Good morning!!!!

[Thomas]

Back from hand specialist appointment

Scar tissue had to be broken up and was mummed and finger forced to bend. Big crack sound and worried about fracture so back in Xray. Fortunately no break
Forced the finger the full range and ordered PT

This will unfortunately delay using that hand fully so activities will continue to be limited. Need to find some source for firewood. Should be able to stack it hopefully

Slow and steady you young whipper snapper.

 

[Thomas]

29F old man winter decided to move on an hour ago.

Steady morning doing some of this and that,afternoon put the body in low gear.
Guess it's time clean step etc. of 2 1/2" snow,not going attempt driveway etc. 40's for week should take care of that.

Plans for the evening...rest the back pockets more.

Enjoy your evening all.
.............................................
BIG ole pot seafood chowder...crab,lobster,scallops,onion,cube potatoes,clams,chunks salmon going to be interesting to say the least hope no side affects.

 

[daugen]

that chowder looks delicious

it's been very lightly raining all day, system has now passed to the East and
it looks like a little more sun trying to arrive.
.37 inches of rain, nice slow soaker, perfect for my grass seed.
will make area I want to cover in pavers much easier to deal with.

50 degrees, high of the day.
need to go for one more walk

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Tuesday) morning. Overnight Low of 11.7C and it's presently dipped down to 6.9C this dawn. Clear and calm.

Election 'preps' accomplished yesterday, and I'm off to the Church in a few minutes to meet the electrician @ 0800.

How long that is going to take is anyone's guess.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[sodamo]

Good Morning,
Ct, 34 to start going to 49 with rain most of the day, sounds like a break by 4 or so.

Youngest son just called, looks like we are watching 2 of the grands this morning, both of them have colds so hope we don’t get sick


Mostly, tasting went well, maybe a tad too much wine but we had a DD . The only beer that we drank was the day before at Blue Point brewery in Patchoque. But a nice weekend overall.

Lou, hopefully

Spent some time in Sayville back in the 70’s. Ate a bunch of Blue Point oysters.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

45° this morning, got up to 64°
Overcast this morning but no rain. Cleared off and sunny this afternoon.
I’m beat, worked on deck all day. Got 2 outer boards ripped off, in pieces, and got the outer 2 posts installed. Rail brackets came, really like them. Will use old railing until I get new decking on, then will put on new railings.

Today is pebbles 3rd birthday. I’m in recliner with both cats holding me down. Snagglepuss is on picnic table on the deck, she was my helper today.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Dennis,

I’m beat, worked on deck all day.

Dennis, I’m planning on bringing the decking material up to Vermont on April 1st which is a Tuesday. I will be coming home that Friday, in between I’m hoping to get the majority of the old deck ripped off and hopefully some of the Trex installed.

There is no doubt in my mind that I will be in the same shape or worse. I also doubt that I will be able to work on it for an entire day straight.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Thomas,

BIG ole pot seafood chowder...crab,lobster,scallops,onion,cube potatoes,clams,chunks salmon going to be interesting to say the least hope no side affects

Darn Thomas, that looks really good Enjoy

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Good Evening Dennis,

Dennis, I’m planning on bringing the decking material up to Vermont on April 1st which is a Tuesday. I will be coming home that Friday, in between I’m hoping to get the majority of the old deck ripped off and hopefully some of the Trex installed.

There is no doubt in my mind that I will be in the same shape or worse. I also doubt that I will be able to work on it for an entire day straight.

