Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 78ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light wind, moderate gusts, Sky cleared up some late morning, High temp was 92ºF, HI 101ºF. Bike ride to start day, 62 miles. Nap after lunch, had hoped to get back out in heat and work on mower but motivation was hiding out. We went to food truck for dinner, had to stop for some idiot passing on a curve with speed limit now 25 mph
Ron Glad you got mowing done. Hope the UV light helps. Nice stretch pic.
Drew glad good visit with brother. Sorry about the large check writing. Interesting points on long term care.
Drew expensive tolls
Billy thanks for the info on hornets. Have you tried gas on the European Hornets? Glad you took day off with wife.
Scott(vt) nice pic on the Super A.
Kilroy hope no rain on the street fair and car show. Nice haul.
Thomas nice group last night, hope you got your slow motion day.
Dennis hope breakfast was good.
Drew neat pic
Chris glad you released the deck this time.
Buppies sorry about no sleep. prayers sent.
Don Hope you get your rain. Sorry about all the 100ºF+ days to get it.
Drew nice tractor pics.
Mike Glad you could get away. Had to chuckle at horses lining up, when I am riding so many start towards us hoping for treats Nice pic
RNG sorry about the reluctance to share info people should be expected to share. nice pic of back yard.
Paul nice rainbow, glad you some flying in. Nice progress on speaker, Hope tre clean up went well.
Drew glad you know when to come in and cool off.
Ken nice pics interesting sign on the surveyor pic
Frits glad wife chair that easy a fix. Good to hear progress on PW, hope wood stacking went well.
RS that is a lot of beetles. Glad you are enjoying your BLTs. Sorry about no progress with the ground hogs.
David sorry about guys losing H&F. Good to hear food was good. Wonder how long for people to notice new TV.
Dennis glad good breakfast, sorry about slow updates. Glad you are getting help with mowing.
Joel good to hear from you. Glad you had a good day shooting.
Dennis good progress on mowing. Good to hear paper towel soaking up oil.
RS nice progress in garden, glad you got rain and you did not get soaked.
Randy(hope church was good.
Drew nice rain.
Ron good to hear Sassy liked at least on of the chew toys.
Thomas glad you got the closed door tour Nice wheel horse.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /back surgery healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

Motivation seems to be hiding out today. Can’t say I looked too hard.

Did get the new deck belt on the BX, not that bad. Found a neat trick to deal with the tension spring using a string. No exposure of fingers. My only prior deck experience was the fiasco with the salesman. So much easier when you follow directions.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 66° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 81° with mostly sunny skies. .3" of rain yesterday. Never made it to GD graduation partly yesterday. Had a sore throat and sinus problems all day. Still having same today. Hope to get out in some sun today and help clear up the sinuses. So far netty pot and other cures have not helped.

Popeye, hope you can get things ready to get to warm weather this coming winter.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
woke up to loud alarm on phone, I guess an amber alert, sounded more like a tornado alarm.
wide awake from that...
1.36 inches of rain so far, and still coming down
sump pump running, going to be a wet day

Ron, sorry you weren't feeling well, you are up too early also, did you miss Sassy's delivery?

 

[ronjhall]

good morning all
woke up to loud alarm on phone, I guess an amber alert, sounded more like a tornado alarm.
wide awake from that...
1.36 inches of rain so far, and still coming down
sump pump running, going to be a wet day

Ron, sorry you weren't feeling well, you are up too early also, did you miss Sassy's delivery?

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We did not. Go back a few post.

 

[daugen]

We did not. Go back a few post.

wonderful, somehow logged on after that
hope you feel better Ron

 

[wngsprd]

73 going to 86. Some t-storms last night and more likely today.

Sure is darker at 5am than just 3 weeks ago. Turned on the outside spotlights and saw mama raccoon and 4 young ones under the branch where the goldfinches spill sunflower seeds from the feeders...feeders are safely in the house right now.

Buppies, hope you got caught up on your missed sleep.

Rip, glad you and your wife got some mountain time. I find it breathes energy into my soul. BBQ sounds good, too.

RS, nice beetle "harvest."

Thomas, that's a cool Wheelhorse. Sure his grandson will be excited.

Had a typical hot summer day...dump run, hike to the river, watch a little baseball (San Diego vs Phillies) and then mow for a couple of hours until my wife got home with groceries to unload.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
75 and humid already and staying cloudy with possible rain for the day.
Rained almost every day last week!
Future doesn't look to good either. Wish it would go where it's needed.

After fighting for 4 months with Medicare I finally picked up my new CPAP machine and supplies! Trying out a new head gear to see if it will cause less neck pain. So far it seems to be ok. Added bonus is I can now put on my glasses to see my phone if needed.
All this rain has stunted most of the garden but we are getting some out of it. String bean plants are only 1/4 the size they should be by now. Tomatoes are stunted too! Squash plants seem to be doing fine.

Worked outside on various projects for my sister and cousin till driven indoors by heat or showers. Worked in the shop on a special project for myself. Although some might find it squeamish I decided to make my own final resting place. Hopefully won't be using it for a while!

Wife and I are status quo on health issues. I see the doc on Tuesday.
Other than that still poking along trying to cut the grass between storms.
Wife will be out visiting friends today so I will tinker in the shop and maybe sit and read a book for a while!
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly…).

68.8F, going to upper 80w, allegedly no rain today.

T-Storms held off until almost 7PM, but around 1PM the skies got threatening and there were some distant rumbles of thunder, plus some gust front winds, but the rain didn’t come with that. It was enough for me to stop my chisel & plane sharpening project … I still have to sinish the blade for gro my great-grandfather’s wooden block plane, and also strop all the chisels and blades. I have some spokeshaves that also need to be done but I never got those started.

Mrs had found a door harp (basically ansoundbox with four strings and four pendant beads that sound notes when the door opens and closes) at the local thrift. It was missing the beads and the ribbon that it hung from was torn. I replaced the missing beads with 3/8-16 nuts on dental floss, and a piece of old belt replaced the ribbon.

I was hosing some wax moth debris off of one old hive frames and must have disturbed some yellow jackets, and managed to get stung on my earlobe. That was fun, and I had two different ears when we went out, but got some anti-inflammatory ointment on quick enough that it was not too bad. Jewelweed is good stuff!

For a little podunk town, our local theater group does some amazing productions! Another fun night out at the theater. We got there early enough to not get rained on — normally we would sit in the car until the doors opened, but I looked in the rear view and said “ Let’s get under the marquee roof now… we can stand for 10 minutes…”

after church I will likely finish up the sharpening project. It will be nice to have all the wood tools back into true again.


I hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[Thomas]

Indeed your artist Phil.