Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 70ºF for the start, partly cloudy, .5 inch in gauge, light breeze. light wind, moderate gusts, sky variable cloudiness, and high temp 103ºF, HI 108ºF. putter to start day, then bike ride. Cool off then mow back yard, lunch the nap. Wife wanted to go to town for dinner so we did.
Ron glad you were feeling better yesterday. Nice progress on roof, good to know you did not try to over do. nice s KOM pic
Thomas clearly no drought
Thomas hope trimmer work went well, you hot temps.
Drew sorry rain causing problem. Hope garage time and errands go well. That is sad about the family killed in the flooding. Sorry about ants.
Buppies sorry about son fight. Hope you can get some help and sleep. prayers sent.
Dennis hope you get some rain.
Billy sorry about the return of the smoke.
Mike sorry about having to move tools again.
Kilroy nice job on the sharpening. Glad you got some time on the from porch. Hope your flippy thing holds up. glad Harry did not catch what he wanted to. Hope trip to woodlot went well.
Frits that is a lot of wood to stack. Hope your signs help with neighbors.
Paul nice progress on speaker, good to hear upstairs getting organized. Hog should have flattened out more. Glad A/C operator error. Glad you got some R/C flying in around the showers. Hope you can get mowing done. Hope you get FAA paper work don for tomorrow.
Ken 7 inch lot of water. Very sad news on all the deaths from the flooding. Sorry about all the extra water in pool. Sorry to hear about roof leak.
Don hope water restrictions can be eased soon. Hope cards go well.
RNG hope inspection goes well for the house, good luck.
Drew have fun planning the trip. No tractor here, boat will have to to do
Don glad 85ºF felt cool to mow in.
Ken good to hear roads returning to normal. Nice pics
David hope you can finish mowing today. Hope Happy hour goes well.
RS hope weed spraying went well, and you got some mowing done.
Tactical good to hear healing progressing. Yup need to work smarter.
Scaredy hope nothing serious with truck.
Two_bit I know 90% of what I save will not get used, but no one can tell me how to make keep/save decisions
Kilroy hope new set helps with sharpening tools.
Dennis hope you can do some clean up.
Chris glad you found some pants and shorts nice total bill.
Mark sorry you are having problems with hickory nuts.
Scott(vt) nice work on the toy chests.
David glad mowing done before you have to start again.
Frits hope mowing done, repairs look good.
Thomas glad trimmer got good exercise. Nice you got nap, hope critter theater good tonight.
Dennis sorry garden watering did not work. Sorry about bug bites. Hope tomatoes doing well.
Dennis sorry cat did not wait for nature to wake you up. Good to hear IRA is so far so good.
Randy(wag) glad you are getting some rain, and winds abating. Good to hear gutters rehung. Hope clean up went well.
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.

 

[two_bit_score]

Two_bit I know 90% of what I save will not get used, but no one can tell me how to make keep/save decisions

And nobody should try to tell someone else what to keep. Speaking for myself, it's aggravating when I keep something a long time, finally throw it away, then need it two days later.

 

[two_bit_score]

When you live alone, these things tend to get put off until you realise "where did this mess come from?"

Sometimes I find it's better to just not turn on any more lights than absolutely necessary.

 

[Wagtail]

Stop trying to tell us about the future!

Well then, you'd better catch up hadn't you.

 

[sodamo]

New place for Happy Hour a pleasant surprise. Not new physically as we had frequented pre pandemic but under different management. Initially thought it might be unappealing fiscally as the companion restaurant attempts to be somewhat high end. HAppy Hour prices actually quite reasonable and the offerings appealing. We’ll be returning next week.

 

[ronjhall]

Poured first cup of coffee. 51° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 78° with mostly sunny skies. Did a little house cleaning yesterday and stayed out of the smoke filled air outside. Air equality alert should be lifted today. Neighbor needs a couple of digital deadbolts installed today. Then go to Sam's Club and pickup new glasses.
Yesterdays sunrise was one of the reddest I have seen. Thought the black spots were a dirty camera lens. Nope they are Sunspots on the sun.

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/solar-activity/en/

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Buppies]

Great picture Ron thanks m7040

Slept pretty good last night. I always try to be the peacemaker sometimes not so well, a lot of not going so well going around here. Got to do better got to do better. Jay hope you are well

Prayers for all silent or spoken our Country

 

[KilroyJC]

Good Morning!

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

61.9F going to upper 80s.

Administrative running around went well, 00% gas for chainsaws. The price on the pre-mix has gotten completely ridiculous,now I will be mixing 50:1 and 32:1 myself from now on. The trip to woodlot with dogs was much quieter than the day before, although Harry was still interested in the scent there was no maniacal urgency. I fired up the sawmill for the first time in about 3 months and it started on the second pull.


today will be a morning of milling logs before it gets too hot, so I can build the porch on the new building. 10Wx8D so it will be fairly easy. I intend to mix up a borax solution and spray all the lumber before assembly and stain/paint, to prevent carpenter bees and post beetles from having a field day.


i hope everyone has a happy healthy safe blessed day!

 

[daugen]

good morning all
a warm sunny smoky day here, going to work in garage

I can vouch for Ken's falling trees in the woods, while I was there, there was a loud CRACK
and a crunch. Thankful it wasn't on top of us, we could not tell where it landed. More firewood.
Ken found it later. Not sure we heard this one or a neighbor's tree coming down at same time.
Thankfully Ken was able to fix his mower, no help from me.
But we sweat together in solidarity...

I hope today is less humid than yesterday. This hot and sticky stuff is what I hoped I'd left in NC...
we have had so much rain that it will probably take a few days to settle down. Half my veggie garden is covered in mold.
I've been soaking everything in neem oil.
today I think I have to do a little snipping out there, clear out some leaves to let more air in.
Strawberries turned into a jungle of totally non producing plants, just lots of leaves. Not doing that again...
almost considering yanking them all out and putting something else in there, maybe flowers.

Ken's home in the woods is really pretty. look how green everything is here

 

[wngsprd]

69 and some ground fog, going to 91.

Prayers said for your family, Buppies.

Ken, hope your backyard isn't too bad off.

Scott beautiful cabinets. Bet they smell great.

Ron, sunspots! Wow.

Took a nice hike before the smoke got too bad yesterday. Surprised how many folks out on such a hot day. Grilled some brats for lunch and took a much needed nap, then fixed the fan. It did great last night.