I need an 18 ft square edge for the end, in order to make the 45° for the border. Those are hard to find. Sides will be cut from 16 ft.
Need to pick up some more 4x4 for posts.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 44ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, high cirrus clouds, and high temp was 78ºF. Made coffee to start day, made oatmeal for breakfast, phone call from new VFD board president special meeting on Friday. Call from granddaughter for who to use for garage door work. Had some fish club work to do as well. Tried to organize projects, got leaves of of front porch, bike ride, lunch, nap, made meatballs for dinner. Should get more time for catch up.
Resuming Saturday 3:34 PM CDT post 204,826:
Drew glad you got some outdoor work done. Hope you win conversation with back. Glad you could relax in the sun for a bit sounds relaxing. Glad you got map up
Dennis hope get with Dr soon.
Scott(vt) nice hat and pics.
Thomas thanks you for though encouraging thoughts.
Buppies glad you got some good sleep. Hope you don't become nocturnal prayers sent.
Buppies I don't know why any sane person would set fires. That happened to BIL/SIL property as well.
Thomas sorry winter threatening.
Dennis glad your dad had good birthday party. Nice the guy fighting cancer still was able to get card and cookies for your dad. Congrats to old HS B-ball team winning state champ.
Phil nice you were able to start outside cleanup. Neat wood projects as always, thanks for pics.
Fuddy good to hear your mom doing well enough to come home. Happy birthday to her. Do you have hospice lined up? Good video
Yesterday 3:37 AM CDT
Ron glad Sassy got her walk in. hope you can get material for neighbor's mailbox. Hope you can remember to use back mailbox door. Nice cardinal pic
NHBX glad wife's car got cleaned up. Sorry about the wind.
Drew hope you enjoyed your slow start. Hope seedlings are ok. Bet woodpeckers finds the other stumps.
Bill hope you got to plow.
Masseyrider sorry you caught a bug. Sounds like a rough night up and down. If it's any comfort I did feel better than you on Sunday.
Don glad work day on farm went well. Sorry about the child in the road, glad nothing bad happened. Glad you waited for the late to the trailer crowd.
Scott(vt) Happy Birthday to grandson. Hope good trip back home.
Thomas hope good seat time on Kubota. Hope you were able to stay warm outside.
Spike56 glad nothing damaged from hail. Hard way to get water on the ground. Thanks for F47 update, did they say when to expect the prototype?
Dennis hope you got good visit with your dad. Good trip home.
RNG hope tractor work went/goes well. Poison oak no fun.
Ken glad you got some trees transplanted. Hope not too sore. Glad you and dog got to visit son. Happy birthday to son's GF.
Drew hope no one was hurt or property damaged. thanks for the link. Thanks for the story.
Buppies hope visit with Holly went well. Hope you sleep patterns get back to more normal.
David sorry hydraulic people did so poorly. Glad you were able to get then back together and working so it's back to mowing.
Frits glad you had nice drive with wife. Nice you had excavator to do the mass planting.
Bill you are more optimistic than me. They have not done any house cleaning of upper management. Until they get serious about making airplanes it won't get any better.
Paul glad you could help neighbor with running electric to pond. Hope you found the puller. Pork belly cheeseburgers yum! Hope weather was as nice as it looks in pic. Nice of you to deliver pork belly to shut-in. Hope you didn't have to delay shed delivery.
Randy(wag) hope prep work goes well. Hope meeting with electrician went well.
Drew the air dam on my pickup also has interlocking ears so air dam has to be twisted around to get it off. Hope your new chairs work out, area in back sounds nice. Hope the trip is as nice as you describe it. Hope paver go down easy.
Don thanks for the commentary.
Kyle hope your recliner work out. Happy birthday to son. Glad you and son did well on safety test. So who shot better?
Today 3:41 AM CDT.
Ron glad you got the mount for neighbor's mailbox done.I pond cleaned up yet? Good looking mallards.
Thomas sorry winter back. Hope you got to make the chowder.
Lou sorry about snow. Spring is coming, in Texas sooner, in NE later
NHBX hope rain melts the snow. Hope errands went well.
Mike sorry about the trip into the city today. Glad part of burn pile done. Five cords from tree is a big tree. Glad yard is being uncovered.
Drew hope you are getting a good rain. You know no one in D.C. listens when anyone solves the worlds problem.
Bill hope plowing went well.
Frits sorry wind is back. Hope appointment went well.
Paul congrats to your daughter and you. Hope you were able to prep site for shed.
Scott(vt) hope you have plenty inside stuff to do, oh wait you're watching 2 grands . Glad wine tasting went well. Glad you got to try some craft beer.
Don you got more rain than I got, dry this far north. Glad you should have more time to work on the home list.
Buppies great news good visit with Holly, and medicine is working I didn't mean to make work for you, I have always regarded classical music as long hair music.
Friend(trac) glad you were able hold chair in place, they can be sneaky about getting away. Hope work golf league goes well. The league I was in was only 9 holes every week. Hope trip to get mower goes well, and glad your dad will wait till ground firms up om dead trees. You may be making Murphy rub his hands with glee with that prediction.
more catch up later.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, 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.

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 25° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 43° with some clouds and sun. Got mailbox adapter sealed with Olympic stain and sealant. Will see how well it dried overnight. Need clean up some of the leaves that have blown in to garden pond from yesterday winds. Yard limb cleanup continues.
Having a bad feather day.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Thomas]

28F cloudy day low 40's for high.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today...8 hours at part store afterwards yet to decide.

Enjoy your day all.


13 total heading for south field for munchies yesterday evening.

