Good morning!!!!

[wngsprd]

55 going to 85...mostly clear skies.

Fuddy, sorry about your fall...beautiful floor, though.

Thomas, we only get to see luna moths here on rare occasions, but we are always excited when we do. They are amazing.

Ron, I'm with you...no matter when I go to bed, I'm awake before dawn. I like it that way.

Yesterday was yoga day at my house, so took Della to two parks...ran into a guy I used to work with...taking his two young grandchildren for a hike...hadn't seen him in 15 years. Went to the vet, too. They had given me a free sample of a heartworm pill, but I had already started her on Interceptor Plus...so they exchanged it for a free dose of I.P....she is due for it Wednesday, but at her growth rate, she may max out this strength dose...good for 6 to 25 lbs. She weighed 21.6 yesterday, more than double what she weighed when we brought her home. Nothing like Zoe, but still an amazing growth rate.

 

[wngsprd]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 48° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 73° with good chance of afternoon rain. Windows are back to crystal clear. Easy job to do. All windows are at ground level. Helped neighbor put up swing for his daughter. When I returned home. Mowed grass. It was a chilly day. Needed a jacket most of the day. Got everything ready to do cement work on front pole barn door today.

Fuddy, those steps could use a hand rail? Hope you foot heals quickly.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

Ron, I had to look up your butterfly...Being a Baltimore Orioles fan, the name makes sense...Baltimore Checkerspot butterfly. Nice colors.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 56 to start going to 74 or so !

Fuddy sorry to hear about your fall ! We have one step down from kitchen to the family room and I will have to put in a railing at some point !

Ron, I have the same problem, if I go to bed late that just means less sleep ! Yesterday Kathleen and I struggled to remove our old mattress from our second floor bedroom and get it downstairs to put in my PU. Then we had to get the new one upstairs, which was a job ! We bought a Purple Medium grade, seems very comfortable so far !

Looks like a busy day, need to help younger son with setting up for my grandson birthday party this morning! Then will spend a couple hours there and then to the FD about 4:30 to prep for tonite concert !

Thomas, that pollen is unbelievable! I rinse my truck almost daily !

Dennis , nice mower, enjoy !
Hope all have a blessed and safe day !

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Clear skies, 69˚F before sunrise heading to the mid 90s.

Realtor's panel truck is in the driveway waiting for me to load up plants.

Refrigerator self healed after defrosting, yeah!

The Audio/video shop decided to take on the project in the new house, looks like I'll be getting TV from an app. The system I have in the closet is very complicated he will update and un-complicate the equipment.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

That does a real nice job. Not trying to be your mommy, but where is your hearing protection?

Same place I left my wide hat, at home.
Forgot to bring the drone also.
Only was trying it out last night, mowed 1 1/2 hrs.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Good morning! Clear skies, 69˚F before sunrise heading to the mid 90s.

Realtor's panel truck is in the driveway waiting for me to load up plants.

Refrigerator self healed after defrosting, yeah!

The Audio/video shop decided to take on the project in the new house, looks like I'll be getting TV from an app. The system I have in the closet is very complicated he will update and un-complicate the equipment.
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That is some good equipment. Just need to learn to drive it!

All the wiring may look like a mess, but it is good for getting signal to all the rooms they ran it to. Maybe safer than a multi wifi system as far as radio waves permeating your bodies. Unless you wear a tin foil hat. I have wifi too, but I didn't have the full home network you have there. Some homes have both!

 

[Looking4new]

I got up at 5 but couldn't get on, so I went and did other stuff on the net. The low was 55 and headed to 70°F. Wind was WNW 8 mph, now W 7 mph. Partly cloudy. 40% chance of showers.

I have lots to do but my get up and go, got up and went, without me.

Have a safe day all

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Wiring to every room like that is hard to look unmessy. Some don’t even have terminals on them. I prefer all being hardwired.

 

[Buppies]

Nice set up Don what brand of speakers

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
67° with a high of 78 low humidity and a gentle breeze. Doesn’t get much better.

Yesterday, I got the drains pressure tested and started preparing the surface for the insulation (Crete Heat). Then I realized that I hadn’t provided for the supply lines to the bathroom vanity, other than an outside wall. So….. I dug up the freshly graded stone and ran a conduit from an inside wall to come up under the vanity to push the PEX supply line through. Other than my daughter losing her phone in the field, and the ensuing manhunt (successful) and playing music last night, it was just another day.

Today, there are landscapers coming to trim the shrubs around the house and backfill along the new concrete ramp and grade that. There is also a picnic at the RC field that I would like to attend, even if it’s a short visit.

 

[Buppies]

Good morning plowhog

Glad your daughter found her phone PopG

 

[Popgadget]

Wiring to every room like that is hard to look unmessy. Some don’t even have terminals on them. I prefer all being hardwired.

