Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

good morning, 44 going to 55 much warmer nice

Picked up branches this morning from the lawn and brought them up to the edge of the driveway. Cody was all excited something new.

Picked up the fired heater and will get to that soon

Jacked up the beam some more. Slow and 2 quarter turns at a time. Up 1/2 an inch so far and flattening out the bow and low point. Good sign is the doors are going into alignment on upper floors

 

[daugen]

Frits, I wish I could jack up my bad back as successfully as you
are doing with your barn...I've lost two whole inches of height.

went over to take pics of used Lexus suv my neighbor is trying to sell, and wound up talking with another neighbor on that side
who was pretty interesting. Spent his professional career mostly with NJ criminally insane. We discussed our other crazy neighbor, the one
who came over and broke his front door glass. He said the guy was seriously bi-polar and this would happen again.

looked over the area for the new fence, have half a dozen plants I have to move, and several small trees to cut down.
Could have been worse, my formal gardens and the two expensive evergreen trees were just inside the line.
I might work on this later this afternoon. I also have a blackberry bush to dig up and give to my landlady.
Need to get some sun on my face.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 48 going to 55.
Lights are up and wired.
Tree is on our living room.
Bushes out front trimmed.

I have lost hearing in my left ear for unknown reasons, to the Dr I go :-(

I hope Ted's wife pulls through this, Prayers and wishes sent for them.

Prayers and hope your sister makes a full recovery

Off to trim the grasses, though the wind today might make that a challenge to clean up.

Be well,

So much easier with the 2 short ladders. On the other side hefting the big ladder around bushes was a real chore. 20+ hooks installed so I can use a pole going forward to put up/bring down, once I build a fixture for the pole.

Not the best pic, but gives an idea. Across the top is 2 LED strands, Looks better than traditional LED lights.

 

[sodamo]

67°F and no rain.

Our Christmas gathering was a huge success. Smaller than usual, but quite nice.

No big plans for the day. Kick back and watch some football.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon,
Ct, 32 to start going to 48 ! Heat wave out there ! Almost slept through going to the early service at church, got up just in time to go !

Muted sun today but muted is better than no sun ! Ron, how could you possibly say no to that cute face ?

Getting together with my FD friend Steve this afternoon for a couple of beers and a good cigar out by his outdoor fire place !
He also has a waterfall that he built into the bank behind his house ! Nice place to share some good conversation and a beer !

Hope all have a great Sunday !

 

[LouNY]

Frits, I wish I could jack up my bad back as successfully as you
are doing with your barn...I've lost two whole inches of height.

went over to take pics of used Lexus suv my neighbor is trying to sell, and wound up talking with another neighbor on that side
who was pretty interesting. Spent his professional career mostly with NJ criminally insane. We discussed our other crazy neighbor, the one
who came over and broke his front door glass. He said the guy was seriously bi-polar and this would happen again.

looked over the area for the new fence, have half a dozen plants I have to move, and several small trees to cut down.
Could have been worse, my formal gardens and the two expensive evergreen trees were just inside the line.
I might work on this later this afternoon. I also have a blackberry bush to dig up and give to my landlady.
Need to get some sun on my face.

Are you going to move your new evergreens? if that close will they bother the fence?

 

[daugen]

Are you going to move your new evergreens? if that close will they bother the fence?

no, I'm going right up to them with fence and stopping. I'll be long gone before those trees die...
actually stopping about a foot from new tree on right, it's still growing and needs some room.
I do have some other trees I planted that were made for screening but turned out to be tall and not very bushy.
wasn't a good choice for the spot and need annual pruning at top due to power lines above.
They have a poor prognosis.
since I planted them on neighbor's property, I really need to take them down. He's nuts and I want to eliminate all possible points
of contention.

cleaned out a birdhouse and got that rehung, raked a few leaves, painted those rusty shelves and then couldn't find a spot to store
the shelves, pretty full in there. If I put them back outside and put plants on them, they'll rust again. Maybe that is their fate.

came in and ran some wash, looks to be a quiet afternoon.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

60°. Wow
Good worship. I was song leader.
Good meal after, been 3 weeks since we were there.
Had fence post break off in my split rail in front, one of the ones that’s been replaced already. 2 rails on ground. Wind did it.
For now drove T post next to it, wire tie to post.
Then put Christmas lights on the fence.

Then stocked pellet box on porch, before rain comes and makes yard soft. Was down to 3 bags. Pellet stove ran out before we got home this afternoon.

Going to rest before evening service.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Monday) morning. Overnight Low of 8.3C and it's presently 20.5C, partly sunny & fairly calm.

I'm 'planning' on a bit more pick-up-sticks this arvo... all a result of my procrastination this past Winter/Spring.