 

[daugen]

good morning all, looks like a nice sunny day up to 60 today.
Morning will be spent helping a friend who is just back from triple hernia operation (?) and his wife is sick, so I'm going
to just be there for the morning. Then I hope to go to Costco on the way home.

late yesterday afternoon went for short walk, didn't want to come in, so laid the pavers down in position.
next step is four or five bags of gravel between pavers and shed to make that area look nice and avoid
splashing. Bottom of shed covered in dirt splashed up by rain and lack of gutters.
that reminds me to pick up some bagged gravel today

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 25 and going to a high of 32°F. Wind NW 8 mph. Periods of light snow.

We got about an inch overnight. Not enough to even be bothered firing up the tractor.

I guess today will be an energy conservation day.

Nice looking shed, Drew.

Have a safe day all

 

[Happy in NC]

Good morning TBN!!
38 this morning. Heading to a breezy, sunny, mid 70s today.
Not too much yesterday Mostly puttering. Cleared out my mobile worksite (pickup) and got rid of trash and un-needed tools and such. Ready to go when I am. I still have a couple of pieces to cut out and then the cleaning begins. I want to get to where it can be dropped by the end of the week.
Took the dog on a couple of 4 wheeler runs. Couldn't work up the muster to walk him. Still got 6k steps though.
Today is more of the same although may cut a couple more pieces of plate. Guess I will have to see what I can get in to.

Time for a second cup.
Everyone have a great and safe day!!

 

[daugen]

found a new brand of tools, one Wagtail I'm sure has heard of since it's Australian and has
now made it to Amazon. I was looking for a manual grease gun to take with me up to the NY cabin
with the Gravely, to show the new owner how to grease it. My grease gun at home is air powered, too big to haul.

I looked at a number of brands, decided on Lincoln, made in India and wanted a one hander, not two.
having a free hand to guide that rubber hose always worked well for me.
but while researching saw the brand Macnaught. Apparently well known in Australia for hose reels and pumps.
Other than lamb we don't see a lot of Australian products. Unfortunately it was half again more expensive than the Lincoln.
I do not doubt Australian workers are better paid than Indians.

Macnaught USA

Famous Australian Industrial Global Brand known for legendary high quality Lubrication Equipment with the industry's best performance Warranty, also offers Innovative problem solving products. Since 1948 Macnaught means quality and innovation!

www.amazon.com

 

[wngsprd]

47 going to 62. A nice soft rain yesterday.

Prayers for your BIL, Mostly...and for Holly.

Scotty, I see you visited Patchogue. That's where my youngest son lives.

Hope Mrs. Sophie had a great birthday!...and Dad of BEF. Happy BD today to Mom of Fuddy.

Kyle, happy BD to your son, and glad he aced his Hunter Safety.

Nice job on that tank, Happy.

Thomas, that chowder is making me hungry.

Got a couple of loads of firewood cut and split before the rain got here, which didn't amount to much. A good hike and swim and 3 coffees roasted.

RNG, Is it still available, and will you hold it for me until next week?

 

[daugen]

should we be thanking the countries who have been our best allies with our business?
as an alternative to buying more locally?
Australia is one of the US's best non Nato allies.

flip side is we sure won't be buying any tractors from North Korea any time soon.
can you imagine how many bugs and trackers would be built in...

thankfully South Korea makes fine tractors, lots of us own them.
I wonder why Malaysia and The Philippines haven't been more into tractor building.
maybe too many islands and the geography. Goods made in Singapore are often very high quality for example.
but I guess the market is already saturated with less expensive Asian rivals from India and China, while Japan
provides the higher end products.

This right to repair issue has hurt John Deere. I hope they get that worked out and continue to succeed.
I would not want to be a John Deere dealer in Canada right now. Lot of annoyed folks up there.

 

[riptides]

45 outside right now, heading to lower 60's with more rain expected later.

Still recovering from the city trip. LOL. Both the traffic and the work load. Brought the work load home, left the traffic where it was. It is probably still there. Where are all these people coming from and why do they have such non 9 to 5 hours? LOL.

Wife had a surprise when I got home. She finally found the old stain glass window that has been laying around the farm probably since the original owners. It got relocated over the renovations and years. The really cool (meant to be) part is it fit exactly into the frame of our new Milk House bathroom window. The casing and frame of course was custom built by yours truly early last year. That it fit is karma of some sort. All she has to do is paint it. Looks----amazing.

Always good to come home to something special.

Time for morning chores and I need to get more wood out of the front yard. Sigh.

Hope all have a great day. Be safe.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 54˚F heading to 93˚, the hottest day this year, cloudless skies and S wind.

Got a bit more done on the dry riverbed, still plugging away, and mowed the back yard. Since the pool and travertine take up most of the back yard it was a quick job. I need to paint the strip of cement in front of the garage doors today after my cement patch repair job where the rebar was showing.

Best chance of rain from the SE is Thursday. My freshly fertilized yard needs it badly.