Good morning!!!!

[Wagtail]

Good (Tuesday) morning. Overnight Low was a balmy 19.1C and it's presently 24.9C, overcast with drizzly rain and calm heading to a predicted windy arvo. There was 10.9mm of rain in the gauge @ 0900.

A 'grey day' with not much going on.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[txdon]

Good evening! 51˚F. On the way to PT this morning I realized I did not get a PT notification text so I was not surprised when I inquired about my session today and found out it is actually tomorrow. No problem just kept going down the road to Bastrop to pick up 2 of the completed taxes and mail them. Finished the 3rd today and getting a tiny refund back, I like cutting it close.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 41ºF for the start, partly cloudy, light breeze. Moderate wind, sky cleared, and high temp was 58ºF. Made coffee to start day, puttered, got Fidelity report to tax people, Did some leaf control, the lunch and went for bike ride, wanted to take a nap but not enough time, had ICVFD board meeting on golf fund raiser.
Ron sorry about winter's return. Glad you could help get the lawn tractor running. Nice you could catch some NASCAR. Hope you got ready for limb chipping. Nice woodpecker pic.
Bill hope you are enjoying the snow. Sorry about the family farm getting razed. Hope you don't freeze finding the cords.
Billy my wife had several encounters with tumble weeds in western Kansas. One time her front door got jammed shut from the tumble weeds. Glad you got more oil in the axle. Squirrel must have have surprised. Hope hike was nice, dinner sounded good.
Mike sorry lawn mowing started so soon. glad you and wife got tree taken care of. Hope day job not too bad.
Buppies sorry about the trash in your yard. Hope you are getting enough sleep. prayers sent.
Drew hope session at Verizon went well. Hope dinner was good and fun.
Dennis good link!!
Scott(vt) sorry you have to leave Vermont so soon. Sorry progress so slow on rocker seat bottoms. Sorry to hear about the drowning.
Dennis sorry about your experience from Verizon.
Thomas Prayers for all who knew her.
Thomas sorry about needing a new hoe. Hope temp warmed up.
Ken good to hear garage floor getting bigger. Sorry to wet to use tractor to move branches. Good to see the blooms. nice pics.
Don nice rain total. Hope PT and taxes went well.
Drew sorry session with Verizon went so poorly.
Paul sounds like you got enough done. Speakers sound close to done. Hope oddfellows meeting good.
David sorry no mow. Glad St. Pats HH good, sorry no left overs. Hope you got to mow today.
Dennis glad you got outside, sorry rock so hard to remove. nice pic
RNG sorry your cable is so unreliable. Hope it improves. Glad you got enough done on bathroom to get outside. Hope trailer bearings went well.
Dennis I have too many projects I need to do, working on list to get more things done. Good luck with rock.
RS sorry about your cold spell. Hope you got lawn ready for spring. Nice pics.
Randy(wag) hope you got enough rain.
Don sorry you had the PT day wrong. Glad taxes were close to correct.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[sodamo]

Today’s wx pretty much followed same pattern as yesterday. Not a lot of rain just enough periodically to keep everything wet. Hence still no mowing.

I did get to work on the fireplace, replace the bad transformer and the control module. Added a fan module and wifi remote control. Now we can access from either iphone, ipad, even my watch. Even have a remote temperature/thermometer function. Need to work on placement of the thermometer module, but not critical.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 27° with mostly cloudy skies. this morning. Heading to 44° with snow then winds and cloudy skies. Yesterday was not the weather forecast. Never got above freezing with off and on snow flurries. Did get tractors filled with fuel and lubed. Trip to Rural King for a order that arrived. That may be about all I get done today.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Up since 3:30
really sore from working yesterday.
One tire on tractor was a bit low yesterday. Also fueled it. The shaker hose works well, start it flowing and do something else while it empties the can.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 12 and going to a high of 32°F. Wind N 2 mph. Snow. From yesterday till this morning we got about 3/4", on top of the inch we got yesterday.

Yesterday I got the block heater cords sorted out again. I had tucked the Dodge cord back into its' hiding spot for the summer. The tractor was just a case of plugging it in. The cord for it is always exposed. Checked the remotes when I got back into the house. All work as intended.

The warm weather last week started the mosquitoes and black flies hatching out. Now the cold weather will hopefully kill them off. Fingers crossed.

BEF, while the fuel can is emptying is a good time to grease. When I used cans to fuel my tractor, I monitored it carefully and supported the can. I don't need any spills.

