Good morning!!!!

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 78ºF for start in Wichita Falls. moderate wind with brisks gusts, clear sky, and high temp was 104ºF, 112ºF. Did see some lower readings while out riding. Started day by getting ready to ride the Hotter en Hell Hundred (K), start riding 5:35 AM finished 12:00 61 mile, moving average 14.2 mph. Had snack went to overnight room showed lunch and came home, no nap.
Resuming Thursday August 22, 11:41 PM CDT post 195,422:
Buppies long day of nothing sounds boring, glad getting a skid loader back. prayers sent.
Ron glad grocery shopping was good. Glad good afternoon on back porch and sister's Ipad and smartphone updated. Nice clean up crew.
Thomas hope mowing went well.
Mike glad you can help daughter move and start up new house. Glad family could help daughter get a good start. Glad tile streaking figured out and hope you got some grass cut.
Drew always good to get good Mexican food
Drew 100 Kilometer ride. Mileage for 2024 is 4,538, basically on track to hit 7,000 miles for year.
Paul glad attic now lit up. Hope Friday went well and music was fun.
Frits hope mowing went well. Glad you caught thumb issue and got it readjusted. Nice story.
Plowhog glad Rigby socializing better with other dogs in class. Sorry about low energy, hope you fond the motivation fairy soon.
Drew glad you can see what Giddings is like.
Buppies hope you are ready for heat.
Bill hope you got to Dodge roof. Glad your neighbor got a job that is better for him.
Masseyrider. if you are taking good car of teeth and teeth are good then ten years no inspections no problem.
Scott(vt) good to hear nice weather at home. Hope grilled dinner was good, and company was good as well.
Ken glad solar pump working better. Sorry about cans in fridge. Glad stuff getting put away and some watering done. BBQ sounds good. Glad neighbors liked the figs. Hope x-ray show problem with bone.
Scott(vt) nice Farmalls.
Drew glad you will be eating well. Glad you got some fresh picked corn.
Ted sorry about no rain. Glad you got some trimming done, hope you can corner the motivation fairy.
RNG glad safe trip back south. Hope dentist visit goes well. Hope unpacking and organizing went well. Hope back doesn't complain too much.
Ted sorry about corn crop, and corn prices.
More catch up later.
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]

Who died? Oops, should have gone to full screen before commenting. Your flag is at full mast. Looked like it was at half mast.

Lol, flag last longer at that height.

 

[Buppies]

Great pictures mostly ride sound grueling

 

[scaredychicken]

Good Morning Everyone,

I know that it's been way too long, Thank You for your continued prayers and support as I sort through the chaos of my 3 year long - current Separation / Divorce circumstances. Nothing new yet, the Meeting with lawyers is Sept 19. Still working on keeping the house and making a buy-out agreement.

I got away last week for a 10 hr roadtrip (each way) in a borrowed car to visit in Alberta. My Daughter, Son-In-Law, and the two grandsons (ages 2.5 yrs, and 5 months). It was great to see them.

I also had the chance to connect with some other friends in the area, including a very special friend that I have known since we were 18 yrs old and meeting in University. We were able to celebrate our 60th Birthdays together, so that was nice.

I hope that everyone is enjoying their Summer. I will try to keep in touch much more often.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 61° with mostly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 85° with slight chance of rain in afternoon. Did some shopping at Menards and Sam's Club yesterday. Got Trak-Vac out of storage and put to use cleaning up grass clumps in lawn. Went to neighbors and helped get power sprayer running for first time. It was for neighbor that broke leg. Finally getting out to maintain yard. Lots of weeds in garden and yard. May mow grass when it dries this afternoon.

Prayers and best wishes for everyone.

Good Morning All.

 

[plowhog]

There was snow in the Sierra mountains this weekend. So unusual, never seen that before, sort of like a very hot place freezing over!

A cool 38F this morning, headed to 70F. Really nice weather today!

I will finish Rigby's new pasture pen today by adding a gate. I made the new fencing more robust since he previously learned how to knock over the much smaller fencing I had around the lawn. And as any puppy owner knows, once they do a successful "jailbreak" they will keep repeating it.

Yesterday, in the new pen, he ran full speed at the new 4 foot plastic fence, jumped sideways and "body slammed" it. Tried to knock it over like he had done earlier with the smaller fence. He just bounced off, lol. So our little "convict" will need to come up with revised escape plans from his new penitentiary!

Everyone have a great day !!!

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 60 and going to a high of 81°F. Wind ESE 3 mph. 30% chance of showers.

Might get at the Dodge garage today and put that roof on. The wind dictates whether or not we do it, also Juniors' get up and go. He does all the ladder up and down work, trust me there is a lot of it.
I'm not sure yet whether or not we will be doing the tractor shed this year. That tarp is still looking good.

That is about it for now.

Have a safe day all

 

[Looking4new]

There was snow in the Sierra mountains this weekend. So unusual, never seen that before, sort of like a very hot place freezing over!

A cool 38F this morning, headed to 70F. Really nice weather today!

I will finish Rigby's new pasture pen today by adding a gate. I made the new fencing more robust since he previously learned how to knock over the much smaller fencing I had around the lawn. And as any puppy owner knows, once they do a successful "jailbreak" they will keep repeating it.

So our little "convict" will need to come up with revised escape plans from his new penitentiary!

Everyone have a great day !!!