Thank you all for the prayers & well-wishes for my Sister.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[LouNY]

Morning:
It's supposed to be 35F out as of now my outdoor sensor has failed, could be low battery. Finishing my second cup of coffee and fixing to go outside. Just heard from the man that's going to be doing most of work swapping around and mounting my new rear tires on the Branson 8050, he's not going to be here till about noon. He is still working on combining some corn and is having issues with his old combine. Think I go put the york rake back on the Branson and stir the little bit of nuisance snow that we got about on the main driveway. And then wait and see how the day shapes up.

Stay safe, warm and well

Well the tire guy got tied with with his combine so maybe Monday. Ended up using the back blade on the driveway and then dropped off the tire chains.
Oh well tomorrow is another day, as much as I don't feel like messing around with those tires I may end up doing so.

 

[Looking4new]

kenmbz, why take the lights down after you went to all the trouble to put them up? Just leave them up year round.

It took 4 hours to plow today, mainly because I threw a front chain. The spider fell off and I didn't see it. I was only about 800 feet from the house on the side of the road. Junior came out with the tools and we arranged the chain so I could limp it home where I have a cut off wheel on my angle grinder. Got the chain put back on properly and used 3 bungie cords to hold it on. Then finished up the plowing, mostly on this place.

Roast pork for supper tonight with the carrots and onions that the roast sat on. A Kiwi fruit for dessert.

Periods of snow tonight and tomorrow.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Kyle, with the pond and fields you have a natural habitat that has food and water. Which wildlife will benefit from your habitat? Will you have to plant food plots? Hope your wife gets some relief and sleep.

No food plots needed. Might plant 1% of land with wildflowers. Lady said not to "use" deer as one of the reasons. Said need a LOT more land to basically provide for deer (like they never would leave the property if it were large enough). So, birding, including song birds and migratory birds. I need to put up some more bluebird nesting boxes, 3 bat boxes, 2 wood duck boxes near pond. Erosion control counts. I have some erosion below my pond that needs to be cut into a swell and planted with grass. She talked about "old style" bluestem grass vs what the state planted in many of the ditches. Believe it or not, killing many types of unwanted weeds and grasses counts. Predator control, coyotes, raccoons, skunks counts. Anything that messes with the native wild birds. Also, brush control which involves killing wuisatche and honey locust. Need to take pictures and document in a journal. Game cams for pictures. At times, like right now, we have quite the deer population for a small place. I believe they come here to safe harbor from the hunters.

Good morning, the low is 12 and going to a high of 18°F. Wind WNW 9 mph. Periods of light snow.

I'll go out to plow at 7:30 this A.M. The tow truck should arrive here at about 8:30 to drag the Dodge into the shop to install a new battery.
I will plow me out totally and then go do the others.

Ron, nice shot of the hawk.

Drew, the only thing I remember from my years (grades 5 through 8) in the choir is a treble clef and a base clef. I have no idea about the notes.

Have a safe day all

Really glad to hear you got your license back. Congrats!

Got a call by new friend here that we could do his son's moving job yesterday if I was available. He'd helped with some of my larger items, so it was pay back time. He'd planned to use the flat dump bed on his F250, raising the bed all the way, strapping the big piece on, then lifting it up by lowering the bed. Didn't work because the bed wouldn't go vertical, and not enough of the big piece was on the bed. Ended up with a drop gate U-Haul trailer and winching the thing up supported by my Roll-A-Lifts. All that horsing around took most of the day, but it included a very tasty grilled chicken burrito, his treat.

TGIF gang!

Glad to hear you're making new friends down south.

that reminds me, I need to change my filters also.

Ted is not doing well. His wife is very sick.
I thought I had his home address but don't so
will email him and ask for it, and confirm ok
if others sends his wife a card.

Sad to hear this. Ted and Dona are in our prayers.

Yesterday I found out that my Sister had had a mild stroke a fortnight ago, but didn't realise it until a couple of days ago. She's now in hospital but texted me that she's 'fine'. That was followed by a video call with my Aunt to get the whole story... probably an operation once 'they' locate the blockage. <sigh>

Wags, sounds like they caught it in time. Hope the best for her. Prayers sent from the other side of this good Earth.

Wife is still in pain, but managing it with some kind of muscle relaxers and some ibuprofen. She says she is "moderately" better, but also says she has learned not to move her left arm much. Says if she holds it over her head, it feels better at times. Still unsure if pinched nerve or tendon damage, but nothing happened that she can remember that could have caused it. She got 4 hours of sleep last night, which is the most since last Monday.

