A very pleasant 76F and mostly cloudy @ 11:15 and heading up to around 83F for the day's high. A very welcome relief.
Was raining when I got up a bit ago. Scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon, some could be severe.
Got this coming week's meds doled out yesterday first thing.
Then headed up and got the rest of the front lawn mowed.
After that I went in the shop and hunted up a piece of flat stock for the drawbar portion of the new hitch. Got the hole drilled in that for the pin and radiused both parts to get rid of the points and sharp edges.
Then brought those parts down from the shop and took them around back.
Went back up to the garage and grabbed the jug of muriatic acid and a chip brush and brought those around back and slapped some acid on the parts.
Then remembered I hadn't degreased the one piece ...
Got the Water Buffalo refilling while the acid was working so I went ahead and started mowing.
Got the back done then hauled the now full Water Buffalo over to the larger peach tree on the east side so The Woman could later it later.
Then started mowing the west side, took a break from that for a couple of BLT's.
Was about to head back out after that when I looked out the living room window and noticed a large groundhog out back.
Grabbed the new shells and went back to the master bedroom and emptied the 00 buck from the shotgun and reloaded it with No. 4 shot.
Managed to crank the window open without spooking the whistle pig and got off a shot ... that thing must have jumped about a foot up into the air, danced around, and then dove for the burrow entrance. No idea if I hit it or not.
After that I headed back out and started mowing again, got the west side almost done.
Woman eventually came out while I was doing that and started watering that peach tree.
Ended up hanging out with Her and moving the WB around to various trees as She watered.
Gingko tree has really taken off, probably has 18" of new growth on the top in 2 stems.
All the Rose of Sharon up there seem to be doing very well and the Swamp Milkweed we planted there are around 1' high.
Once She had emptied the Buffalo She went back inside (it was still pretty warm and humid outside) and I hauled the WB around and refilled it which took about 10 minutes (on half throttle)
After that I collected up the hitch parts and took them up to the shop and dropped them off.
Then called it a day.
Numerous items on agenda for today, which ones get worked on will depend on the weather.
Hope everyone is having a decent Sunday ...
