storms all night.

Been awake since 3….. way too early to be up.

 

[scootr]

4am. 62º going to 93º in Winchester CA today. Sunny and dry. Wish we could get some rain without a flood. The wheat crop was a bust this year again. Everything needs water.
Looking forward to playing with the new tractor today. Kubota MX5200 arrived yesterday. She's a beastly beauty