Agreed.
Here is the electrical closet in my house. Every room has Coax, an Ethernet cable and shielded audio cable that comes back to it. The cable ranges from Cat 3 to 6, as some of it is 40 years old. Coax is a mix of RG59 and RG6. But it is very difficult to keep tidy regardless.

 

[rswyan]

69F and mostly sunny @ 10:00, heading up to around 79F for the day's high.

Did not get much of yesterday's agenda accomplished although I did get the pallet of mulch unloaded out of the van.

After that was done I headed over to a friend's placed and picked up his loader bucket, grapple, and toothbar for repairs and modifications. At 6' wide it's a little large for the Kubota ... :

Also picked up a couple rolls of green vinyl-coated 6' tall chain-link fence that he and I took down a couple years ago from a closed school. There's probably 3 or 4 more rolls of that that I still have to pick up along with the associated posts and tubes. Plus 4 or 5 cattle panels.

Once I got home I got the 2 rolls of chain-link and the bucket/grapple unloaded out of the van with the Kubota.

After that I continued on with the clean up/top-dressing of the 2 rows of peppers and got that completed.

Got one Trip-L-Crop tomato and one Crimson Cushion tomato planted next to the first arched trellis.

Checked the plants on the shelves and watered those that needed it.

And then called it a day and came inside as it was getting chilly.

Did not make it up to the shop for any clean up though and no further work done on the Kubota either ...

Today's agenda will include getting the week's meds doled out which I didn't get done yesterday.

See if I can't get the screened compost I added to the eastern edge of the garden compacted down. Think the Yellowjackets have mostly given up at this point.

Once that's done get the weedblock fabric pinned down and start marking it out for holes.

Probably see about getting that nail pulled out the right front tire on the tire and what has to happen as far as any repairs go.

Maybe get up to the shop for a little clean up.

Plus whatever else comes up.

Hope everyone is having a decent Saturday ...

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 72 going to 81 and sunny.
Did a dog walk early in town, day job, over to Drew's for door measure.
Spent evening going over game plan for dad.

He is now joking and hurting, he still forgets he can't just get up and walk.
GF is angry with us as hospital etc. calls my brother not her, but she has not have a cell phone or email and does not return calls at home. But at least she is still drinking heavy and yelling a lot, this time at my SIL. She seems to agree about the rehab I picked, so positive motion there.

Drew - make sure you order the door with the swing the same (hinges) that you have

Thomas - Lunar moths are pretty wild, we used to see them in MA.

Sorry about the break fuddy, at least get a rail on the steps so can grab onto something

Drew - I have been to San Diego about a dozen times and the zoo about 4 times.
It is so worth it.
Just for the landscaping it's worth a trip.
We did the backstage pass once and got to feed flamingos (what a mess) and the son got to feed a Rhino.
Best zoo I've been to outside of a safari in Africa.

Off to do some weed wacking , maybe HD later when sons friends come over after he is done at work.

Be well,

 

[m7040]

Nice day, a little wind 77 sunny

Moved over the LockNLube and associated swivel over from the Lincoln air gun to the Milwaukee cordless. The Lincoln is now the backup. The swivel fitting makes it easier to use in tight quarters

The dryer went out after many years of use. Decided to change it with a Speed Queen and ordered one from a local appliance dealer

The time on balcony last night was great. Not sure where the bats are but still looking around dusk around the barn.

Hauled up the splitter from the garage in the lower barn and split some. Worked out pretty good with loading up the lift and split on to the table and then stack and repeat

The arborist rope and accessories came in so will take down some branches to begin with and move up to bigger trees. Will use the bucket on the tractor and do the curl trick with

while digging into the dirt to get leverage if needed but likely it will be plenty strong to not need that. I think there is a couple thousand pound of weight in the back between filled tires, cast iron wheels and 4 center cast ring weights and a 900 lbs tiller in the back

 

[txdon]

Nice set up Don what brand of speakers

I do not know. The speakers are in the ceiling. 5 speakers in the family room ceiling. 10 zones, including some rock speakers by the pool.

 

[txdon]

Does anybody know of a good deer repellent?
If not I may have to utilize wire cages.

 

[kenmbz]

Does anybody know of a good deer repellent?
If not I may have to utilize wire cages.

I use Deer Out, but after heavy rain need to respray.
I bought some peppermint oil, was thinking of trying that.

They also do not go near my sage (the spice plant, not the fancy ones) . They avoid it by a few feet at least.

Some people like the Irish spring soap, but we had a problem with the mice eating it. I guess if we hung it somewhere the mice could not get to it , it might work?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Does anybody know of a good deer repellent?
If not I may have to utilize wire cages.

Same as groundhog repellent, lead.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Mowed all the fields around the barn today. Got a little sun on the arms. The barn is slowly falling. Roof doesn’t look safe to get on any more to fix the metal. Poles inside are leaning. Left a couple patches of milk weed for the butterflies, a good bit of them