I keep a small LED flashlight in my pocket almost always.
https://www.amazon.com/Streamlight-66608-Flashlight-Micro-Stream/dp/B077BHV22W?th=1

New cheap Samsung A35 5g phone is pretty amazing for the low price they had it on sale. I got it for $267. Normally $400. It does the RCS type messaging, so it can send/receive video like Apple products and it has great video and camera too. So far I love it. Only difference I miss from my old cheap phone, is the ability to shake it a particular way to turn on the flashlight. This one I would have to load an app to do it and I'm trying to keep it from getting bogged down with apps.

No shortage of drama going on around the world.

Prayers for our team, the sick, our nation, Ukraine and ******.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

OK, with adblock off, I'm also getting pop up videos on my home computer here on TBN.
Besides the ads on the right margin, and inbetween each post....arghhh.

Turned adblock back on, still have ads on right, and at bottom, but not between each post as of right now.

 

[Looking4new]

What ads? I've got Ad-Blocker Ultimate and see zero ads.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I use duckduckgo browser, no ads.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 45ºF for the start, .2 inch in gauge, overcast fog and drizzle, light breeze. Light ind overcast most of the day, some sun late, Nd high temp was 53ºF. Made coffee to start day, Help setup, attend, and tear down chapel, breakfast with group. Cleaned cooling on fridge, put up some Christmas decorations, watched some YouTube and football. Cleaning ladies prep, they come first thing in morning.
Drew Nice warm day for you, hope you were able to take advantage of it.
Ron glad filters changed yesterday, and Sassy got her walk. Sorry about missing lock set. Hope good walk for you and Sassy. Nice feeder pic
Billy glad you got hike and Della her swim. Sorry about hungry stove, bet it has been toasty inside .
Bill you are getting plenty of snow to keep you plowing. Hope you get Dodge back on Monday.
Drew sorry about leaves, have same issue here as well. Hope leaf control efforts successful.
Ron cold weather boredom. Good pic of Sassy.
Thomas good luck with snow control, hope Giants pull one off.
Mike glad replacement fridge showed and quieter. Glad work progressing on milk house. Hope you get door hung good enough.Hope you get last cabinet built.
Buppies hope other things cooperated. Out temp doing much the same. Where are you getting Tony Dungy read from? prayers sent
Happy(NC) it will take a while process your grief. I would recommend grief counseling if available. It helped me. Hope you can get bridge fixed soon, and voltage leak as well.
Lou hope you get rear tires done soon. Hope your day shapes ok.
Frits glad you were able to get branches picked up and gave Cody something new in the process. Good to hear beam jacking is providing results.
Drew glad you had good conversation about bi-polar neighbor. Good to hear prep for new fence is progressing.
Ken glad your lights are up, mine are not. Glad tree is up, and bushes trimmed.Hearing loss not good Like the pics.
David glad good Christmas gathering. Hope you were able to kick back today.
Scott(vt) Glad you made it to church, getting some sun and getting together with friend sound like nice day.
Drew sorry trees planted on wrong side of property line. Sorry no room for shelves.
Dennis glad song leading went well. Sorry wind blew part of your fence over, glad you can patch it for now, and put Christmas lights on it. Glad you now ready for cold again.
Randy(wag) hope stick control went well. Prayers for your sister.
Lou sorry guy got tied up with combine. Hope tire work goes well.
Bill sorry about chain issue, glad easy fix. Roast pork sounds good.
Kyle thank for detail on plan to promote wildlife habitat.
Kyle running Firefox browser, no adds.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues,Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer,parathyroid,blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, 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, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /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, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[Buppies]

Mostly asphalt will run if enough tonnage or if you are working for them. Generally takes 75 to 100 tons.

46.5 this morning will be out of here by lunchtime

Prayers for all our Country

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 37° with rain this morning. Heading to 49° cloudy skies. Yesterday weather melted all the snow on ground. Got Sassy out for a good long walk. Got over 7k steps. Went with neighbor into his woods and did some trail trimming and cleanup. Will have to wait and see what weather brings for today.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
31 going up to 49 today in clouds and rain mid day.

I see constant ads on sides and in between, getting more invasive. See a lot of ads for Trivolt,
a corn herbicide

woke up with headache and sniffles, moving slowly.

Mostly, when you set up and take down the chapel, is that in a public meeting spot?
I assume not a church. Are you joined by others?

woke up to see lights on in garage since I forgot to turn them off. Will work in garage today finding a spot for
those newly painted shelves so I can put car away. While they are all nicely painted/derusted now, if I put them back outside,
pretty sure they will rust again. when I had my greenhouse in NC, used the same shelves, but must have been different maker.
The chrome plating on NC shelving never rusted at all, despite humidity. This last batch of shelves must have had fake chrome on it because
they rusted immediately.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 15 and going to a high of 21°F. Wind E 14 mph. Periods of snow. 1/4" so far. Supposed to snow all day.

Until we have 5" of new snow I am doing nothing. Will pick up the Dodge IF it gets fixed today.

Have a safe day all