You should have made it a 'one and done' 6' high chain link with cemented in corner posts and concertina wire on top. It wont be long before he teaches himself how to jump over the shorter fence.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
another nice sunny day up to high 80's
taking household plants over to a friend so she can water them easily while I'm away.\

been wondering what to set HVAC at when I leave. End of August, still hot for a month.
So I figured I'd leave it set at AC and 78 degrees, to help with humidity.
But then come Oct I would normally switch to heat.
But since I'm not here, nothing will freeze then, and no house plants to worry about, think I'll not worry
about switching to heat. Might be a bit nippy when I get home though.

David, hope you do ok today
not like you were short on rain...

still waking up

 

[Looking4new]

good morning all
another nice sunny day up to high 80's
taking household plants over to a friend so she can water them easily while I'm away.\

been wondering what to set HVAC at when I leave. End of August, still hot for a month.
So I figured I'd leave it set at AC and 78 degrees, to help with humidity.
But then come Oct I would normally switch to heat.
But since I'm not here, nothing will freeze then, and no house plants to worry about, think I'll not worry
about switching to heat. Might be a bit nippy when I get home though.

David, hope you do ok today
not like you were short on rain...

still waking up

If you set the HVAC at 70° that should keep the house from freezing, but will the system automatically switch from cool to heat?

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 72˚F heading to 94˚. I think the shorter days are finally starting to affect daytime temps, it has been a while since the low 70s in the morning and looks like relief from the hundreds finally.

Some of the blue paint is showing through the alabaster and another coat will have to be applied, but wait we decided that the alabaster color was too light so now it will be painted linen ( a shade darker). it is getting close to cut-off time on all projects so we will have to finish it on Monday.

David looks like a second hurricane is coming also.

 

[Thomas]

Good evening all. 78ºF for start in Wichita Falls. moderate wind with brisks gusts, clear sky, and high temp was 104ºF, 112ºF. Did see some lower readings while out riding. Started day by getting ready to ride the Hotter en Hell Hundred (K), start riding 5:35 AM finished 12:00 61 mile, moving average 14.2 mph. Had snack went to overnight room showed lunch and came home, no nap.

Bet you slept like newborn kitten last night.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
60° with a high of 85 for today, another sunny day with no rain.
Drywall finishers finished up yesterday, I scraped the floor and vacuumed up the dust. Had to clean the filter in my shop vac multiple times, drywall dust is pretty fine.
Put the box scraper on the tractor and smoothed out the areas that I had dug up for the utility trenches. I can’t backfill and final grade until the stone facing is complete, but this makes it a lot more navigable.

I think that today I actually will get to the little plane and make some progress, but you never know for sure what each day will bring.

 

[daugen]

If you set the HVAC at 70° that should keep the house from freezing, but will the system automatically switch from cool to heat?

thanks but no, does not have auto setting

easiest thing is to have my brother come over beginning of october, check on house and change the thermostat.

have never been away from home so long, so this time turning off water heater, turning off water into house but not the exterior
water. Dehumidifier continues to run in basement, keeps it at 50%
will put bleach in toilet and sink traps before I leave.

sorry birdies, you aren't going to like this, no autofeeders that will last that long

I took most of my hanging feeders down, the squirrels were knocking them off, huge waste of seed.
I left the one large hanging feeder with a highly effective drop down gate arrangement and the larger blue jays
will have to go elsewhere. I'm happy to just feed the smaller birds for awhile.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Vt, 56 to start going to 78 ! Looks like some humidity and possible thunder shower later ! We will have to go to the dump this morning ! And after that packing up ! Kathleen has three days of grand kids next week so a busy week ! Then we go on a beach vacation with the entire family starting next Friday!

David, Hope minimal damage to you during the storm !

Some turkeys out on the north side of the house this morning. There must have been a dozen total !

Hope everyone has an enjoyable day !

 

[Thomas]

53F partly cloudy day around 80F for high.

Late start this morning watch the surprising ending of NASCAR race,outside chores done E muffin time.

Plans for today...One mower deck seems to wobble little shall investigate it,replace trimmer head,check game cams, going to be putter day.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[Buppies]

61.3 this morning high in upper 80s 95 by Wednesday too hot getting to really dislike it. Probably mow grass today then who knows.

Puppies make great escape artists

Prayers for all our Country

 

[daugen]

your new home looks very cool Popgadget.
it looks very energy efficient.
by retaining your shop, you only need living area here, not tons of storage, but you have upstairs anyway.
so you don't have to move too much of your "stuff".

and you'll be in by winter.
since you built your current house, nice to apply what you learned then, and since, to new home.

 

[daugen]

lot of dead grass in back lawn all of a sudden.
wonder if it could be army worms

https://weather.com/home-garden/video/armyworms-could-be-coming-for-your-lawn?cm_ven=hp-slot-3

had major problems with too many grubs before, critters were digging up back lawn.
back lawn needs a good application of grub killer again, should helpfully get rid of these.

 

[riptides]

66 outside this AM, lower 80's.

Wife came home late last night, we are packing up truck again for another trip to middle daughters. Gotta love the road trips. At least this one is pleasant. Unfortunate, my to-do list is not getting attention.

Starting Monday, tomorrow, things look to get even more interesting. Will sit back and take it one hour at a time.

The song "under pressure" seems to be stuck in my head. LOL.

Hope all have a great day.