Today is another energy conservation day.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
glad it's not snowing here, but sure got colder, 34 out now going up to 50's in sun and clouds
busy morning, off early to dermatologist, then food shopping, hair cut at lunch time, then after lunch I head for
Verizon for what I'm fairly sure will be a poor experience.
If I hadn't bought the phone from them, and then locked in service to them for three years, which of course is what they want, I'd
move the cell business to someone else.
I told the guy I had been with Verizon for more than 40 years and was not happy.
He seemed like he had heard it all before, and call in the boss and let the boss put the fire out.

my friend made shrimp scampi over angel hair for dinner last night, enjoyed that and the time together.
She asked me to look at a broken light switch, the simple on off one and asked if I could put in a new one.
Normally I don't touch electricity but replacing a light switch is not that hard. This is an older home, and the only choice I had
in buying switches was the choice of grounding tabs. Newer ones apparently ground to the box, and older ones to the ground wire?

switches are about four bucks retail until i found a deal on ten for 8 bucks from Amazon. Labeled GE. ?
I think I will buy the two Leviton switches she needs and will splurge for the four dollar ones.
This is saving her a 300 dollar electrician call.

my dermatologist just had her second child. Can't imagine how she puts in ten hour days and then goes home to little babies.
Lot of women have no choice. She is a very good doc and very thorough. In fact I went to her after cancelling another dermatologist
who only spent five minutes with me. She spends 15. I've had two melanomas already. Unlikely third will be a charm so I take these visits
seriously. Like Buppies does.

hope you all have a good day and accomplish what you want.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

BEF, while the fuel can is emptying is a good time to grease. When I used cans to fuel my tractor, I monitored it carefully and supported the can. I don't need any spills.

I greased it all not too long ago. Can sits on the hood, it ain't going anywhere. I did air up the tire while it was fueling.

 

[Thomas]

28F cloudy upper 30's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Last evening Boo appear 30+ feet from me he took good look and went laid down on his blanket 50+ from me,I sat just outside shed door use 4 gentle words over and over,must been the right words Boo feel a sleep.

Plans for today...8 hours at part store afterwards not sure.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[wngsprd]

29 going to 55. Went outside and grass was frozen crunchy.

Solstice today, so my wife's yoga group will have a spring celebration. That means I'm off to the mountains.

 

[riptides]

32 outside right now, heading to lower 50's.

Hoping the cold does not wipe out the flowers.

Seems to be the pattern for the last few years.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 28 going to 44 maybe ! It may be the vernal equinox on the calendar but doesn’t feel like spring to me !

The sun is out which is great, but not those warmer temps we had earlier this month !

Hope all have a good day !

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 33 going to 47 and partly cloudy.
Picked up and put down some driveway patch in some of the worst areas. Still more to do though. Hoping at some point neighbor can come up with his half to redo the shared road.

First Daffodils are finally open, a few weeks after the ones down the hill.

back to work,

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 56F @ 5:00AM. Sunny. High around 75F. Winds light and variable.
That's as close to perfect weather as it gets around here.

Finished painting yesterday, now have to put the bathroom back together today.

Pulled the hubs off one side of the trailer at the end of the day and it looks like the inner wheel bearings have never been greased. The seals have to come out to get at them, and the one I removed came out damaged. Off to town for parts and other errands today.

I did manage to get the DR mower started by just adding gas and jumping it off a spare battery. It had been a very long time since I've used it, and I was confused as to how the controls worked. I mistakenly thought the hand lever on the left side worked like a motorcycle clutch: squeeze to disengage travel, so when I put it into reverse, it tried to back up over me. Since I already had the gear selector in my hand, I tried to shove it back into neutral, but overshot into first, causing it to reverse directions. I repeated that a couple times before I killed the engine by turning the key, ending the excitement. Once I read the operating instructions printed right there in front of me, I got it started again and calmly moved it up next to the garage without any additional histrionics. Gave it a quick Gunk bath, started it again to bake off the water, and it's ready to load. For the record, the left hand control gets squeezed to engage travel, and the kill lever on the top only works if the blade is engaged.

 

[Buppies]

29 this morning high in 40s breezy high fire danger fires on 12 o’clock knob and Catawba going. Rough night last night

Prayers for all our Country

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 38˚F Winters back, heading to a Spring Temp of 68˚ later with partly cloudy skies and wind shifting from North to South.

I'm thinking of whimping out of FireWise this morning since Winter returned. Will see when the Sun comes up. Dark and cold are not my friends I had enough of dark and cold on my early Sunday morning paper route in Houston in Februarys in my formative years.

 

[daugen]

good visit to dermatologists, nothing major and only one freezie.

have some house work to do this morning, need to get most of plant material out of living room.
nothing new to plant, and greenhouse is full. So far so good.

lots of daffodils blooming everywhere, crocuses, and even some magnolia trees trying to come out.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Just woke from nice nap in lazyboy with pebbles on me, tiger on the warm pellet stove.
Need to finish my stuff to take this weekend.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
34° and might go up 44. Mostly clear skies and a decent breeze.

Yesterday got the finish on the speakers completed.

Got pork shoulders rubbed in the afternoon, and into the smoker when I got home from meeting around 10.
Here is one tray-

Today started with breakfast with the professor. Again, we failed to solve any of the worlds problems, but we shared our insights with one another.

Checked on smoker just now, it’s doing fine. Hopefully be ready by early afternoon.